[Fernando 1]

ssnjesko, on 30 March 2012 - 01:55 PM, said:

2 try slipstrime drivers

Which ones?
You should only integrate the 32bit Intel RST driver v11.0.0.1032 WHQL and choose the listed " "Intel® ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller" while doing the integration with nLite.

ssnjesko, on 30 March 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

I delate hiden partition on Hdd

And what happened? Did the XP installation work?

[hmtjakob]

This article was updated last on 04/05/2012, but does not mention an "Intel® Mobile Express Chipset SATA AHCI controller", which predates the update date.
The driver file "32 bit Intel RST AHCI & Raid driver V11.1.0.1006 WHQL" has an extension `rar` and does not follow usual procedures for opening. Some elaboration may well be warranted.
hmtjakob

[Fernando 1]

hmtjakob, on 13 May 2012 - 06:25 AM, said:

This article was updated last on 04/05/2012, but does not mention an "Intel® Mobile Express Chipset SATA AHCI controller", which predates the update date.

Why should I mention this special Intel SATA Controller? There are a lot of different Intel SATA AHCI and RAID Controllers, which you will not find within my guide.
The reason is quite simple:
Within the start post I have linked a big variety of different Intel AHCI/RAID driverpacks. The TXTSETUP.OEM files of all these driverpacks contain different Controllers and even different names for the exactly same Controller type.
So any detailed information about the exact list of the supported Controllers will be more confusing than enlightening.
The screenshot within the "Processing with nLite" section of my guide was taken while integrating the old Intel MSM textmode driver v8.9.0.1023. Just to clarify, that the picture is an example and not exactly what the user will see, I wrote this sentence above that screenshot:

Fernando 1 said:

If you have integrated the appropriate drivers (hopefully supporting your special Intel SATA Controller too) you will get the following or rather similar "Storage Device Textmode Driver" popup window with a big variety of different Intel Controllers:

hmtjakob said:

The driver file "32 bit Intel RST AHCI & Raid driver V11.1.0.1006 WHQL" has an extension `rar` and does not follow usual procedures for opening. Some elaboration may well be warranted.

Since I started this thread in November 2007 all driverpacks, which I have linked within the start post, are packed with one of the best and most common archive tools named WinRAR and can easily be unzipped by other popular Zip tools. The archiving procedure lowers the package size and the download time.
Although I have done that since 2007, none of the meanwhile 1.1 million visitors of this thread ever have criticized that.
Just to avoid.that the user tries to integrate the RAR package, I have written this sentence at the bottom of the "Preparations" chapter:

Fernando 1 said:

Unzip and store the driver folder of your choice somewhere

I really hope, that you succeeded with the driver integration nevertheless.

Regards
Fernando

[mothman]

Fernando,

I'm running an X79 Rig and needed to install XP 32 Bit in AHCI Mode. I slipstreamed your driver with Nlite and the install went great and works great. Just wanted to ask how you did the modification as I'm just curious. And may I ask why you chose the 10.5.2.1010 ver. when there are newer ones available.

Thanks For Your Work,

Bob

[Fernando 1]

Hello Bob,
welcome at MSFN Forum and thanks for your feedback!

mothman, on 15 May 2012 - 11:25 PM, said:

I'm running an X79 Rig and needed to install XP 32 Bit in AHCI Mode. I slipstreamed your driver with Nlite and the install went great and works great.

It's fine, that you succeeded with the XP installation and that you are satisfied with the Intel AHCI driver I have linked within my guide.

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Just wanted to ask how you did the modification as I'm just curious. And may I ask why you chose the 10.5.2.1010 ver. when there are newer ones available.

This RST driver v10.5.2.1010 dated 10/27/2011 has not been modified at all. It is the actual Intel AHCI driver, which has been designed by Intel for X79 chipsets systems running Windows XP (32bit).
This driver is part of Intel's newest official RSTe drivers and software pack 3.1.0.1085. After having extracted the set you will find the RST driver v10.5.2.1010 within the RST\drivers\x32 subfolder..

