Greeting everyone.
I am evaluating the Windows Server 2012R2 Datacenter OS on my laptop.
The hardware specification can found at this link:
http://mobile-computers.tech-specs.com/apple-macbook-pro-mc375-n57569875
My network card is Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet:
The hardware ID is:
PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_1684&SUBSYS_168414E4&REV_10
PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_1684&SUBSYS_168414E4
PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_1684&CC_020000
PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_1684&CC_0200
The driver I installed is:
Driver Data: 8/6/2013
Driver Version: 16.2.0.4
Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher.
I have also turned off the “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power”.
The symptom is when I connected to the Internet using the ADSL, my network connection will lose response in a random period. This is totally unpredictable. And I had also tried to disable the Ethernet card and re-enable it. However, this only made things worse: even the device manager hang up. And then I tried to reboot my laptop, the OS stayed in the screen saying “rebooting” for more than one hour. The only thing I could do was forcing to power off my computer.
This issue doesn’t come out on Windows 8.1/Windows 7 SP1/Windows Server 2008R2.
Can anyone tell me why and give me some help? Thank you very much in advance.