Motherboard w2000 compatible

[Cixert]

Hi, I want to buy two new computer.
One with bus PCI and one with 1 slot ISA
What motherboard recommending me with compatible drivers Windows 2000 / XP?
-Reliable (long life)
-average price (up to $ 200 +/-)
-IDE 1 or 2
-FDD
-SATA
Intel i3?
Gygabyte?

I have found these industrial ISA Motherboard, there more? :
http://es.aliexpress.com/store/product/Flex-ATX-Motherboard-with-2-ISA-slots-and-5-PCI-Slot/805837_661560459.html
http://spanish.alibaba.com/product-gs/g31-atx-motherboard-with-5-pci-2-isa-slots-758726833.html
http://www.ieiworld.com/product_groups/industrial/content.aspx?gid=00001000010000000001&cid=08141335210245676258&id=0A279642502930771045#.VJnbJ6spA
http://www.supermicro.es/?opcion=contenido&plt=productos/motherboard%2FP4%2FE7210%2FP4SCA
http://spanish.alibaba.com/product-gs/intel-865-mainboard-478-socket-with-isa-slot-961937852.html
 

Edited December 23, 2014 by Cixert

[pointertovoid]

¡Hola Cixert!

 

Why shouldn't you buy used hardware? On eCreek, those of the Isa epoch are dirt-cheap.

 

About P-ata: I chose my S-ata mobo 5 years ago to have also P-ata ports, but this was useless. The ports use to come from a chip added on the Mobo that is bad and wastes a Pci-E port. I really recommend to have a strict S-ata mobo and add a P-ata extension card only when you need the ports. The very best P-Ata on Pci is by far the chip SiI680a from Silicon Image: most flexible, best performance, versatile drivers, cheap, hence many card manufacturers use it.

 

Adapters plugged on a P-ata disk exist to connect it in S-Ata to the mobo. I bought mine dirt-cheap from China over eCreek, they work nicely: no additional driver, bootable, even the Smart and the disk identity can be read as if the disk were S-Ata. Only the contiguous speed is less good than with a SiI680a added card. Perfect for occasional use. But my adapters plugged on an S-ata disk don't work.

 

Adapters exist for everything; I'd suggest that you seek adapters from Pci (or Pci-E if this exists) (or Usb) to Isa and Fdd. Your computer will be much more flexible (check if you want to boot from the Fdd and if the Bios permits it), you'll be able to buy hardware less old, and you won't lose permanently ports if you need the Isa and Fdd occasionally.

Edited December 24, 2014 by pointertovoid

[Cixert]

Thank for the explanation.
For ISA I am thinking if buy this motherboard with socket LGA 775 model MB 945 http://www2.ibase.com.tw/productView.aspx?id=166with IDE and FDD port... (How is real name?) and drivers windows 2000. Or buy LGA 1155 model MB970 only drivers XP http://www2.ibase.com.tw/productView.aspx?id=152#productview It has a FDD port but it don't said drivers for USB 3.0 in Windows XP. It said yes USB 3.0 for XP in model MB960 http://www2.ibase.com.tw/productView.aspx?id=164
Are drivers for windows 2000 in LGA 1155?

For other computer with only IDE, my problem is searching in internet motherboard for operative system. Is this possible?
(only I looking search one to one)

For example:
Gygabite ga-z87p said support XP but it isn't in drivers download http://es.gigabyte.com/products/page/mb/ga-z87p-d3rev_10/download/
Gygabite GA-H61M-D2H-USB3 yes, It has XP drivers http://es.gigabyte.com/products/page/mb/ga-h61m-d2h-usb3rev_10/download/
How do I perform a global search of all motherboard manufacturers with drivers for Windows 2000 / XP?

