Andyba

Success (interim) Yes it is a server chassis, but at £200 inc VAT they are very price competitive! Your pointer towards CPU-Z was the key. So thanks. Identified the chipset as nvidia 570sli, so acquired Version 9.16 direct fom nvidia. I already had XP SP2 Raid running with the previously identified drivers 10.3.0.46, the configuration that failed to validate. So I loaded the 9.16 package directly over the top. Resulted in driver version 5.10.2600.666 being applied to the SATA and RAID devices, but more importantly it validated ) Have not made an nlite with 9.16 yet, but that is next on the list. Sun is out here so some gardening has to be done! Confirmed I was only using F6 on the original MS CD. Just one final question (not nlite related) but is the 9.16 package the one to use for the 570sli, or are there other recommendations? If there are I’ll burn those into the final nlite along with SP3. Thanks again Rgds Andyba

Done Thanks and Rgds LAST_SESSION.INI

Nope The floppy method failed. XP setup found the txtsetup.oem file, and prompted for both required drivers to be loaded. Found the RAID array OK, but come the installation of files it could not locate the required nvidia files from the floppy. Never had that before. Weird? F3 exit...... So gave that up. Tried another slipstream, this time using the 32bit nForce IDE drivers v10.3.0.46 WHQL package from Fernando 1's sticky. Previous drivers were from HP. WAP.exe error on final boot again. Raid drivers only remember. And failed to validate!!! This MS CD / MS key does not like either being tampered with, or nvidia RAID drivers! Time to stand back methinks? Rgds Andy

Thanks for the help. Done some more work this pm, and it turns out it might be something to do with the nvidia Raid, or other HP / nvidia drivers, not SP3. As noted the purchased MS CD installs and validates on other (non-raid) hardware. So the feeling is that it is genuine? I'm trying to get it into a Proliant ML115 G5. Burnt another nlite WITHOUT SP3, just the nvidia raid drivers, and that failed to validate. So I disabled the RAID on the ML115, and tried again with the original MS CD, installing to one of the drives from the now split raid pair. That validated OK. Windows update fine. So I've re-enabled the RAID and am presently doing another install. Again using the original MS CD, but this time getting the drivers loaded using an F6 USB floppy. Watch this space. Rgds

New to this group and only used nlite on about 5 occasions previously. I purchased an OEM XP SP2 package from my local computer shop last week. It looks genuine etc, and was sealed. Product key sticker attached. (Yes it did come with hardware too) I needed to slipstream some nvidia raid drivers, so also included SP3 within nlite. Installed with one error on final re-start. C: WAP.EXE. Error only happened once. Come to Windows update, and Validation fails! Tried the original shop supplied CD, on a different machine that did not require the nvidia drivers. No WAP.exe error. Added SP3 post install. Windows updates no problems. Validation not requested, so presumably OK? Original slipstream was done on Vista, but found that there may be issues. Did a second slipstream using XP. Same result! WAP.exe error, and Failed Validation. Now have I bought a pup, in which case I need to know soon so I can go back to the vendor. Or is this an nlite issue? Tried to find somewhere to check the validity of the key on the sticker that came with the CD package, but no joy. Can / should / how contact Microsoft to check? Advice appreciated. Rgds.