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Unfortunately, this also produced a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD.

I'll give this a spin soon. I also want to report a possible bug with the v30 Extended Kernel and v16a Extended Core, both English. I installed the Realtek audio driver and it worked fine. I installed the aforementioned Kernel and Core and it worked fine, but when I installed USB Bluetooth audio, the Realtek audio device stops working. In the device manager, all the audio devices appear fine (no errors or anything) and the Realtek control panel applet still works. Right clicking the taskbar icon and selecting the Windows audio option causes the laptop to beep and an error message: "There are no active mixer devices available. Please install one from the add/remove hardware control panel" pops up. But, when I play the 3D audio demo from the Realtek control panel (in this case, the bee), I can hear the bee buzzing. This problem also occurs after installing the Intel Display Audio as well. I don't need the Display audio, but I would like to use my Bluetooth audio at least.

That will work if you can find an offline installer. Just install it normally. Nothing should have to be done to get it working other than Extended Kernel/Core, obviously.

Any AR5B125 Windows XP driver from 2012 or earlier works without producing the aforementioned BSOD. I noticed that the 2013 drivers produce the same BSOD under XP whereas the 2012 and earlier ones do not (if a driver updater like Snappy offers the network card update, just skip it). Unfortunately, I lost the BSOD-free driver as my 2TB external HDD crashed, taking everything with it You can find the hopefully BSOD-free 10.0.0.54 (April 2012) version here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/fi9lsdjcpq7jj1o/xp3264-10.0.0.54-whql.zip/file (please let me know if you cannot access this).

Indeed, this was the answer as I got my problem fixed fixed! Details can be found here.

This thread is finished. I got the BIOS modded, the required settings changed, and Windows 2000 now works in ACPI mode! Here’s how to flash the BIOS to an E1-531 (this may work for other similar period models such as V3-571G, but no guarantees, and I am not responsible if you brick your laptop). Download the modded BIOS from here: https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/acer-v3-571g-how-to-unlock-this-bios-advanced-settings-menu-version-2-21/33249 Download the 2.21 BIOS (it doesn’t matter if your laptop is not at Acer’s official 2.21 BIOS) from here: https://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/BIOS/BIOS/BIOS_Acer_2.21_A_A.zip?acerid=635264178355568077&Step1=&Step2=&Step3=ASPIRE E1-531&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_6 Grab a 32GB or less USB stick and format it as Fat32 (make sure to back anything up that may be on it). Use 7zip to open up the Acer BIOS and extract the contents to the USB. Move the modded .FD file to the USB as well. Plug the USB into the laptop and ensure the charger is unplugged from the laptop as well. Press and hold [FN] and Esc keys at the same time, plug in the charger while still holding them, and then press the power button. Continue holding the [FN] and Esc keys for an extra 5 seconds and then let go. The blue power light did not flash on mine. If, after a bit, you hear a succession of beeps, it was not successful, and it will restart automatically. If you hear nothing but the fan, it’s working, do not interrupt it, and wait for it to auto-restart. Press F2 to open up the BIOS and explore the Advanced options!

I think I figured out the answer. It all boils down to serial port settings even if your laptop does not have such a port. Basically, you have to disable the serial port in the BIOS, but the problem is InsydeH2O BIOS doesn't include an option to enable/disable the serial port. It is believed this is why 2000 doesn't activate ACPI under that BIOS. When using Standard PC mode, Windows 2000 will show a floppy disk driver in the device manager, but with code 10. This is because 2000 is erroneously picking up serial port (whether you have one or not) as a floppy disk drive, and so it needs to be disabled, after which you should be able to switch into ACPI under an InsydeH2O BIOS. To get access to Serial port settings if your BIOS doesn't have one would required a modded BIOS. I did post a thread here inquiring about a modded BIOS that includes serial port settings for my Acer Aspire E1-531, so hopefully someone can help unlock the serial port settings.

