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Asus A7N8X MB & Win 7

Oct 25, 2009 1:06AM PDT

Has anyone been able to upgrade to Win 7 , on a computer running an Asus A7N8X MB , & XP 3200 processor ? I have tried everything I can think of , including a Clean install, and 7 crashes , constantly. I am running the latest Bios, in fact , I also tried a custom Bios . Neither worked for me.
The same thing happened , when I tried to upgrade to Vista. The Comp. works fine with Win XP. The MS Upgrade Advisor said I could upgrade , except for the 3Com Ethernet , built into the MB. I disabled it , in the Bios. I use the Nvidia Ethernet port , also built into the MB. I am running either 2 or 3 Gigs of RAM. tried it with 3 Gigs , then with 2.Neither works. I tested the RAM , it is fine. I have 3 of these boards , all running the same processor. Vista & 7 will not work on any of them.
Thanks

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Strong suggestion.
Oct 25, 2009 1:43AM PDT

Do not try this on Socket A machines. If you want to try again, disable the L1 and L2 CPU cache in the BIOS. Sorry, no offer to write why.
Bob

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Didn't Understand
Oct 26, 2009 6:47AM PDT

Huh? Because it's Socket A ? Why disable L1 & L2 Cache ? What will happen if I do ?

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Keeping it short.
Oct 28, 2009 10:12AM PDT

Sorry but it takes too long to explain it. Just something to try. Good luck.

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Old thread but your SOL.
Nov 22, 2009 12:53PM PST

I tried to Install Vista on A7N8X Athlon 3200+ and It worked.
Problem was that MS dropped suppord for the Nvidia Chipset drivers.
No matter waht I did to install those drivers things were buggy and the whole PCI buss was bad.

So.
I would think that in Seven, there is NOT A PENNY of support for aging systems.
from a tech point- it was deff chosen to kill off old PCs.

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How is that killing off the machine?
Nov 22, 2009 10:59PM PST

It most likely can run XP just fine.

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XP=OK
Nov 23, 2009 4:17AM PST

Yes, XP works just fine. Problem is :1. I have already purchased a Family Pack , of Win.7. I would like to use them. 2. It bugs the Heck out of me , that Vista & 7 won't run on these machines. 3. I can sell the computers off , but won't get but a fraction of what I paid for the parts to build them. 4. I would like to KNOW , at least , why they won't run on this MB & Chipset combo.

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Remember a few years ago?
Nov 23, 2009 4:34AM PST

When Windows 98 machines couldn't run XP?

Nothing new here. But then we could run 98 fine. Same story, new decade.
Bob

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doesn't have to be.
Nov 23, 2009 7:55AM PST

What I wanted to say more was,
from a technical point of view; Some of the (new but not new enough) PCs fit very nice withen the recommended specs for Vista and Seven.
There are sad people that built AMDs and Intels as sweet gamming rigs, nice gfx cards-DX10, yet with their prized expensive personaly tweaked machines, and stuck at XP-good, but I tell you Vista and Seven are relativly better a gamming.
So, Not really a BIG problem for the PC community.
A hell of a reality check for others.

So right, It has happend and will def happen again,
this is what happens when we use software writen by "Others".
Wink unless we are all writing kernels and software for our PC's we have to deal, and complain.
Personal, I would have been one in the corporation of many that would have been pushing for maxximum legacy support.
Windows 7 didn't have native support for my HP laserjet 5L Sad
But, i still like it, and if, what I like is as a result of MS ditching small things, I can only be Human and want both worlds.
Peace

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Windows 7 didn't have native support for my HP laserjet 5L
Nov 23, 2009 8:00AM PST

Now that is something we could tackle. An age old trick was to put the 5L (or similar) on some linux print server and send POSTSCRIPT to the linux print server. Ghostscript on the print server would render the page and print it out.

Really a nice piece of work and I applaud the IT staffer that showed me this years ago.
Bob