ftp link swapped out for publicly accessible one
1,551 2010-01-14 07:04:07
Re: Graphics B x86 (36 replies, posted in Vista / 7 DriverPack Graphics B)
1,552 2010-01-14 03:28:07
Re: [SLVD] Bug HP NC373i & NC373T drivers (74 replies, posted in BartPE - UBCD4Win - WinPE)
I would replace all the files in the \D\L\B3 folder but for this test you really only need those two ...
Best thing to do is to just update all the files in B3... effectively updating the driver.
This has the advantage of you being able to use the pack for normal slipstreaming .
1,553 2010-01-13 01:23:02
Re: [SLVD] Bug HP NC373i & NC373T drivers (74 replies, posted in BartPE - UBCD4Win - WinPE)
Good thinking two options...
1) replace the driver in the lan pack and use base to create plugin and rebuild...
2) If all the names are the same you could try to cheat and replace the two files in the plugin and build...
It is better for us if you update the pack and use DriverPacks BASE to create a new plugin then build, because it will tell us if adding that driver fixes it for everyone, We like it when we can provide a particular fix to our entire audience... Besides then when we release our next pack it will be included for you. We call that helping us to help you - and we like that a lot!
Jeff
PS please report if you built with R2 or just plain old 2k3
1,554 2010-01-11 13:03:26
Re: Windows crashes (2 replies, posted in Other)
It's a bot...
Every one of his posts as had spam /gratuitous links in it 3 out of 3
He's banned now! and all of the links have been removed...
1,555 2010-01-09 22:59:51
Re: [SLVD] Ati Radeon Mobility x1700 - Graphics A 9.12.1- failed install (39 replies, posted in DriverPack Graphics)
LOL... @mr_smartepants only Mods or better can see the email address. Members are taken to a form / page. So he can only get your email if you reply to him . I saw his email but I did not recognize it so I did not reply
. Once you or I reply to him he will not be limited by form mail. The form mail basically has the same restrictions as posting to the forum.
I agree with your assessment that he is using a non legitimate VLK version. Normally I would think it very likely that if he used a legitimate version that his overheating issue would no longer appear. Most of the time versions that are obtained through dubious means were hacked by someone who is not very skilled. This causes all kinds of strange things to happen. From a support standpoint this is a nightmare, one we avoid like the plague.
Normally I would advise "Get a legitimate OEM or Retail version to start with. See if the overheating issue is solved. My bet is; YES. That will then allow you to use SP3 which is to your advantage for many reasons . You may find that the driver issue goes away as well
." Is tainted by the report of Win7 having the same issue.
I think it is quite strange you have the same issue with Win7, (and shoots down my theory above) have you checked for a BIOS update from the OEM? Checked for a custom chipset driver from the OEM? Checked for a Power Management Application / Driver? This type of issue is normally reported an then addressed by the manufacturer of your laptop and usually quite quickly! The fact that the issue spans multiple OS's seems to indicate it is an issue with the model... That being the case, if they have not already had it reported and fixed it, you should report it and then they will fix it. It is reasonable to assume that you are not the only one who has this problem... what does Google say about it? (perhaps your laptop is broken and under warranty? IE CPU Heatsink / fan not operating at 100%)
Thanks for following up with most excellent details, it really does "help us to help you"!
Jeff
1,556 2010-01-09 00:20:58
Re: Problem booting a Dell 2950 SAS 6iR (29 replies, posted in BartPE - UBCD4Win - WinPE)
If you give me your HWID I will figure out which driver from the DriverPacks was used and compare it to the version contained in R194052
It is possable that the SAS contoller driver in the packs only supports 2k3 server or does not support your HWID.
there are about five critical updates / hotfixes that must be installed in 2k3 or it may fail...
SAS controllers are considered server hardware and may not work at all in xp based PE.
- they might, but it is MUCH less likely to work than 2k3 and even 2k3 must be patched and those patches may not even be available for xp
Let's see if we can figure it out together!
PS did you try removing DriverPacks mass storage and adding your driver manually and then rebuilding with PEBuilder?
1,557 2010-01-08 23:53:48
Re: [SLVD] Ati Radeon Mobility x1700 - Graphics A 9.12.1- failed install (39 replies, posted in DriverPack Graphics)
Are you sure you deleted them all?
%systemroot%\DPsFnshr.log would be nice... and may not have been deleted.
%systemroot%\setupapi.log (the part that deals with your HWID only)
Please read "Read BEFORE you post" linked to in my signature.
You have OMITTED WAY TOO MUCH INFO to help you.
