diff --git a/src/chart_models_chat.py b/src/chart_models_chat.py
index 9e40c09a..724f2234 100644
--- a/src/chart_models_chat.py
+++ b/src/chart_models_chat.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def create_chat_models_comparison_plot():
         "long_context": {
             "models": [
                 "Phi 3.5 Mini - 4b",
+                # "MiniCPM3 - 4b",
                 "Qwen 2.5 - 7b",
                 "Internlm2_5 - 7b",
                 "Yi Coder - 9b",
diff --git a/src/constants.py b/src/constants.py
index f66a9832..f27c61a3 100644
--- a/src/constants.py
+++ b/src/constants.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     'Zephyr - 3b': 4096,
     'Qwen 2.5 - 3b': 4096,
     'Llama 3.2 - 3b': 4096,
-    'Internlm2_5 - 1.8b': 4096
+    'Internlm2_5 - 1.8b': 4096,
+    # 'MiniCPM3 - 4b': 4096
 }
 
 # changes the default of 1024 in module_chat.mpy
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
     'Zephyr - 3b': 512,
     'Qwen 2.5 - 3b': 512,
     'Internlm2_5 - 1.8b': 512,
+    'MiniCPM3 - 4b': 512,
 }
 
 CHAT_MODELS = {
@@ -108,6 +110,17 @@
         'precision': 'bfloat16',
         'gated': False,
     },
+    'MiniCPM3 - 4b': {
+        'model': 'MiniCPM3 - 4b',
+        'repo_id': 'openbmb/MiniCPM3-4B',
+        'cache_dir': 'openbmb--MiniCPM3-4B',
+        'cps': 80.67,
+        'context_length': 8192,
+        'vram': 4998.10,
+        'function': 'MiniCPM3_4b',
+        'precision': 'bfloat16',
+        'gated': False,
+    },
     'Qwen 2.5 - 7b': {
         'model': 'Qwen 2.5 - 7b',
         'repo_id': 'Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct',
diff --git a/src/module_chat.py b/src/module_chat.py
index 6e24b111..c7bc9133 100644
--- a/src/module_chat.py
+++ b/src/module_chat.py
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ def generate_response(self, inputs):
 
         generation_thread.join()
 
+
 class Qwen2_5_3b(BaseModel):
     def __init__(self, generation_settings):
         model_info = CHAT_MODELS['Qwen 2.5 - 3b']
@@ -328,6 +329,23 @@ def create_prompt(self, augmented_query):
 """
 
 
+class MiniCPM3_4b(BaseModel):
+    def __init__(self, generation_settings):
+        model_info = CHAT_MODELS['MiniCPM3 - 4b']
+        super().__init__(model_info, bnb_bfloat16_settings, generation_settings)
+
+    def create_prompt(self, augmented_query):
+        return f"""<s><|im_start|>user
+{augmented_query}<|im_end|>
+<|im_start|>assistant
+"""
+
+    def create_inputs(self, prompt):
+        inputs = super().create_inputs(prompt)
+        inputs['pad_token_id'] = self.tokenizer.pad_token_id
+        return inputs
+
+
 class InternLM2_5_7b(BaseModel):
     def __init__(self, generation_settings):
         model_info = CHAT_MODELS['Internlm2_5 - 7b']
diff --git a/src/setup_windows.py b/src/setup_windows.py
index f38dd320..e49f7c80 100644
--- a/src/setup_windows.py
+++ b/src/setup_windows.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 import time
 
 # ctranslate2==4.5.0 now requires cudnn 9+, which works with CUDA 12.3+; however, torch 2.3.1 only supports up to CUDA 12.1
+# SUPPORTS Phi3.5 and Mistral Nemo...AWQ support was added in 4.4.0.  FA was added in 4.3.1 but removed in 4.4.0
 # Therefore, torch 2.4.0+ is required to use cuDNN 9+ with ctranslate2 4.5.0+.
-# This consequently requires installing at least xformers 0.0.27.post1, flash-attn 2.6.3, and triton
 """
 # torch 2.5.0 - supports CUDA 11.8, 12.1, and 12.4
 # torch 2.4.1 - supports CUDA 11.8, 12.1, and 12.4
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@
 
 # Flash-attn 2.6.3 is currently the only build that supports torch 2.4.0, but it only supports up to CUDA 12.3 (released 7/25/2024)
 # This is problematic since some models like florence2, minicpm2.6, phi 3.5 mini, and deepseek coder require FA and can't run on SDPA...
+# The FA2 repo mainter said it's compatible with newer versions and this isn't an issue.
 
 # xformers 0.0.26.post1 - requires torch 2.3.0
-# xformers 0.0.27 - requires torch 2.3.0 but also states "some might require torch 2.4".
+# xformers 0.0.27 - requires torch 2.3.0 but also states "some operation might require torch 2.4".
 # xformers 0.0.27.post1 - requires torch 2.4.0
 # xformers 0.0.27.post2 - requires torch 2.4.0
 # xformers 0.0.28.post1 (non-post1 release was not successfully uploaded to pypi) - requires torch 2.4.1
@@ -364,7 +365,21 @@ def install_libraries(libraries):
     "xlrd==2.0.1",
     "xxhash==3.4.1",
     "yarl==1.9.4",
-    "zipp==3.19.2"
+    "zipp==3.19.2",
+    # the following are only required by minicpm3 chat model
+    "argcomplete==3.5.0",
+    "black==24.8.0",
+    "datamodel_code_generator==0.26.0",
+    "dnspython==2.7.0",
+    "email-validator==2.2.0",
+    "genson==1.3.0",
+    "inflect==5.6.2",
+    "isort==5.13.2",
+    "jsonschema==4.23.0",
+    "jsonschema-specifications==2023.12.1",
+    "pathspec==0.12.1",
+    "referencing==0.35.1",
+    "rpds-py==0.20.0",
 ]
 
 full_install_libraries = [