I still can't get the multicard Template to work on this driver - but I can make a boot usb device that works fine with just that driver independantly.

Is there a restriction somewhere that I'm missing?

Thanks in advance.

Techone, looking at the PCI-TAG line in yours compared to the PCI-TAG line in the other mcassist.cfg files that are found in the multicard list, yours does not end with a $ sign. Try adding a $-sign to the very end of your PCI-TAG line and see if it works.. good luck!

Thanks for taking an interest in this thread - I have reviewed the mcassist.cfg file and found that the PCI-TAG is the following:

PCI-TAG = 14E4 165E : Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme 5721 PCI-E Gigabit NIC$

I guess I didn't copy the $ before.

It sounded too simple. I am on a quest to build (add to the) a multicard template for all of our school district's PCs and laptops (mostly Dells, IBM/Lenovos). After reading your post I am afraid I will not have too much luck in getting a 100% working template. Pressing on! Good luck.

Best of luck -

I deal with strickly Dell although you'll find strange things that show up. Imcompatabillity for instance with Cisco 3500 switches and the Intel 825xx NIC which I went round and round with Dell for a few months on. I hope to find my answer soon as well although I do have a workaround I just like having everything bootable through 1 usb stick/configuration.

While building my PCI-TAG files I have become familiar with "NIC NAME" and I think it has to be exact and a DEV can be listed twice with different names(???). But, I assume you got the name from the Device Manager so what you had should be correct and working.

However, using the VEN and DEV from your post I find and would try all of these lines in the MCAssist.cfg :

PCI-TAG = 14E4 165E : Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme 5721 PCI-E Gigabit NIC$
PCI-TAG = 14E4 165E : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet$
PCI-TAG = 14E4 165E : Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Controller$

These are some NIC Names that I have found in several different b57win32.inf files downloaded as part of broadcom driver packages from different specific machines (D531, Optiplex330 ect.) from dell.
 

Thanks - I really don't think this matters. I did a Intel 825xx and named it "825xx 755 driver" and it still worked. I will give it a go anyways in just an off chance it's only related to Broadcom. I appreciate your input on this thread - been a pleasure working with you thus far.