IE did you install win 2K, win XP (home, pro, OEM, Retail) or win 2K3 - 2k3 R2? what SP of the OS was used?
Did you use nLite or RVM? did you slipstream any updates?
What are the HWIDs? Tool linked in my signature...
Which DriverPacks method did you use?
IE Disc or SAD, M1 or M2, how was the finisher called? Which control panel option was selected?
which version of DriverPacks BASE did you use?
etc...
Help us to help you - details are the key. The inverse of that is "no details no help".
posting your DPs_BASE.log will supply 90% of the missing info.
Again... read "read before you post" (it is called that and plastered everywhere for a reason )
check off each item until you have checked them all off!!!
Welcome to DriverPacks.
PS Kudos for indicating you used search!
1,558 2010-01-08 23:44:43
Re: Problem booting a Dell 2950 SAS 6iR (29 replies, posted in BartPE - UBCD4Win - WinPE)
We LOVE IT when a member uses search!
Whic OS did you use xp or 2k3 which service pack of that OS?
Is the DriverPacks version the same version / provider as you downloaded?
Yes HWIDs are ALWAYS helpful for this type of issue, but let's see how far we can get without them.
1,559 2010-01-08 04:21:30
Re: How To Setting Driver Pack For Costume extract ? (6 replies, posted in Other)
If you check out his other posts
1) he tried to use nLite to add them - you told him that wont work...
I am not sure he listened. No indication he is using DriverPacks BASE.
2) he tried to make a custom pack. No reason given for attempting to do so...
My personal issue with this is not the poor translation.
It is his lack of putting any decent facts or information into the translator to begin with!
No description of what he wishes to do.
No description of why.
No description of his process.
No description of his results.
No indication he has read ANY of our documentation. None at all.
He has not revealed what his primary language is.
We do have translators for about a dozen languages.
If it seemed to me he was making an effort we might ask someone who speaks his language to help us to help him.
Why should we bother if he is not even going to show that some small effort was made by him to try to help us to help him.
Or show some indication he tried to help himself.
Or show some effort was made to follow the tutorial or read the FAQs.
All of his questions so far have solutions posted in the Frequently Asked Questions forum of our site and in the tutorials.
(I get the impression he is 'one of those' and is attempting to post a premade disk to a warez site or torrent )
1,560 2010-01-08 02:36:23
Re: How To Setting Driver Pack For Costume extract ? (6 replies, posted in Other)
1,561 2010-01-07 08:58:11
Re: Looking for a webcam... (5 replies, posted in Hardware)
do you have an extra pair of sunglasses? (think outside the box)
A broken pair would be ideal you just need one lens, like a monocle
- did you try it inside afterwards?
If you did burn the CCD its new and under warranty take it to the store.
if you bought it online or whatever Logitech has great service i'm sure they will replace it.
1,562 2010-01-07 08:39:31
Re: How To Setting Driver Pack For Costume extract ? (6 replies, posted in Other)
Use Search...
1,563 2010-01-06 23:28:55
Re: WinIntegrator 1.0.2.7 (25 replies, posted in Windows 7 tools)
Best bet is to go to the source... the post above is just a courtesy link
1,564 2010-01-06 11:59:26
Re: [Help me] BSOD 7b with Chipset Driverpack on Nvidia hardware (7 replies, posted in BartPE - UBCD4Win - WinPE)
If it were not an Nvidia chipset it would not be such a PITA
I'm sure it is related to missing registry entries, but you know that better than I do.
It was you and Highlander that taught me how to write a plugin... !
Thanks again for that ! ! ! You da Man!
PS my second guess is the BSOD is related to version mis-match between nvidia chipset and Nvidia Mass storage.
1,565 2010-01-06 06:36:59
Re: [Help me] BSOD 7b with Chipset Driverpack on Nvidia hardware (7 replies, posted in BartPE - UBCD4Win - WinPE)
Normaly only the mass storage are needed the others are optional...
This is the way UBCD4Win is pre configured when you download it .
some require other plugins to function at all (sound for example)
While DriverPacks BASE will generate the plugins for packs other than Mass Storage they are considered beta / test features.
bartpe is a recovery tool not an os replacement...
Unless you have a specific need, then it is probably not worth the effort
If you have a specific need there are ways to make them work.
This will require a great deal of effort and research on your part
1,566 2010-01-05 21:31:39
Re: depreciation and formal release schedule? (3 replies, posted in Other)
I don't think we need to make it "official"
There is No doubt that nt5 is the past and nt6 is the future.
