Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L - can support Windows 10 ?

[pchan]

Hi All,

This motherboard has drivers for Windows 7 64 bit. Can I use them for Windows 10 ?

Thank in advance.

[aedipuss]

widows 10 might have built in drivers for the board. i'd give it a try.

[ozymango]

This motherboard has drivers for Windows 7 64 bit. Can I use them for Windows 10 ?

That's a pretty old board but should run Windows 10, are you saying that you installed Windows 10 and it did NOT automatically find drivers to install? Check the Device Manager and try updating any unknown drivers from the network. It may be possible to use a Windows 7/64 driver on your system if you have no other options, but I'd be surprised if that's really necessary. If you've got some unknown device or unknown driver showing up in the device manager, let me know what it is, there's probably a work-around for it.

[pchan]

Thanks for the replies.

This system was setup for doing some occasional video editing on a Win XP OS. It's a drag to use Win XP now.
If the motherboard can support Windows 10 then I can consider putting in the following items.
1. SSD drive (S$180)
2. Upgrade RAM to 4GB (used S$20)
3. Upgrade CPU from E7300 to Q9550 (used S$50)
Of course, I need a windows 10 license.

I could try it with a SSD first. If it's good enough, can throw in the rest.

Is Kdenlive on Windows good enough to replace Adobe Premiere 6.5 ?

[aedipuss]

the "free upgrade" offered by m.s. to win10 never actually ended. you can still use it. Download Windows 10 - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10?ranMID=24542&ranEAID=IokOf...ln9baxpnjcxm00



you might give it a try before buying a copy.

[johns0]

Are you still using winxp?If so then you need to buy windows 10 unless at one time you bought windows 7.

[babygdav]

https://amp.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/2ta3iv/how_does_windows_10_run_on_older_hardware/

No idea, but win 10 runs on it