Problem solved Yes I wasn't too hasty at all, was another issue.
The problem is definitely the nvidia drivers. Just tried the older 52.16 driver and it works perfectly.. Don't ya just hate a prob that is basically out of your control lol Yes so anyone using NVIDIA drivers under the OEM folder to preinstall the video driver in Windows 2000 (not sure about XP) please read my threads.... The latest version of the driver does not work and not sure at which release this was a problem, but I know for sure that release 52.16 works.. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 30 April 2004 11:46 PM To: Mangano, Aron Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [Unattended] Windows 2000 Freezing During Installation "Mangano, Aron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I didn't seem to receive a response on this so I thought I would ask > the list again. I am not sure anybody has a very good answer... > The chipset drivers are now installing correctly but the video drivers > still cause the machines to lock up. > > I have created a $OEM$\$1\drivers\video dir etc as per usual > > * By the way, the way I know that the video driver is the problem is > that if I choose not to install them, the installation continues as > normal. > > What happens is this, Windows 2000 starts copying files etc, then the > machines reboots , converts to ntfs etc, reboots etc etc install > windows starts to install plug and play drivers.....when the blue > installation line reaches the end of the screen, instead of starting > to install the networking components, the machines simply freeze.. This is very similar to what happens to me on some ThinkPad T20 systems. The blue line gets about halfway across, and then the machine locks up completely. I can reproduce it most easily on T20s with no battery installed, which makes me think it has something to do with ACPI. If I reboot and let the installation restart, the hardware detection happens again, and this time it almost always finishes without error. I have no idea why. Something to do with power management, maybe... > I am starting to think that maybe my windows 2000 files have become > corrupt, it is so frustrating as this has never happended before. Possible but unlikely. I believe Windows Setup performs a checksum of each file on the installation media. > Sorry for the lengthy email, does anyone have any ideas....will be > much appreciated.. I do not have any good ideas. Did you follow Intel's instructions for installing the new .inf files? In particular, the steps about copying them to $OEM$\$$\inf ? That might cause them to be installed before the video drivers. But I am not sure. You might try asking on an Asus forum. - Pat ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