Muiz has been going it alone on the NT6 packs I'm sure he will welcome all to help him just as we welcome all to help with the NT5 packs - however people are not beating a path to either door .
I plan to implement nt6 support to base short term and a group of us including Siginet are pursuing a more robust tool targeted at win 7 as we speak.
So we don't really need to etch anything in stone. A natural progression of things will take us in the direction you suggest and is in fact in the works already!
We can't and won't set a schedual - we are volunteers not employees -
We never know when, or if, we will have time so we just take what we get when we can.
Unless you know some people who want to roll up thier sleeves and dig in?
PS I really, Really like the way you think!!!
1,567 2010-01-05 02:16:23
Re: [SLVD] Bug HP NC373i & NC373T drivers (74 replies, posted in BartPE - UBCD4Win - WinPE)
Thanks for helping us to help you!
1,568 2010-01-05 02:15:07
Re: Vista & 7 x64 DriverPacks updated to 9.12 (7 replies, posted in News)
from the forum
You will have to open the Vista / 7 DriverPacks (x86-x64) forums that correspond to the files you want.
http://forum.driverpacks.net/index.php
1,569 2010-01-05 02:09:34
Re: nForce3 {1a3e09be-1e45-494b-9174-d7385b45bbf5}\NVNET_DEV00DF (10 replies, posted in DriverPack LAN)
it is in the folder where you installed DriverPacks BASE .
Same folder as DPs_BASE.exe!
PS if you have run BASE since you created your disk you will need to get the one i want out of the \LogFiles\ folder
they are time stamped and the one we need will be larger than the other ones
1,570 2010-01-04 10:40:51
Re: unnecessary drivers :( Full DriverPacks Disc & Minimum HDD SPACE ! :) (4 replies, posted in Feature Requests)
That is the way it works now.
Only the required drivers are installed on the HDD.
The drivers that are not needed are removed after windows is installed.
Are you are trying to say that you are installing to a HDD smaller than 2GB?.
A 2 gig HDD is not even worth installing to. That HDD would have to be at least 5 to 10 years old.
If your HDD is ten years old it is due to die any day now why bother?
If your HDD size is less than 2 GB then your HDD is not even worth the effort it takes to reply to your post.
PS If you want help you need to include good details.
It is OK if you use a translator. Not everyone speaks English. We understand that. Lazy is a different story.
It is not OK to say something vague like "It is broke". No details, no help.
It is not possible to help you if you do not explain your issue in detail!
If I asked you "Why does my car fail to start?".
What would you answer?
There is no valid answer. Not enough details were given to solve the issue.
1,571 2010-01-04 10:39:18
Re: nForce3 {1a3e09be-1e45-494b-9174-d7385b45bbf5}\NVNET_DEV00DF (10 replies, posted in DriverPack LAN)
DPs_BASE.log?
1,572 2010-01-03 22:16:47
Re: nForce3 {1a3e09be-1e45-494b-9174-d7385b45bbf5}\NVNET_DEV00DF (10 replies, posted in DriverPack LAN)
1,573 2010-01-03 13:16:14
Re: Windows Home Server with Power Pack 1 (13 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
just use DriverPacks BASE to integrate the DriverPack MassStorage to your Windows_Home_Server\SVR_2003 folder
it will add the DriverPack MassStorage support to the 2k3 portion of your installation...
You probably need to integrate textmode drivers only.
If you create a SAD disc you should be able to update all of your drivers post install.
Should work just fine!
1,574 2010-01-02 12:53:01
Topic: Will you please add the most recent driver for my device? (0 replies, posted in Frequently Asked Questions)
Question:
Why is the driver included in the DriverPacks not the most recent version?
[REQ] Driver Update to version xxx
A good question, frequently asked.
Answer:
A little history first...
Wim used to always include the latest versions and released them often! DriverPacks was much smaller then. It has grown into over ten main packs for NT5, hoards of 3rd party DriverPack and Packs for NT6... The DriverPacks includes tens of thousands of device drivers for a over a dozen different platforms ranging from Win2k through Win7 (NT 5.0 through NT 6.1 x64).
Since we include over 90% of all available drivers for windows there is the potential for many conflicts when using the full set and especially with 3rd party DriverPack too. Most drivers are not written very well, In fact it is the teams consensus that they are oblivious to how badly they actually do write them. The point is you just can't drop a driver into the packs. There is an entire process involved, Dump the HWIDs from the packs and the old and new driver compare and eliminate duplicates, verify signing, release to testing team, likely fail several times and then Beta, RC, and Release. Since there are only a couple of people active on adding drivers there is a huge amount of work to do and only a few people to do it. The few who do help do so after they work their 40 hours, exercise, help the kids with homework, eat dinner and take a shower... you know all that real life stuff! (Just like you!)
