[Nick.Morris]

Hi all,

Ok just come here to clarify one thing with the chipset drivers setup. I am making a CD for my company that will have drivers for around 5 or 6 different PC's. For the inf files that get copied in the $OEM$\$$\INF folder, is it safe to put all 5 or 6 pcs chipset infs in there? I'm guessing so by the sound of it but dont want them all being copied onto a PC for it to then screw up.

Cheers

Nick

[Nick.Morris]

another quick question is by sound of it the inf files for the chipset has to be in the inf folder under windows when installed ($$\inf) but is this the same with all other drivers and need to put all their infs in there too. or is windows intelligent enough? sorry if this question has been answered already. just too many answers to go through when i search

cheers

nick

[Strafe]

Raiden, on Aug 22 2004, 03:31 PM, said:

@enuffsaid, if you slipstream sp2 into your cd you will not need the intel inf's. So if you can't figure out how to install the inf's that would be your best bet. With a sp2 rollout my Radeon 9200 has the AGP set to 8x and FastWrite enabled as soon as the ATI control panel gets installed

Can anyone else verify this? Is it documented somewhere? How current is it?

[Solid as a rock]

Raiden, on Aug 22 2004, 11:31 PM, said:

@enuffsaid, if you slipstream sp2 into your cd you will not need the intel inf's. So if you can't figure out how to install the inf's that would be your best bet. With a sp2 rollout my Radeon 9200 has the AGP set to 8x and FastWrite enabled as soon as the ATI control panel gets installed

well i wanted ask here how to create a new INF because this is a bit old version (5.1.0.1006) and now i am reading your quote, i want know more about this.

the last INF aviable from intel is 6.0.1.1002, so which one do SP2 have included?

[Solid as a rock]

(this was a doublepost, so please dont look at the time)

ok it is true, there are newer INF files for the intel chipset, so there is no need to do create which is described here... AGP and gigabit are now enabled on a P4P800 mainboard with 865PE chipset.

which version do the intel INF on XPSP2 have? i dont know, (where i can see this?)

i have take a look in system and in C:\windows\inf but dont find any usefull thing...

[theltalpha]

Hallo!

I have a problem extracting the in inf files. If I call setup.exe -a -p it tells me something like "The file ...\setup.exe -a -p was not found" (translated from German). I tried for one hour, with different switches, looked in the readme, searched in the internet, but I found no solution. Do you have any idea?

Dimitris

[theltalpha]

Resolved! (You have do do it from the command console, not via the explorer address bar).

Dimitris

[Sgt_Strider]

I am a little confused. So I don't need to slipstream the new Intel INF files if I install SP2?

[theltalpha]

Sgt_Strider, on Nov 14 2004, 10:32 PM, said:

I am a little confused. So I don't need to slipstream the new Intel INF files if I install SP2?

Good question. Is there any good reason to install new chipset drivers when your chipset is already recognized and run without any problems by the Windows XP SP2 standard installation?

Dimitris

[Sgt_Strider]

bump

[theltalpha]

Hallo!

I asked this question in another forum and they told me, according to "Never change a running system", not to update the drivers if Windows is properly running. The changes in performance and maybe stability were too small to be worth updating the chipset drivers. But it was a good idea to include the newest drivers when re-installing Windows.

Dimitris

[eben]

@thealtpha => this forum is way better

i use runonceex.cmd to initiate setup in the software folder on my cd

Quote

cmdow @ /HID
@echo off

IF EXIST A:\CD.txt set CDROM=A:
IF EXIST B:\CD.txt set CDROM=B:
IF EXIST C:\CD.txt set CDROM=C:
IF EXIST D:\CD.txt set CDROM=D:
IF EXIST E:\CD.txt set CDROM=E:
IF EXIST F:\CD.txt set CDROM=F:
IF EXIST G:\CD.txt set CDROM=G:

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Acer Aspire 2012wlmi software" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Intel Centrino Chipset" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\software\infinst_enu.exe -a -s" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Cleaning s***" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

in my cleanup i just do a restart after removing some temp folders

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cmdow @ /HID
@echo off

DEL "%systemdrive%\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\MENUST~1\WINDOW~2.LNK"
DEL "%systemdrive%\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\MENUST~1\WINDOW~1.LNK"
DEL "%systemdrive%\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\MENUST~1\PROGRA~1.LNK"

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\drivers\
RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install\
RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\appsetup\

shutdown.exe -r -f -t 20 -m "I'll be back..."

