Windows 2000 BETA drivers for testing purposes

[daniel_k]

In this topic I'll post my modified drivers for Windows 2000 with SP4 (no Updates Rollup or Extended Kernel needed).
For testing purposes only, so beware. If considered stable, will be promoted to Final.

- Intel Matrix Storage 7.6.9.1002 (AHCI/RAID)

• Driver only: Win2000_7.6.9.1002_DriverOnly.7z
• Complete package: Win2000_7.6.9.1002_Complete.7z
  This one is slightly newer than BWC's 7.6.0.1011, with a few fixes.

- AMD(Hudson?) / Intel / VIA XHCI USB3.1 driver 1.1.0.0276

• Driver only: 276BETA_W2K.7z
  Has the same issues with PAE as XP.
  Don't know if Windows 2000 is also affected by qword ACPI issue (the XHCI controller won't initialize and reports Error code 10).
  In this case, please try it in MPS Uniprocessor/Multiprocessor mode.

Edited May 9, 2022 by daniel_k

[daniel_k]

About testing:
- Unfortunately I don't have any optical driver to install Windows 2000 on my Coffee Lake PC, as USB-based install won't work with drivers integrated.
- Both drivers were tested on VirtualBox with no issues.
- Both drivers passed XP SP3 testing on my Coffee Lake PC with absolutely no issues, even USB-based install was possible.

[daniel_k]

- Installed Windows 2000 SP4 (with drivers integrated) in MPS Multiprocessor mode (ACPI doesn't work here) on VirtualBox.
- Followed the instructions in this question: exporting a virtualbox VDI to a harddrive to boot it natively
- Plugged in a PS/2 keyboard, booted Windows 2000 and proceeded with all driver installs.
- Used the Composite devices solution outlined here: Universal Serial Bus (USB) Interface drivers (scroll down)
- And the result is:

Driver works fine with both Intel and VIA controllers.

Edited January 1, 2020 by daniel_k

[asdf2345]

Will there be a XP x64 version of this? Or does it already work on XP x64?

[daniel_k]

11 hours ago, asdf2345 said:

Will there be a XP x64 version of this? Or does it already work on XP x64?

32-bit and 64-bit XP drivers can be found here:
https://www.win-raid.com/t4035f45-Windows-XP-Bit-and-Server-Bit-on-Modern-Hardware-264.html#msg100534

[daniel_k]

Just tested with BWC's Extended Core and the XHCI USB3.1 driver also has issues with PAE enabled.
What a shame. Will update first post with this info.

[WinFX]

On 12/31/2019 at 2:23 PM, daniel_k said:

In this topic I'll post my modified drivers for Windows 2000 with SP4 (no Updates Rollup or Extended Kernel needed).
For testing purposes only, so beware. If considered stable, will be promoted to Final.

- Intel Matrix Storage 7.6.9.1002 (AHCI/RAID)

• Driver only: Win2000_7.6.9.1002_DriverOnly.7z
• Complete package: Win2000_7.6.9.1002_Complete.7z
  This one is slightly newer than BWC's 7.6.0.1011, with a few fixes.

- AMD(Hudson?) / Intel / VIA XHCI USB3.1 driver 1.1.0.0276

• Driver only: 276BETA_W2K.7z
  Has the same issues with PAE as XP.
  Don't know if Windows 2000 is also affected by qword ACPI issue (the XHCI controller won't initialize and reports Error code 10).
  In this case, please try it in MPS Uniprocessor/Multiprocessor mode.

USB link is down

[daniel_k]

17 hours ago, WinFX said:

USB link is down

Fixed!

[WinWord2000]

@daniel_k , Hi

Where did you go on this project?

[TheFighterJetDude]

@daniel_kHi, when I try the USB driver on my i5 8400, it works fine! However, when I try installing it on my Z690 12900k system, I get a KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED blue screen. Do you know why this is ? Could it be something with ACPI? On the i5 8400, I think I used MPS mode. I wouldn't think it is not compatible, because otherwise it either would say it can't find compatible hardware, or there would be an error code, like 10. Also, I got it working on the coffee lake system without the extended  kernel.

Edited March 20, 2023 by TheFighterJetDude