Are there any LGA1150 motherboards with XP drivers?

[sumguy98]

Are there any LGA1150 motherboards with XP drivers? More specifically - ATX size (not mini or micro ATX).

If the answer is no, then what socket type beyond LGA775 will have XP drivers for ATX-size motherboards?

Or to ask this question another way - what is the last Intel chipset to have XP drivers?

 

[Justin Millard]

Most B85 motherboards should be good for this situation. http://www.msi.com/product/mb/B85ME45.html#hero-overview
B85 is LGA 1150 socket and this MSI one has support for Windows XP.

 

[Justin Millard]

I'm guessing you are in a workplace where Windows XP is needed for the equipment you use?
I'll see if I can find the full ATX size of this same motherboard.

This should be ok http://us.msi.com/product/mb/B85G41_PC_Mate.html#hero-overview

 

[smorizio]

i would email intel eng support before you start pulling your hair out. a lot of time windows 7 drivers will work fine in xp. sometime they can even email you the right inf drivers or tell you where there stored on ftp server. this sound like trying to beat a dead horse over and over but why are you trying to run a dead os on a newer mb?? if it was me i be using new windows 10 with classic shell beta and make the new os look like windows xp. unless your trying to ruin old old program.

 

[sumguy98]

Justin Millard wrote:

> Most B85 motherboards should be good for this situation.
> http://www.msi.com/product/mb/B85ME45.html
> B85ME45 is LGA 1150 socket and this MSI one has support
> for Windows XP.

The driver download selection list for the MSI B85ME45 does not list XP.

So I'm still looking for a full-ATX size LGA 1150 motherboard (or any motherboard beyond socket 775) that has full driver support for XP.

If there are any such motherboards with partial XP driver availability, I'd be interested in that also as long as the components without driver support can be added using third-party PCIe cards (such as video, sound, network/ethernet, sata controller or USB ports).

 

[Calvin7]

Intel Series 7 chipset motherboards have XP support. After Series 7, support for XP and Vista was discontinued by Intel on the Series 8 and 9 chipset motherboards. B85 chipset is Series 8.

 

[Justin Millard]

So Calvin, do you reckon this person can get a 3rd gen intel core CPU such as i5 3550S and run it on a B75m (or B75) motherboard and it should work ok?

 

[Calvin7]

Yes, B75M is socket LGA1155 and supports Microsoft Windows 8/7/XP.