aurgathor Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I have a piece of HW (an HD6770 based video card, to be exact) that I would like to use under Windows 2000. Unfortunately, it does not come with W2K drivers. Is there any way to convert an XP driver to W2K, or just unpack and install the needed binaries from the driver piece by piece? While I'm not certain, I think the actual driver (executable) code is often the same.TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) The most basic way of using a Windows XP driver in Windows 2000 is to open its INF file and change it like this (just an example): Before:[Manufacturer] %ATI%=ATI,NTx86.5.1[ATI.NTx86.5.1]%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4391&CC_0106%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4392&CC_0104%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4393&CC_0104%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4394&CC_0106%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7801&CC_0106%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7802&CC_0104%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7803&CC_0104%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7804&CC_0106[Napa_Inst.ntx86] CopyFiles = ahci8086.Files.x86_12 [Napa_Inst.ntx86.Services] AddService = ahcix86,0x00000002,Napa_Service_Instx86, Napa_EventLog_Inst After:[Manufacturer] %ATI%=ATI[ATI]%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4391&CC_0106%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4392&CC_0104%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4393&CC_0104%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4394&CC_0106%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7801&CC_0106%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7802&CC_0104%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7803&CC_0104%NapaDesc%=Napa_Inst,PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7804&CC_0106[Napa_Inst] CopyFiles = ahci8086.Files.x86_12 [Napa_Inst.Services] AddService = ahcix86,0x00000002,Napa_Service_Instx86, Napa_EventLog_InstThe structure may differ depending on the driver. I hope you're aware that you will need to have unofficial kernel installed together with blackwingcat's unofficial drivers to make the card work. The original XP drivers from AMD won't work. Edited March 20, 2013 by tomasz86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurgathor Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 I hope you're aware that you will need to have unofficial kernel installed together with blackwingcat's unofficial drivers to make the card work. The original XP drivers from AMD won't work. No, I wasn't aware of that until now. I will look into that.Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Please let me know if you need more help with your Windows 2000 installation. I'd also strongly recommend reading this topic before using any of my unofficial packages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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