Edited December 24, 2014 by Cixert

[Cixert]

I'm checking drivers for MB 950 http://www2.ibase.com.tw/productView.aspx?id=165#productview all work in Windows 2000 except the one that the manufacturer says run, the video and LAN driver. This says error GetSystemWow64 DirectoryW in Kernel32.dll. I conclude that motherboard with processor i3, i5, i7 are not compatible with Windows 2000 by the video driver. Is this correct? Motherboard with Intel Core Duo yes, they are for windows 2000. All Drivers for MB945 do work http://www2.ibase.com.tw/productView.aspx?id=166
List of questions:
USB 2.0 Yes windows 2000
USB 3.0 no windows 2000?
LAN 1000 no windows 2000? (I guess some other)
SATA II yes windows 2000?
SATA III no Windows 2000?

Edited December 25, 2014 by Cixert

[Cixert]

I have found the following current server motherboards with at least video drivers for windows 2000
LGA 2011 Xeon
http://www.advantech.com/products/E07ACDC9-237B-45EF-94DC-BD79319579F6/ASMB-820I/mod_2F7444FF-3C60-4F7F-9517-2F2D44BF5F2E.aspx

http://www.advantech.com/products/E07ACDC9-237B-45EF-94DC-BD79319579F6/ASMB-920IR/mod_A803C2DF-D3BC-4ED9-9840-6BB650D6C7D4.aspx

http://www.advantech.com/products/E07ACDC9-237B-45EF-94DC-BD79319579F6/ASMB-822I/mod_0B29974D-4463-4768-88D6-E7F5298E5493.aspx
http://www.advantech.com/products/E07ACDC9-237B-45EF-94DC-BD79319579F6/ASMB-310IR/mod_C65FC9E9-175C-41E9-B6F5-3FFA5179BBF0.aspx
LGA 1366 Xeon
http://www.advantech.com/products/E07ACDC9-237B-45EF-94DC-BD79319579F6/ASMB-310IR/mod_C65FC9E9-175C-41E9-B6F5-3FFA5179BBF0.aspx
And LGA 1155 Intel i3 / Xeon E3
http://www.advantech.com/products/E07ACDC9-237B-45EF-94DC-BD79319579F6/ASMB-781/mod_2D4AF6C3-E108-48C6-AD3E-E97A82EB924F.aspx
How is it possible that this latest motherboard for intel core i3 has video drivers windows 2000?
Does the video outside the processor?
Will you work with i5 and i7 and windows 2000?
This says Controller: ast2300/1300
Would it be better stop worrying if the motherboard has video driver and buy a PCI-e card windows 2000 compatible?
 

[pointertovoid]

A few hints:

 

- The manufacturer of the chipset (Intel...) writes the drivers for the chipset, and so on - not the manufacturer of the motherboard (Advantech...). You don't need to search through all motherboard manufacturers.

 

- Official Intel drivers for W2k stopped long ago, approximately at the Ich8. For sure, the Ich10 has no official driver. My Ich10 runs well with Blackwingcat's ported driver, other people here do the same with more recent hardware. That's the dirst choice to make: limit to official drivers for the disk host, and then have old hardware, or check what disk host has a ported driver.

 

- Do you want to build a file server? If you build a desktop, you would run into trouble with a server motherboard.

 

- i5, i3, i7 is too vague. Intel named its processors that way over many generations, and anyway it's the chipset that decides the drivers hence the operating system in the first place - and then, some processors fit some chipsets.

 

- Graphics integrated in the processor or previously the chipset are horrible. If you plan anything video, you need a separate graphics card, and then its W2k driver is a well separated problem.

[Cixert]

Thanks for your comments

For me, it is important that integrated drivers are compatible. Are existing PCI-e Official Windows 2000 compatible?

 

I have written all motherboards manufacturers.

It strikes me that many do not have a pre-sale information service. Most manufacturers respond wondering what model I have already bought.

I will make another post to collect official hardware support windows 2000.

These are the manufacturers that I have written and their answers:

Advantech, Albatron, Aopen, ASUS, AsRock, Biostar, Chaintech, Dell, DFI, ECS EliteGroup, FIC, Foxconn, Gigabyte Technology, iBase, iEi, Intel, MSI, Pc Chips, Sapphire Technology, Super Micro, Tyan, VIA, XFX, Zotac.

Hello, I want to buy two ATX motherboards. One has to be compatible with Windows 2000 and other Windows XP.

