Exact method:
GeForce 4/FX -> Quadro 4/FX : The complete how-to:
GETTING THE FILES
1. You want the latest drivers that WORK STABLE for your card:
For a GeForce FX 5xx0 -> Quadro FX x/x00, that's 45.28
http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/....28_win2kxp.exe
For a GeForce Ti 4x00 -> Quadro 4 xx0 XGL, that's 42.51
http://whitebunny.demon.nl/download....51_w2k_wxp.zip
Then you also need the RivaTuner program itself, of course
- the latest version is a.t.m. "RivaTuner 2.0 RC 15 + SoftR9x00 + SoftFireGL"
Get it from Guru3D - it's under "Most Downloaded" at
http://downloads.guru3d.com/
INSTALLING RIVATUNER
2. Install it - start it - stop it - and reboot the PC
Now Windows begin to know about *.rts files as "RivaTuner patch script files"
NB. You MUST have installed Detonator drivers to get RivaTuner to work properly
- so if this is a fresh Windows installation, you MUST install Detonator drivers first
(I..e. you can't go straight to install the card as Quadro, it MUST be installed as
a standard GeForce FIRST, to get RivaTuner to work properly)
(You will use RivaTuner to patch
"nv4_mini.sys"
- a file INSIDE the driver package.
Most of the files inside are first COMPRESSED each on it's own
(e.g. "nvoglnt.dll" is compressed to "nvoglnt.dl_")
- then they have all been zipped,
either to a *.zip file,
or to a self-extracting *.exe)
UNZIPPING AND EXPANDING "NV4_MINI.SYS"
3. To get hold of the "nv4_mini.sys" file, you must
unzip the driver package ( yes, also 45.28_win2kxp.exe)
- unzip it to e.g.
C:\45.28_patched\
4a. Then you must
"expand" all the *.??_ files
copy "C:\Program Files\RivaTuner\Tools\expand\expand.exe" "C:\45.28_patched\"
4b. Then start Notepad, copy this text and paste it in:
expand -r *.??_
ren *.cf *.cfg
ren *.cp *.cpl
ren *.dl *.dll
ren *.ex *.exe
ren *.hl *.hlp
ren *.sy *.sys
ren *.tv *.tvp
Save the file as
File name: "C:\45.28_patched\ unpack.bat"
Save as type: "All files"
4c. Then double-click
C:\45.28_patched\ unpack.bat
- you should see the expanded versions of the files come in at the bottom
PATCHING "NV4_MINI.SYS"
5. Now you're ready for the patching.
5a. (SoftQuadro4 patch)
Double-click
"C:\Program Files\RivaTuner\PatchScripts\NVIDIA\SoftQuadro4\So
ftQuadro4 w2k.rts"
Click "Continue" button.
Browse to
"C:\45.28_patched\"
Double-click
"nv4_mini.sys"
Click "Yes" on the "Warning! This..."
Click "OK" on the "Information. Patch script has been successfully executed. Read log for details"
Click "Close" button.
5b. (NVStrap antiprotection patch)
Double-click
"C:\Program Files\RivaTuner\PatchScripts\NVIDIA\NVStrap antiprotection\NVStrap antiprotection w2k.rts"
Click "Continue" button.
You should already be in the folder
"C:\45.28_patched\"
..double-click
"nv4_mini.sys"
Click "OK" on the "Information. Patch script has been successfully executed. Read log for details"
Click "Close" button
(Now you have a working driver ready to installed, after you've changed your
"Graphics adapter identification" to "Quadro")
USING RIVATUNER TO INSTALL NVSTRAP DRIVER,
USING NVSTRAP TO CHANGE "GEFORCE" TO "QUADRO"
6. To do that, start RivaTuner again.
On the "Main" tab,
in the "Target adapter" field,
click the little button with an arrow, just to the right of
".................. Customize..."
Click the left-most icon on the pop-up toolbar;
"Low-level system settings"
In the new window called "Low-level system tweaks",
choose the "NVStrap driver" tab.
Click "Install" button.
Now the previously "greyed-out" roll-down menues become available.
In the "PCI DeviceID settings" field, there is one roll-down menu
- "Graphics adapter identification".
Select "Quadro".
(If there's no "Quadro" setting available, you must use "Custom" instead.
Tell me about this, and I'll help you find the correct DeviceID number)
Click "Apply" button
Click "OK" button.
Now the PC need to reboot, click "OK" on the reboot dialog box.
CANCELLING THE DETONATOR AUTO-INSTALLATION
7. When Windows after reboot comes up with
"Hey, new hardware found! Starting Add New Hardware WIZARD"
- press "Cancel".
FINDING AND REMOVING ALL OLD DETONATOR FILES
8a. Then - when in standard 640x480 (or 800x600) VGA mode,
I would locate and delete all files that were used to install the un-patched Detonators.
8b. There *may* be a "C:\NVIDIA\" folder, if so, delete it.
8c. In the "C:\Windows\inf\" folder, there are some files named
"oem2.inf" or "oem3.inf" or "oem[some_number].inf",
one of these is the old inf file used by the NON-patched Detonators.
The easiest way to get rid of it, is to search
"All files and folders"
"All or part of the file name" -> oem
"A word or phrase in the file" -> nvidia
"Look in:" -> C:\Windows\inf\
Then delete the file found.
Now you're 100% sure that Windows can not find any files belonging to the old, un-patched drivers.
USING DEVICE MANAGER TO TELL WINDOWS YOU'LL UPDATE THE DRIVER
9. Then, start the Device Manager:
Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System
In "System Properties" window, select "Hardware" tab, then click "Device Manager" button
There should be a yellow question mark, at the sub-level of "Display adapters"
Right-click the question mark, and select "Update Driver..."
FORCING WINDOWS TO USE YOUR PATCHED DRIVERS
10a. At the first page of the "Hardware Update Wizard", select
"Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)"
Click "Next >" button
10b. At the "Please choose your search and installation options" page, select
"Don't search. I will choose the driver to install."
Click "Next >" button
10c. Now Windows don't know of any drivers at all (you removed the old ones, right)
- click "Have Disk" button,
browse your way to the
"C:\45.28_patched\" folder,
double-click the
"nv4_disp.inf" file
10d. That's it! Now you just click "OK" or "Next >" or whatever
(I don't remember the precise words)
- but now you've made sure Windows are using your patched drivers.
Just reboot the PC after the finish.
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