Windows 8 Hardware compatibility list [Real Installation]

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Windows 8 Hardware compatibility list [Real Installation]

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I created this post to share with everyone my hardware tests

also share your tests if you want.


MSI Wind U160 : Build 7955 Full working (GMA3150/card reader require Win7 driver)

MSI 770-C45 Phemon II 555 X2@X4 4Gb DDRIII Kingston with ASUS NVIDIA ENGTS250 DK 1Gb : Build 7955 Full working (no driver needed)

Acer Extensa 5210 : Will be tested

MSI Wind U100 : Will be tested

ADAPTEC PCI SCSI ASC-29160.00 : Build 7955 Full working (Require Win7 driver)



Other hardware coming soon ;)
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NVidia Geforce 7300 SE - 7850 full working, 7955 full working
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ - 7850 full working, 7955 full working
Huawei E1550 - 7850 full working, 7955 full working
Sandisk Cruzer Micro U3 - 7850 full working, 7955 full working
Videoseven S86M - 7850 full working, 7955 full working
TSSTcorp SH-D163B - 7850 full working, 7955 full working

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I am running build 7955 on the following hardware with no issues whatsoever:

Intel Pentium 4 640 HT @ 3.2Ghz
2GB RAM
ASUS P5GV-MX Mainboard
EVGA NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB
2x Seagate Barracuda 80GB
Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB
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Windows 8 build 7955 working well on:

AMD Athlon 64 4200+
3GB DDR2 RAM Patriot
GIGABYTE GA-M68M-S2P
GeForce 9600GSO 512MB
HDD 1TB Western Digital WD10EVDS

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No issues, specs:

AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
4,00 GB DDR3 something
ASUS EAH5770 Series
Dual-screen 1920x1200 and 1400x1050.
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Every device that works on Windows 7 will pretty much work on Windows 8.

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Derf wrote:Every device that works on Windows 7 will pretty much work on Windows 8.
Of course... but some people have problem with hardware or drivers incompatibility ..

See this : http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/wind ... eath/12529

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Derf wrote:Every device that works on Windows 7 will pretty much work on Windows 8.
Nope. Doesn't work on my Dell Inspiron 8200.


Anyways: Working Systems:

Dell Studio 1555
Dell Dimension 4300
Dell Inspiron e1505
Dell Inspiron 560
Dell XPS 200
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giantsteen wrote:
Derf wrote:Every device that works on Windows 7 will pretty much work on Windows 8.
Nope. Doesn't work on my Dell Inspiron 8200.


Anyways: Working Systems:

Dell Studio 1555
Dell Dimension 4300
Dell Inspiron e1505
Dell Inspiron 560
Dell XPS 200
What's the issue? It's more than likely some sort of user error than an issue with Windows 8. I'd be glad to help you out with it. :-)

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Well, it seems to freeze when completing installation. It was almost done. Then I realize that the Mouse won't move at all. When I restart the computer it reverses the installation process. While it was frozen before I kept it on for approx. 10 hours and it never changed. It had a Mobile Pentium 4 2.0 GHz but my dads computer was an old Pentium 4 and his worked. I don't understand...(Dell Dimension 4300 worked, not my Dell Inspiron 8200)
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Working on my Asus gaming PC:
-Intel Pentium D 925 3.00GHZ (Soon to be Core 2 Duo)
-4GB Ram
-Nvidia GeForce 8600GT 1GB DRR2 128-Bit
-Asus P5NSLI with integrated sound card and network

Plus no drivers needed since Windows has drivers for them.

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Sigmatel C-Major Audio works with 7850

Incompatible, even with Windows 7 Drivers:
Dell Truemobile 4500
nVidia Quattro FX go700.

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Running 7955 dual-booting with the following with no issues (unless noted):
Same for 7850 also
OS Windows 7 SP1 x64 build 7601.21701
CPU E8400@3.71Ghz 1.248v
Motherboard GA-EP45-UD3P rev 1.1
Memory 4x2GB G.Skill 8800PI@1100mhz 5-5-5-15
Graphics Card Asus EAH HD6850 (Win7 comp. mode)
Sound Card X-Fi Extreme Music (Daniel K. X-fi 2.0)
Hard Drives 320GB WD3200AAKS

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Windows 8 build 7955 full working on:
Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2,4 Ghz
Asus P5Ql-E
Radeon HD 4830 @512 Mb
4 Gb Ram @ 2x2 Gb Kingston DDR2 1066 Mhz
WD 320 Gb

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windows 8 Build 7955 and Windows 8 7959 full work on:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2,5GHz
2GB RAM DDR2
Gigabyte M61SME-S2L
nVidia GeForce 8600GT 512MB
500GB HDD SATA2WD

also work on laptop build Windows 8 7955 :

Asus K70ID
Intel Pentium Dual Core 2,3GHz
4GB RAM DDR3
nVidia GeForce 320M 1GB
320GB HDD SATA2
Actually working on Windows XP / Windows Vista and Windows 7

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Will be testing this soon on an IMAC!

I'll show the results soon. It's installing at the moment ;).

Specs:

iMac 27" (late-2009)
Intel Core i7 2.8GHz
4GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD4850 512MB
1TB HDD

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7955 runs on:
Intel i5 processor (dual-core, 2.6 GHz per core)
6 GB Sony RAM
500GB Hitachi SATA hard drive (5400 RPM)
Marvell Yukon wireless card

Drivers for my ATI Radeon HD 5650 don't work. Trying to install them causes a system crash.
Yawn.

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Ok, the install on my iMac seems to be done, but i'm getting this error on reboot:

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Anyone had this before? Help is appreciated!

Thanks.

EDIT: if you can't read, it says Error 0x00000005C....
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7850 works on HP G71 with no problems.
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Navigator98 wrote:Ok, the install on my iMac seems to be done, but i'm getting this error on reboot:

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Anyone had this before? Help is appreciated!

Thanks.

EDIT: if you can't read, it says Error 0x00000005C....
Try to disable onboard audio card, wait your response

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Intel C2Q Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz
3GB RAM
nVidia GT 220 1GB

Working perfectly, build 7955.

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picard74 wrote:Try to disable onboard audio card, wait your response
It is impossible to disable the onboard sound card in an iMac.
Goodbye.

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linuxlove wrote: It is impossible to disable the onboard sound card in an iMac.


Mac strange world...

It's not possible disable device with jumper into machine?

It's not possible disable loading audio drivers from command line before boot?

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picard74 wrote: it's not possible disable device with jumper into machine?
it's not possible disable loading audio drivers from command line before boot?
1: What jumpers? How are you even going to get into the thing without use of Super Tools?
2: Maybe it's possible to disable the drivers kexts to disable sound. I don't know, I've not messed much with OS X.
Goodbye.

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Windows 8 7955 on:

ASUS PT6
Corsair XM53 12gb
EVGA GeForce 9800GTX+
OCZ Vertex 2 120GBx2 RAID0
Intel i7-950
Samsung 2343x2 Monitors
Logitec K750 keyboard - M310 mouse
HP 2035 printer
Cannon LIDE 110 scanner

Ultra Mon for the dual monitors and software for the
Logitech Solar App and SetPoint not working properly

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