RE: Windows 2000 Professional

[Vetal]

How do I find out if there are any Win2k support drivers for AMD SB6**, SB7**. SB8**. or SB9** chipsets?

[Salmon Trout]

Google would be a good place to start. Also AMD forums.

[Vetal]

Google would be a good place to start. Also AMD forums.

I've already used up many hours of library computer time over the past six weeks of wasted effort on Google searches. Already posted on amd.com/forum, & amdzone.com, without conclusion. Any other ideas? I'd like to do this custom-build before I'm too senile to enjoy it! I've already aquired all the hardware info needed on my other two OS targets (XP Pro & Linux Mint), but even such basic Win2K info seems impossible to track down. And yes, I've located the Microsoft sites' Windows 2000 hardware list...zero mention of AMD chipsets or Gigabyte motherboards...tells absolutely everything else though.

[rthompson80819]

Why win2k?  The more out of date an OS is the less support you are going to find for it.

[Salmon Trout]

Get real. Why would consumer hardware makers devote a lot of time to producing drivers for a version of Windows that is 12 years old, lifecycle expired (since 13 July 2010) and which even before it was obsolete was mainly a business and server OS?

[Computer_Commando]

How do I find out if there are any Win2k support drivers for AMD SB6**, SB7**. SB8**. or SB9** chipsets?

If those are all Sandy Bridge, the answer is No.  Win2k needs something not produced within the last 10 years.  If you're trying to install on a new motherboard, it probably won't work.