Some Asmedia USB 3.0 controllers do have Windows XP drivers, but my board uses Intel controllers (not a huge loss since the board's USB 2.0 controllers still work fine with Windows XP). Reply 30 of 61, by DosFreakĪll this talk of ACPI and USB3 incompatibility is just vanilla XP and not using the unofficial ACPI 2.0 or USB3 drivers or XP2ESD correct? Then select 'Standard PC' and proceed with the installation.

You need to press F7 when the Windows XP installer boots to get the platform selection menu. If you don't mind running Windows XP in 'Standard PC' mode (i.e uni-processor mode), I bet you could install and run Windows XP on even newer platforms with incompatible ACPI implementations. I've also seen some posts online stating that some Skylake boards (100-series) are also compatible, but I have no personal experience with them. My understanding is that the ACPI on Intel 90-series boards are generally compatible with Windows XP. In fact, the ACPI on my H97 board is not compatible with Windows 2000 and older versions of Windows NT, but it is compatible with XP. Technically, this board can handle Broadwell desktop and Xeon processors as well, but I think the i7-4790k offers about the same performance for half the price.Īn earlier comment correctly points out that the biggest limiting factor for Windows XP on newer platforms is the ACPI compatibility. Everything on the board and processor works correctly with Windows XP except for the on-board gigabit ethernet (I use a PCIe network card instead) and USB 3.0.

The chinest version of that page does STATE they are all bios's, but the ones under the first, are drivers, not bios's.I run Windows XP and Windows 7 on an Intel Core i7-4790k (Devil's Canyon) on an Asrock H97 motherboard. Chipset for the Chipset compatability, and USB3 for H97. (Translated to english because the legit english version of the site is broken and won't display)Īll others underneath are actual drivers (although made for Win7) I grabbed the Model Numbers and went and found downloads above that should work. ONLY the top driver on that page is a BIOS. These are taken from sources outside of that website.

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