Regards
Fernando

[mothman]

I'm confused. Are you saying that intel is now supporting X79 with XP 32 bit AHCI with this driver ? I thought X79 only supported XP 64 bit AHCI.

[Fernando 1]

mothman, on 16 May 2012 - 03:56 AM, said:

I'm confused. Are you saying that intel is now supporting X79 with XP 32 bit AHCI with this driver ? I thought X79 only supported XP 64 bit AHCI.

You misunderstood the statement of Intel regarding the support of the Windows Operating Systems.
As you have verified yourself, users with an X79 chipset mainboard are able to get Windows XP (32bit) installed, but they cannot use the "normal" Intel RSTe AHCI/RAID drivers for X79 chipsets, which do work simultaneously with 2 drivers named iaStorA.sys and iaStorF.sys. So they have to use a driver of the RST line instead, which contains just 1 driver named iaStor.sys.
The AHCI and RAID drivers of the "Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise Edition" (named RSTe), which have been developed especially for X79 chipsets, do not support Windows XP (32bit). That is why Intel added the 32bit RST driver v10.5.2.1010 to their official RSTe packages just to make it possible to get XP running with X79 chipsets too.

Regards
Fernando

[mothman]

Thanks Fernando for all your help,

Just to see what you meant, I downloaded and extracted the RSTe 3.1.0.1085 and didn't see the 10.5.2.1010 there ,I'm asking again just so I can see for myself where to get the driver. Also is the 3.1.0.1085 the server version ?

[Fernando 1]

mothman, on 16 May 2012 - 07:50 AM, said:

Just to see what you meant, I downloaded and extracted the RSTe 3.1.0.1085 and didn't see the 10.5.2.1010 there ,I'm asking again just so I can see for myself where to get the driver.

If you had extracted the package correctly, you should see a folder named "RST". Open the folder "RST" and then the subfolder named "drivers". The RST driver v10.5.2.1010 is within the subfolder "x32".

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Also is the 3.1.0.1085 the server version ?

All Intel RSTe driverpacks are designed for Servers - as the X79 chipset mainboards.

This post has been edited by Fernando 1: 16 May 2012 - 08:01 AM

[mothman]

Got it Fernando, Thanks so much again.

One last question. How did you discover this ? I'm sure there's alot more people like me who would love to able to run XP 32 bit AHCI on thier X79 Rigs. I'll spread the word on other forums that I visit.

Best Regards,

Bob

[Fernando 1]

mothman, on 16 May 2012 - 08:07 AM, said:

One last question. How did you discover this ?

Since I always extract and have a deeper look into all new AHCI and RAID driverpacks, I was astonished to find a folder named RST within Intel's actual RSTe drivers and software set. Surprisingly there was just a 32bit driver within the RST folder.
After having read, that the RSTe drivers do not support Windows XP (32bit), I concluded, that the separately stored 32bit RST driver v10.5.2.1010 were designed for being used with Windows XP.

By the way: Users with an X79 chipset mainboard, who want or have to install Windows XP, do not absolutely need to use the RST driver v10.5.2.1010. All Intel RST drivers except the v11.5 series (that are RSTe drivers) inclusively the latest v11.1.0.1006 will work, but the needed HardwareID's of the X79 SATA Controllers have to be added to the text of the iaAHCI.inf and TXTSETUP.OEM files. >Here< you can find some driverpacks, where I have already customized the INF and OEM files to make them compatible with nearly all Intel chipsets and Southbridges.
If you want to try or just do a deeper look into the "modded" 32bit Intel RST driver v11.1.0.1006 dated 02/01/2012, you can download it from >here<.

Have fun!

Regards
Fernando

[mothman]

Fernando,

Which extraction software do you use.

Thanks,

Bob

[Fernando 1]

mothman, on 16 May 2012 - 11:01 AM, said:

Which extraction software do you use.

Usually I take the tool 7-Zip, but some EXE-driverpacks (from Intel, AMD etc.) cannot be extracted this way.
If 7-Zip doesn't work, I execute the EXE file and let the installer extract the package itself. Before I accept or start the installation procedure, I usually I find the extracted package either within a folder the installer has proposed or within my Temp folder.(User\Name\AppData\Local\Temp).

