Really basic Universal image question

[clivebuckwheat]

How can I confirm that sysprep is actually using the drivers I have placed in C:\Windows\inf\Optiplex755?

all the hardware seems to be found in device manager, but when I install the official video driver from dell why is there then 2 instances of the intel video driver in device manager?.

Thanks for any help.

Edited December 9, 2010 by clivebuckwheat

[Tripredacus]

Is this a video card in the system?

[clivebuckwheat]

On board intel video. I'd like to know if I place all my drivers in C:\Windows\Inf\Drivers\Model of the machine. Is there anything I must add in to the DevicePath in the registry to ensure that sysprep checks the appropriate folders for drivers?

Is this a video card in the system?

[Tripredacus]

Some Intel motherboards have onboard dual-head video. So in these cases there will be two display adapters in device manager. The ones I've seen with this have the DVI-D, DVI-A and HDMI port. I think the DH57JG and another micro-atx I've seen that does this... Perhaps the D510MO but there are more than just those two.

It is these types of boards you may have problems with if you do end up putting a video card in the system. Even if you set the BIOS appropriately, in the end the IGFX chip still decides what to do (the Technical Product Specs call this a "feature" rather than an "annoyance" but whatever) and you'll end up getting a Code 10 on one of those drivers. This is especially true of cards that either do not report themselves properly to the BIOS, or that the board doesn't have full support for, like the Matrox Parphellia series.