NIC Driver

[Peter]

Installed the 64 bit version of XP. I have a MSI K8T Neo mother board which has the NIC on board. When installing the NIC driver I recieve a message stating "that there was a problem installing the driver and that it is on the wrong platform." I have confi
rmed that the driver is correct by contacting the vendor of the mother board. I have tried many variations of installing the Eithernet controller. I have even removed the on board controller and introduced a new NIC card via one of my PCI slots. Still noth
ing.
Any advise would be appreciated at this time.

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Did they just say the driver was correct for XP or for the 64-bit version of
XP?

Regardless, you are in the wrong place. The 64-bit version which is in beta
testing and has been released simply for evaluation purposes for persons
with the appropriate processor has its own support newsgroups, please see
the following:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/64bit/extended/trial/support.mspx

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"Peter" > wrote in message
...
> Installed the 64 bit version of XP. I have a MSI K8T Neo mother board
> which has the NIC on board. When installing the NIC driver I recieve a
> message stating "that there was a problem installing the driver and that
> it is on the wrong platform." I have confirmed that the driver is correct
> by contacting the vendor of the mother board. I have tried many variations
> of installing the Eithernet controller. I have even removed the on board
> controller and introduced a new NIC card via one of my PCI slots. Still
> nothing.
> Any advise would be appreciated at this time.
>

[Richard Urban]

The finalized, 64 bit version of Windows XP has not even been released yet.
What do you expect with beta software?

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"Peter" > wrote in message
...
> Installed the 64 bit version of XP. I have a MSI K8T Neo mother board
> which has the NIC on board. When installing the NIC driver I recieve a
> message stating "that there was a problem installing the driver and that
> it is on the wrong platform." I have confirmed that the driver is correct
> by contacting the vendor of the mother board. I have tried many variations
> of installing the Eithernet controller. I have even removed the on board
> controller and introduced a new NIC card via one of my PCI slots. Still
> nothing.
> Any advise would be appreciated at this time.
>

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Sorry, the link I posted was for the server edition. There should have been
a link to the 64-bit support groups at the download site or with your
documentation if you received it directly from Microsoft.

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Windows Shell/User
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"Peter" > wrote in message
...
> Installed the 64 bit version of XP. I have a MSI K8T Neo mother board
> which has the NIC on board. When installing the NIC driver I recieve a
> message stating "that there was a problem installing the driver and that
> it is on the wrong platform." I have confirmed that the driver is correct
> by contacting the vendor of the mother board. I have tried many variations
> of installing the Eithernet controller. I have even removed the on board
> controller and introduced a new NIC card via one of my PCI slots. Still
> nothing.
> Any advise would be appreciated at this time.
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It may be the correct driver for the NIC, but has the manufacturer
verified that it's also the correct driver to use on a 64-bit OS?

Bruce Chambers

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"Peter" > wrote in message
...
> Installed the 64 bit version of XP. I have a MSI K8T Neo mother
> board which has the NIC on board. When installing the NIC driver I
> recieve a message stating "that there was a problem installing the
> driver and that it is on the wrong platform." I have confirmed that
> the driver is correct by contacting the vendor of the mother board.
> I have tried many variations of installing the Eithernet controller.
> I have even removed the on board controller and introduced a new NIC
> card via one of my PCI slots. Still nothing.
> Any advise would be appreciated at this time.
>