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From whome did you get this information? You are totally wrong: All nForce driverpacks for Windows XP, which were released by NVIDIA within the last 3 years, have a SATA_IDE driver folder. Nevertheless you cannot use any SATA_IDE driver folder. What you need to get your AHCI mode S-ATA Controllers detected, is a SATA_IDE driver, which does support AHCI. The driver name is NVGTS.SYS, the older nForce S-ATA drivers (without AHCI support) were named NVATA.SYS or NVATABUS.SYS. Look into the SATA_IDE folder of the nForce chipset driver package you have used for files named NVGTS.SYS and TXTSETUP.OEM. If you should not find both of them, you simply took the wrong driver package. This is what I suggest: 1. Download the brandnew nForce chipset driverpack 15.24 from NVIDIA's website and extract it. 2. Integrate the SATA_IDE driver folder as TEXTMODE driver by using nLite and burn the CD. 3. Boot off the CD and install XP.

Don't mix the integration method with F6/floppy loading! That doesn't work.You should either boot off the original OS CD and load the floppy drivers after hittig F6 or integrate all needed TEXTMODE and PnP drivers inrto the OS CD by using nLite, but you should never combine both methods. Just for you to remember: The normal way to get Windows XP installed onto an nForce chipset system with enabled AHCI mode is to integrate just the SATA_IDE driver folder of an AHCI supporting driver set as TEXTMODE driver. There is no additional PnP driver and no SATARAID driver folder needed!

@ 1abnerd: Although the user XIII succeeded with this combination, I am nearly sure, that your problem has been caused by your SATA connected DVD device, which is not correctly working when set in AHCI or RAID mode. There are only a few optical drives with a SATA connector, which are running fine with AHCI or RAID. If you want to run your S-ATA hdd in AHCI (or RAID) mode, you should either connect your DVD device to a S-ATA port with a non-Intel chip (if available) or replace your optical drive by an IDE connected one.

All actual nForce chipset driver packages do contain SATA_IDE and SATARAID folders. You should take the package, which is suitable for the nForce chipset of your mainboard. You can easily check, if your S-ATA Controllers are running in "IDE mode" or not by booting off the original (= not nLted) XP CD. If your S-ATA hdd and its partitions will be detected by the OS Setup, the S-ATA Controllers are running in "IDE mode" and you will be able to get the OS installed without loading/integrating any drivers. If your hdd will not be detected this way, either "AHCI mode" or "RAID mode" has been enabled (maybe as default setting, which cannot be changed). It seems, that the RAID function has been enabled within the mainboard BIOS. You should check that and - if possible - disable the RAID Controllers.If you really need to get XP installed with enabled RAID Controllers, you have to choose the following textmode driver combination: 1. SATARAID as TEXTMODE (automaticly set by nLite) and 2. SATA_IDE as PNP (you have to enable the "PnP Mode" manually, because nLite will automaticly enable the "TEXTMODE mode", if you point to a driver folder, which contains a file named TXTSETUP.OEM).

I doubt, that you will find such EXE file for the actual Intel textmode drivers, because Intel has put the v8.5.0.1032 drivers into a ZIP file. Why should Intel have done different files into their ZIP and EXE packages? The BSOD you got probably had another reason.

I used the ones you recommened.Everything seems to be fine. The question is, why the installation failed nevertheless.Please post some additional details: 1. How many S-ATA/IDE hdd's and how much RAM capacity do you have? Is AHCI enabled within the BIOS? 2. Have you tested your RAM sticks by using a tool like memtest? Is your system overclocked? 2. Did you integrate more than the Intel textmode drivers? If yes, what? I do not recommend that with textmode drivers.If you have integrated the wrong textmode driver, you won't get a BSOD, but your hdd will not be detected.

You are welcome. It's fine, that you succeeded getting the AHCI mode with your ICH8 chipset, which officially doesn't support AHCI. You don't need and even will not be able to install the complete Intel Matrix Storage Manager application, because you don't use RAID.

@ fgb: Welcome at MSFN Forums! Here is my reply: 1. My guide is intended for users, who want to integrate the nForce RAID drivers. Since you don't have a RAID system, you won't find much help within my guide to solve your problem. 2. nLite has a built-in "MS IDE driver suppression", which makes it possible to get even unsigned nForce S-ATA drivers installed. Since this method is already incorporated into nLite, the user has nothing to do. That is why you don't find any instructions within my guide about how to suppress the generic MS IDE drivers. 3. Since you obviously are not using your S-ATA Controllers in "AHCI mode" (BIOS settings will be "IDE mode"), you don't need to integrate any nForce textmode driver. 4. If you want to use the nForce S-ATA driver instead of the generic MS IDE drivers, you have to integrate the suitable SATA_IDE subfolder as PnP driver. Unfortunately your post doesn't contain informations, which are needed to help you: Which nForce driver package version did you use? Which nForce IDE driver subfolder (SATA_IDE or SATARAID) did you integrate? Which integration mode did you use (TEXTMODE or PnP)? Are you running your nForce S-ATA Controllers in "AHCI mode" (according your mainboard BIOS settings)?

