[mdt] MDT with HP 655 connection to deployment share error

[shotgunn182]

Hi there,

 

I have been trying for days on end to get MDT to work with some old HP 655 laptops we have. I've used MDT for a couple of years now so understand it's workings quite well, but this issue has stumped me! I am trying to deploy Windows 7 x64. When I PXE boot, I get a wizard error... "A connection to the deployment share (deployment_share) could not be made. The following networking device did not have a driver installed' PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV8168&SUBSYS_1885103C&REV_07". I have tried:

 

- ensuring the correct LAN driver is imported into the correct deployment workbench folder

- updated the deployment share and replaced the image in WDS

- compared LAN driver IDs with those of a working HP 655

- installed a fresh version of Windows 7 x64 on a HP 655 and installed the same driver manually, which works.

- for fun I've also tried importing numerous other drivers, which also didn't work.

- much Googling and head scratching.

 

I am very close to giving in and just manually installing and updating the laptops...but there are 10 of them and the amount of effort that would take isn't very appealing!

 

I should point out I have some HP 635's too and MDT works fine on those!

 

Many thanks for any suggestions,

Scott

[sted]

have you tried starting mdt on the pc from in windows rather than pxe booting?

[shotgunn182]

I haven't tried that, no. I will next time I'm at the school (only having 4 hours per week at a school sure drags things out!) Thanks for the suggestion :-)

[shotgunn182]

have you tried starting mdt on the pc from in windows rather than pxe booting?

 

I've tried that, same end result I'm afraid...

[SHimmer45]

id check that you have the correct driver installed in MDT as there might be a slight revision that the driver you have for the HP635 isnt the correct one.

iirc i think HP might do an SCCM/MDT network driver pack as i believe the driver version for winpe can be slightly different with network drivers.

 

are you using any selection profiles for creating the boot packages?