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"Inventec-LAN,other hardware-Inventec PCIe GBE Family Controller." - What is it about?
I got a message of an optional update for "Inventec-LAN,other
hardware-Inventec PCIe GBE Family Controller." I run Window 8.1 Pro 64-bit. AFAIK, I do not have any Inventec equipment. A Google search led to a page at Microsoft Community http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/i...intp-insider_d evices/just-got-an-update-for-inventec-lan-driver-for-win/516f4f25-931c- 4f1d-aa87-74ce7220ab4b?page=1 with numerous replies, all of which seems to boil down to no one really knows. Some advocate blind trust of Microsoft, one or two note that there may be some relationship between RealTek and Inventec but are not sure. Has anyone seen any current info about it? FWIW, I'll be relegating it to a do not install status, but it's troubling for an update to be pushed down when even Microsoft's "More Information" and "Support Information" links either report "The More information feature is not available yet" or lead to a search page that's useless because I don't even know what the product is that the update is supposed to be for! John |
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"Inventec-LAN,other hardware-Inventec PCIe GBE Family Controller."- What is it about?
Yes wrote:
I got a message of an optional update for "Inventec-LAN,other hardware-Inventec PCIe GBE Family Controller." I run Window 8.1 Pro 64-bit. AFAIK, I do not have any Inventec equipment. A Google search led to a page at Microsoft Community http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/i...intp-insider_d evices/just-got-an-update-for-inventec-lan-driver-for-win/516f4f25-931c- 4f1d-aa87-74ce7220ab4b?page=1 with numerous replies, all of which seems to boil down to no one really knows. Some advocate blind trust of Microsoft, one or two note that there may be some relationship between RealTek and Inventec but are not sure. Has anyone seen any current info about it? FWIW, I'll be relegating it to a do not install status, but it's troubling for an update to be pushed down when even Microsoft's "More Information" and "Support Information" links either report "The More information feature is not available yet" or lead to a search page that's useless because I don't even know what the product is that the update is supposed to be for! John In the example here, Inventec uses a bog-standard RealTek chip on their add-on card. The manufacturer code 10EC, belongs to RealTek. http://www.driveridentifier.com/scan...170%26REV_ 01 I look up the manufacturer here, via the VEN/DEV. http://pciids.sourceforge.net/pci.ids When coding a driver, you have to be especially careful, not to make the matching logic too generic. If they include PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_00401170 as the only matching identifier, only Inventec customers get the update. The SUBSYS allows companies like Inventec, to identify their specific card. On the eight hex digit SUBSYS, four digits are reserved for a manufacturer_ID. The other four digits are the instance. It would allow Inventec to make two NIC cards with RealTek chips if they wanted. If instead, they use these in the INF file PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8168 PCI\VEN_10EC&CC_020000 PCI\VEN_10EC&CC_0200 then everybody with that RealTek NIC chip on their motherboard or an add-on card, gets offered the driver. Without a SUBSYS value, all the NIC chips of that type will match. My guess is, this is a mistake on the part of Inventec, for not editing the INF and making the driver specific to their own instance. You could well have a valid RealTek driver in the queue as well, if that's why Inventec is issuing this driver. RealTek is very generous with drivers, and you can get the latest RealTek driver direct from the RealTek site, if you feel you have some NIC bug that needs fixing. (Example of Realtek generosity...) http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false I would hide the Inventec one, or hold off using it, until it disappears. You probably just have a RealTek NIC chip on the motherboard, and that's what Windows Update has triggered on. Best guess, Paul |
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"Inventec-LAN,other hardware-Inventec PCIe GBE Family Controller." - What is it about?
Paul wrote:
Yes wrote: I got a message of an optional update for "Inventec-LAN,other hardware-Inventec PCIe GBE Family Controller." I run Window 8.1 Pro 64-bit. AFAIK, I do not have any Inventec equipment. A Google -- snipped -- I would hide the Inventec one, or hold off using it, until it disappears. You probably just have a RealTek NIC chip on the motherboard, and that's what Windows Update has triggered on. Best guess, Paul That's what I did; I hid it. As far as I can tell, my network connection is working fine. What was unsettling was the absolute lack of info from Microsoft and the multiple (three pages worth) inquiries questioning if it was an official, legitimate Microsoft update or if it was malware inserted in a backdoor way into Microsoft's Update procedures. I'll just proceed on the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" principle and give the dust time to settle. John |
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