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<blockquote data-quote="Berns" data-source="post: 536846" data-attributes="member: 96677">Well, GoMad,As I don't have the need to run Win7 today, I did not do any testing or consulting of hardware compatibility lists.Without any knowledge of the results or the quality of the results, you could try one of these for example:<a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/windows-7-compatibility-test-now-available-266" target="_blank">Windows 7 compatibility test now available | Windows - InfoWorld</a><a href="http://windows7.iyogi.net/migration/window7-readiness.html" target="_blank">Windows 7 Migration and Readiness Test Tool</a>Not finding drivers for your motherboard on the webpage of the manufacturer does not mean it is incompatible. To know that, you should make an inventory of the chips on it and go through the HCL. For example: If your mobo has a realtek integrated network card, it might be possible to find a W7 driver on the realtek website. It could even be that compatible drivers ship with windows 7.When you read through articles on this forum, you will soon find out that running MP om W7, is not the most stable decision to make for the moment. This is my approach: Try XPSP2 first. If it works keep it.If it does not, move to vista.And if you want, you can even test if your system could run blu-ray using <a href="http://www.cyberlink.com/stat/bd-advisor/enu/index.jsp?affid=2581_578_508_7290_0_ENU_promo-banner-blurayADV&amp;utm_source=Promotion&amp;utm_medium=Promotion_7290_powerdvd&amp;utm_campaign=Homepage" target="_blank">BD Advisor - Is your PC ready for real HD?</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Berns, post: 536846, member: 96677"] Well, GoMad, As I don't have the need to run Win7 today, I did not do any testing or consulting of hardware compatibility lists. Without any knowledge of the results or the quality of the results, you could try one of these for example: [url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/windows-7-compatibility-test-now-available-266]Windows 7 compatibility test now available | Windows - InfoWorld[/url] [url=http://windows7.iyogi.net/migration/window7-readiness.html]Windows 7 Migration and Readiness Test Tool[/url] Not finding drivers for your motherboard on the webpage of the manufacturer does not mean it is incompatible. To know that, you should make an inventory of the chips on it and go through the HCL. For example: If your mobo has a realtek integrated network card, it might be possible to find a W7 driver on the realtek website. It could even be that compatible drivers ship with windows 7. When you read through articles on this forum, you will soon find out that running MP om W7, is not the most stable decision to make for the moment. This is my approach: Try XPSP2 first. If it works keep it. If it does not, move to vista. And if you want, you can even test if your system could run blu-ray using [url=http://www.cyberlink.com/stat/bd-advisor/enu/index.jsp?affid=2581_578_508_7290_0_ENU_promo-banner-blurayADV&utm_source=Promotion&utm_medium=Promotion_7290_powerdvd&utm_campaign=Homepage]BD Advisor - Is your PC ready for real HD?[/url] [/QUOTE]

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