I'm trying to install Windows 2000 to an Acer Aspire E1-531, but ACPI does not work at all (even with blackwingcat's modded driver, it freezes at "Setup is starting Windows 2000", resulting in me having to press F5 and choose Standard PC). I've read that this is due to the InsydeH2O BIOS and Serial port settings (even though my laptop does not have said port). Unfortunately, mine doesn't have serial port settings (as again, I don't have said port), so I was wondering where I could find a modded BIOS that includes the option to disable/enable it. Thanks in advance for your help!

I'll tag @blackwingcat and see if he has a solution to getting Windows 2000 on InsydeH2O BIOS with ACPI.

You did? As in you have working ACPI mode? How? Would you mind linking me to the ISO and/or telling me how you got ACPI working please.

Check the BIOS first. Is it InsydeH2O? If it is, you're out of luck as those don't like 2K's ACPI for some reason. Maybe it would work if the XP ACPI 2.0 driver could be backported to 2000.

I've tried your modded Qualcom Atheros WiFi driver, which supports my Atheros AR5B125 card and 2000, but I keep getting a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD, even with Extended Kernel and Core installed. Any idea why this happens? http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/2024680.html

The Windows XP ACPI 2.0 driver should definitely be backported to 2000. We all know that Windows XP and later can run fine on computers with InsydeH2O BIOS, but Windows 2000 does not. If one tries to run setup on such as BIOS (Included with such computers like Acer Aspire E1-531), even with blackwingcat's modded ACPI.sys, setup freezes at "Setup is starting Windows 2000". The only way around this is to press F5 at the F6 screen and choose Standard PC. It allows the installation to continue, BUT, upon finish, it will think you have a Floppy Drive, but the driver will Code 10, blackwingcat's modded Qualcom Atheros AR5B125, etc driver installs, but none of the WiFi connection managers (Boingo, Atheros Connection Manager) detect the card, saying it is off with no way to turn it on (not even by the [FN] F3 Wireless keyboard switch on the aforementioned laptop). I put this card into my Dell Latitude E6400, where W2K runs perfectly with ACPI, and it it detected by Atheros Connection Manager, although I can't do much as I get a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD after logging in (deleting the WiFi driver solved it). blackwingcat's modded Sandy Bridge graphics do not work without ACPI, as I'm sure other devices. The devices that I did get working on the E1-531 are: Realtek Audio, Broadcom Ethernet (Thanks blackwingcat), the VESA display driver, and even ALPS Touchpad (although I get no mouse input after I restart, forcing me to uninstall. ACPI issue suspected). I would love nothing more than working ACPI on the Aspire E1-531 as not a lot of things work without it. And yes, I've tried switching to ACPI after installing bwc's extended kernel and core, but this produces an INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE 7B BSOD. So, for now, until we can get ACPI working with InsydeH2O BIOS, I would recommend a computer with a different BIOS, such as Phoenix, AmericanMegaTrends, Dell branded BIOS (While the Latitude E6530 is a great 2000 compatible machine, you will not get sound as it comes with IDT audio, which has no 2000 support whatsoever, requiring an externel Realtek soundcard), etc, etc.

The secure boot support is half-baked. It is better to just keep that disabled. UEFI will work using the aforementioned UEFI7, however, although, I hear Windows 7 does not play nicely with AMD hardware under UEFI mode.

I installed Windows 7 to a Dell Precision 7530 with 8th Gen Coffee Lake, but to do so, I had to mod ACPI.sys to get past A5 BSOD. Unfortunately, this causes the Intel HID Event Filter driver to throw a 7E BSOD when I try to install it (after it reboots, everything is fine, but no driver) even though it works fine under 8.1 (which did not need a modded ACPI file). Without this, the Intel Serial IO drivers throw a code 31 error and the touchpad doesn't work. I would appreciate it if anybody figured out a way to get the Intel HID Event Filter Driver to install sans 7E BSOD when you have modded ACPI.

