Solution : Device IOS failed to initialize. Windows Protection Error.

[Mike3d]

Hi guys i have been this and other message boards and noticed that a lot of people still use windows 95 with new hardware and seem to have this problem.

As windows 95 is now unsupported by microsoft they wont tell you how to get your new hardware working with windows 95...Enter virtualdr.

This is how you solve the problems some of these have been tried by other people and i have been told they work.


Solution 1

If you have a k6-2 or athlon processor.

You must underclock the cpu to under 350mhz im not quite sure how you would do this on a athlon(see suggestion 2 for another resolution) but on a k6-2 350 or higher consult you manual on how to under clock to processor, mainly it was jumper settings but in the later boards this was done in the bios

The settings i use is 3.0x100 make sure you note your settings before you do this.

now install the Amd K6-2 Patch which you can get from Here also some more details on how to get it to work. after the patch has been installed set your cpu to its previous settings (the ones i told you to note) and boot into windows.

Solution 2

Pentium 4 + possible athlon solution

Disable your l1 and l2 cache in the bios (consult your motherboard manual) boot into windows install the amdk6 patch Here re-enable the cache. and reboot.

maybe this could be made a sticky as like i said earlier i see this problem quite alot and people will open a new thread when the question has already been answered.

Any other solution /suggestions can be posted here.

Hope this helps mike

[Eeyore]

Mike3d, your Solution 1 is nothing new. It is, in fact just a re-hash of what Microsoft gives as the solution. This method may be fine for the experienced tech who is familiar with changing the CPU speed. But for many, that may be a scary thing.

Your Solution 2 may work on some machines. But it did not work on my Pentium 4. All you do is throw in a link to the same Microsoft article which makes no mention of your solution 2.

I note that you posted this after posting on asus P4S533 and Windows 95. That thread offers a simpler, more reliable method which merely allows you to install the patch files at DOS, if Windows won't start. You don't have to mess with the jumpers. You don't even have to enter the BIOS and make changes there.

You unzip the files and copy them to the mentioned directories, which neither you nor Microsoft tell where the files are supposed to go. Then your Windows should boot.

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[Mike3d]

All you do is throw in a link to the same Microsoft article which makes no mention of your solution 2

"As windows 95 is now unsupported by microsoft they wont tell you how to get your new hardware working with windows 95...Enter virtualdr. " that is why solution 2 is not posted there.

also the links where links to the knowledge base articial so you can download the k6 update patch!!

"Mike3d, your Solution 1 is nothing new. It is, in fact just a re-hash of what Microsoft gives as the solution. This method may be fine for the experienced tech who is familiar with changing the CPU speed. But for many, that may be a scary thing."

It wasnt supposed to be something NEW it was just to explain to non tech people who dont know how to find the info they need ie the knowledge base or how to install the patch i dont see instructions on how to underclock your cpu on the knowledge base.

man there aint any pleaseing people these days mike.

[Eeyore]

people will open a new thread when the question has already been answered.

That's kind of how the forum works. People can use search and find such info. But you generally need to know what to search for.

You offered help for a problem that no one asked for help on. In a week your help will be buried in the archives along with all the other similar suggestions. So unless someone finds your help with a search, the only way they will find it is if someone links to this thread for them.

You posted your information in the other thread. I tried it and it didn't work for me. It may work for someone else. There was no need to duplicate it here.

there aint any pleaseing people these days

I tried your suggestion when you posted on the other thread. When I clicked on this thread, I expected some additional information. What I found here could have, and I think, should have been included there. In fact the clocking down was already mentioned there, although not the step-by-step. But again, you refer the reader to the "user manual" because it is pretty much motherboard specific.

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[Mike3d]

Originally posted by Eeyore
That's kind of how the forum works. People can use search and find such info. But you generally need to know what to search for.

You offered help for a problem that no one asked for help on. In a week your help will be buried in the archives along with all the other similar suggestions. So unless someone finds your help with a search, the only way they will find it is if someone links to this thread for them.

You posted your information in the other thread. I tried it and it didn't work for me. It may work for someone else. There was no need to duplicate it here.

I tried your suggestion when you posted on the other thread. When I clicked on this thread, I expected some additional information. What I found here could have, and I think, should have been included there. In fact the clocking down was already mentioned there, although not the step-by-step. But again, you refer the reader to the "user manual" because it is pretty much motherboard specific.

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Yeah whatever.