Config Mangler Posted November 25, 2011 Report post Posted November 25, 2011 I have three models of laptop which PXE boot, load PE to a point, then reboot themselves just after the "Preparing Network Connections" screen is shown. I pulled in the latest NIC drivers for these models and updated the boot image, but that didn't help. Also turned the HDD drivers from AHCI to compatibility mode in case it was that. I get just enough time before it reboots to get a command prompt and see it get an address and I can ping the DC / DNS server. Any ideas what to look at or where it might be logged? Added - I have 11 other models of laptop and desktop building ok from the same environment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Config Mangler Posted November 30, 2011 Report post Posted November 30, 2011 Still having problems with this. Let's take the Lenovo X200. The driver in Windows 7 is the Intel 82567LM. If I import the driver into SCCM for the PE image it shows that an Intel 82567-2LM was imported. If you search inside the .INF file the 82567 and 82567-2 are both listed. Yet when I boot to install the image it is still failing. I have tried removing all vendor NIC drivers from SCCM and using only the set from Intel to no avail. Same problem with Toshiba R700 and Tecra A11 using Intel 82577LM. The driver is not native in Win 7 or in PE. Importing the vendor or Intel drivers to PE does not list the 82577LM driver even though the 82577LM section is present in the driver INF Is this maybe a problem with the SCCM driver database matching the drivers? Anything else I can try? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waimea Posted December 6, 2011 Report post Posted December 6, 2011 I too have the very same problem where Windows PE is "Preparing Network Connections" then the laptop reboots with no error log afterwards. I can F8 into command prompt prior to the reboot and run ipconfig and I can confirm that I'm able to see my network, so I know it's not a NIC driver issue, the correct NIC driver is injected into the boot.wim which is Intel 82567LM. I'm suspecting it's something to do with security permissions preventing my access into the source folder where I have my operating system image stored to be deployed onto the laptop. I have made sure all permissions are set correctly. Any help in solving this would be appreciated. Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Config Mangler Posted December 6, 2011 Report post Posted December 6, 2011 Well I got a little further. I added this set of WinPE 3.0 drivers from Dell to my boot images and the Toshiba R700 will now build http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/enterprise-client/w/wiki/2069.aspx It is still inconsistent though. The Toshiba Tecra A11 has the EXACT same NIC with the same Hardware ID's as the R700 but will not build. The Lenovo X200 will still not build even though the 82567LM is now listed in PE. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Config Mangler Posted December 19, 2011 Report post Posted December 19, 2011 Found the source. The date and time were wrong in the BIOS i.e. set to 2010. As soon as I set it to today the task sequence started. I also had a Lenovo X200 with the same problem, it was 4 days out in the BIOS, again changed it to today and it worked straight away. That was sheer luck that I noticed a log file had an old date on it. So to clarify the Toshiba R700 and Tecra A11 need Intel's own 82577LM v.11.2.19.0 driver added to SCCM 2012 The X200 did not need a driver added Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
