XP 64/Nlite install help XP 64

[phdtogo]

I'm new to the board, have been in IT for 20 years... Oracle DBA for nearly 10 years. I'm moderately literate in the Windows world and am trying to setup a test lab at home for Oracle 10g... building a system from a bare bones.

1. Using a Pentium 4 3 GHz processor LGA 775, EMT64 capable, with the Intel D101GCC motherboard... Maxtor 100 GB DL100.. something (at work and can't remember) The bios was updated with the latest software using a DOS 3 1/2 floppy and the Intel install utility. If I don't integrate the disk drivers the install will proceed normally, however, when complete and rebooting, the Windows splash screen appears and then the boot process dies... screen goes blank and turns off. However, I can boot into Windows Safe mode.. which points to a driver problem.

2. If the SATA drivers are slipstreamed into the install with Nlite, during the install process Windows will say that it cannot see a hard drive and will not get to the step where an NTFS partition is created and formatted.. even though the bios can see it and displays the info correctly as a SATA drive on SATA master 1.

3. Same step as 2, but used Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition.

4.) I used an old Dell OEM XP with SP1 and this installed fine... not a long-term option because the product key is tied to my laptop and can't be reregistered.. at any rate.. I need to test the more advanced Oracle software which requires a 64-bit capable OS.

In scenario 2, are the new SATA drivers being overridded by the old XP IDE drivers during the install? Is there also a problem with the screen going blank and the boot stalling also due to the video driver (there is one provided on the same motherboard CDROM as the SATA drivers... but I'm not installing it.. just using the Microsoft drivers from the install SW)

HELP! I'm about ready to pitch the whole mess out the window... or give up and buy an IDE drive.

Greg

[ripken204]

which version of nlite did u use? rc1 works fine and thats what u should use, that unless nlite has been updated to work better for x64.

[phdtogo]

Yes, I did use the latest Nlite download... its a great package.

My thoughts are that an unattended install may help? The Intel motherboard drivers may be unsigned.

[phdtogo]

The problem is that I cannot find the SATA drivers for the Intel D101GGC motherboard. The CDROM that cam with the package only has the SATA RAID and the Microsoft IDE.

[Angel Blue01]

You could try BTS DriverPack

[Stead]

from what i can tell there aren't any sata drivers for this board?

also, if it needed them, windows wouldn't see the hd unless the drivers are loaded?

have you tried installing the latest ATI chipset drivers when the computer was in safe mode to see if it would work?

i know i've got a different board, but when i install the chipset drivers for x64, the computer won't boot, same problem as you described, if i leave it alone and it uses the windows drivers no problem

out of interest, regarding the booting with safe mode fine, was that using the normal cd, or an nlited one?

one last thing, have you intalled the latest graphics drivers when the computer booted in safe mode?

Edited March 6, 2006 by Stead