ThinkPad September 29, 2006 Broadcom NetXtreme Fast/Gigabit Ethernet Software for Windows NT/2000/XP/XP Tablet Edition 2005 RELEASE 8.3.9 ====================================================================== Notice: ------- This program is language independent and can be used with any language system. What This Package Does ---------------------- This package provides the Ethernet driver for Windows NT/2000/XP/ XP Tablet Edition 2005. It enables or updates the Ethernet functions on the on one of the following Ethernet devices is integrated into your ThinkPad. - Broadcom NetXtreme Fast Ethernet - Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet This release supports the following systems: - ThinkPad R51e(*1)(*2)(*4) - ThinkPad R52(*1)(*2) - ThinkPad R60(*1)(*2) - ThinkPad R60e(*1)(*2) - ThinkPad T43(*2)(*5) - ThinkPad T43p(*1)(*2) - ThinkPad X41(*1)(*2) - ThinkPad X41 Tablet(*3) - ThinkPad Z60m(*1)(*2) - Thinkpad Z60t(*1)(*2) - ThinkPad Z61e(*1)(*2) - ThinkPad Z61m(*1)(*2) - ThinkPad Z61t(*1)(*2) - ThinkPad Z61p(*1)(*2) Notes: *1: Windows NT is not supported. *2: Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 is not supported. *3: Only Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 is supported. *4: Supports Fast Ethernet only. *5: ThinkPad T43 that has the following Machine Types (M/T) do not support Windows NT: M/T: 1871/1872/1873/1874/1875/1876 To determine if you should update the Ethernet driver, refer to the "Summary of Changes" section. To update the Ethernet driver, refer to the "Installation Instructions" section. Released Versions ----------------- Release 7.7.8 Initial release for ThinkPad T43 and T43p Release 7.7.8 Initial release for ThinkPad T43 (new Machine Type) and R52 Release 7.7.8 Initial release for ThinkPad X41 Release 7.7.8 Initial release for ThinkPad X41 Tablet Release 8.1.5 Initial release for ThinkPad Z60t and R51e Release 8.3.9 Initial release for ThinkPad R60, R60e, Z61e, Z61m, Z61t, Z61p Summary of Changes ------------------ Where: Release version (New) New function or enhancement (Fix) Correction to existing function <7.7.8> - (New) Initial release for ThinkPad T43 and T43p - (New) Initial release for ThinkPad T43 (new Machine Type (M/T)) and R52 ThinkPad T43 new M/T: 1871/1872/1873/1874/1875/1876 - (New) Initial release for ThinkPad X41 - (New) Initial release for ThinkPad X41 Tablet <7.7.8> - (New) Initial release for ThinkPad Z60t and R51e <8.3.9> - (New) Initial release for ThinkPad R60, R60e, Z61e, Z61m, Z61t, Z61p Installation Instructions ------------------------- Note: Software Installer provides install/(uninstall) wizard for the device driver in the following operating systems: - Windows 2000 - Windows XP - Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 Windows XP / Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 UPDATE INSTALL: To update the driver, follow the instructions below: 1. Start Windows XP / Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 2. Click "Start", "Settings", and "Control Panel" 3. Click "System" 4. Click "Hardware" tab 5. Click "Device Manager" button 6. Click the "+" mark to expand "Network adapters" 7. Right-click "Broadcom NetXtreme Fast Ethernet" or "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet" and click "Properties" 8. Click "Driver" tab 9. Click "Update Driver" button 10. Select "No, not this time" and click "Next" 11. Select "Install from a list or specific location" 12. Click "Next" button 13. Select "Search for the best driver in these locations" and "Include this location in the search" 14. Click "Browse" button 15. Locate the driver folder and click "OK" button 16. Click "Next" button The driver installation starts 17. Click "Finish" button when the installation completes 18. Click "Close" button CLEAN INSTALL: (Found New Hardware Wizard) If it is the first time to boot Windows XP / Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005, the OS detects the Ethernet Controller automatically. To install the device driver, follow the instructions below: 1. Start Windows XP / Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 2. It displays "Found New Hardware Wizard" dialog box 3. Select "Install from a list or specific location", then click "Next" button 4. Select "Search for the best driver in these locations" and "Include this location in the search" 5. Click "Browse" button 6. Locate the driver and click "OK" button 7. Click "Next" button The driver installation starts 8. Click "Finish" button when the installation completes CLEAN INSTALL: (Ethernet Controller in Other devices) Windows XP / Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 detected the "Ethernet Controller", but was not able to find the correct device driver. In this case, you will see "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" in "Device Manager". To install the driver, follow the instructions below. 