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I386 error installing network adapters under Microsoft Windows NT - IBM IntelliStation

Troubleshooting


Problem

When adding a network adapter via "Network" in Control Panel or during a new installation of Windows NT, the network adapter is not shown.

Resolving The Problem

Symptom
When adding a network adapter via "Network" in Control Panel or during a new installation of Windows NT, the network adapter is not shown. After choosing "Select From List," then "Have Disk," the following or similar error occurs when trying to copy files from the driver diskette:

An error has occurred:
Unable to open the file x:\i386\OEM_FILE_NAME

Affected configurations
The error may occur under both Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 and Windows NT Server version 4.0.

The error may be seen on any network adapter that requires a "Have Disk" function on installation including, but not limited to, the following network adapters:

IBM Turbo 16/4 ISA adapter           Option P/N72H3482
IBM PCI 16/4 Wake on LAN adapter      Option P/N86H1880
IBM PCI 16/4 adapter           Option P/N41H8900

Solution
Download and install IBM Turbo 16/4 Token-Ring ISA Adapter device driver, file name TRI164T2.EXE from the IBM Networking Hardware support Internet web page www.networking.ibm.com.

1. Under "Fast-Path Site Links" click on Support.
2. Click on "Search the Support Site."
3. Search on "turbo 16/4" and click on the link to the IBM Turbo 16/4 Token-Ring ISA Adapter support page.
4. Click on "Downloads."

* Any other network adapter that exhibits the symptom:

Contact the manufacturer for an updated OEMSETUP file per Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q156606. For IBM network adapters, contact Network Hardware support in the U.S. at 1-800-426-7378.

 

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

IntelliStation Pro:All operating systems listed

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 January 2019

UID

ibm1PSGF-44CL7K