Hello MAFinOKC,thanks for your feedback. Although I am not sure, that I did understand your question, I will try to answer: Unfortunately users can't download simply the needed nForce SataRaid textmode drivers from NVIDIA's websites. They have to download the complete nForce chipset driver package. These driverpacks may contain nForce drivers, which are not needed by the user and drivers, which nobody would integrate. Furthermore the nForce chipset driverpacks usually contain tools (RAIDTOOL and NAM), which only a few users will need or want to install. CU Fernando

The old OEMxx.INF file will remain within the WINDOWS\INF folder, but the drivers within the WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS folder will be overwritten.You have no other choice anyway.

Just run the EXE file of the complete actual Intel Matrix Storage Manager. Since all the files have the same names, the previous driver files will be overwritten. You won't get any residues. Yes, you should never try to uninstall the Intel Matrix Storage Manager drivers unless you have already deleted the RAID array. Otherwise you won't be able to boot into your OS again.

You should look into your mainboard manual.

Copy the 32/64bit textmode drivers onto a floppy disk, boot off the OS CD, hit F6 when prompted and load the floppy drivers. Look onto the picture within my guide (first post). When the textmode driver integration pop-up window comes up, you can decide the Mode. You have 2 options: 1. "Regular PnP driver" and 2. "Textmode driver" (enabled per default). The text "Make sure, that the "Textmode driver is enabled" means, that you should verify the default setting.

It seems, that you either did not take an original (=untouched) XP CD as source (without loading any last_session.ini file) or did not integrate the nForce SATARAID folder as TEXTMODE driver.

Look into the i386 folder of your nLited CD.Do you see files named "NVRAID.SY_" and "NVATA.SY_"?

The nForce IDE drivers v6.66 are part of NVIDIA's official nForce chipset driverpack 9.16. Is your RAID shown as "healthy" and set as bootable within the nVRAID BIOS Utility? Have you tried to additionally load the SATA_IDE driver folder (as PnP driver)? I don't understand the sense of your post.The topic here is the integration of the NVIDIA nForce S-ATA and RAID drivers, S-ATA and RAID drivers delivered by AMD/ATI do not work with nForce chipset mainboards.

@ Bubs: If your RAID was detected by using the F6/floppy method, you will succeed with nLite by integrating the same drivers. Are you sure, that you took the same drivers? Have you enabled both "required" devices/drivers?

I will do that. You are welcome.Fine, that you succeeded at least. CU Fernando

Does that mean, that you didn't use a clean (=untouched) Windows XP as source? That would have been a big mistake!Why do you think, that a Windows XP Pro OEM SP2 CD is not an original one? You will probably be able to do the F6/floppy method, if you do the following:1. Download one of the old nForce chipset driver packages (english or international version) you get here: ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/standalone/6.53/ 2. Extract it and copy the content of the IDE\WinXP folder except the subfolder named "raidtool" onto a floppy disk. 3. When prompted, load the floppy drivers after hitting F6. You have to load the drivers twice.

The 0x000000C2 error message indicates a bad driver.This is what I suggest: 1. Take the original (=untouched) XP CD as source and create a new XP CD with integrated WHQL signed nForce SataRaid drivers by using nLite. 2. Integrate just the SATARAID drivers v6.99 (as TEXTMODE) and the SATA_IDE drivers v6.99 (as PnP drivers), don't integeate any other drivers. 3. Let nLite create the Image file and burn it. 4. Install Windows XP and report here, if you succeeded. Good luck! Fernando

Memory tested by Memtest and Memtest+ using the UBCD 4.1.1.2GB memory - Corsair TwinX2048-3200C2PT (2 x 1GB sticks) Thanks for your reply.Here are some further questions: a ) Which results did you get while running the memtests? b ) Have you checked your S-ATA cables? c ) Is your PSU ok? Furthermore you should explain what happened during the XP installation: a ) Did the OS Setup detect your RAID? b ) At which point failed the installation? c ) Which error message did you get exactly?

What do you mean with "nForce Windows drivers" and why do you separate them from the "F6 drivers"? All F6 drivers are "Windows drivers" as well.

@ LlamaLlamaLamp: You should succeed with the installation as all the others too. What about your memory? Did you test it with memtest? Do you have more than 2 GB installed?

Yes, it is. I read nLite Help.I tried to point to directory that contains txtsetup.oem, and tried to point on *.inf file directly... In all cases, my driver come as PNP =(((( Why do you think so? How did you realize that? You obviously are the only nLite user, who doesn't get the textmode popup window, when pointing to a driver folder containing a file named TXTSETUP.OEM.How did you get the screenshot of your start post? That's exactly the textmode driver popup window you are demanding for!

@ haccess: All your problems are related to the nForce RAID driver v10.3.0.21 as part of the official 15.17 package. Due to the fact, that this driver cannot be used with nForce4 RAID systems, NVIDIA has pulled the 15.17/15.18 packs from their global websites some weeks ago. I doubt, that you will be able to solve your problem by using the Repair Console of a freshly created XP CD. What you can do is a fresh XP install onto the same partition where you installed it previously. This way you might be able to use some of your old settings and programs. Nevertheless I recommend to backup the important files of your XP partition from within Vista and then do a fresh install of Windows XP by using your just created XP CD with integrated nForce SataRaid drivers v6.99.