System failure caused by Win XP's own drive

I recently installed the D-Link DFE-530TX network card for the proxy server in the home network, but it was a big expense. All of this was caused by the driver. For many users who use this card, I no longer encounter it. For the same failure, the author decided to "put out" his experience.

The author upgraded the operating system of the computer to Windows XP. After installing the NIC driver, the system could not be started normally. After entering the security mode and disabling the network card, the system returns to normal. It is estimated that there is a problem with the driver. During the inspection, I found that the driver for this network card is directly provided by the Windows XP operating system. The test was performed under Windows 2000 without any failure (the driver is also provided by the system).

It seems that the cause of this failure should be the compatibility of the D-Link driver. Since different network cards have multiple models, different models use different drivers, and the operating system often smartly installs the drivers provided by the products automatically, often resulting in hardware and driver mismatch.

In this case, only uninstall the driver of the network card first, and download the latest driver from the D-Link official website to reinstall. In general, if the hardware vendor provides the driver, you should try not to use the driver built into the operating system to avoid various problems or malfunctions. In addition, the DFE-530TX has a variety of models, you should pay attention to the difference when downloading the driver.