Windows 11 on Pentium 4

Today I am going to run Windows 11 on a Pentium 4. That idea doesn't sound possible at first, but when you look at it from a different angle, the capabilities of the Pentium 4 become apparent...

*Specifications:*
Motherboard - ASUS P5Q Premium
CPU - Pentium 4 661 3.6GHz (Cedar Mill)
GPU - ATI Radeon HD 5870
RAM - Samsung M378T5663QZ3-CF7 DDR2 (4x2GB)
HDD - Seagate ST-3250624AS (250GB)
DVD - ASUS DRW-24D5MT
PSU - A decommissioned AeroCool 500W (lost its capacity in just 2 years, probably ~400W now)

*Links:*

Hope you have a great day!

#endermanch #experiments #windows

[brianbuddyACP]

Windows 11: “A UEFI system is required.”
Also Windows 11: Installer can be applied to MBR flash drive, can be booted on legacy BIOS, and even be installed with official bypass methods, and is even configured as a legacy BIOS system.
???

[gypijsi]

Probably, the Microsoft requirements are set to avoid the huge shitstorm that happened with "Windows Vista Capable" PCs, with people complaining about performance and make Windows Vista and Microsoft look bad. Microsoft now splits users in two categories:
1. The ones who have a supported PC;
2. The ones who know what they are doing.

[mardus_ee]

In the Wikipedia article about Pentium 4, the "all support" line means, that _all_ CPUs in one table support certain instruction sets as a baseline, but does not mean, as if neither of them didn't support the NX bit.

As I checked out the article today, Intel Pentium 4 model 506, launched in June 2005, is listed as one of the earliest with Intel 64 technology and the Execute Disable Bit.

The Prescott 90nm table contains three other models with those features.

[shototodoroki]

Seeing that switch from non hd to hd screen is just so satisfying

Congrats on your new p4 win11 build, it is absolutely amazing ❤

[Aura_Mancer]

"A TPM Module, which I'm not going to use" Just out of spite of Win11. lmao. Loved that.

[PieyIsAPie]

this guy has got to be on microsofts enemies list

[TheDoomguy]

i LOVE this video! It's in the style of an Druaga1 video! A style hard to replicate, but when done right, can make a 5 hour computer adventure bareable!

[Nostalgia_Realm]

32:44 The fact that the user icon showed a Vista era logo first before loading the Win8+ era icon goes to show that Microsoft has been sloppily putting new code on top of 15+ years old code..

[rebootretro]

I posted a video doing this too. Your method was much better, where you are checking instruction sets. I just tried 64 bit chips until I found one that worked. Your video is extremely more informational too. Excellent work!!

[Jens_Tech]

Here is a suggestion: Dual boot as many of version of Microsoft windows system as you can (starting windows 11 then going down)

[hanro]

Hay man. Just wanted to say I love the voice over. I've seen people cover 1980s and 1990s computer tech, but it is rare to find a channel that covers 2000s computer tech.

[monrova]

Awesome video! I learned some new stuff about CPU instructions. Thank you for the solid and clear explanations.

[rarapas]

I suspect the other SATA ports are not totally proprietary but they connect to an extra chip. Using the proper chip preinstall drivers might make them bootable. Love your hacky videos, I do stuff like this myself, it's so much fun 😁

[MasterYoshidino]

27:15... Yep. I had the P5Q PRO with the same gimmick. It is meant to improve performance in drives like the Western Digital "Raptor" drives that natively supported SATA. In XP you needed the floppy to install the needed drivers.

[ronnie]

I love this kind of videos with hardware, software and interesting experiments and facts. Cool to see that it works, the short instruction sets explanation was interesting to me, never really thought about it for years. Keep it up!

[nullmind]

I wasn't born in that era of computers, but seeing people get nostalgic makes me feel something to the hardware of that time. Great video as always. Thank you for making content.

[realmamitler]

This was a good and cool video, and I am honestly surprised you managed to get a Pentium 4 working on Windows 11.

[eletro_doc]

As a piece of advice, you can always use just 4 pins for processor power on motherboards with 8 pin sockets. The motherboard wouldn't know since the wires on the 8 pin socket connect together. You're still bound to the power constraint of a single 4 pin cable though.

[plusunu]

dude, you're like my brother from another mother. I do stuff with the same savvy-ness, passionate about the same quirks. BIG UP!

[YouShisha]

The GPU should support HW video decoding for H264. You need to install an extension to force browser to use this codec instead of VP9 for Youtube. In theory this will allow to play up to 1080p videos without problems.