Topic: nForce 600 Series Driver Update (MCP67) and ASUS NB F5N/X50N
Okay, new hardware = new problems. This time Asus X50N Notebook with Nvidia 630a chipset. I have tested the actual DP LAN and the one in the nightlies, but both don't work with this ethernet controller. So I've been searching around for drivers and found two drivers that seem to be newer than the one in DP_LAN_wnt5_x86-32_8024.7z/D/LNV6. The first one is from the Nvidia site, second one is from Asus F5N Support Page and looks like a customized build of the latest driver from the nvidia package.
Download links:
http://www.nvidia.de/object/nforce_630i … 08_de.html
http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Dri … 071008.zip
Dates and Versions from nvenetfd.inf:
DP_LAN_wnt5_x86-32_8024
DriverVer = 07/11/2006, 65.2.1
Nvidia - 14.10_nforce_630a_winxp_english_whql
DriverVer = 03/06/2007, 65.6.5
ASUS F5N - LAN_XP_071008
DriverVer = 05/04/2007, 65.7.5
Both driver inf files contain new sections for the support of MCP67, but there are some customizations and the binaries differ.
Adding the Asus driver to DP_LAN works fine, replacing the actual driver with the one provided by Nvidia also works, but then DHCP functionality will break. Due to lack of knowlegde i can't figure out how to merge these two drivers, sorry.
Note: Yes, there is no Windows XP driver for the Asus X50N at the Support Page, but X50N and F5N are based on the same chipset.
I have also purcased a motherboard with the Nvidia 630a chipset, i hope i get a chance to test this soon.