Driver package not working

[levyg]

Hi,

 

I have a Win7 image that I use to deploy to various Dell PC's. I use driver packages to insert the drivers for the various models. This all works fine except for a new Precision T1600 we've purchased. For some strange reason the driver package doesnt seem to be working. Well to ber honest im not sure if the whole driver package is failing or if it's just one driver. After running the OS task sequence im left with only 1 device without drivers which is the VGA card but it could be that the whole package doesnt work and that Windows happens to have the drivers for everything else built in. Anyway!

 

I run the OS task sequence via PXE and it deploys and I even see the driver package being applied. Afterwards I find the VGA card doesnt have any drivers and is running in a basic mode. If I then point device manager to the exact distribution folder on my SCCM server where the driver package is located it picks up the drivers fine and installs the vga card. I'm very confused. I've read things about invalid characters in file/folder names being the problem but I've had a good look around and cant find anything.

 

My driver packages are made using the Dell driver CAB files where all drivers are within one CAB file and I extract them. I've done this for lots of models.

 

Any ideas?

[levyg]

Figured it out. The driver included in the Dell driver pack didnt want to work in any automated sence even though it had an INF file and would work if you pointed device manager to it. Instead I downloaded the individual driver for the Nvidia Quadro 600 off of the Dell website which had a different number to one in the big driver cab. Added that driver to the driver pack and it now all works.

It's the first time I've known a Dell driver pack (Big ass cab file that includes all drivers for that model Dell) to not work fully.