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I have an old machine:

  • first generation Intel core processor i7-920
  • x58 motherboard: asus p6t deluxe v2
  • currently has windows 10 version 1709 installed

I want to install the latest windows 10 for my daughter and neighborhood Minecraft enthusiasts.

It has enough power and memory and GPU to be useful for Minecraft for my younger children and neighborhood Minecraft fans. 24gb memory and 1050ti.

  • First I tried the windows 10 (it is on version 1709) "reset my PC" and it wipes and installs. Then it fails to update to version 18xx and version 20H2. I try again and it fails. Everytime it freezes at windows logo when booting. Almost like driver issue.
  • Then I try burning windows ISO 21xx downloaded from official windows ISO to USB. Same frozen screen at boot.
  • I try again but this time I loaded the windows installer ISO on a SATA harddrive. Same frozen screen.
  • I try the Microsoft media creation tool. Click to wipe then at boot time same frozen windows logo screen. (Tried again ... Same result)
  • here is the error message from the media creation tool:

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NOTE: from the error dialog 0xC1900101 - 0x20017 is: "A driver has caused a problem."

NOTE: I followed their troubleshooting tips list and I am sure confident that none applied to me.

I go online... There are reports of the same thing for other people with Intel i7-920.

Did windows 10 (version 1803 and up) drop support for older first generation Intel core i7-920, i7-960 processors?

I only have empirical evidence from my own experience and forum posts I've seen (1, 2). So any experts with better knowledge would be GREATLY appreciated. I just want to know for certain.

P.s. I checked Intel support documentation and they say windows 10 only supports 3rd generation core and up. But that is not correct because I used first generation core for about five plus years. Windows documentation said I think generation 5 and up only.

P.p.s If they did drop support I guess I'm stuck on windows 10 version 1709.

I ran SetupDiag on the machine (it has an older windows version 1709 from 2017 installed) and it says:

SetupDiag: processing rule: FindRollbackFailure.
.....
Error: SetupDiag reports rollback failure found.
Last Phase = Finalize
Last Operation = Remove System Restore checkpoints
Error = 0xC1900101-0x20017
LogEntry:

Refer to "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Debug/system-error-codes" for error information.


SetupDiag found 1 matching issue.

There is an error code program that you can download from microsoft that converts error codes to error strings:

C:\Users\USER\Downloads>.\Err_6.4.5.exe 0xC1900101
# No results found for hex 0xc1900101 / decimal -1047527167
# anonymous HRESULT: Severity: FAILURE (1), Facility 0x190, Code 0x101
# for hex 0x101 / decimal 257
  CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT                                         bugcodes.h
  STATUS_ALERTED                                                 ntstatus.h
# 2 matches found for "0xC1900101"

C:\Users\USER\Downloads>.\Err_6.4.5.exe 0x20017


No results found for hex 0x20017 / decimal 131095


as an HRESULT: Severity: SUCCESS (0), FACILITY_DISPATCH (0x2), Code 0x17


for hex 0x17 / decimal 23


ERROR_CRC                                                      winerror.h


Data error (cyclic redundancy check).


1 matches found for "0x20017"

update: 2021-09-24: I tried swapping out the i7-960 for my old i7-920. But doing so did not fix the issue.

update 2021-09-25: added notes about motherboard type.

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I found a post in French that claims that to install version 1803 and later, one must disable in the BIOS the option of Intel VT-d.

The post mentions that if you then upgrade Windows, you lose vitualization, and you can no longer enable it again, as without it Windows will block on its logo screen.

Vitualization might not be very important for playing Minecraft.

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I found an example that shows windows 10 version 2004 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDkpD16VLes works with intel i7-920 CPU but then on the same motherboard windows 10 fails to work with an Intel LGA1366 Xeon CPU.

The above youtube video demonstrates that Windows 10 can change what CPUs are supported in newer versions (i.e. older versions of Windows10 did support LGA1366 Intel Xeon CPUs but newer versions of Windows10 do not support LGA1366 Intel Xeon CPUs).

p.s. I wasted about 3 hours to swap out the i7-960 for the i7-920 and doing so did not fix the issue.

My personal triage will be to run older windows 10 version 1709. Keep Windows defender updated but not update windows version (can't update).

Update: 2021-09-25: User @harrymc had the solution! I am very grateful for his help! See harry's solution here.

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I have windows 10 latest running on my i7-960. I did not install it from scratch but has been updated gradually. No issues have come up.

Here is the system screen

system screen

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