GPU PassThru on Windows XP

[a12vman]

I was able to stand up a Windows XP Pro VM thanks to advice on this forum.

 

I have it working with VNC but want to do GPU Passthru.  I have a GTX750ti card.  The oldest OS drivers 

available from Nvidia are for Windows 7 64.  

 

I can start the VM with GPU Passthru but it never boots up.  Is this too much of an ask(assigning a video card

to an OS that predates the graphics card?  I have some XP-era games that I would like to play that won't run on 

Windows 7.

 

Thanks in Advance,

a12vman

[ghost82]

14 hours ago, a12vman said:

The oldest OS drivers 

available from Nvidia are for Windows 7 64

Are you sure?

https://www.nv-drivers.eu/download-GeForceGTX750Ti-drivers-for-WindowsXP-32bit.html

https://www.nv-drivers.eu/final-download-driver-for-GeForceGTX750Ti-with-id-168.html

 

Official website:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/results/105040/

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/368.81/368.81-desktop-winxp-32bit-international.exe

 

Old drivers require workarounds to mask vm detection.

Edited January 29, 2022 by ghost82

[a12vman]

Thanks I never thought  of checking unofficial driver support.

 

My bigger issue is that I can't even get the VM to boot up when I change the Graphics to the 750ti and start the VM.

The VM is running, the logs look normal but it never appears on the network so I can connect via RDP.

I ping the Machine Name from a windows client but it's not available.

The VM Log looks normal and I don't see anything in the System Log.

 

I have created Windows 7/10/11 Vm's using this card for GPU Passthru and had no issues.

Edited January 29, 2022 by a12vman

[ghost82]

You didn't provide any data, on the contrary you are saying that "log looks normal", that means everything is ok.

No polemics, but you should try a little harder to provide some data, maybe diagnostics?

Diagnostics includes lots of data about your system and the vm configuration so one can have a look and maybe find something to fix.

So, make your changes for your gpu passthrough, try to start the vm, save diagnostics and attach the file here to share with others.

[a12vman]

Sorry i should have been more specific.  By Log Looks Normal, I meant to say that the VM Log output is the same whether I boot into Windows XP using VNC(that works) or whether I try to boot using GPU Passthru(that doesn't work) .  Also the system log is not revealing anything.  Here is what my VM config looks like:

 

 

 

 

 

mediatower-diagnostics-20220130-0728.zip

Edited January 30, 2022 by a12vman