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
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.
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
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
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
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%
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
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)!
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.
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.
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!
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...
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
List updated. I succesfully installed Windows 8 in a Compaq CQ1, so maybe I can add to the list "OEM PC's".
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
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.