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  • jeremyshaw - Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - link

    For quick reference, the supported CPUs on the AMD side are Bulldozer SoC (Bristol Ridge) and Ryzen CPU (no GPU - Pinnacle and Summit Ridge).

    I'm also guessing the Intel H310 southbridge is the variant Intel released with Win7 support (but also very limited, if any, IGP support).
  • Cygni - Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - link

    The IGPs work fine. I have run Skylake, Kaby Lake, and Coffee Lake all with Win7. The only issue I ever had was the obvious one of getting the installer to load and be happy with UEFI mode over USB. The Ryzen APUs work just fine, too, although you have to play with an ini file to get the latest graphics drivers to install.

    All of the barriers to using Win7 with new hardware are ones that were explicitly imposed by Intel/MS, there are no inherent issues with the hardware.
  • Cygni - Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - link

    Of course, none of this is official support like what Biostar is trying to do.
  • drexnx - Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - link

    I absolutely could not get 7 to work with a Raven Ridge APU - hard bluescreen lock as soon as it tried to start.

    I did get it working well with my Summit Ridge processor - I didn't realize Pin Ridge was still compatible!
  • kaidenshi - Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - link

    Perhaps I'm stating the obvious, but check with your board manufacturer to see if there are any BIOS/UEFI updates for your system. Even if there aren't any, reset your BIOS/UEFI settings to the factory default, turn off Secure Boot and any other Windows 8+ "features", turn off AMD-V virtuallization support, and try to boot it again. If your BIOS/UEFI has a "legacy" mode, try it too.
  • drexnx - Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - link

    I ended up biting the bullet and moving to 10, I just wanted my HTPC working again
  • Oxford Guy - Thursday, April 11, 2019 - link

    "All of the barriers to using Win7 with new hardware are ones that were explicitly imposed by Intel/MS, there are no inherent issues with the hardware."

    No, the barriers are the result of consumer demand.

    Consumers liked Windows 7, therefore MS had no choice but to force them to accept the supply they (MS) demanded.
  • Threska - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link

    Since we're being nit-picky, MS did indeed have a choice. They just didn't like one of them. Anyway people will be kicked and dragged to Windows 8 which still has an EOL, just a little further in the future. And have less of what people dislike about 10.
  • ltcommanderdata - Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - link

    Just to confirm while Biostar may officially support Win7 on these motherboards, Microsoft is not officially supporting them and is still blocking Windows Updates to them?
  • SamsungASUS - Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - link

    There is a patch for that. It's called wufuc, and it's by zeffy. It basically unblocks windows update on these new Intel and AMD processors.
  • haukionkannel - Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - link

    Some corporates still may require them. They have extended payed support.
  • khanikun - Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - link

    You could also use WSUS Offline. I use it, as I can't get Windows updates on 8.1 using my old Kaby Lake proc and of course definitely not my current Coffee Lake proc.
  • Flunk - Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - link

    I seriously doubt this will sell many motherboards.
  • Samus - Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - link

    Biostar already doesn't sell many motherboards, this is a pure marketing move to carve out a niche.
  • Samus - Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - link

    Yes, Windows 7 support ends Jan 14th 2020, but will a Biostar motherboard last until then?
  • PC Crazy - Thursday, April 11, 2019 - link

    This isn't bad for enterprises which are still using old Windows since they might have problem upgrading. unfortunately in some companies, this is still an issue. But wonder if it will sell more boards. :/

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