I've been trying, in vain, to install Win x64 on my PC. once windows is
installed I go into the trap: 0x0000007B reboot problem. They only way I
have gotten XP x64 to install is by disabling my RAID, which is not an option
for me.

From what I have read, this is a problem with the F6 drivers I have been
using.

I'm running a Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard using version 4.84 of the
nvidia raid bios. I have tried using the F6 driver on gigabytes web page,
but that doesn't help.

I want to try to download the latest drivers directly from NVidia, but, they
don't have a downloadable F6 package, but, I believe it may be possible to
create a disk by copying the relevant files to a floppy. The only problem
is, I have no idea what files to copy and what, if any, directories should be
on the floppy.

Is there anyone here that can enlightent me? or at least point me in the
right direction?

I'm using the full release of X64 on CD (sent to me by MS from the upgrade
from XP professional promotion)

My hardware is:
Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard running the version 5 bios and 4.84 raid
bios.
2 GB of RAM
AMD x2 4400+ processor
a pair of Western Digital 120GB hard drives (striped)

The raid currently has two partitions on it. 180GB is for my current
install of Win XP pro and 60gb is for the X64 install.

Thanks for any help you can give me!

RE: creating an F6 RAID disk question. by Darrellg

Darrellg
Thu Nov 03 11:52:42 CST 2005

Hello,
Look at the following page that talks about inf decoration.
It includes a workaround section for manually decorating an inf.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/install/64INF_reqs.mspx#EPG

Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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<AMD x2 4400+ processor
<a pair of Western Digital 120GB hard drives (striped)
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Re: creating an F6 RAID disk question. by John

John
Thu Nov 03 11:57:41 CST 2005

See the post and link from Carlos below about 11 posts. You will want the
SATA RAID driver version 5.52 (WHQL)

"jbalcius" <jbalcius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A3C4AF37-3C7F-4BB8-934A-4E1C5E6993F9@microsoft.com...
> I've been trying, in vain, to install Win x64 on my PC. once windows is
> installed I go into the trap: 0x0000007B reboot problem. They only way I
> have gotten XP x64 to install is by disabling my RAID, which is not an
> option
> for me.
>
> From what I have read, this is a problem with the F6 drivers I have been
> using.
>
> I'm running a Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard using version 4.84 of the
> nvidia raid bios. I have tried using the F6 driver on gigabytes web page,
> but that doesn't help.
>
> I want to try to download the latest drivers directly from NVidia, but,
> they
> don't have a downloadable F6 package, but, I believe it may be possible to
> create a disk by copying the relevant files to a floppy. The only problem
> is, I have no idea what files to copy and what, if any, directories should
> be
> on the floppy.
>
> Is there anyone here that can enlightent me? or at least point me in the
> right direction?
>
> I'm using the full release of X64 on CD (sent to me by MS from the upgrade
> from XP professional promotion)
>
> My hardware is:
> Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard running the version 5 bios and 4.84 raid
> bios.
> 2 GB of RAM
> AMD x2 4400+ processor
> a pair of Western Digital 120GB hard drives (striped)
>
> The raid currently has two partitions on it. 180GB is for my current
> install of Win XP pro and 60gb is for the X64 install.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me!



Re: creating an F6 RAID disk question. by Carlos

Carlos
Thu Nov 03 15:27:04 CST 2005

Here I am.
Download de file from NVidia.
Right click on it and unzip it with WinRAR context menu.
Search for the \IDE\WinXP\sataraid\ folder
Files in that folder are the ones you have to put in the F6 floppy disk.
Carlos
"John Barnes" wrote:

