Can Windows 7 Drivers work With Windows 8.1?

[coldhart]

I have following Hardware
Core i7 950
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) MotherBoard
Sapphire 5870 1GB
Gskill Ripjawz 24GB 1600 Mhz

I got driver of gpu from amd site but Gigabyte didn't Publish the Driver for windows 8 last year when i emailed them for driver they send me list of new mobo which have windows 8 driver so i wanted to know that whether those driver (drivers of Win 7 sp1 X64) will support Win 8.1 Pro X64 or not?

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) MotherBoard Homepage

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3449#driver

 

[Berryracer]

nope



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[Dahak]

Actually yes, the same way vista drivers can work with windows 7
the only ones that will not are the usb 3 drivers as they are built in to win8

 

[Ketchup]

The only ones I would worry about are the INF files for the X58. I did some research, and according to this post

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1780384&mpage=1

the Windows 7 drivers should do just fine. If you have problems getting any other drivers don't work, let us know know and we'll be glad to help.

Edit: and I see Dahak beat me to the punch. I'll take care of you later, lol.

 

[denis280]

Just started to work with windows 8.and just last week got a ASUS m4a88t-m working with it.and the board was made to support windows 7.

EDIT: and I see Dahak and Ktchup beat me to the punch.

 

[RU482]

in my experience testing old hardware with win8.x, yes, win7 drivers will get you by

FWIW an answer like "nope" is ridiculous. I could see if he was asking if win95 drivers would work on Win8.1....but damn, win8.1 is like Win7 SP2.1...which, while I'm ranting....WTF microsoft, give us an SP2 for Win7 already so we don't have to install ~1.5GB of updates on a new build

/ok, off my soapbox
//sorry if I offended anyone

 

[Ketchup]

...FWIW an answer like "nope" is ridiculous. I could see if he was asking if win95 drivers would work on Win8.1....but damn, win8.1 is like Win7 SP2.1...

/ok, off my soapbox
//sorry if I offended anyone

Don't be too hard on yourself. Rest assured we were all thinking the same.

 

[Berryracer]

from my experience, the Bluetooth Drivers from Win 7 don't work you need to get updated versions

but thats not a problem

use MyConfig to find the missing drivers

it's a free and decent driver updater and it finds missing drivers as well

 

[Ketchup]

from my experience, the Bluetooth Drivers from Win 7 don't work you need to get updated versions

but thats not a problem

use MyConfig to find the missing drivers

it's a free and decent driver updater and it finds missing drivers as well

Apparently "from [your] experience" the upgrade doesn't work at all. So what are you still doing here?

 

[Berryracer]

Apparently "from [your] experience" the upgrade doesn't work at all. So what are you still doing here?

well some may work, but if they work doesn't mean that's the way to go bro

example: the old Intel Chipset Drivers WILL work

but the new Intel Chipset Drivers have the following fixes:

Features Added in Baseline 9.4.0.1022

ID
Description

1
Certified for Windows 8.1 support.
Added Intel Sensor Solution HWIDs duplicate for VEN_INT&DEV_33D1.
2
Added Intel Sensor Solution HWIDs duplicate for VEN_INT&DEV_33D1.

3
Added support for MUP specification 2.4.1.

Features Added in Baseline 9.4.0.1017

ID
Description

1
Updated Branding for devices 0c08, 8C56, 8C52, 8C54

Features Added in Baseline Production Version 9.4.0.1016

ID
Description

1
Fixed missing cat file lxptusb.cat, Ivytown.cat

Features Added in Baseline Production Version 9.4.0.1014

ID
Description

1
Updated Installer with new INFs for extract driver switch

2
Added device information for Intel sensor solution for Intel® 8 Series chipset family (previously code named Lynx Point-LP)

3
Fixed readme.txt

Features Added in Baseline Beta 9.4.0.1012

ID
Description

1
Added Crystal Well DID

2
Updated Branding for Intel® 8 Series chipset family devices (previously code named Lynx Point-LP)

Features Added in Baseline Beta 9.4.0.1010

ID
Description

1
Updated Readme with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 instructions

2
Updated all 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processor family and Intel® 8 Series chipset family devices with correct branding

3
Signed with HCK

Features Added in Baseline Alpha 9.4.0.1007

ID
Description

1
Updated Intel® 8 Series chipset family (previously code named Lynx Point-LP) Device IDs

Features Added in Baseline Alpha 9.4.0.1003

ID
Description

1
Updated 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processor family Devices

2
Added Intel Corporation Signing to all installation on Windows 8

Sorce: http://downloadmirror.intel.com/20775/eng/ReleaseNotes_9.4.0.1026.htm

so just because something installs fine with no exclamation mark in the device manager doesn't mean it's 100% compatible with Windows 8

you can find driver updates for almost all drivers by either going to the notebook manufacturer or going to the chipset maker's native site. not that hard

 

[Ketchup]

...you can find driver updates for almost all drivers by either going to the notebook manufacturer or going to the chipset maker's native site. not that hard

Might be hard finding updates for a desktop board on a notebook manufacturer's website.