Windows 10: "CPU isn't supported"

Just for the record: All my recent attempts to make my Creative SoundBlaster Live! 1024 card work in Windows 10 64-bit failed! The one and only official BETA driver for Windows XP x64 installed "successfully" but no sound came out of my speakers! The third party KX Project software installed "successfully" but could not produce any sound either. At the KX Mixer any attempt to test the speakers gave an error "failed to produce sound". At Windows Playback Devices I could only hear the test sound in the Advanced tab with several seconds delay and could not produce any sound form anywhere else, including during configuring the output. I finally tried the modified drivers Creative Soundblaster Live Support Pack 2.5 by Daniel_k. This once again installed "successfully" bun no audio device was installed. Trying to manually install it from Device Manager by browsing into the folder resulted in a BSOD. I then booted in Safe Mode and manually installed the driver from Device Manager and restarted in normal mode. Never was able to produce any sound from the speakers, same as the official Creative driver for Windows XP x64. Before telling the card is faulty, no it isn't! It works perfectly well in Windows XP, Vista and 7 32-bit using the official Windows XP driver (haven't tested in Windows 8 or 10 32-bit).

So my advice to all you with similarly old hardware, don't waste your time with Windows 10 64-bit. Even if it does install chances are some of your old hardware will have no drivers or not work properly. Stick with Windows 10 32-bit to maximize compatibility (even XP drivers work in most cases) ! As already said there is very little benefit to install 64-bit with only 4GB RAM. If you have less RAM there is no benefit at all! Stick with 32-bit!

However, if you insist on trying 64-bit (at your own risk), at least use Aida64 and gather any drivers beforehand. If you cannot find a driver for a device, don't make the common mistake of thinking there will be a workaround. There isn't, apart from rare exceptions! Go for 32-bit instead.

 

you may try installing Daniel_k driver in disable driver enforcement mode .for me soundblaster audigy value working good on win 10 64 bit by using this method.

 

No utility available .they just provide .rom file in zip format .please check by yourself Index of /downloads/motherboard/NF7050_8_channel .And my bios is AMI .Is any flash utility available to use this .rom file to update my bios

 

In old motherboards I used AFUDOS from a command prompt (boot in DOS, doesn't work from a command prompt window). But I also see there is an AFUWIM that could work from within Windows (haven't tried). The utilities can be downloaded from here.

I would try the Windows version first (AFUWIN). To avoid anything interrupting the upgrade and screwing your BIOS, close any running application, disconnect from the internet (disconnect cable for wired connection or enable flight mode for wireless or better, disable the Wi-Fi by the switch). Also disable your antivirus until next restart. If you don't have any, disable Windows Defender. Then make sure the computer is connected to the mains power (if it is a notebook) and right-click on the utility and Run as Administrator. Select the BIOS file, cross your fingers that the process will complete successfully and start the upgrade. IMPORTANT: If you see any message that the BIOS file doesn't match or the motherboard model is not supported, DON'T proceed! Close the windows utility, boot in command prompt and try the DOS version.

I wish you good luck *Smile

 

Nope! Daniel_K modified driver didn't work neither in "Disable driver signature" mode, nor in normal mode, I tried. If my card was a bit newer (Creative Audigy Player and newer), as the one I have in my main computer (see my specs) I would use the official Creative Vista driver, as I do right now in my main PC. But unfortunately Creative never officially offered Vista drivers (let alone 64-bit) for any cards older than Audigy (Live and earlier models). So we are out of luck there since third party drivers don't seem to work either. I can assure you that the latest official Creative driver for Windows XP 32-bit does work perfectly in Vista 32-bit and 7 32-bit (haven't tried in 8 or 10), but the 64-bit version has stricter compatibility requirements that are not met by the BETA official Creative driver for Windows XP x64, or any other third party driver. If anyone managed to make it work, please do tell which driver you used and which is the model of your sound card. Thank you in advance!

 

Thank You for your support. AFUWIN doesnot work.Have to try AFUDOS method.please provide me steps to update bios using the above method.

 

Oh sorry for that.Hope you will find solution.

