Microsoft XP64 Bit Drivers, Beta and Availability . . .

[CaptnKirk]

I will be posting links to the Windows XP Operating System and the Drivers of components as I find them.
If you know of Beta Drivers or other functional Drivers, let me know by a PM - or add to this post & I'll include them.
(*NOTE: This will become a 'Sticky' & additions will be made as they become available)
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FORWARD:

INTRODUCTION
PART TWO

OPERATING SYSTEM:

Operating System Microsoft XP64 Operating Ststem
Updates XP64 Program Updates (Added - 4/7/04)
CAUTIONThese updates may not support AMD 64-Bit applications,
most seem to be for Intel based 64-Bit systems.

MANUFACTURER and COMPANY SUPPORT:

AMD WEBSITE Driver Support

MATROX (Added - 4/4/04)

nVidia
More nVidia (Added - 4/11/04)

Via Arena (Added - 6-23-04) {Thanks - Dope}

RANDOM SUPPORT SITES:[/b]

COLLOSUMUS
PLANETAMD64 (Slow Loader)
TECH TV (Added - 4/4/04)

EXPERIMENTAL

CATALYST Windows XP 64-Bit Edi...- BETA Driver Download (Thanks - rbV5)

Realtek RTL8139 PCI - Fast Ethernet (Thanks - hausdave)

Promise FastTrack 378/TX4000/S150 TX (BETA)

Home Hack - by ViRGE - virge.org/drivers/3c940(KV8).zip
Caution: Functionality unknown (See below - ViRGE)

(Waiting for contributors from BETA or just plain LUCKY)

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Nice! Thanks for the resources Kirk :beer: ^

 

[n0cmonkey]

I was about to post and yell at you for not searching. But it would have been unwarranted. Hopefully this thread cuts down on the plethora of needless crappy winxp 64 posts. Thanks!

 

[TracyG]

Thank you, hope to use them in the near future.

Hope all is going well with Windows 64 fo you.

 

[zodder]

Get off your asses ATI and give us 64-bit drivers!

 

[NFactor]

Nice post.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

psst, you have a typo. can't have a sticky thread with a typo in the title

 

[ReaperSR]

What happened to Planetamd64? I haven't been able to open their site for hours!

 

[chr6]

Originally posted by: zodder
Get off your asses ATI and give us 64-bit drivers!

 

[CaptnKirk]

Still looking for anyone who has found a driver for any 64 Bit that works with the Microsoft 64.
There are chances that some Optron stuff may work, anyone tried and got lucky ?

I found an article that mentioned an Asus driver for the LAN that might work on the Abit MAX3 -
I tried it but was not successful in getting it to function.

Anyone want to contribute any of their trial and error findings ? I'll include it up top under EXPERIMENTAL.

 

[hagg3rty]

I cant get online because I dont have a Driver for Dlink wirless card

 

[hausdave]

I spent like a week gathering 64 bit drivers. I found that for LAN the easiest route is to get a cheapie Realtek card.

 

[Jdinh04]

yeha it is

 

[SniperWulf]

Great, I needed something like this

 

[rbV5]

CATALYST Windows XP 64-Bit Edition - BETA Driver Download

Link

PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS BEFORE YOU PROCEED:
The BETA display drivers found here are offered AS IS, without warranty of any kind, and have NOT been completely qualified by ATI. Usage of these drivers are without support of any kind, and you use them at your own risk.

ATI does NOT recommend installing these drivers in systems used for mission critical operations or where productivity of any kind is a concern.

Unless you are very comfortable with installing and un-installing drivers, we DO NOT recommend that you use the drivers provided here. These BETA drivers are NOT SUPPORTED by ATI Technical Support or any other ATI department.

:

 

[CaptnKirk]

Oh ! Now we're getting somewhere !
Anybody else got any Goodies ?
More Ethernet Drivers ?

Originally posted by: rbV5
CATALYST Windows XP 64-Bit Edition - BETA Driver Download

Link

PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS BEFORE YOU PROCEED:
The BETA display drivers found here are offered AS IS, without warranty of any kind, and have NOT been completely qualified by ATI. Usage of these drivers are without support of any kind, and you use them at your own risk.

ATI does NOT recommend installing these drivers in systems used for mission critical operations or where productivity of any kind is a concern.

Unless you are very comfortable with installing and un-installing drivers, we DO NOT recommend that you use the drivers provided here. These BETA drivers are NOT SUPPORTED by ATI Technical Support or any other ATI department.

:

 

[wseyller]

A 64bit driver I'm having trouble finding if it even exist is a fasttrak 378 raid controller found on the k8v deluxe. I can't even install the 64 bit OS without this.

 

[GoingUp]

Whats the advantage of a 64bit windows?

 

[wseyller]

I found all my driver now. The raid, video card, ethernet card, and sound. All 64-bit drivers. So far there doesn't seem to be any advantage to 64-bit windows right now. At lease as far as gaming. My benchmarks are lower. But realize that the OS and all drivers are beta versions. I expect it to get much better, but right now its just something to have fun with. BTW, I found a problem with the 64-bit audigy sound driver not working properly when using a voice chat software when you key the mic it produces an error.

 

[imported_augie]

dont forget about www.64bitstuff.com

we might not have been around as long as other 64bit forums, but i like to think we have decent suport for 64 bit XP

 

[RussianSoldier]

has anyone gotten xp64 to run on SATA drives? XP64 wouldn't accept my drivers...

 

[imported_augie]

yes, xp64 will work on sata, you just need to get the 64bit version drivers on a floppy and use them during instalation.

what board are yo uusing? and what drivers are you trying ot use?

 

[imported_Phil]

VIAArena has 64-bit drivers posted: See here

 

[harrkev]

Hi. I am building a new 64-bit system in about a month. I have some easy questions for you..

1) When is the expected release date of the retail WinXP 64-bit version (or is that not known yet)?

2) Do 32-bit drives work with XP-64?

3) If I decide to use the old-fashioned 32-bit version of XP, can I just pretend that the 64-bit stuff does not exist and use existing 32-bit drivers without a problem?

4) What else do I need to know before trying XP-64?

Sorry if these are noob questions. The links on the first post did not answer a lot of my questions. I need a "rubber-meets-the-road" perspective.

Thanks...

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: harrkev
Hi. I am building a new 64-bit system in about a month. I have some easy questions for you..

1) When is the expected release date of the retail WinXP 64-bit version (or is that not known yet)?

2) Do 32-bit drives work with XP-64?

3) If I decide to use the old-fashioned 32-bit version of XP, can I just pretend that the 64-bit stuff does not exist and use existing 32-bit drivers without a problem?

4) What else do I need to know before trying XP-64?

Sorry if these are noob questions. The links on the first post did not answer a lot of my questions. I need a "rubber-meets-the-road" perspective.

Thanks...

1. Not yet known, but I would estimate a few months yet.

2. No, if you mean drivers

3. Yes.

4. Check this thread for compatability with your hardware. The likelihood is that some of your hardware is not going to work.

Hope this helps, and that it's enough rubber on the road