Installing NIC

Fred Jones · Oct 1, 2003

Hi. I am trying to replace a NIC that went bad in W2K Server. I have tried
various NIC's with new and old drivers for each of the cards, but I keep on
receiving an error. It states "The INF or the device information set or
element does not match the specified install class." I searched the MS
knowledge base to find out they have some solution of clearing out certain
keys in the registry. I tried these but I keep getting the same error.
Anyone have any ideas??

Thanks

jason · Oct 1, 2003

hi im using someelse post i hope he wont mind here goes -

You have inserted, re-inserted, moved, removed, or

swapped your NIC card across various PCI slots without
first removing it from the Device Manager. That's a no-
no. It results in a phantom NIC card evidenced when
another NIC is installed and is reported as Adapter #2.

solution maybe here -

http://www.sacpcug.org/archives/0303/tech0303.pdf

Installing NIC

Fred Jones

jason