Installing Win Server 2003 on a Proliant 1600

[Bob Vitter]

Windows 2003 does not recognize the onboard NIC. The HP/Compaq driver for 2003 does not work. Is there a NIC driver for the Proliant 1600 600MHz system for Win 2003?

[Jon Finley]

Did you try the 2000 version drivers from HP's site?

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/locate/20_1126.html

Jon

[Jon Finley]

And... if this is the Server series, did you look at Smart Start?

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/SmartStart/index.html

Jon

[Bob Vitter]

I did try to 2000 version. It fails to install and I get an error message saying the driver is not necessary. But the NIC is not showing in the hardware list and the new hardware wizard starts everytime I bootup.

[Bob Vitter]

I just looked up SmartStart. It looks like I will have to pay for access to drivers that should be free on the HP site. But, if SmartStart will install the needed drivers then the price is worth it.

[Joseph Loo]

hi,

please refer to this post:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=595913

regards.