ATI and Nforce=headache

[scorpy]

I am having trouble with Ati with smart gart and CP installed. I can't seem to find one post that mentions how-to correctly do this. I used the install off CD method, but haven't tested it yet. I am not sure if just sticking the Ati folder in my $OEM$\Drivers directory is enough (I have the updated .iss in it). I want it to be able to use these drivers only if needed, but when they are needed it installs everything.

Similarly, I have tried making the updated .iss file for the new Nforce 4.24, but it auto restarts after install. I use setup.exe -R. Again, I dont know what will all be installed if I do it this way. I would like the NVmixer installed, but I have read several posts that couldnt do it correctly. I would like it if this didn't install on every machine, since I do reformat my old PC a lot too, and that doesn't use Nforce.

Is there a relatively easy way to set this up? I currently use the RunOnceEx.cmd way of installing. Here is a snippet of my RunOnce cmd file. OH! Does pskill.exe go into $OEM$\$$\System32? Thanks, I know this a lot for one post.

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f
REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Commands\prepare.cmd" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE  /D "Spybot S&D 1.3" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Spybot\sbot13.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE  /D "Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.1" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Adobe\acrobat601.exe -p\"-s /v\\\"/qn\\\" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Daemon Tools 3.46" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\DTools\daemon.msi REBOOT=SUPPRESS /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Ad-Aware 6.181" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Lavasoft\AdAware6181.exe /VERYSILENT" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "Google Toolbar" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Google\toolbar.exe /q /d" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\026 /VE /D "Shockwave - Flash Players " /f
REG ADD %KEY%\026 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Flash\flash6.exe /s" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Nero Burning ROM 6.3.0.3" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Nero\Nero6303.exe /silent /sn=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx/write_sn /no_ui /nocancel /noreboot /AutoFinishApp" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\040 /VE /D "Java 1.4.2 build 5" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\040 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Java\java142.exe /s /v/qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\045 /VE /D "WinISO 5.3" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\WinIso\winiso53.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 2 /D "pskill WinISO" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\050 /VE /D "ZoneAlarm Pro 4.5.594" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\ZoneAlarmPro\zap4594.exe /s /noreboot" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 2 /D "pskill zclient" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Importing Registry Tweaks" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\Software\Commands\tweaks.cmd" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Commands\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

I've made this, but I have NO clue at all if works... Didn't test it yet...

if exist "%systemroot%\system32\nvaudio.nvu" (
 ECHO Bezig met het installeren van SoundStorm utility als nForce Audio hardware werd gedecteerd...
 start /wait "%systemdrive%\Drivers\CS\NFORCE\AudioUtl.exe"
 )
if exist "%systemroot%\system32\Oemdspif.dll" (
 ECHO Bezig met het installeren van ATI Control Panel als ATI hardware werd gedecteerd...
 start /wait "%systemdrive%\Drivers\GFX\ATI\issetup.exe -s"
 )
if exist "%systemroot%\system32\drivers\Si3112r.sys (
 ECHO Bezig met het installeren van Silicon Image 3112r SATA Utility als deze hardware werd gedecteerd...
 start /wait "%systemdrive%\Drivers\HDD\3112r\GUI\Setup.exe -s -f1"
 )
if exist "%systemroot%\system32\drivers\el90Xbc5.SYS (
 ECHO Bezig met het installeren van 3COM NIC Doctor als een 3COM NIC werd gedecteerd...
 start /wait "%systemdrive%\Drivers\NW\3COM\GUI\Update\Update.exe /unattended /diag"
 )
if exist "%systemroot%\system32\drivers\LMouFlt2.Sys (
 ECHO Bezig met het installeren van Logitech MouseWare 9.79 als een Logitech muis werd gedecteerd...
 start /wait "%systemdrive%\Drivers\INPUT\MOUSE\MW979\Setup.exe -s -f1"
 REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Drivers\INPUT\MOUSE\MW979\MW.reg
 )
if exist "%systemroot%\system32\itchfltr.sys (
 ECHO Bezig met het installeren van Logitech iTouch 2.20...
 start /wait "%systemdrive%\Drivers\INPUT\KB\IT220\iTouch.vbs"
 REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Drivers\INPUT\KB\IT220\iTouch.reg
 )

You could try it, but I won't guarantee anything!

@Scorpy: sorry for the late posting...

[<SparTacuS>]

Re pskill question.

Since I don't need it after my system is setup, I place it in $OEM$\$1\INSTALL

It works fine during RunOnceEx but is deleted at the cleanup stage along with the rest of the INSTALL folder.

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Re pskill question.

Since I don't need it after my system is setup, I place it in $OEM$\$1\INSTALL

It works fine during RunOnceEx but is deleted at the cleanup stage along with the rest of the INSTALL folder.

What's the advantage? Pskill only takes a few KiloBytes...

[mickmack]

why don't you put them to OEM folders and specify links in Winnt.sif rather than run from RunOnceEx. it works perfeclty for me, it installs Gart driver, then Radeon dirver, than other NForce stuff

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

why don't you put them to OEM folders and specify links in Winnt.sif rather than run from RunOnceEx. it works perfeclty for me, it installs Gart driver, then Radeon dirver, than other NForce stuff

The Catalyst driver suite is ENTIRELY installed with you! Congratulations! But explain me... why can't anyone else on this forum get it entirely installed this way or any other?

[mickmack]

maybe because i get it from here http://www.russobit-m.ru/rus/downloads/rad..._XP_6444_v2.exe unpack and put in the "02video" folder

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Well, that's the explanation... There's another topic about the radeon2.ru modded drivers. But over there they told it won't work unless you're using an English or a Russian version of Windows... So what language of winxp are you using?

[mickmack]

both, english & russian

it's not difficult to see what files belong to each language. anyway, just reinstalled windows to be sure that drivers work. it's perfect. Promise TX4, SI3112, Radeon 9700pro, Nforce2 MCP. everything went smooth and silent

[edmoncu]

maybe because i get it from here http://www.russobit-m.ru/rus/downloads/rad..._XP_6444_v2.exe unpack and put in the "02video" folder

hi, is this the patched ATI Catalyst driver? or a plain Catalyst?

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

both, english & russian 

it's not difficult to see what files belong to each language. anyway, just reinstalled windows to be sure that drivers work. it's perfect. Promise TX4, SI3112, Radeon 9700pro, Nforce2 MCP. everything went smooth and silent 

so you're using a windows copy with both english and russian language support and you live in belgium... Yeah right!

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

maybe because i get it from here http://www.russobit-m.ru/rus/downloads/rad..._XP_6444_v2.exe unpack and put in the "02video" folder

hi, is this the patched ATI Catalyst driver? or a plain Catalyst?

It's a patched one

[prathapml]

It is a patched one?

So does that mean that driver signing is broken ? (since the .INF file is modified, the WHQL signature'd CAT file is violated). Or can we just use this driver without needing to disable driver signing in winnt.sif ?

[OCedHrt]

After some investigation into the control panel, I think it may work to just copy the files over from the cd and import the reg files. These files w/o the installer can be 7-zipped down to 3.50 mb in a sfx archive. I also wrote a batch file that will strip out the extra/unneeded files from the package (keeping the installer that is). The resulting package is 6.67mb 7-zipped.

Compact.7z