 

Assuming your PC is old enough to include a floppy disk drive, find a spare floppy and format it (right-click on A: and select format). You can also check the "system" box to copy system files and make it bootable. I don't have a floppy available, so I cannot give you exact steps, but I think you get the point. Copy the BIOS file and the AFUDOS utility in the disk. If it is bootable, restart and press F8 (usually) to select boot device, or press DEL to enter BIOS and change the boot priority so you can boot from the floppy disk. If it is not bootable you will need a Windows 95 or Windows 98 CD-ROM to boot from and then select boot into DOS (command prompt only). Once at command prompt, use the following commands:

A:
dir
afudos bios.bin

The first command changes the current directory (current folder in Windows terms) to the root of the floppy disk A:
The second command displays a list of the contents of the current directory, in this case the floppy disk files.
The third loads the afudos utility with the BIOS file bios.bin (change the command as appropriate). I'm not 100% sure, but the syntax of the last command could be that:

afudos /i bios.bin

where the /i means input. It was too long ago when I last used it and I cannot test it right now to tell you exactly. Normally if you do a syntax error you should see a message of how to use it. In worst case just use the dir command to see the files, write down the filename of the BIOS file and execute the afudos command without parameters. There should be possible to load a file. Unlike Windows, in DOS you cannot always browse for the file, you simply type the filename, that's why I told you to write it down, so you remember what it is.

Warning: While flashing the BIOS keep the computer on, don't reset or shutdown until the process is complete, or the BIOS will be corrupt and your computer won't boot and require professional attention! When completed successfully (I hope) you will be prompted to reset. Remove the floppy disk and any CD-ROM and press the reset button. If there is no reset button, hold power to completely switch off. Wait a few seconds and then power on again.

Good luck! *Smile

PS: If the afudos command tells you your motherboard is not supported or any other error, abort! Probably you have downloaded a version that doesn't support your motherboard. Try an older or newer version as appropriate.

 

Hi,

Should work from a bootable DOS USB drive just the same.
Or am I missing something ?

Cheers, *Wink

 

Thank you once again for the detailed method.Sorry Floppy is not in condition to use .i should tell u about it earlier.please tell me can i follow this method using usb pendrive
Bios Mods -The Best BIOS Update and Modification Source: BIOS Update
As i told earlier i got .rom only from motherboard website zebronics Index of /downloads/motherboard/NF7050_8_channel
remaining things , i got from Bios Mods -The Best BIOS Update and Modification Source: BIOS Update
should i proceed?

 

Connect the USB Flash drive with your PC switched off (it may not be detected if you connect it after). Switch on the computer and go to BIOS. See if there is any "legacy USB" setting and enable it. This should allow you to use USB keyboard and mouse in DOS, and in most cases will map the USB Flash drive and make it appear as a second internal hard disk drive, so DOS can detect it and use it (provided it is formatted in FAT or FAT32). Then you either make the USB Flash drive boot to DOS (Google it) or boot with a Windows 95 or 98 CD-ROM. Since the USB Flash drive will be the only "hard disk" formatted in FAT or FAT32, it should be assigned C (or D). To check it, type the commands:

C:
dir

and you should see the contents of it. Type the command

CD BIOS

to change to the BIOS folder (assuming you copied the BIOS files in a BIOS named folder, change as appropriate). Then proceed as in my previous post.

Another solution is to shrink your hard disk partition by a very small amount (few MB) and create a new partition formatted as FAT32. Copy the BIOS files there and boot to DOS. It should be assigned C and accessible from DOS, so you don't need to use a USB Flash drive.

 

Hi Successfully updated the BIOS and also had back up of the old bios from the above link method i posted earlier.Now my mobo supports E8500 on win 10 64 bit .Now in AIda64 engineer says e8500 has cmpxchg16b(previously no).So the key is updating BIOS if available.Thank God my mobo had bios update. Thank you very much for your support.You can also try updating BIOS.Good Luck for you.

 

Congratulations!*Thumbs

Generally I agree. Although updating the BIOS is very risky, it is a good idea to do so when installing a new operating system (not just Windows 10, it could be anything). This way you maximize compatibility with newer technologies that your current BIOS may not support properly. Next step is to download any drivers beforehand. A common scenario is that you cannot connect to the internet before installing the LAN or Wi-Fi driver and hence you cannot download any drivers, unless of course you have a second computer you can use. So update the BIOS to the latest available (in some cases this could not be enough so you have to update to the last BETA version which is newer than the last release version), and then download all drivers for the target OS or similar (Windows 7 or 8 if Windows 10 drivers are not available). Once you have all the drivers, you can proceed with the installation of the operating system.

 

Try this quick and simple tool to see if your CPU is supported for Hardware Assisted Virtualization

Thanks,
Jo

 

"CPU doesn't support CompareExchange128" message means that it doesn't pass the 64-bit test, but you may be able to install the 32-bit version. Try updating BIOS just in case you improve compatibility. Hacking the kernel to upgrade an earlier version of Windows to 8 or 10 is much more difficult than hacking the kernel to do a clean installation. I did it once with much trial and error and I am not sure how I did it, so I cannot help you do it. Sorry.