[Fernando 1]

Tonyneedshelp, on Apr 12 2006, 04:12 AM, said:

I have tried nLite and a couple others without any luck. It blue screens right after the textmode just as it goes to the GUI install. If I disable the raid it installs but the cdrom starts giving read errors and won't load any drivers. Any suggestions before I crate it up?? BTW the raid rom is v4.81.

Hi Tony,
I am sorry, but I have no experience yet with nVidia nForce Pro 2200 (CK804) and nVidia nForce Pro 2050 (CKIO4) chipsets.

Maybe this will help you:
1. There is a new BIOS for your MB dated april 7th. Did you try this new one?
2. As your MB has an nForce pro chipset, I would recommend the special pro drivers v. 6.70 from here: http://www.nvidia.co...winxp_6.70.html

Please report here about the results of your driver integration efforts. This may help other users with similar nForce chipsets.

CU
Fernando

[ButtChew]

Fernando 1, on Apr 7 2006, 01:27 AM, said:

ButtChew, on Apr 6 2006, 08:53 PM, said:

Got the BSOD right as the Windows logo loading screen came up, just as before.

Did you try to boot in safe mode (by hitting F8)?

I can't boot into safe mode if Windows isn't installed. The BSOD comes right after all the drivers and files are copie, then it auto-restarts. Its half-way through the installation.

[Fernando 1]

ButtChew, on Apr 6 2006, 08:53 PM, said:

Got the BSOD right as the Windows logo loading screen came up, just as before. I am going to try the Legacy only method this time through.

ButtChew, on Apr 14 2006, 10:24 PM, said:

I can't boot into safe mode if Windows isn't installed. The BSOD comes right after all the drivers and files are copie, then it auto-restarts. Its half-way through the installation.

Sorry, I misunderstood your first post.
If the installation fails at the beginning of the GUIMODE part, you probably have a hardware and not an nForce SataRaid driver problem.
You can verify this by trying to install XP via F6/floppy and using the nForce SataRaid drivers off the 6.53 package.
Have you put off all unnecessary devices?
No overclocking?
All cables ok?

This post has been edited by Fernando 1: 15 April 2006 - 03:18 AM

[tdunks]

I followed all your instructions but it is saying that windows is not finding any drives. I have tried the new and old drivers but still no use. I have also tried using my xp pro and ONLY adding the driver no other mods but no go. Please help!

[Fernando 1]

tdunks, on Apr 15 2006, 10:30 PM, said:

I followed all your instructions but it is saying that windows is not finding any drives. I have tried the new and old drivers but still no use. I have also tried using my xp pro and ONLY adding the driver no other mods but no go. Please help!

What are the details of your system?
Do you have a Raid array or a non-Raid Sata system?
Did you enable the Sata and Raid Controller within BIOS?
Are your drives detected by your BIOS?

[rjerina]

I have created a Windows XP SP2 cd with nLite RC7. After the setup formats my RAID array, it copies files and almost completes. When it gets near the end, it pops up with an error saying it cannot copy "nvata.cab" to the drive. I checked the ISO I made, and I see nvata.ca_ on there.

Not sure what to do

Can anyone help please?

[Fernando 1]

rjerina, on Apr 16 2006, 06:14 PM, said:

I have created a Windows XP SP2 cd with nLite RC7. After the setup formats my RAID array, it copies files and almost completes. When it gets near the end, it pops up with an error saying it cannot copy "nvata.cab" to the drive. I checked the ISO I made, and I see nvata.ca_ on there.

The Windows XP setup may have asked for a file named "NVATA.CAT", not for a CAB file. As the NVATA.CAT is not necessary for a successful install of Windows XP onto an nForce Raid array, when you are using nLite, you can choose "skip", if the pop-up window comes up again.
Which nForce driver subfolder (LEGACY or SATARAID plus some extra files) did you integrate?
Did the Windows XP setup detect your Raid array correctly (as 1 disk)?
What chipset does your mainboard have?

[rjerina]

Fernando 1, on Apr 16 2006, 12:46 PM, said:

rjerina, on Apr 16 2006, 06:14 PM, said:

I have created a Windows XP SP2 cd with nLite RC7. After the setup formats my RAID array, it copies files and almost completes. When it gets near the end, it pops up with an error saying it cannot copy "nvata.cab" to the drive. I checked the ISO I made, and I see nvata.ca_ on there.

The Windows XP setup may have asked for a file named "NVATA.CAT", not for a CAB file. As the NVATA.CAT is not necessary for a successful install of Windows XP onto an nForce Raid array, when you are using nLite, you can choose "skip", if the pop-up window comes up again.
Which nForce driver subfolder (LEGACY or SATARAID plus some extra files) did you integrate?
Did the Windows XP setup detect your Raid array correctly (as 1 disk)?
What chipset does your mainboard have?

