Windows OS Hardware Discussions 2000 XP 2003 2009
I now have XP Pro SP3 32bit running on an AMD A10 7890K/A88X system. I have ALL drivers(not modded) working, including ahci(Dot Hill) and display driver.
System Specs,
Windows XP Pro SP3 32bit - nlited, W7 Pro SP1(with KB3125574) 64bit- NTLited, W10 1607 64bit(removal testing only)- NTLited. Note XP and W7 were installed in isolation on seperate hdds, use bios to select boot drive.
Corsair Obsidian 350d.
Asus A88XM-A/USB 3.1 - BIOS 0309(unmodded).
AMD A10-7890K Godavari APU.
AMD Wraith cooler(as supplied with apu retail boxed).
Corsair VS550 power supply.
Crucial Ballistix Tactical 2133 8gb(2x4gb) kit - BLT4G3D21BCT1J.8FN
Dynamode 4 port PCI USB2.0 card(nec chipset).
Realtek onboard audio.
APU integrated R7 graphics.
The following drives all run in AHCI mode with AMD AHCI driver v6.1.3.35(unmodded), availible here at Win-Raid.
2 x WD WD5000LPLX WD Black 7200rpm 2.5" Advanced Format HDDs. Windows XP does not format AF hdds correctly at 1st use. You must format AF drives with W7 at 1st use. You can format with XP subsequently.
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSD0 dvd drive.
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224GB dvd drive.
Logitech K400 wireless keyboard.
Microsoft wireless mouse, model unknown.
Onboard Realtek LAN.
No driver/AHCI driver/bios/software modifications to get the XP to run, motherboard has official XP support.
Going back to XP has been a real joy with its simplicity and ease of servicing with nLite. Dont tell Nuhi i said that
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I have gone back to XP for 1 specific technical reason. There is an mp3 audio rendering stuttering issue with w7 32bit and 64bit(and w10)that doesnt happen on XP if you are using REAPER DAW with LAME and LIBLAME codecs. So i am not crazy for using an old OS and slow(AMD Bulldozer based) hardware, they are the best tools for the job.
Corsair Obsidian 350d.
Asus A88XM-A/USB 3.1 - BIOS 0309(unmodded).
AMD A10-7890K Godavari APU.
AMD Wraith cooler(as supplied with apu retail boxed).
Corsair VS550 power supply.
Crucial Ballistix Tactical 2133 8gb(2x4gb) kit - BLT4G3D21BCT1J.8FN
Dynamode 4 port PCI USB2.0 card(nec chipset).
Realtek onboard audio.
APU integrated R7 graphics.
The following drives all run in AHCI mode with AMD AHCI driver v6.1.3.35(unmodded), availible here at Win-Raid.
2 x WD WD5000LPLX WD Black 7200rpm 2.5" Advanced Format HDDs. Windows XP does not format AF hdds correctly at 1st use. You must format AF drives with W7 at 1st use. You can format with XP subsequently.
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSD0 dvd drive.
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224GB dvd drive.
Logitech K400 wireless keyboard.
Microsoft wireless mouse, model unknown.
Onboard Realtek LAN.
No driver/AHCI driver/bios/software modifications to get the XP to run, motherboard has official XP support.
Going back to XP has been a real joy with its simplicity and ease of servicing with nLite. Dont tell Nuhi i said that
. I have gone back to XP for 1 specific technical reason. There is an mp3 audio rendering stuttering issue with w7 32bit and 64bit(and w10)that doesnt happen on XP if you are using REAPER DAW with LAME and LIBLAME codecs. So i am not crazy for using an old OS and slow(AMD Bulldozer based) hardware, they are the best tools for the job.
A faulty part(as yet unidentified
) means my system spec will change, i may even got to totally different hardware so i will no longer be contributing to this subject. Sxxt happens eh
Thanks for taking the time to detail your AMD working specs. It’s a nice FM2+ MB. To bad it isn’t full ATX.
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/A88XMA/specifications/
Dual PS/2 ports
VGA output
Interesting note supports 64GB DDR3 RAM but looks to be an error as there are only 4 memory slots.
16gb DDR3 DIMMs do exist
https://www.umart.com.au/Kingston-16GB-K…-In_30940G.html
pretty rare though
Yes but does this FM2+ MB work with it? I checked the PDF and I didn’t see any 64GB configuration except 8GB x8. That’s why I think it was a typo.
BTW, that’s a registered Dimm for Server motherboards.
Dual PS/2 ports
VGA output