Question Inspur X540T2 Not working

[NightHawkRMX]

Hello, I am having trouble getting an Inspur Intel X540T2 PN YZCA-00311-103 10gbe network adapter working.

When I install this card the system does not seem to recognize it at all. It boots up properly but it is not detected in device manager or in the network adapters section of control panel. I also see no link lights on the card, I've tried both Ethernet ports on the adapter.

Intel's drivers direction from their website also cannot find the device.

The boards I've tried it in have been am ASRock B550M Pro4, MSI B350 Tomahawk, and Intel H550M TC. In the B350 I tried it in both the top and bottom slot and no change.

It has a couple of jumpers on it, but I'm not sure what they do.

Any way I can get this card working? It is supposed to work in desktop motherboards.

 

[cruisetung]

Probably no driver support for Win10/11?

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...nverged-network-adapter-x540t2/downloads.html

or try

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boJRnsRoqNs


https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...el-ethernet-adapter-complete-driver-pack.html

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Probably no driver support for Win10/11?

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...nverged-network-adapter-x540t2/downloads.html

or try

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boJRnsRoqNs


https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...el-ethernet-adapter-complete-driver-pack.html

Hi, tried these drivers but they don't detect the card.

 

[Ralston18]

Does the adapter appear via Powershell?

Get-NetAdapter cmdlet (as admin).

From my computer:

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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-NetAdapter

Name InterfaceDescription ifIndex Status MacAddress LinkSpeed
---- -------------------- ------- ------ ---------- ---------
Bluetooth Network Conn... Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Netw... 15 Disconnected 74-40-BB-D5-2D-BE 3 Mbps
XXXXX Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller 12 Up 8C-EC-4B-7E-7E-D4 1 Gbps


PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

XXXXX being my network name.... (redacted).

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Does the adapter appear via Powershell?

Get-NetAdapter cmdlet (as admin).

From my computer:

Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Install the latest PowerShell for new features and improvements! https://aka.ms/PSWindows

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-NetAdapter

Name InterfaceDescription ifIndex Status MacAddress LinkSpeed
---- -------------------- ------- ------ ---------- ---------
Bluetooth Network Conn... Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Netw... 15 Disconnected 74-40-BB-D5-2D-BE 3 Mbps
XXXXX Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller 12 Up 8C-EC-4B-7E-7E-D4 1 Gbps


PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

XXXXX being my network name.... (redacted).

It does not.

https://imgur.com/PQlun3e

View: https://imgur.com/PQlun3e


Shows my Intel Wifi/BT and onboard Realtek gig lan, but this adapter is absent.

 

[Ralston18]

This network adapter?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2662146139...044&customid=6b4f844c77d41236c4b6e32cea9f5ef6

Source?

Is there a MAC printed somewhere on the card?

If so, try entering the MAC via

https://www.ipchecktool.com/tool/macfinder

Results?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

It's like that but has a standard Pcie slot, not the extra bit, and a standard Pcie bracket. It's apparently meant to work in a regular desktop and not just servers because of that, and the comments/reviews support it being compatible.

Here's where I got it from.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOMaxax
If you want to look at the info. I didn't pay that much for it.

Never knew that tool existed, pretty need to decide the manufacturer identifier in a Mac, will have to use it in the future.

The MAC is 6C:92:BF:67:A7:7C and it claims to be from IEIT SYSTEMS Co., Ltd. It has "Inspur" branding who is apparently a server manufacturer.

 

[cruisetung]

if you tried on 3 motherboards and it did not appear in any one of the Windows device managers, I would say you got a bad one.