Regards
Fernando

[hmtjakob]

Hello Fernando First I need to clarify an erroneous impression that I seem to have caused: I had not the least intention to appear critical of your writing. When I saw
"updated" re an article that contained a multitude of specific controllers I assumed that the update included such to myself important detail, some of which cannot even be found currently on the originator`s internet presence, and I had no idea that it was limited to certain aspects. This particular topic may be straightforward to the well ersed, but is quite overwhelming to those that consider them no more knowledgeable than perhaps capable of logical thinking. Unfortunately, I have experienced so far nothing but failure with nLite, without, however the slightest notion of what went or I did wrong. I feel that your description is generally clear and instructive, but some times a for you minor detail results in uncertainty and a stumbling block. Respectfully hmtjakob

[Fernando 1]

hmtjakob, on 16 May 2012 - 03:29 PM, said:

Unfortunately, I have experienced so far nothing but failure with nLite, without, however the slightest notion of what went or I did wrong.

If you want help, you should write
a ) what you did with nLite (which tasks, which drivers did you integrate and which Controllers did you enable) and
b ) at which point of the nLite processing or the XP installation did you get an error and which message did you get.

This post has been edited by Fernando 1: 16 May 2012 - 03:39 PM

[DavidT]

Can this be done if I have GeForce 9100M G motherboard on my laptop?

[Fernando 1]

@ DavidT:
Welcome at MSFN Forum!

DavidT, on 18 May 2012 - 03:06 PM, said:

Can this be done if I have GeForce 9100M G motherboard on my laptop?

Why not? The graphics adapter has nothing to do with the SATA AHCI or RAID Controllers.

Regards
Fernando

[DavidT]

Fernando 1, on 18 May 2012 - 03:49 PM, said:

@ DavidT:
Welcome at MSFN Forum!

DavidT, on 18 May 2012 - 03:06 PM, said:

Can this be done if I have GeForce 9100M G motherboard on my laptop?

Why not? The graphics adapter has nothing to do with the SATA AHCI or RAID Controllers.

Regards
Fernando

Thanks for welcoming!

I don't know, everything is new to me so I had to check.

How can I know what chipset from that list is mine? (when I say list, I mean that image in Textmode driver mode)

edit: I'm also having problem with that step of copying OS from CD to HDD.

CD is brand new, yet i cannot copy file named RTCDLL.MAN. I have to skip copying that file and I'm afraid I won't be able to instal windows without that file.

This post has been edited by DavidT: 18 May 2012 - 04:03 PM

[Fernando 1]

DavidT, on 18 May 2012 - 04:01 PM, said:

How can I know what chipset from that list is mine? (when I say list, I mean that image in Textmode driver mode)

Without any details about your laptop (name and manufacturer) I am not able to answer your question.
If you are running any Windows OS with that laptop, you can verify it by opening the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and - if applicable - the "Storage Controller" resp."SCSI and RAID Controllers" section of the Device Manager. There you should see the SATA Controller(s) of your system. Do a right click onto the Controller > "Properties" > "Details" > "Property" > "HardwareID's". Give me the DeviceID (DEV_xxxx) and I will tell you, which special SATA Controller your laptop has.

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CD is brand new, yet i cannot copy file named RTCDLL.MAN. I have to skip copying that file and I'm afraid I won't be able to instal windows without that file.

I suspect, that either your XP CD or your CD-ROM device is not ok.

This post has been edited by Fernando 1: 18 May 2012 - 04:27 PM

[hmtjakob]

Without going back into the past, I wonder whether you might check out the nLiteos.com web presence. The overall impression is one of an intruder at work and down[loading the nLite file on both an older desktop with a Biostar-NVIDIA motherboard and XP as well as with a new Dell N4110 laptop with Win 7 64 bit the nLite jumps frpm the storing of the copied OS to the "import" not "insert" page without any facility for browsing for the driver.
Thank you