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nope...

not really, I really want to install window 7 on that old(ish) PC, on an IDE disk, that's all.

... which I guess is the reason why the streamlined installation works?
The "load driver" step checks the cat file, finds something wrong and refuses to use the driver, but if the driver is already in the image, there is probably no cat check, only the sys (which is OK) is checked? I'm guessing, I have no idea how windows uses the various driver signatures.

might well be it. As I said I'm no expert, but it makes sense...

I'm not so worried, if my theory is correct, the sys file is correctly signed and checked, so my system should be fine, would you agree?

sorry, I was on another PC yesterday so I couldn't check, and I'm at work now. That and... I'm really not so sure what you are talking about, how do I find out this HWID? I'll post it tonight when I get home.

Hi TechDud,

Thanks for the suggestions, sorry I'm late in replying myself, I didn't receive any notification of your post (I missed the "subscribe to this topic" checkbox...).

I tried all the things you suggested already: EIST is disabled (has to be for the board to work at all, at least with WinXP and Win7), I have the latest BIOS and I have downloaded all possible versions of the driver, including those you suggest. There must be really something wrong with the signature of all those driver (meaning that at ITE they consistenly do something wrong), but I don't know what it could be, because the cat file seems ok (except the certificates are all expired by now).

Anyway, for all those that have this problem and are looking for a solution: I finally found a way to circumvent the bad signature: I streamlined the v1.3.4.2 drivers (the latest from the ITE site) in the win7 installation image, so the whole "load driver" step was completely avoided, the driver was loaded automatically.
To do this I used rt7lite (http://www.rt7lite.com/). Just follow the instruction there, the only action required is "Integration" (http://www.rt7lite.com/faq6.html).
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REMEMBER to check the "force unsigned" checkbox or the driver won't load
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For the brave, the integration can also be done using DISM, a command line utility included in Win7 (after all it is just a matter of adding the driver files to the .WIM images in the right place), but I quite liked the simplicity of rt7lite.