OH? The image job timed out? Huh.
So, first, please just forget the drivers - obviously it's working, right? I hope we can all agree with that.
If it's "timing out" then that indicates one of 3 things: 1) the CTDataloader service is NOT reporting back to the NS the status of the task, or 2) the task is not actually completing and is waiting for something. 3) something is bouncing services on the task server.
The first of those is pretty easy to detect and fix. Boot to automatoin, send a simple task like a run script VBS task with:
msgbox "hi"
It'll pop-up on the system in automation (do this instead of an image) and you can click OK. After clicking OK, if it never reports back "Yup! Done!" then you know CTDataloader is failing on the task server. Bounce the services and/or box as a starting point.
The second option is a little trickier, but I'm sort of thinking NOT. You would troubleshoot this by looking at the deployimage log in the x:\symantec\deployment\logs folder. There are other logs there and if you can, get all of them after it has looped at least once. But that log should tell you something about what is happening. You can see the GHO file being created and ... then what? It may SOUND tricky to read, but it's not. Just persevere and you'll find something that might indicate an error or failure.
The third option is all that makes complete sense, but it's weird.
Generally, we see a task restart if the Object Host service on the Task Server bounces - hard. It looses the completion status of a task, then checks back with the NS for running tasks, and launches the task again. This doesn't happen often (especially anymore). But, you might check the Windows Event logs on the Task Server this system is reporting to to see if there are errors about Object Host, CTDataloader, or ... something.
Note: Depending on what you find in this, you MAY need a remote session to troubleshoot it and may need to call it in. Just... be careful. As you saw early in this post, some troubleshoot the wrong thing. I know personally the people doing backline support and they're excellent, but reaching them can be ... interesting, so hold firm if you call in and they try to do something you don't think makes any sense. Stand your ground. Don't just reinstall something "just to try" That can get pretty costly in time to fix!
Anyway, let us know!