EXIT

1mb xtra on my cd really ain't gonna make my day so...

[Sgt_Strider]

I only want to have the inf files for i875p and above. How do I remove the inf files for the older chipset?

[Notzo]

OK, if you slipstream sp2 into xp you don't need intel's inf's.
But what about the rest of the drivers?

I know someone with an old HP Pavilion that has a 810 chipset.The PC came with Windows ME but has since been upgraded to XP.Since XP drivers are not available from hp (or Mobo Manufacturer) is it alright to use the sp2 drivers or should the person download the drivers from intel?

[raskren]

Actually, the INFs are required if you have the latest Intel 9xx chipsets.

With SP2 I still need the INFs for my i875 board.

[silverblue51]

I wanted to slipstream the intel infs for my laptop with the 855PM chipset into my XP-disc. The only problem is: There are no .inf files. In my driver pack (downloaded twice, one time from HP the other time directly from intel) are only .cat files.

Anybody can help me?

Thank you.

EDIT:
Forget my question.
Simply tried the -A -S -P on the wrong file.....

[Famer]

I have folders listed m and s next to them do the inf's in these folders need to be copied as well.

[Jeremy]

The "Setup.exe -A -S -P C:\intel" through CMD doesn't work. It brings up the install window and it quickly disappears. The directory doesn't get created.
Has an easier/better method been made to do this for people who've never done it before?

Cheers,
Jeremy

[Smitty519]

I have a system based on a SuperMicro X6DA8-G2 mobo. This uses the E7525 chipset. It also has an on board, dual channel Adaptec 7902 ultra 320 SCSI host adpter and Adaptec SCSI host raid. I started my adventure in unattended by adding the Adaptec drivers using the oemtext method. This worked great and I was able to get a system installed and running. Then I realized that I wasn't getting the full use of the board's chipset. The USB ports were not showing up as USB 2. So, I figured I should add the Intel chipset drivers.

Following this howto, I went and got the latest Intel chipset driver package, extracted all the files and added them to my OemPnPDriversPaths at the front (000_Intl). At this point the Adaptec drivers were 004_U320 and 005_SHR for the U320 and host raid drivers respectively. The unattended install was going well until shortly after the switch to graphics mode when a dialog popped up that said "can't find the adpu320 driver". This dialog allowed me to browse for the driver and I browsed to it at c:\drivers\004_U320\adpu320.sys and the drivers installed okay and the install completed. Since this hadn't happened prior to adding the intel inf's, I reasoned that maybe I needed to install the Adaptec stuff before the intel infs. So, I switched things around (001_U320; 002_SHR; 004_intl). The behavior didn't change, still can't find the adpu320 driver. I still only have to browse to the right place to find adpu320.sys twice (once for each channel) and the install completes okay. Since I'm going to need to do several identical systems, I'd really like to try and get this to work without the "go find the driver" step. Anyone able to shed any light on this? I'm probably missing something stupid, but, since this worked okay prior to adding the intel infs, I figured this would be the right place to come for help.

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Jeremy, on Feb 5 2005, 11:05 PM, said:

The "Setup.exe -A -S -P C:\intel" through CMD doesn't work. It brings up the install window and it quickly disappears. The directory doesn't get created.
Has an easier/better method been made to do this for people who've never done it before?

Cheers,
Jeremy

huh? It works like a charm...

Please provide me with a link to the installer you're using?