Im looking for Intel Ivy Bridge USB 3/2 drivers for Windows 2000, if there is chance to make them working.
@ruthan
Since >this< thread is meanwhile absolutely outdated and was designed by me for users of a modern Windows OS, I have moved your request into the “Windows 2000” Forum Category and hope, that you will get some help there.
By the way - “IvyBridge” is an Intel CPU generation and not an USB Controller variant. It may be a good idea to add the HardwareIDs of your on-board USB 3.0/3.1 Controller.
Thanks, if you thing that i has better chance to sucend as single issue thread…
Well this outdated thread there are usually best source of the info… Keep things outdated and abbandoned and recreate very similar topics again and again. Seems to be sort of kind of sport here… Why break something that actually work… yes there is zillion of posts, but its better there not some nice tidy Download section and nice cross signposts - the most people looking for them here anyway.
I would mention if it would be not Intel controller or chipset. Because its typical Ivy Bridge intergrated on board USB controller, Sandy Bridge seems to be last with drivers right from Intel… and after than i did not saw anything for modern Intel chipsets of any kind and WIndows 2000.
Its:
Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1E26
Intel Panther Point PCH - USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller
USB2 - PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E2D&SUBSYS_05771028&REV_04
USB3 - PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E31&SUBSYS_05771028&REV_04
Its some classic Renesas rebrand Hwinof is silent about it. I would be fine with make USB 2.0 only working or with USB3 ports with USB2 speed.
HWinfoReport.zip (38.3 KB)
I had a bit more time to play with this machine.
I forgot that there old boards had actually not just Intel USB 3 controller, backward compatible with USB 2.0 (but still needed USB3 drivers for it), but actually USB3 controler + USB2 controller, or multiple of them.
So USB2 controller does not worked out of box… and there was WIndows 2000 known install crash at usbhub20.sys and need to delete this fine, which is happenning and so far i did not some install ISO fix for it.
Other thing was that USB3 controller was actually running in some sort of mode, but for reason in wasnt under USB controllers in Device manager, but in under System device and some generic USB name.
What is strange that after forcing Enhancer controller drivers it worked and there was no any USB3 controller unknow device, all ports are running fine, i did not have time or mood to test is some at USB3 speed.
These very first USB3 intel board, have not blue marked USB3 ports or maybe USB 3 support is just some phantom device requiring addition addon PCI-E card, because some Dells wild west implementation.
Im not sure, which Intel Chipset is the last which have separate USB2 and USB3 controller, but with a bit modern machine you would need WIndows 2000 Intel USB 3 drivers.