I integrated the SATARAID because LEGACY gave me a blue screen once the GUI install tried to start.

It detected my array correctly with LEGACY and SATARAID. I am going to skip that file and see what happens.

I have the nForce 4 SLI AMD chipset (Abit KN8 SLI). Downloaded the latest 6.70 driver pack.


*edit*
After skipping nvata.cat (yes you were right, it was .cat), my computer rebooted and came back with a black screen saying System32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys was missing or corrupt.

I've been trying to get this working for over two weeks now.

This post has been edited by rjerina: 16 April 2006 - 03:07 PM

[rjerina]

Well, I retried and didnt get the ntfs.sys error. Now I just get another blue screen =\

[Fernando 1]

rjerina, on Apr 16 2006, 11:05 PM, said:

After skipping nvata.cat (yes you were right, it was .cat), my computer rebooted and came back with a black screen saying System32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys was missing or corrupt.

rjerina, on Apr 17 2006, 12:49 AM, said:

Well, I retried and didnt get the ntfs.sys error. Now I just get another blue screen =\

You probably have a hardware or a CD problem.
Are you sure, that your CD drive and your burned CD are ok?
Please give more details about your system (graphic card, soundcard, IDE and USB devices etc).

[rjerina]

Fernando 1, on Apr 17 2006, 01:42 AM, said:

rjerina, on Apr 16 2006, 11:05 PM, said:

After skipping nvata.cat (yes you were right, it was .cat), my computer rebooted and came back with a black screen saying System32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys was missing or corrupt.

rjerina, on Apr 17 2006, 12:49 AM, said:

Well, I retried and didnt get the ntfs.sys error. Now I just get another blue screen =\

You probably have a hardware or a CD problem.
Are you sure, that your CD drive and your burned CD are ok?
Please give more details about your system (graphic card, soundcard, IDE and USB devices etc).

well my cdrom drive is a LiteOn DVD-+RW. I have no reason to belive the CD's I am making are bad... How else can I test? I installed Windows XP with a CD I've tried in this system and it didnt work (although the one it worked on didnt have SATA).

I have an XFX GeForce 7800GT, onboard sound (Abit KN8 SLI), I have my DVD-+RW and a 180gb EIDE hard drive (the hard drive is unplugged to avoid conflicts), and a USB mouse&keyboard.

This post has been edited by rjerina: 17 April 2006 - 06:28 AM

[Fernando 1]

rjerina, on Apr 17 2006, 02:06 PM, said:

well my cdrom drive is a LiteOn DVD-+RW. I have no reason to belive the CD's I am making are bad...

Maybe the burning speed was too high. Burn another CD with a lower speed.
Have you tested your RAM sticks with MEMTEST? If not, do it. Try the install of Windows XP with only 1 RAM stick.

[rjerina]

Fernando 1, on Apr 17 2006, 10:29 AM, said:

rjerina, on Apr 17 2006, 02:06 PM, said:

well my cdrom drive is a LiteOn DVD-+RW. I have no reason to belive the CD's I am making are bad...

Maybe the burning speed was too high. Burn another CD with a lower speed.
Have you tested your RAM sticks with MEMTEST? If not, do it. Try the install of Windows XP with only 1 RAM stick.

I tried installing with one RAM stick, I ran memtest+ for about 12-14 hours and found no errors.

I will try burning the CD at a slower speed when I get home. Do you have a suggested speed to burn at?

[Fernando 1]

rjerina, on Apr 17 2006, 04:53 PM, said:

I will try burning the CD at a slower speed when I get home. Do you have a suggested speed to burn at?

Burn it at 8x or 16x speed, if you have a CD burner with a maximal speed of 48x or 52x.

[johan1980]

Fernando 1, on Mar 26 2006, 09:10 AM, said:

venomous35, on Mar 26 2006, 03:04 AM, said:

i got everything installed but now xp wont reconize my cd-rom. how can i fix this?

Maybe your CD-ROM drive is not supported by the nForce4 Parallel ATA Controller driver.
You can fix this problem either by an update of the firmware for your CD-ROM drive or by replacing the nForce P-ATA (=IDE s/w) driver by the MS IDE Standard driver.
Do the following:
1. Open the device manager
2. Open the section IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers
3. Right click on nForce4 Parallel ATA Controller
4. Click on "update driver software"
5. Choose "manual install"
6. Choose "let me pick from a list of device drivers"
7. Enable "Show compatible hardware". Now you can see the "MS Dual Channel IDE Bus Controller".
8. Choose it and install it.
After a reboot you will see your CD-ROM drive.

CU
Fernando

I have the same problem that after xp is installed it won't reconized my dvd-rom

i have used the nForce 6.70 from nvidia and slipstream the folder legacy folder only

but the strange part is that after i installed XP, i check device manager and open the section IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers..

