KACE Product Support

For anyone wondering what the E7420/E7440 issue / fix for this is, here ya go.

The issue arises from the new intel drivers requiring a hot-fix from microsoft. 

"Some of the Windows 7 drivers for the new Dell systems may require an update of the KMDF to version 1.11.  The KMDF is a component of the OS and the update is available from Microsoft at the link below.  The usual treatment is to include the KMDF update into your base image until it is rolled up into a service pack.  Some of you may remember seeing this issue with XP/Vista when Win7 came on the scene.

Symptoms that a KMDF update is needed for a Windows 7 driver:

 1.       Yellow bang in device manager for components that you know you have a driver available

2.       Black screen during OS deployment

http://www.microsoft.com/en-my/download/details.aspx?id=38423"

So how do you fix this issue? 

First, if you are using the driver feed for either the E7440 or E7420, you will need to connect to your driver share and remove them manually.

- Browse to \\kbox$\drivers_postinstall\dell\windows_7_x64\e7440
- Under chipset, delete the folder called '88VH0_A00-00 A00" (Intel Management Engine)
- Also delete the folder "08V18_A00-00 A01" (ST Micro Sensor)

Both of these drivers are causing Windows to reboot after deploying the OS when using a scripted installation.
*Note - You do not need to recache your drivers.

Now that you have the drivers removed, the deployment will work fine except those drivers are still missing and need to be installed. For this, we are going to create a post install task for the drivers. Coincidentally, we have noticed that the system DOES NOT require a reboot when installed in this manner. :)

- Goto  http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/driverdetails?driverid=FWRCW and download the exe installer for the Intel driver.
-  Using a zip utility, extract the exe to a folder and rezip it.
- Create a Post install task uploading the zip file and use the following as the command:
start /wait setup.exe -preinst -drvonly -overwrite -s 
What this will do, is install ONLY the drivers silently bypassing any errors by overwriting automatically and installing even if the hardware is not present. **So if you have other models that you are scripting as well, you won't need to keep modifying the deployment.

I put this task towards the end of my deployment and haven't seen any further issues.

For the ST sensor, just do the same thing. We do not include it since our devices are SSD drives and the fall sensor provides no benefit. The system works perfectly fine without the driver installed. 

Kace Tier 3 Support is aware of this issue and will be removing these 2 drivers from the Driver Feed for the E7420 and E7440 models until a permanent solution can be found. 

Are you imaging this with a dongle?  If so is the dongle drivers in the scripted install also.  If the nic drivers do not load post script then the machine cannot see the k2000 to reattach for post commands.