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Feb 28 2008, 01:48 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 21-January 08 From: LV; D-pils Member No.: 172591 OS: XP Pro x86
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How many ram can see this OS? Will it run on dual-core machine? And, are there any drivers for new videocards, like GF 8600 GT? (may be unofficial?)
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Feb 28 2008, 02:42 PM
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Gustatus Similis Pullus Group: Super Moderator Posts: 5903 Joined: 9-September 01 From: United States Member No.: 311 OS: Vista Ultimate x64
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a 32bit NT-based OS can see up to 4GB of RAM, if the motherboard supports it. Driver support ended some years ago by pretty much all vendors (including nVidia), and most newer video cards (including the one you question) do not have drivers specifically for NT4 anymore. Windows NT will see dual-core processors as separate processors (as Windows 2000 did), up to 2 cores, I believe. I haven't tried it in a few years, honestly, so my memory is a bit fuzzy.
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Feb 28 2008, 03:23 PM
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MSFN Master Group: Software Developers Posts: 2985 Joined: 23-July 04 From: Italy Member No.: 25215 OS: none
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For the record, a shot at UNIVBE often results in a success:
http://www.boot-land.net/forums/Universal-...driver-f60.html jaclaz |
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Feb 28 2008, 05:26 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 21-January 08 From: LV; D-pils Member No.: 172591 OS: XP Pro x86
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For example, there are unofficial win9x drivers for GF 7x and 8x, and I want to find for NT 4.0
And will NT 4.0 see all 4 GB of ram, or only 3.25 gb? |
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Feb 28 2008, 06:21 PM
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Gustatus Similis Pullus Group: Super Moderator Posts: 5903 Joined: 9-September 01 From: United States Member No.: 311 OS: Vista Ultimate x64
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For example, there are unofficial win9x drivers for GF 7x and 8x, and I want to find for NT 4.0 And will NT 4.0 see all 4 GB of ram, or only 3.25 gb? NT will see what the BIOS says is not reserved. Therefore, if the BIOS reserves 768MB of RAM, then the OS will see 3.25 of 4GB. This is well documented here and elsewhere, so please use the search functions in the future. As to video, the 9x drivers are far easier to write as they have direct access to the hardware - NT and it's kernel and HAL make it harder to write "unofficial" drivers, although it can be done if a dev wants to do some reverse engineering to figure it out. However, the previous universal driver link above is your best bet for now. Remember, use search |
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Mar 2 2008, 08:39 AM
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 122 Joined: 30-August 05 Member No.: 71013 OS: none
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GeForce 6-series still supports NT4, AFAIK, but 7 and above do not, but who knows? Windows 9x can use 8-series boards through one of NVIDIA's drivers with modified INFs...
Btw, if everything fails: VBEMP x86 Project - Universal VESA/VBE Video Display Driver for Windows NT-family operating systems |
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Mar 3 2008, 04:21 PM
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An HFSLIP Guy Group: Software Developers Posts: 924 Joined: 16-July 04 From: See the HFSLIP map! Member No.: 24731 OS: none
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I routinely run NT 4 for testing purposes in a Virtual Machine (which happens to be dual core and I specify two processors, though really, that's totally irrelevant). The reason I am posting though is to give you a great NT resource, Bearwindows' site; he's an MSFN'er but rarely posts here. That'll help you get started off on the right foot.
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Mar 5 2008, 11:50 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 13-June 07 Member No.: 142976 OS: NT4
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...he's an MSFN'er but rarely posts here. Not so rare as you think. BTW, I has a success installing NT4 onto Intel® Desktop Board DQ963FX ( http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DQ963FX/index.htm ) 1) For IDE/SATA - I use Alter's UniATA ( http://alter.org.ua/en/soft/win/uni_ata/ ) - it supports ICH8 in LEGACY mode 2) For Intel Video I use VBEMP ( see my site ) or SciTech SNAP Personal Edtion - http://my.scitechsoft.com/navigate.php ( you must register to get free driver ) 3) PhoenixAPM for software power off ( see my site ) 4) Digi /Ionetworks/ USB for USB ( see my site ) |
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Jul 23 2008, 06:38 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 13-June 07 Member No.: 142976 OS: NT4
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Another recently get new configuration has a success running Windows NT 4.0
M/B INTEL DG33FB (OEM) Socket775 <G33> PCI-E+SVGA+GbLAN+1394 SATA ATX 4DDR-II<PC2-6400> CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 BOX 3.16 GHz/ 6Mb/ 1333MHz 775-LGA Kingston <KHX6400D2LLK2/2G> DDR-II DIMM 2Gb HyperX KIT 2*1Gb <PC2-6400> CL4 HDD 250 Gb SATA Seagate SV35.2 <3250820SV> 7200rpm 8Mb Remarks. 1. Drivers : UniATA ( ICH9 legacy ) + VBEMP NT4 ( G33 ) + Digi Ionetworks USB. 2. Installation type : copy installed OS hdd image from Virtual PC 2004. 3. Hal type : Standard PC |
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