I only see IDE Bus Controller and not the nForce4 Parallel ATA Controller

mine latest configuratie file:

[Drivers]
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\IDE\WinXP\legacy\nvatabus.inf,BUSDRV
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\IDE\WinXP\legacy\nvatabus.inf,RAIDCLASS
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\AudioDrv\nvmcp.inf,0
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\Ethernet\nvenetfd.inf,0
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\SMBus\nf4sys.inf,0

or must i have my ide driver separate intergrate within the Nlite ?

what have i doing wrong ( Sorry For my bad englisch )

This post has been edited by johan1980: 17 April 2006 - 03:07 PM

[Fernando 1]

johan1980, on Apr 17 2006, 10:11 PM, said:

I have the same problem that after xp is installed it won't reconized my dvd-rom
i have used the nForce 6.70 from nvidia and slipstream the folder legacy folder only
but the strange part is that after i installed XP, i check device manager and open the section IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers..
I only see IDE Bus Controller and not the nForce4 Parallel ATA Controller

Please give a short description about your system (mainboard, chipset, hdd's).

Quote

mine latest configuratie file:
[Drivers]D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\IDE\WinXP\legacy\nvatabus.inf,BUSDRV
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\IDE\WinXP\legacy\nvatabus.inf,RAIDCLASS
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\AudioDrv\nvmcp.inf,0
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\Ethernet\nvenetfd.inf,0
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\SMBus\nf4sys.inf,0

Where did you get the drivers from? Who had created the string D:\UWCD\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR? It seems, that you sampled all drivers from another CD you had created before with another tool (CD Creator?). If you have done this, you have made a big mistake. What have you done before and why?
You have to integrate the drivers from the original driver folders, not from a CD with integrated drivers.

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or must i have my ide driver separate intergrate within the Nlite ?

No, the IDE (=P-ATA drivers) are included in the LEGACY subfolder of the nForce SataRaid driver package.

[rjerina]

Fernando 1, on Apr 17 2006, 10:01 AM, said:

rjerina, on Apr 17 2006, 04:53 PM, said:

I will try burning the CD at a slower speed when I get home. Do you have a suggested speed to burn at?

Burn it at 8x or 16x speed, if you have a CD burner with a maximal speed of 48x or 52x.

Blue screen at bootup still. Burned a CD at 8X. Are you sure that i dont need nvata.cat and nvraid.cat to some how get loaded during the setup files copy phase?

I am so lost...

[Fernando 1]

rjerina, on Apr 18 2006, 04:36 AM, said:

Blue screen at bootup still. Burned a CD at 8X. Are you sure that i dont need nvata.cat and nvraid.cat to some how get loaded during the setup files copy phase?

I am sure, that they are not necessary, but nevertheless you may add them if you want.
I think that either your system does not comply with the requirements of the driver integration method layed down in my first post (overclocked system, ACPI not enabled or nVRaid BIOS version lower than 4.84) or you have a hardware problem which has to be resolved first.

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I am so lost...

Here is another nForce SataRaid driver integration method you may try:
http://board.vitaligraf.de/showthread.php?...id=1011#pid1011

Good luck!
Fernando

[johan1980]

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Please give a short description about your system (mainboard, chipset, hdd's).

i have a Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI Nforce4 AMD motherboard,
2 x WD Raptors in raid 0

mine latest configuratie file:
[Drivers]
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\IDE\WinXP\legacy\nvatabus.inf,BUSDRV
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\IDE\WinXP\legacy\nvatabus.inf,RAIDCLASS
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\AudioDrv\nvmcp.inf,0
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\Ethernet\nvenetfd.inf,0
D:\uwcd\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR\SMBus\nf4sys.inf,0

What i have done is that i have a windows xp cd with sp2 already and it has alot of other raid drivers this DVD was already Unattended

i created a map OEMDIR in $OEM$\$$\

and place There my motherboard drivers, after that i intergrate al the drivers whit Nlite

I get the drivers from Nvidia LINK

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Where did you get the drivers from? Who had created the string D:\UWCD\$OEM$\$$\OEMDIR? It seems, that you sampled all drivers from another CD you had created before with another tool (CD Creator?). If you have done this, you have made a big mistake. What have you done before and why?
You have to integrate the drivers from the original driver folders, not from a CD with integrated drivers.
or must i have my ide driver separate intergrate within the Nlite ?

I make the iso whit CDIMAGE

Evrything go's great i have no problem with the raid and al other drivers !!

Only the IDE i must doing it by hand i only want to fine tune this

Can i not write it in dutch that's much easier

This post has been edited by johan1980: 18 April 2006 - 03:02 PM

[Ragnaroth]

Sorry, but i'm slightly confused. I'm not sure what chipset driver package i should be using. I've bought a DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D, which arrives tommorow. Do i download the 6.70 or the 6.85 drivers?

Thanks