Which is the best model available with minimal drivers for windows 2000 (video, sound, LAN) and which is the best model available with drivers for Windows XP?

The Windows 2000 if an ISA slot even better, but if any PCI with a very superior performance dispense with the ISA.

A greeting.

Advantech: OK

The following 4 motherboards accept Windows 2000 (version Pro) AND Windows XP.

AIMB-762

AIMB-763

AIMB-764

AIMB-766

For windows XP, if you don’t find something suitable, there is also other options. For Windows 2000 there is no other model.

None of them have ISA, but all have PCI.

 

Tell me if you want a quotation on any of those.

 

I will stay available for any further question or inquiry.

 

Albatron: No asked, only micro ATX

Aopen: No asked, only mini PC

Asus: only telf

AsRock: Unable to write pre-sale

Biostar: unanswered

Chaintech: unanswered

Dell: No asked, only PC box

DFI: unanswered

ECS EliteGroup: unanswered

FIC: No asked, no longer manufactured ATX motherboard

http://www.fic.com.tw/download/motherboards.aspx

 

Foxconn: how else to respond!

As for your enquiry, I suggest you to contact the local reseller or distributor who sell motherboard and PC.

They could provide you with a good advice.

Thanks in advance!

Gigabyte:The recommendation does not have windows 2000 drivers

 

Thank you for your kindly mail and inquiry. Since every one has their own preference, it is hard to define the best motherboard. But we suggest you can consider GA-990FXA-UD5 (rev. 3.0) which supports both Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Since the availability may vary by region, we suggest you to contact the local computer shops or our distributor for further help. Thank you.

 

iBase: unanswered

iEi: unanswered

Intel:

They respond in spanish saying I look in this compatibility list http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-008326.htm and then check here  http://ark.intel.com/ if the motherboard is ATX. They say no current motherboards for Windows 2000 / XP.

 

MSI: unaswered

PCIchips: unaswered

Sapphire: unaswered in foro

https://www.sapphireforum.com/showthread.php?33696-motherboard-compatible-windows-2000-XP&p=277950#post277950

 

Supermicro: In this link we can verify compatibility with windows 2000 server

I highly suggest our C2SBC-Q if using with Windows XP. Our lab has not verified it with 2000 though.

Please check our OS compatibility list for additional motherboards.

http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/OS/C2.cfm

Please note that many of these boards are EOL but might still be available from our vendors.

 

Tyan:

There’s no Tyan motherboard can support Windows 2000 and XP now. The ISA slot also phase out for years. May be you may consider to install virtual machine to meet your requirement.

 

VIA: No asked, only embedded motherboard

Zotac:

Thank you for emailing Zotac. Unfortunately, with our current line motherboards the xp/windows 2000 is not supported.

Edited January 16, 2015 by Cixert

[pointertovoid]

Hi again, happy new year,

 

Pci-Express is fully software-compatible with Pci, so you will have no worry at all with it. Yes, this does happen in the computer world. Maybe a trainee did that, in mid-August, when nobody was watching.

 

Motherboard manufacturers use not to answer such questions, and even less so when you ask for older hardware. Mobos running W2k are no more produced (is there any exception?) so they have no interest in suggesting you one.

 

Beware that some mobos add a bad disk host to the chipset's one, and this added host can have a W2k driver while the chipset's one has none. In that case, the mobo's doc tells "drivers for W2k" but at the end you have to use a bad host, which ruins your computer's performance.

 

Again, my impression is that you take the wrong way by checking mobo models. W2k drivers depend on the circuits used, not on the mobo's brand, and there are 50 times fewer circuit models than motherboard models. Check which chipset has a driver (inofficial if necessary), then choose a mobo with that chipset. The possible Cpu and Ram will also result from the chipset.

 

I can't answer for other forum members, but this is the reason why I don't comment your investigations about mobo models.

[ZaPbUzZ]

Best drivers for retro motherboards come with the motherboards especially ones with onboard GPU'S

So that''s a consideration I would recommend when shopping retro.