1. Start Windows XP / Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 2. Click "Start" and "Control Panel" 3. Click "System" 4. Click "Hardware" tab 5. Click "Device Manager" button 6. Right-click "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" and click "Properties" 7. Click "Reinstall Driver" button 8. Select "No, not this time" and click "Next" 9. Select "Install from a list or specific location" 10. Click "Next" button in "Hardware Upgrade Wizard" dialog box 11. Select "Search for the best driver in these locations" and "Include this location in the search" only 12. Click "Browse" button 13. Locate driver and click "OK" button 14. Click "Next" button The driver installation starts 15. Click "Finish" button when the installation completes 16. Click "Close" button Windows 2000 UPDATE INSTALL: To update the driver, follow the instructions below: 1. Start Windows 2000 2. Click "Start", select "Settings", and click "Control Panel" 3. Double-click "System" 4. Click "Hardware" tab 5. Click "Device Manager" button 6. Click the "+" mark to expand "Network adapters" 7. Right-click "Broadcom NetXtreme Fast Ethernet" or "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet" and click "Properties" 8. Click "Driver" tab 9. Click "Update Driver" button 10. Click "Next" button in "Upgrade Device Driver Wizard" dialog box 11. Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device" 12. Click "Next" button 13. Select "Specify a location" only in "Optional search locations" 14. Click "Next" button 15. Click "Browse" button 16. Locate the driver and click "OK" button 17. Click "OK" button 18. Click "Next" button The driver installation starts 19. Click "Finish" button when the installation completes 20. Click "Close" button CLEAN INSTALL: (Found New Hardware Wizard) If it is the first time to boot Windows 2000, the OS detects the Ethernet Controller automatically. To install the device driver, follow the instructions below: 1. Start Windows 2000 2. It displays "Found New Hardware Wizard" dialog box 3. Click "Next" button 4. Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device" 5. Click "Next" button 6. Select "Specify a location" only in "Optional search locations" 7. Click "Next" button 8. Click "Browse" button 9. Locate the driver and click "OK" button 10. Click "OK" button 11. Click "Next" button The driver installation starts 12. Click "Finish" button when the installation completes CLEAN INSTALL: (Ethernet Controller in Other devices) Windows 2000 detected the "Ethernet Controller", but was not able to find the correct device driver. In this case, you will see "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" in "Device Manager". To install the driver, follow the instructions below: 1. Start Windows 2000 2. Click "Start", select "Settings", and click "Control Panel" 3. Double-click "System" 4. Click "Hardware" tab 5. Click "Device Manager" button 6. Right-click "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" and click "Properties" 7. Click "Driver" tab 8. Click "Reinstall Driver" button 9. Click "Next" button 10. Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device" 11. Click "Next" button 12. Select "Specify a location" only in "Optional search locations" 13. Click "Next" button 14. Click "Browse" button 15. Locate the driver and click "OK" button 16. Click "OK" button 17. Click "Next" button The driver installation starts 18. Click "Finish" button when the installation completes 19. Click "Close" button Windows NT 4.0 UPDATE INSTALL: To update the driver, follow the instructions below: 1. Start Windows NT 4.0 2. Note the full path name of the folder where the drivers are extracted before starting the installation 3. Click "Start", point to "Settings", and click "Control Panel" 4. Double-click "Network" icon 5. Click "Adapters" tab 