> See the post and link from Carlos below about 11 posts. You will want the
> SATA RAID driver version 5.52 (WHQL)
>
> "jbalcius" <jbalcius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A3C4AF37-3C7F-4BB8-934A-4E1C5E6993F9@microsoft.com...
> > I've been trying, in vain, to install Win x64 on my PC. once windows is
> > installed I go into the trap: 0x0000007B reboot problem. They only way I
> > have gotten XP x64 to install is by disabling my RAID, which is not an
> > option
> > for me.
> >
> > From what I have read, this is a problem with the F6 drivers I have been
> > using.
> >
> > I'm running a Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard using version 4.84 of the
> > nvidia raid bios. I have tried using the F6 driver on gigabytes web page,
> > but that doesn't help.
> >
> > I want to try to download the latest drivers directly from NVidia, but,
> > they
> > don't have a downloadable F6 package, but, I believe it may be possible to
> > create a disk by copying the relevant files to a floppy. The only problem
> > is, I have no idea what files to copy and what, if any, directories should
> > be
> > on the floppy.
> >
> > Is there anyone here that can enlightent me? or at least point me in the
> > right direction?
> >
> > I'm using the full release of X64 on CD (sent to me by MS from the upgrade
> > from XP professional promotion)
> >
> > My hardware is:
> > Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard running the version 5 bios and 4.84 raid
> > bios.
> > 2 GB of RAM
> > AMD x2 4400+ processor
> > a pair of Western Digital 120GB hard drives (striped)
> >
> > The raid currently has two partitions on it. 180GB is for my current
> > install of Win XP pro and 60gb is for the X64 install.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give me!
>
>
>

Re: creating an F6 RAID disk question. by jbalcius

jbalcius
Thu Nov 03 16:48:02 CST 2005

No luck, I tried this and got the same stop: 0x0000007b error and reboot loop
problem. Any other suggestions?


"Carlos" wrote:

> Here I am.
> Download de file from NVidia.
> Right click on it and unzip it with WinRAR context menu.
> Search for the \IDE\WinXP\sataraid\ folder
> Files in that folder are the ones you have to put in the F6 floppy disk.
> Carlos
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
> > See the post and link from Carlos below about 11 posts. You will want the
> > SATA RAID driver version 5.52 (WHQL)
> >
> > "jbalcius" <jbalcius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A3C4AF37-3C7F-4BB8-934A-4E1C5E6993F9@microsoft.com...
> > > I've been trying, in vain, to install Win x64 on my PC. once windows is
> > > installed I go into the trap: 0x0000007B reboot problem. They only way I
> > > have gotten XP x64 to install is by disabling my RAID, which is not an
> > > option
> > > for me.
> > >
> > > From what I have read, this is a problem with the F6 drivers I have been
> > > using.
> > >
> > > I'm running a Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard using version 4.84 of the
> > > nvidia raid bios. I have tried using the F6 driver on gigabytes web page,
> > > but that doesn't help.
> > >
> > > I want to try to download the latest drivers directly from NVidia, but,
> > > they
> > > don't have a downloadable F6 package, but, I believe it may be possible to
> > > create a disk by copying the relevant files to a floppy. The only problem
> > > is, I have no idea what files to copy and what, if any, directories should
> > > be
> > > on the floppy.
> > >
> > > Is there anyone here that can enlightent me? or at least point me in the
> > > right direction?
> > >
> > > I'm using the full release of X64 on CD (sent to me by MS from the upgrade
> > > from XP professional promotion)
> > >
> > > My hardware is:
> > > Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard running the version 5 bios and 4.84 raid
> > > bios.
> > > 2 GB of RAM
> > > AMD x2 4400+ processor
> > > a pair of Western Digital 120GB hard drives (striped)
> > >
> > > The raid currently has two partitions on it. 180GB is for my current
> > > install of Win XP pro and 60gb is for the X64 install.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help you can give me!
> >
> >
> >

Re: creating an F6 RAID disk question. by Carlos

Carlos
Thu Nov 03 18:59:08 CST 2005

Hi:
This is as far as I can get.
I don't have experience with RAID.
Just showed you where NVidia has the F6 setup files.
BTW, was the "txtsetup.oem" file in the folder I mentioned you?
Carlos

"jbalcius" wrote:

