Community List of compatible hardware in Windows 8

Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by charliebros, Aug 18, 2012.

  1. charliebros

    charliebros MDL Novice

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    Hello!,
    I see that, nobody do this already, so I start this:
    This thread is to make a compatibility hardware list, when we posts our hardware (entire, with models and brands please), and also, if is needed to do a special thing before it works, this will make a lot of help to all the new users that have doubts about if his machine will work.

    I start, I will add my specs directly to the list of the next post.

    Please help, telling us your entire specs, being detailed and telling if work natively, or need something else to work.

    Greetings.
    Ch
     
  2. charliebros

    charliebros MDL Novice

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    Intel® Desktop Board DZ77GA-70K Does not work properly. Hangs at restart / shutdown and has several other issues. All drivers except USB 3 (Because it is built in?) working tho.
    Intel 520 SSD.
    Intel 320 SSD.
    Logitech USB Camera (QuickCam E3500).
    Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3500.
    Printer: Samsung ML-1670 Series.
    Mobile: LG Optimus 2X.
     
  4. charliebros

    charliebros MDL Novice

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    List updated.
    I hope that the mods convert this thread to post-it, so more people can watch it.
     
  5. -=fantômas=-

    -=fantômas=- MDL Senior Member

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    #5 -=fantômas=-, Aug 24, 2012
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    ASROCK 890FX Deluxe5 - fine
    TDK CDRW4800B - fine
    PLEXTOR DVDR PX-870A - fine
    SEAGATE Barracuda SATA II & SATA III HDDs - fine
    LOGITECH Webcam 300 - fine
    CANON CanoScan N670U/LiDE 20 - no 64-bit drivers, but works with alternative programs such as VueScan)
    Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000 Bluetrack - fine
     
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  6. Gerrard845

    Gerrard845 MDL Novice

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    Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 - fine, but drivers need to be installed in compatibility mode,
    TSSTcorpCDDVDW_SH-222AB_S - fine
    WD Caviar Blue SATA II - fine
    Realtek HD Audio - fine
     
  7. felipeab10

    felipeab10 MDL Novice

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    Asus M5A97-Pro - Fine - all drivers
    XFX HD 6850 - Fine - Driver 12.8
    Rocketfish 7.1 (creative) - Fine - Windows Update
    Raid 2 HD 160 GB - Fine - Native Driver
    HD 1 TB Western Digital - Fine
    Mobile (Motorola Defy 4.1.1) - Fine - With ADB driver too
     
  8. omarm19

    omarm19 MDL Novice

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    Evga 750i FTW motherboard - all good
    nvidia 9800gt - works 100%
    Western digital 1tb - good
    Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 overclocked to 4.00GHz - stable
    Gigabyte mouse and saitek keyboard - working 100%
    Realtek HD Audio 7.1 - working 100%
     
  9. Nalimov

    Nalimov MDL Novice

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    #9 Nalimov, Aug 24, 2012
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    Notebook HP Compaq 6910p

    - HP Mobile Data Protection (HP 3D Drive Guard) - driver from windows update works fine
    - Intel X3100 - driver from windows update works but gives stretch and low fps issue (in games e.g. gta2, cue club) and wei score doesn't work - bsod (VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE)
    - Authentec AES2501A Fingerprint Device - driver from windows update works fine but you must download AuthenTec True Suite to get biometric functions.
    - Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 250GB SATA - works natively without errors
    - RICOH Smart Card Reader - driver from windows update works fine
    - HP Quick Launch Buttons - works perfectly
    - Wi-Fi Broadcom (bcm4311 chip) - native driver
    - HP Integrated Bluetooth module - native driver
     
  10. Denny

    Denny MDL Novice

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    Sound:
    Creative EMU 1212m (1st generation)
    works with win7 drivers
     
  11. pisthai

    pisthai Imperfect Human

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    In Reality, such list is it really needed?

    I would say no. Reason is easy, even with very old hardware, let say a 12 year old Asus MB just works very well with no driver problems. Same applies for old SCSI stuff: CD Writer, HDD's, Scanner (Epson 1200 Professional), Fujistu MO Drives (SCSI and IDE) and and and. Even some which were not working wit Windows 7 like a portable NEC USB Scanner for Win98, didn't worked in XP, Vista and Win7, works in Windows 8!

    Such list would be good if there a lot hardware installation problems but I really doubt that!

    In that regard, I would suggest not to make a list of Hardware which IS working, make on of Hardware which IS NOT working.

    Just my 2 Satang's (Thai Cent)!
     
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  12. charliebros

    charliebros MDL Novice

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    List updated.

    Yes it is neccesary, for example, some old hardware, may need tweaks, special tasks to made it works, for example, my IDT audio card needs changing some content of the drivers files, other need some special drivers such as VueScan.
    Is neccesary.
     
  13. Justice

    Justice MDL Novice

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    MOBO - Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 - Worked fine without installing any drivers, did not test the USB3.0 driver (didn't had any 3.0 device)
    PROC - Intel I5-750 - Worked fine
    RAM - TeamGroup Elite 2x4GB DDR3 1333Mhz CL9 - Worked fine
    HDD - Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB - Worked fine
    SSD - Corsair Force 3 / 120GB / SATA3 - Worked fine
    AUDIO - Asus Xonar DS - Worked fine with originial drivers in compatibilty mode, UniXonar drivers fail to install.
    GPU - ASUS nVidia GTX 560Ti DirectCU II - Worked fine with Win8 drivers from nVidia.

    Tested on Enterprise RTM x64.
     
  14. pisthai

    pisthai Imperfect Human

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    As I wrote, a list of Problem Hardware would be good instead of an list for ALL Hardware. Or make 2 different List's: one for working Hardware and one for Problem Hardware! Much more useful and even easy for to do an search!
     
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  15. SPBHM

    SPBHM MDL Novice

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    Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel USB

    works fine, built in drivers are automatically installed and the wheel works properly,
    compared to Windows 98SE (newest OS officially supported...) you don't have the advanced control panel for the wheel, with profiles and custom pedal, buttons and FFB settings, but default settings on Win8 are pretty good...
     
  16. Sapp

    Sapp MDL Novice

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    Asus preinstalled motherboard P4GE-FSC
    with bios from Award, Asus P4GE-FSC ACPI rev. 1004
    Year 2004
    doesn't work!

    CPU Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 3,06GHz x86 socket 478 mPGA
    doesn't work!

    All these works with Windows 7 though o_O
     
  17. charliebros

    charliebros MDL Novice

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    List updated.
    I succesfully installed Windows 8 in a Compaq CQ1, so maybe I can add to the list "OEM PC's".
     
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    It is 3 months since i sold my old pc and i only had CP on it but it is the same for RTM i guess. So i will add it here.

    Gigabyte EX58-UD5 - Everything works, don't even need to install any drivers but maybe is better to install for better performance :)
     
  19. KrlzGmz

    KrlzGmz MDL Novice

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    Exactly what I was thinking about. We're talking about Windows, not some obscure bare-bones OS developed by the kid from around the block.

    If this was a Hackintosh forum, having a compatibility list would be priority number one, but I don't think you'll find more than 2-3 misbehaving drivers here and there.