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I had this board and i have failed to make Geforce 7600 PCI-E running with unfoccial drivers, there is some graphics compatibility list for this board and its pretty short.. Maybe other PCI-E GPU work, but you need to be lucky or i did something wrong.

I did some testing is possible to install Win98SE - with VNC display driver, i ended stuck at Keyboard and Mouse detection, after real GPU was used (i used integrated Intel HD2000, because i hadnt at the hand any Win98 compatible card and ATI Mach 64 VT wasnt working with Unraid) - so GPU passthrough working even for Win98. Keyboard / mouse problem probably can be solved with PS2 keyboard and mouse or 2 PS ports mainboard or more compatible USB devices - i dont have at home best set for compatbility i have some too modern and not good keyboard for compatibility (nothing like old Logitech, Chicony IBM keyboards). I tested all through some 1xPS2 to 2x USB convertor.

Hello, i just wonder if someone tried Unraid - QEMU virtual machine with GPU Passthrought, is working well for WinXP 32bit gaming with old Geforce 8400GS with Z68 board and Core i5 2500S - it would work with everything with IOMMU support (Intel VT-d). Unraid is primary for big custom Raids, but has Virtual machines plugin which is based on KVM, so PCI-E and PCIE and USB devices passthrough is possible and few VMs can runs in parallel.

Thanks, i have Geforce 6600 passive, but i have to install fan too - Noctua one - around 500 RPM its quite silent.

Thanks for replies. Could you link exact model, im suprised that there is passive version of card with 95W TDP. In unofficial driver for PCI-E cards really stable with Win98SE? I mean on similar level as AGP cards? What about installation could be OS installed with PCI-E GPU inside, or installation is possible only with PCI / AGP card and card need to be switched later? So if PCI-E GPU is working, 2 PCI slots are enough. I was thinking about 2 cards and necessity of change monitor outputs for boot different system - solution could be some DVI or cheap HDMI switch (even cheap ones have output autodetection and autoswitching) + DVI-HDMI cables.

What is best W9x graphics card? I tested long ago Geforce 7600 and afaik driver was only unofficial and unstable, same PCI-E device driver, so i have to use G6600 or G6800 for AGP, i think that PCI would be big bottleneck even for this old card. I did some research, there are lots of great boards with AMD 970, but they had only 2x PCI slot and this could be problem. PCI old GPU + PCI NIC + PIC soundcard require 3 PCI slots, so it means board where is NIC or Soundcard directly supported by Win98SE is needed. Is there such one? Is there Realtek ALC887 Win98Se compatible driver?

Hello, i finally ressurected by ultimate Win98 machine (in multiboot a have WinXp, Win7 and Linux LMDE 2 too), but primary purpose is Win98Se retro gaming. I had problem with board, old one Asrock Conroe 865 died and used some Asus P5PE-VM - which wasnt optimal - regardless of OS, new one is again Conroe and its stable 865, but forgot old Win 98 dirty tricks, after 2 years. I have some problematic devices is Device manager, how to fix it? I using Core 2 duo cpu, 4 GB of DDR1 - limit by some patch from here to 1024 MB and , SATA Sandisk 240GB SSD+ Sata driver from some guy here. I have not any IDE device, but IDE ports are still enabled in the Bios, i have 1 Sata disk on Sata1 port and 2 Sata DVD writer on same PCI SATA Controller - Sillicon image something. Have 2 unknown devices and few ones in problems (exclamation marks). Look at pictures, sorry Windows is czech, but device names are usually in the english. Problems are 2 unknow device, exclamation marks on IDE devices and Motherboard resources with exclamation mark - share resources error.

Hello, im have fully working MSI Gaming Z97 Gaming 7 board under Windows XP with Geforce 970, only issue is boot, before logging screen i got 3-5 minutes long black screen, i dont know, what is happening and which log to check, im using Fernando drivers. Only missing driver is Intel USB3 driver and this device is disable in device manager.. I there any modded intel UBS3 drivers?

Well, i managed get XP working, but i still didnt find Intel USB3 drivers for XP, these probably dont exist.

Hello again, so i bought MSI Z97 Gaming 7 board + Broadwell 5675C with both ASmedia / Intel SATA /USB3 controllers: http://msi.com/product/mb/Z97-GAMING-7.html#hero-specification I have 10 year old XP isntalation, still working i have changed lots of mother boards and devices without clean install - im using some utlis using function sysprep - now im using Paragon 2015 premium and P2P (Physical to Physical) adjust. Yesterday i checked that XP could work on such mainboard and with old installation, my old XP installation booted - after - i used Paragon P2P (with importing some drivers from board drivers cd, i dont know exactly which ones), but after that i did something wrong (clean up old drivers and installed new one) and something goes wrong and even - safe mode not working. XP working state was this - i booted from Asmedia Sata controller, both ports for 2 internals HDD worked, but Sata DVD writer on Intel port i didnt worked. Some controller driver was missing, SMbus driver was missing and intel USB driver was probably missing. So i recovered old XP partition image and trying to make it boot again - boot screen, but something is wrong - probably i did something a bit different, but what? Between trying im not aware to change any Bios settins - im still using all USB 2 and 3 setting on - also EHCI a XHCI and HDD are in AHCI mode. I would like to inject all drivers from above post through P2P into system, but when i trying, Paragon saying that those inf files arent for XP, but for other OS - so probably Bluebolt linked wrong drivers, i have also big problem to select proper driver from fernando - there are zillions links and once again, Paragon - setting that inf is wrong or i should manualy select exact controller type. Would be nice if someone could post exact link. Regarding of Aida controllers should be these: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2741044/JakyStorageChipsetTamJe.png

I know that Intel dont support Xp since X8x, but this is why im asking for real experience, i there is some work around. I dont care about iGPU, USB3 would be nice.

Hello, i would like know, if someone tested install Windows on Intel x9x and x8x chipset? For these are official XP drivers.. but i would like to know, if Xp is working with default drivers and how much paint it means. Main problem i see i disk controllers and disk speed, but i have found some MSI board with additional Sata Asmedia controller - with WIndows XP drivers (Z97 GAMING 7), so theoretically speaking it could work. I but i would like to know some real life experience before im would spend 500 buck for new MB and processor and spend few hours with components replacing.

Hello, im trying 4CoreDual-VSTA http://www.asrock.com/mb/VIA/4CoreDual-VSTA/. Its working, i have only problem with integrated sound card driver, which i didnt find. Other problem is external Geforce 7600GS AGP 256 MB card, im unable to make card working. Drivers - i still have some non working PCI bus device in Device manager, but otherwise, everything working.