Installing Intel Chipset Drivers in GUI-Mode Setup

[Aaron]

Intel stresses that the Intel Chipset Software Utility is installed before any other driver is installed. So instead of running an silent installation using Installshield, you can install them during GUI-mode Setup.

Run infinst_enu.exe with these switches: -A -A -P C:\Intel\

infinst_enu.exe -A -A -P C:\Intel\

Run setup as normal. It won't install the drivers, it just copies the INF and CAT files to C:\Intel\

Note: You are probably wondering why this method is used instead of extracting infinst_enu.exe with WinRAR. This is because only the CAT files are extracted, and are very much useless without the INF files. Using the method above will provide you with the INF files.

Have a look at the contents of C:\Intel\

What you need to do is merge all the files in the XP directories from each ICH directory into one folder. Most files are identical in name and size so you will be prompted to overwrite quite often.

When finished, it should look something like this:

Dump this folder into your Drivers folder and name your folder something like Intel_INF

Add to your winnt.sif file:

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\intel_INF"

If you already have a OemPnPDriversPath, remove the quotation mark, add a semi-colon at the end, then paste Drivers\intel_INF ending with a quotation mark.

[neophyte]

Wouldn't it just be simpler to copy the drivers for the chipset that you need? The intel installer is intelligent enough to simply extract the drivers for the chipset that you are running on (for instance, on my machine, it only fully extracted all the ICH5 drivers, as my chipset is the ICH5R).

Then simply copy the XP folder into the appropriate folder, and rename it.

[Aaron]

Actually you're right. I only knew the number of the chipset I had at the time (i875P) but checking cpu-z again, it shows an "ICH5" alongside it.