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to: Frank Haber
from: Geo
date: 2006-06-24 11:14:08
subject: Re: PCI hardware ID in WinUpdate a Lost Cause

From: "Geo" 

I have 2 intel pro 100 cards, they use different drivers, even the intel
install routine can't tell them apart so I have to just try one driver then
the other to figure out which one is required. The one that works is the
right one. I have a third intel pro 100 that is built into a dell server,
it has to have the dell driver or the machine doesn't reboot without a hard
power off. So that one isn't even Intel's fault.

Geo.


"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:449d3b07$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > it's the people writing the drivers and making the hardware that I blame
>
> For sure, but I can't see continuing to offer a toxic update facility.
Let's
> consider the bright side: things are getting better, but it's not from
better
> vendor diligence.  It's from chipset monopoly.  Hmm, speaking of
monoculture -
> there are probably some nice holes in EFI/Aptio - let's just wake up the
NIC,
> come out of S3, and PAR-TEE!
>

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