D600 Broadcom b570x and RIS problems

Question

Just found out after 2 days of research that the drivers for the D600's Broadcom 570x from Dell and Broadcoms site do not work with RIS!  Looks like it was a problem with the include .INF file with the driver.  Looks like at one time Broadcom had included RIS support.   I found a link on HP's site to the dirvers package that includes support for RIS.  http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqdt/us/download/18150.html.   You can also download the file from my site at http://www.flowinh2o.com/programs/SP24463.exe.  The package name is SP24463.exe.  Extract that package to your hard drive and check out the the RIS folder under the XP and 2000 subfolders.   There you will find the .INF file that you can use with Dell or Broadcom's drivers.  To get RIS to see the correct drivers you will have to put them on the I386 directory of your base image, and in the $oem$ folders on the base image and the ripreped image. But I am sure you are aware of that if you have made it this far.  Hope this helps. Derrik www.flowinh2o.com

parcival · Answer

I tried your suggestion, but i still ran into problems. I did check out the INF file from the HP download and found that there are only 3 real differences between the RIS inf file and the regular INF file. I changed these 3 lines at the beginning of the Dell supplied INF file and it now works with RIS.

this is from the Dell supplied driver:
[Manufacturer]
%BRCM% = Broadcom, NTx86.5.1

[ControlFlags]
ExcludeFromSelect = *

[Broadcom.NTx86.5.1]

This is what I modified:
[Manufacturer]
%BRCM% = Broadcom

[ControlFlags]
;ExcludeFromSelect = *

[Broadcom]

Save that file and then follow the steps in MS KB article 246184

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b246184

I remember having to do the same thing with an intel driver once before.

--Johan

John_Hiebert · Answer

Thanks Parcival

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