"I didn't get any warning."
I understand how that can happen, forums are not the most natural way of communicating.
Damnation wrote:"Just want to clarify, have you been using a clean, unmodified, XP source for your integrations?"
He's quite right. It has been known to happen. A copy of all the setup files from a NT5 disc oft copied onto a hard drive which is rewritable media. It's one reason that i take extra time to verify hashes, to prevent inadvertent mistakes!
http://service.sony.com.cn/vaio/SVE14115YCW.htm
No luck with drivers, nor a official BIOS update.
India's support has been kind, and indicates that other listed models in the SVE1411* series use Intel's RST v 11.1.0.1006 {DriverVer=02/01/2012,11.1.0.1006}. No BIOS, though.
http://www.sony-asia.com/support/product/sve14115fg
Lenovo seems to advise the initial release for some models {DriverVer=11/29/2011,11.0.0.1032}. That may be the one you ultimately need.
Is that a CoreBoot BIOS?
If not, have you access to a USB-Floppy drive and that unmodified XP disc?
Quote from Intel(R)'s readme.txt within RST v11.1:
"5.3 Pre-Installation Using the F6 Method.
Note: The Steps 1 and 2 can be skipped if you use the F6 Floppy
disk utility provided by Intel. These methods
are applicable to systems configured for RAID or
AHCI mode.
1. Extract all driver files from the installation package.
See section 7.2 for instructions on extracting the
files.
2. Create a floppy* containing the following files in the root
directory:
iaAhci.inf, iaAhci.cat,
iaStor.inf, iaStor.cat,
iaStor.sys, and
TxtSetup.oem.
* Note: For Windows* Vista, you can use a floppy, CD/DVD or USB.
3. For Microsoft Windows* XP:
- At the beginning of the operating system installation,
press F6 to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.
- When prompted, select 'S' to Specify Additional Device.
- Continue to step 5."
v11.0 - http://downloadmirror.intel.com/20868/e … 0.1032.zip
v11.1 - http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Dr … series.exe
There you have it. One of the two v11.0 or v11.1 drivers should work to install NT5 on that AHCI controller.
One caveat; the HWID's are not all listed for the existing USB-Floppy drives.
add to TXTSETUP.SIF after line:
USB\VID_55AA&PID_1234 = "usbstor"
these:
USB\VID_03F0&PID_2001 = "usbstor"
USB\VID_054C&PID_002C = "usbstor"
USB\VID_057B&PID_0001 = "usbstor"
USB\VID_0409&PID_0040 = "usbstor"
USB\VID_0424&PID_0FDC = "usbstor"
USB\VID_08BD&PID_1100 = "usbstor"
USB\VID_055D&PID_2020 = "usbstor"
I wish that that could be done within DP_MassStorage, yet.....I don't know how!
Now you have all you should need (providing you have a USB-Floppy drive or HP USB-Floppy Flash Key) to have a fighting chance at this.
Last edited by TechDud (2013-04-20 13:41:41)