Dell OptiPlex 3020 Windows XP Intel Haswell Drivers

operating-system · driver · Windows

Windows XP x86 Service Pack 3 does not officially support the Intel Haswell series (4th generation) of CPUs, but many have gotten it to work for purposes of building a gaming PC. There are guides and YouTube videos covering getting the OS working well enough, though not 100% as not all devices drivers are always available. Using the Haswell architecture affords you the fastest single-core performance and memory speeds available for Windows XP running on bare metal. This is an archive of drivers for the Dell OptiPlex 3020. My machine is a small form factor (SFF) model but the motherboard is essentially the same at the mid-tower. These drivers include: 1. Fernando's modified AHCI driver for Windows XP https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/modded-intel-ahci-and-raid-drivers-digitally-signed/19691 2. Dell OptiPlex 9010 chipset drivers https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER00365739M/3/Chipset_Driver_CPNKY_WN32_9.3.0.1019_A00.EXE 3. Dell OptiPlex 9010 Realtek High Definition audio drivers https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER01023294M/9/REALTEK_ALC269-HD-AUDIO_VJ0P8_A13_SETUP_ZPE.exe 4. Dell OptiPlex 9010 Intel HD integrated graphics drivers https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER01282313M/2/Video_Driver_1T00Y_WN_6.14.10.5436_A09.EXE 5. Nvidia Game Ready driver (optional) https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/368.81/368.81-desktop-winxp-32bit-international.exe The 3rd generation Intel Ivy Bridge OptiPlex 9010 was the closest match I could find to the OptiPlex 3020 that still has Windows XP drivers on Dell's support site. For items 3 and 4 above, I cannot 100% confirm they work with the OptiPlex 3020. I installed the chipset drivers but am unsure if they they actually did anything. This was mainly for the serial/COM port but I realized after the fact that it's recognized using a standard Microsoft driver. I didn't install the Intel HD graphics driver since I'm using a Nvidia GT 730 single slot 75W card that does not require external PCI-E power.