6. Select "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet" 7. Click "Update" button 8. Type the full path name of the folder where the drivers are extracted in Insert Disk dialog box. For example, c:\Drivers\WIN\Ethernet\WinNT 9. Click "Continue" button 10. Click "Close" button 11. Click "Yes" when prompted to restart the computer CLEAN INSTALL: To install the driver, follow the instructions below: First Network Configuration 1. Start Windows NT 4.0 2. Note the full path name of the folder where the drivers are Extracted before starting the installation 3. Click "Start", point to "Settings", and click "Control Panel" 4. Double-click "Network" icon 5. It displays "Network Configuration" dialog box if this is the first time to configure the Network. If not, go to step 21 6. Click "Yes" button 7. Select "Wired to the network", and click "Next" button 8. Click "Select from list" button 9. Click "Have Disk" button 10. Type the full path name of the folder where the drivers are extracted in Insert Disk dialog box. For example, c:\Drivers\WIN\Ethernet\WinNT 11. Click "OK" button 12. Select "Gigabit Ethernet Controller", click "OK" button 13. Click "Next" button 14. Select Network Protocols and click "Next" button 15. Select Network Services and click "Next" button 16. Click "Next" button 17. Follow the prompts for any Windows NT installation disks by typing the full path to the folder that contains Windows NT files. It is usually c:\i386 folder or Windows NT CD-ROM's \i386 folder 18. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen 19. Click "Finish" button when the installation completes 20. Click "Yes" when prompted to restart the computer Add Ethernet to Network Configuration 21. Click "Adapters" tab 22. Click "Add" button 23. Click "Have Disk" button 24. Type the full path name of the folder where the drivers are extracted in Insert Disk dialog box. For example, c:\Drivers\WIN\Ethernet\WinNT 25. Click "OK" button 26. Select "Gigabit Ethernet Controller" 27. Click "OK" button 28. Click "Close" button 29. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen 30. Click "Yes" when prompted to restart the computer BACS2 Installation ------------------ Note: Before upgrading Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS2), you have to uninstall the current BACS2 that is installed on your ThinkPad. 1. Execute "setup.exe" in the "BACS" folder 2. Click "Next" button 6. Click "Yes" button 7. Click "Next" button 8. Click "OK" button Unattended Installation ----------------------- DOS drivers for unattended installation: For customers who need unattended installation, the following DOS driver is provided in another driver package (7FRD08WW package). The DOS driver can be used only for this purpose. B57.dos Unattended installation instructions: Unattended installation instructions are located at "\Tools\Unattend\xxx" (xxx=Win2K, WinNT, or IA32) folders in this package Determining which version is installed -------------------------------------- NDIS File Name Version Operating System ------- ----------- -------------------- --------------------------------------------- NDIS4: b57nt4.sys 9.25 (RELEASE 8.3.9) Windows NT4 NDIS5: b57w2k.sys 9.25 (RELEASE 8.3.9) Windows 2000 NDIS51: b57xp32.sys 9.25 (RELEASE 8.3.9) Windows XP / XP Tablet Edition 2005 To check the version of the device driver that is installed on your system, follow the following instructions: Windows 2000/XP/XP Tablet Edition 2005: 1. Right-click the My Computer and click "Properties" 2. Click "Hardware" tab and click "Device Manager" button 3. Click the "+" sign in front of the Network adapters category 4. Double-click "Broadcom NetXtreme Fast Ethernet" or "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet" 5. Click "Driver" tab and the driver version is displayed Windows NT: 1. Right-click "Network Neighborhood" and click "Properties" 2. Click "Adapters" tab 3. Select "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet" in the "Network Adapters" and the driver version is displayed in the "Item Notes" Trademarks ---------- * ThinkPad is a registered trademark of Lenovo. * Broadcom is a registered trademark of Broadcom Corporation. * Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other company, product, and service names may be registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of others.