We like to stay current but being current takes a back seat to Stability...
This was a change the team made from Wim's original process.
We feel that Stable packs are preferred to buggy ones that have all the latest drivers.
Just because a driver is new does not make it better... (And never use version 0.0 of anything )
It might be better but we don't know until it has been released and tested by a large audience.
We release our packs to the testing team as nightlies (alphas).
We have over 50 official testers and an unknown number of unofficial ones with access to hundreds of machines.
- If you would like to be a tester please ask! - Especially if you do installs often on many different PCs.
If a pack makes it a week on the testing team with no issues we consider it a Beta.
With a little luck and a few reports of success from the team it will then become a Release Candidate (RC).
It often takes months to groom a nightly pack into a Release Candidate.
Once a pack achieves RC status it usually will become a news article with a download link on our home page...
If no issues are reported after the public testing it will be released as a 'Final'.
There is much going on in the background in our hidden team forums that are not visible to the public.
It is a lot like a bee hive, not much to see from the outside but bustling with activity inside.
The short answer is being current takes a back seat to being stable. No reported issues = stable.
We primarily care that there are zero issues with our packs...
No BSODs, no crashes, no lost functionality, no lost performance, no bugs.
If all hardware is supported, and there are zero reported issues from our users.
Then we (The DriverPacks team.) believe we have done the best possible job.
8 million people download the DriverPacks a month.
We assume that represents multiple installs per download.
We normally have zero reported issues...
- How would you rate that on a 1- 10 scale ?
Quite often people will ask [REQ] we add a newer driver.
"Come on already, It has been out since yesterday!"
I often like to ask them why?
They will then, invariably, seem perplexed and then give me a goofball answer like "because it is newer!"
So then I just can not resist the temptation to ask "What issue are you having that the newer driver addresses?"
Now they are really perplexed... "huh? What..." / "What do you mean?" "I don't understand"
I will continue with...
1) Does it make your device faster?
2) more reliable?
3) What problem / issue were you having with the old driver?
If you are having an issue will you please describe it in detail?
At this point they must meekly report they were not having any issues at all.
Which is the answer that I expected and already knew I would elicit.
So I then press on.
1) What issue does the newer driver claim to correct?
- In three years I have not had a single REQuester that was able to answer this simple question.
- for that matter I have never had a user ask us to update a driver because they were having an issue with the older version.
So this behavior makes me think to myself...
Why waste our time asking if the only reason to add the driver is so it reports a higher version number????
PLEASE... You just want bragging rights??? - I have the latest driver! I totally rock dude!
Tie a pork chop around your neck and go play with the lions. OK? Darwin-ism is a good thing .
In all likelihood the newer driver is probably just going to introduce bugs into an otherwise rock solid solution...
If a driver address' a known issue or adds HWIDs then sure... It goes right to the top of the list of things to do.
- 98% chance we knew that the newer version was out way before you did!!! (It IS our specialty)
If you don't even know what the difference is then don't bother to ask. We will either ignore you, or make fun of you.
Don't get me wrong, I am a gamer and I have more than once had to update my drivers to get the game to work, however, gamers never come in here and request we update our drivers. Not even once... ever...
At least I would understand someone saying hey those old drivers have a known bug with "SuperGame 3000" that is fixed in the newer driver from ATI / Nvida ver 10000.2.01
I must conclude that gamers are either a little brighter or they are more understanding than average.
If a driver is years old and we missed it
and there is a newer version
and it fixes a bug
- then - yeah please let us know!
Just be sure you can report what issue you have
that you have already tested the new one
and that it did in fact fix the issue you were having.
- Then - that would be considered cool!
- you will be expected to test a nightly
and report the test packs success or failure
and possibly post your logs.
- We refer to this as helping us to help you.
PS Before you make a comment on how long it takes us to release please at least offer to help us!
If you don't have the time to help then clearly you already understand our situation.
As always I encourage DriverPacks Moderators to edit this FAQ as you see fit and welcome the feedback of the DriverPacks team!
1,575 2010-01-02 12:10:18
Re: [IMPLEMENTED] Mute during KTD (39 replies, posted in Feature Requests)
Reports of success leads to those up to date releases we all like!!!
Jaak calls that "Helping us to help you." That is the spirit that 'drives' us here at DriverPacks.net.
Thanks for being one of the guys that does exactly that.
Kudos to you!
Jeff