- Broadcom 440x Fast Ethernet Controller Driver Windows 7
- Broadcom 440x Fast Ethernet Controller Driver Windows 7
The issue you are facing is known, and (sort-of fixes) are being actively developed. Just there will not be a new driver.
The best characterization of the issue given so far is IMHO a post by an Microsoft engineer signing 'Travis (MSFT)' in that thread (look for June 6th):
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First, a brief synopsis of the technical details: The Broadcom 440x is a XP/Vista era driver and hasn't been updated in many years. As you know it has worked faithfully all those years. The creators update introduced some new features that take advantage of some Network Card hardware optimizations that are available on newer models. These features have been available on Server versions of windows for some time. But starting with the creators update the optimizations are now available on client versions. Unfortunately the Broadcom 440x has a bug where it returns incorrect responses when Windows asks it about support for the hardware optimizations. This exposes an additional bug in tcpip.sys which causes the symptoms that have been reported.
Given the nature of support for the old driver we cannot fix the Broadcom 440x. But we can fix the bug tcpip.sys. Doing so should cause the symptoms (hang during update, no network connectivity, 100% CPU usage in kernel) to be fixed. [..]
Later (June 22nd), he explained that a fixed TCP/IP stack has been pushed as part of Insider build 16226, which allows to use the computer with more-fresh-than Creators' Update releases. This has been verified to work by several people (including me) and I did not read any negative report so far.
At this point, there are several possible paths:
- As did Derek, drop the network card which driver has the underlying bug (which will not be fixed); you need to disable the device in the BIOS to prevent the buggy 440x driver to load;
- Step in for most recent Insiders' build, which looks a bit like being (one of) the guinea pig;
- Revert to Anniversary Update (RS1, 14393) if not already done, and wait quietly until Creator Fall Update (RS3, due next autumn) which will very probably include the fix in the TCP/IP stack.
It is also possible that Microsoft pushes the fixed TCP/IP stack into the monthly releases of updates to Creators' Update (RS2, 15063) earlier than the formal release of the next version. If it so happens, I am sure Travis will make it known at the above quoted thread, probably with detailed instructions to be able to perform the update without problem; given the agenda through (5 months until December 21st), I am not sure it will happen.
Important update (August 4th):
Travis did a remarkable job pushing the fix internally, and it has been integrated into KB4032188 which is cumulative update for Windows 10 Creators Update dated August 2nd. You will encounter the full details, particularly how to proceed depending of your particular case, in the reference thread. Suffice to say that performing an upgrade to Creators Update automatically embed that update and hence you end with a fixed, working Windows.
Broadcom 440x Fast Ethernet Controller Driver Windows 7
What's New:
Dell customized Drivers for W2K/XP/Vista OS support
This driver works for the following systems:
Vostro Notebook 1000
Vostro Notebook 1500
Vostro Notebook 1700
Supported OS:
Microsoft MS-DOS
Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Broadcom 440x Fast Ethernet Controller Driver Windows 7
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