Glad I could help! I'm surprised you got that error on 7th Gen Kaby Lake. I didn't get it on my 8th Gen Coffee Lake, but did on my 11th Gen Tiger Lake. Maybe laptop manufacturer has something to do with it. Maybe all Acer's and Lenovo's post 6th Gen suffer from it while Dell's do not, idk.

Interesting. I did not know Intel made an official Kaby Lake graphics driver for Windows 7. I thought the only ones were mods. Regardless, this would need to be modded further to support Tiger Lake (11th Gen), Alder Lake (12th Gen), and Rocket Lake (13th Gen). Idk how to do that, however.

Keep in mind, ACPI may need to replaced, as described here http://windowsenthusiasts1.epizy.com/Windows7ACPI.html but if you are able to see WinPE and not a BSOD, then this is unlikely. Like others have said, please make sure the NVMe hotfix is integrated. You'll then need to integrate a driver associated with your NVMe device. Integrating will allow the drive to be picked up by WinPE. USB3 drivers will need to be integrated so you can use USB mouse (although I'm sure Intel Serial IO can be hacked to work) otherwise PS/2 mouse will be needed if your computer has those ports or they can be added on somehow (whether it be PCI-Express card, Ethernet dongle, or HDMI dongle, if the latter two even exist). If you have no CSM mode, something like the aforementioned UEFI7 or even Fastbootpro's version of it will be needed, but no guarantees it will even work, and I'm not sure if your BIOS can be modded to include CSM mode, and even the PS/2 emulation mode (some BIOS's allowed you to switch between I2C (Advanced) mode or PS/2 Emulation (Basic) mode for the touchpad). Even if you succeed in getting installed, drivers will be an issue. If you notice three white lines on the volume icon in the taskbar, that means the audio device works with Windows generic audio driver, and is likely Realtek (although they do make a Windows 10/11 exclusive version of it that does not work on older Windows). For Ethernet (if available), it it's Realtek, you're good to go. If it's Intel, you may be able to take the latest Windows 7 driver and mod in your device ID (as some newer Ethernet hardware released since the final Windows 7 driver are still labeled I219 and so on, adding its device ID into the INF if it's not already there may work). For WiFi, if it's Intel or Realtek 8822CE, you'll need to swap it out for something like Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 or QCA 61x4A. If either of the latter two cards are included, you're good to go, no swapping necessary. Of course, I mentioned that touchpad will be a no go due to it now using exclusively Intel Serial IO driver. This might be able to be made workable, provided you don't need to mod ACPI.sys as that causes the Intel HID Event Filter driver to BSOD with 0x07E. Graphics card will also be a no go unless someone can hack the modded Skylake graphics (the ones at win-raid that support UHD630) to include Tiger Lake, Alder Lake, and Rocket Lake. If you have a thunderbolt port, you might be able to do a thunderbolt->PCI-E adapter and hook in an external card. Then of course, there's the P and E-cores situation, but there may be something of a fix to work around it. This is probably only the tip of the iceberg here. I hear on 13th Generation Intel, the E-cores are not even detected. Don't even get me started on the problems 14th Generation Intel could introduce. I feel like if we want Windows 7 support on newer Intel's, a generic graphics driver A la VESA should be coded, but unlike that, you can get Aero Glass and sleep mode.

I know this isn't really Extended Kernel related, but is there any way you can update your site to include other languages such as English in addition to Japanese? As it stands now, we have to use Google Translate on your site, which isn't bad, but we can't download from the Google Translated version, meaning we have to do so from the non-translated page, and we can't just use Ctrl+F to jump to our download as it's in Japanese. Just tossing the idea out there.

