Hi ;

I am new in this forum and not a techy. I try to learn more from forums like this and interface with more learned people like you guys. I need some assistance to slipstream a sata controller driver to a custom windows installtion cd but I cannot determine what file or folder in the driver archive I downloaded from my mobo manufacturer. My mobo is an old ECS KT600a with an Athlon XP 2000 and I have downloaded the SATA driver from the ECS website which is via_43g.zip.

I have a 320gb WD hdd SATAII which I will lock to SATA1 speed via a jumper also according to WD guidelines.

I use nLite for slipstreaming and when I am to select the driver I am confused as to what will I select. My OS is WinXP SP3. What will I select so I will have the right driver to install? The zip archive shows:(Please see images attached)

via_43g > drvdisk > VISTA

> X64

> X86

textsetup.oem

x86 > NT4 >

> NT5 >

What will I select from the x86 folder? (it is x86 folder isn't it for 32bit system Wiindows XP SP3..correct?)

Is it NT4 or NT5?

I understand that in nLite you can select a folder or a specific file. Which of the two is the most correct to use?

If I can select a folder can NT4 or NT5(whichever is correct) be sufficient?

Or;

do I need to select a specific .inf OR .sys file?

My plan is to clone the existing old hdd-ide to the new sata drive. For that I will be using Acronis True Image Home 11 (in clone disk>automatic mode).

I just need to format the new drive with the CORRECT SATA driver (before performing the ATI cloning) and I am at a loss as to what will I be selecting in nLite. I previously did a slipstream using the motherboard cd-driver SATA folder contents but when I was done it did not recognize the new drive. The reason I downloaded the new driver from ECS website.

Can you guide me on this one please. The ECS website doesnt have a forum for technical suppor but only via a support ticket and up to now there is no reply.

Help please.

Thank you very much.

You mention nLite - will this help (nLite forum includes several SATA/RAID topics)? And... appears to be the second listing (NT5, I believe).

Edited January 26, 201016 yr by submix8c

Hi submix8c:

Thanks for the reply.

I will check out the link. By the way, what is NT4 and NT5? Pardon for the inquiry..really not a "techy" here..

Regards!

nt branch v4 = Pre XP

nt branch v5 = XP+

Hi Kelsenellenelvian ;

Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate the help around here. Many thanks and I'll get back to you guys in this.

Regards!

Hello guys;

Additional help please.....

I earlier managed to get an OS installer with a similar driver slipstreamed in it. I have managed to format the new hdd (SATAII WD 320gb) with Windows XP SP3 and have performed a cloning from the old IDE. I am noticing that I have a BSOD with a Page Fault in a Non Page Fault Area STOP (0x0000050) something....I also noticed that the LED indicator lamp in the CPU is blinking unlike the previous setup. It was not like that before I remeber. It seems like a pulsating effect even when the pc is not in use. Seems that the CPU is busy or something...

The VIA driver in the OS installer I borrowed is not the same as the one I have downloaded from the ECS website though. The viamraid.sys properties indicates that it is 5.1.6000.561 while in the one I have downloaded from the ECS website is (x86 folder NT5 viamraid.sys 5.1.2600.542).

Are the symptoms or observations that I am having a result of an incompatible driver?

Well, the new SATAII drive was recognized by the driver (viamraid.sys 5.1.6000.561)....Is the driver in the OS installer I borrowed not compatible for the KT600a mobo I have?

If so, how can I replace it with the correct one? How may I do that? I mean how may I do that without formatting the drive again. ( I cloned it from my old IDE which I found to be with errors..short of failing ).

What can I further do to make it workout?

I'm really don't know much about all of this. I only try to read and ask for tips and ideas of what I may do to make things workout for me most of the time.

I'd really appreciate the help and assistance on this problem of mine.

Regards!

Since you are using nlite why don't you just not download driverpacks and integrate them driverpacks.net

Hi urie ;

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah, I will. I'll check the link. Also, I will be making a BartPE CD for image mounting purposes is there a way I can integrate the drivers in the BartPE CD? Or shall I use the custom installation disc that I will make via nLite?

Thanks dude!