> No luck, I tried this and got the same stop: 0x0000007b error and reboot loop
> problem. Any other suggestions?
>
>
> "Carlos" wrote:
>
> > Here I am.
> > Download de file from NVidia.
> > Right click on it and unzip it with WinRAR context menu.
> > Search for the \IDE\WinXP\sataraid\ folder
> > Files in that folder are the ones you have to put in the F6 floppy disk.
> > Carlos
> > "John Barnes" wrote:
> >
> > > See the post and link from Carlos below about 11 posts. You will want the
> > > SATA RAID driver version 5.52 (WHQL)
> > >
> > > "jbalcius" <jbalcius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:A3C4AF37-3C7F-4BB8-934A-4E1C5E6993F9@microsoft.com...
> > > > I've been trying, in vain, to install Win x64 on my PC. once windows is
> > > > installed I go into the trap: 0x0000007B reboot problem. They only way I
> > > > have gotten XP x64 to install is by disabling my RAID, which is not an
> > > > option
> > > > for me.
> > > >
> > > > From what I have read, this is a problem with the F6 drivers I have been
> > > > using.
> > > >
> > > > I'm running a Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard using version 4.84 of the
> > > > nvidia raid bios. I have tried using the F6 driver on gigabytes web page,
> > > > but that doesn't help.
> > > >
> > > > I want to try to download the latest drivers directly from NVidia, but,
> > > > they
> > > > don't have a downloadable F6 package, but, I believe it may be possible to
> > > > create a disk by copying the relevant files to a floppy. The only problem
> > > > is, I have no idea what files to copy and what, if any, directories should
> > > > be
> > > > on the floppy.
> > > >
> > > > Is there anyone here that can enlightent me? or at least point me in the
> > > > right direction?
> > > >
> > > > I'm using the full release of X64 on CD (sent to me by MS from the upgrade
> > > > from XP professional promotion)
> > > >
> > > > My hardware is:
> > > > Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard running the version 5 bios and 4.84 raid
> > > > bios.
> > > > 2 GB of RAM
> > > > AMD x2 4400+ processor
> > > > a pair of Western Digital 120GB hard drives (striped)
> > > >
> > > > The raid currently has two partitions on it. 180GB is for my current
> > > > install of Win XP pro and 60gb is for the X64 install.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help you can give me!
> > >
> > >
> > >

RE: creating an F6 RAID disk question. by Johnnymac

Johnnymac
Mon Nov 07 13:08:06 CST 2005

I have also tried to use the NIVIDIA drivers to no avail. The updating of
the registry sounds like a good idea, but how do you do this when you are in
the middle of the install process (booting into windows for the first time).
Also I could not figure out what to change in decorating the .inf file. I
cannot find the correct decorations for an amd system anywhere. I am
assuming that the existing ones in the inf file are incorrect.

""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hello,
> Look at the following page that talks about inf decoration.
> It includes a workaround section for manually decorating an inf.
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/install/64INF_reqs.mspx#EPG
>
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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> <installed I go into the trap: 0x0000007B reboot problem. They only way I
> <have gotten XP x64 to install is by disabling my RAID, which is not an
> option
> <for me.
> <
> <From what I have read, this is a problem with the F6 drivers I have been
> <using.
> <
> <I'm running a Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard using version 4.84 of the
> <nvidia raid bios. I have tried using the F6 driver on gigabytes web page,
> <but that doesn't help.
> <
> <I want to try to download the latest drivers directly from NVidia, but,
> they
> <don't have a downloadable F6 package, but, I believe it may be possible to
> <create a disk by copying the relevant files to a floppy. The only problem
> <is, I have no idea what files to copy and what, if any, directories should
> be
> <on the floppy.
> <
> <Is there anyone here that can enlightent me? or at least point me in the
> <right direction?
> <
> <I'm using the full release of X64 on CD (sent to me by MS from the upgrade
> <from XP professional promotion)
> <
> <My hardware is:
> <Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard running the version 5 bios and 4.84 raid
> <bios.
> <2 GB of RAM
> <AMD x2 4400+ processor
> <a pair of Western Digital 120GB hard drives (striped)
> <
> <The raid currently has two partitions on it. 180GB is for my current
> <install of Win XP pro and 60gb is for the X64 install.
> <
> <Thanks for any help you can give me!
> <
>
>