Glad you got in ok. Touchpad is easy to get working. Just download these https://www.mediafire.com/file/icgdlhs9vys6x0i/Intel_Serial_IO_7thGen%2B_Win81.zip/file and install via Have Disk method. Your device (if it's not A368 or A369) may not be in the INF, so you will need to open up Device Manager, find devices named Intel Device under System Devices. Two of these will be Intel Serial IO Host Controller. Click on it and go to driver details. Find Hardware ID's (E.G. PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A368 and PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A369) and denote them in the INF by taking the last device ID in there, copy and paste it below, and change the device ID to your respective id. Also don't forget to do the same for the list of devices at the bottom, so you don't get a Device Manager name of %PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A368% or whatever your device is. Also ensure Intel HID Event Filter Driver is installed before installing Serial IO drivers (If you use Snappy Driver Installer, it will pick this up), otherwise, they will Code 10.

I finally got the stupid touchpad in my Dell Precision 7530 to work with Windows 8.1. Here's how: 1. Download these: https://www.mediafire.com/file/icgdlhs9vys6x0i/Intel_Serial_IO_7thGen%2B_Win81.zip/file They're intended for Intel Skylake, but can be made to work with Kabylake and later by simply adding in the Device IDs. 2. Please read the Read Me for a list of supported devices. If yours is not listed, you will need to mod the INF to include it. 3. Disable Driver Signature Enforcement. If you have a multi-boot, you can just simply reboot and then select Change Default or other options on the boot menu. If not, navigate to Settings->Update and Recover->Recover->Advanced Startup->Restart. Click Restart now again and the Advanced options will appear. 4. Go to Device Manager and System Devices. In there, there will be a few devices named Intel Device (or they may have the name of the device already). These will report as having no driver installed, so right click->Update->Browse->Select from a list->Have Disk->And then point it to iaLPSS2_I2C_SKL.inf. Install away. 5. Install the touchpad driver that corresponds to your device whether it be Synaptics, ALPS, or Elan. Dell uses a customized version of ALPS known as Dell Touchpad. If you have this, you can find the driver on the driver page for your Dell laptop model. Just select Windows 10 from the dropdown. 6. Restart if prompted and voila, the touchpad should be fully functional!

Please reboot into your Windows 8.1 install media. Once in, please press Shift+F10 to open up good-ole Command Prompt. Type in Notepad to open it up. Go to File->Open and in the box that opens, change the file types from .txt to All Files. Navigate it to C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Inside here, find a file named IntelPEP.sys and delete this. Exit out of everything and Windows should now load normally. After you update, this file will reappear, so you will have to repeat this once more.

Laptop: Dell Precision 7530, Intel Core i7, 8th Gen UHD630 Graphics, 64GB of RAM, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 1507 I was wondering if anyone has gotten to work under 8.1 the 8th generation Coffee/Cannon Lake Intel Serial IO I2C Host Controller (A368/A369): The device ID's for these devices are as follow: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A368&REV_10, and PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A369&REV_10 Without these, the Dell Touchpad (ALPS) does not work. Here's the associated driver for it and what I believe is the HID-complient device ID for it: HID\VEN_DELL&DEV_0831&Col01 (Dell Touchpad) and HID\Vid_044E&Pid_1212&Col01&Col01 (HID driver) I have all the drivers, including UHD630 thanks to Cannonkong over at win-raid, working except for the touchpad, meaning I have to use USB mouse while booted into the 8.1 portion. Windows 10 1507 (10240) works like a charm, which I have on a separate hard drive within this laptop, and can access without swapping drives out (I have 3 M.2 slots in this thing), if you need any more info about the devices. Thanks in advanced for anyone who can help me out here! Intel Serial IO I2C Host Controller (Win10): https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=3mk53&oscode=wt64a&productcode=precision-15-7530-laptop Dell Touchpad (Alps, Win10): https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=2vv2n&oscode=wt64a&productcode=precision-15-7530-laptop

Yeah. Should also work for Opera GX too, although don't expect miracles with that one. Be warned, if your Edge experience is anything like mine, it will open on the first try, but then subsequent times will most likely be unsuccessful.

Install Edge on a Windows 7 computer and then copy the files from Program Files to the Program Files on Vista. Be warned, it is buggy. It will most likely start on the first try, but subsequent tries may not be successful.