Porcessor Gen upgrade 7th to 8th

[Billr920]

Is it Possible to move from a 7th gen i7 Intel processor to 8th gen in order to gain windows 11 or is there a Bios Block to stop this?

Thank You

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

The motherboard does not support any Intel 8th gen core processors.

You don't need to put any money into upgrading your PC to run W11.

If you are happy with your PC, and if you are interested in doing an in-place upgrade from W10 to W11 24H2 on your PC as is, watch this video, which is the easiest way to do it in my opinion, and I have used several different ways to do this during the last 3 years.

How to Install Windows 11 on Unsupported PC in 2025 (New Easiest Method, No CMD)

Download the W24H2 ISO file and use that (3rd option).

Download Windows 11

You can download the free 7-Zip file utility from the link below. The top line is for 64 bit.

7-Zip

You'll have to repeat this procedure if and when Microsoft rolls out the new W11 builds because a PC that does not meet Microsoft's minimum W11 hardware requirements will never automatically get the update to the next build.

They have been releasing new W11 builds each October so far.

Other than that, your PC will continue to get the monthly cumulative and other updates.

That's only a minor inconvenience to have continued OS support beyond October of 2025.

If things don't work right on W11, you have 10 days to easily go back to W10 as long as you don't delete the W1 upgrade files or the Windows.old folder.

How to Go Back to Windows 10 from Windows 11 (Tutorial)

[Billr920]

Thank you paul, I kind of suspected that and thought I would just check with the community to be sure. I will try your recommended methods. Really appreciate it. This has been such a wonderful machine and I'd hate to lose support for it.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

I upgraded several W11-unsupported PCs to W11 using the video and they all work fine.

One of them was a Dell Optiplex 7050 MT with an i7-7700 processor that I had bought on eBay about two years before W11 came out, and I was not happy when Microsoft announced the hardware requirements and drew the line at the Intel 8th gens.

So, I was very glad to find this workaround to do in-place upgrades from W10>W11 on unsupported hardware.

For clean installs, I use the Rufus W11 method to bypass the W11 hardware checks on unsupported PC's, since the info in the video I posted the other day doesn't give you an option to clean install Windows.

How to create Windows 11 bootable USB to bypass requirements with Rufus - Pureinfotech

You can also use the Rufus-created USB flash drive to do in-place upgrades by opening the flash drive in Windows Explorer, click on the setup application file you see there and do the in-place upgrade.

However, on a couple of my PC's the Rufus method failed to do an in-place upgrade with no errors reported.

The upgrade process abruptly ended and I was back on the W10 desktop.

The video I posted was 100% successful for me on some 13 different PC's and notebooks.

[Billr920]

Thank you Paul! Your solution to Windows 11 works perfectly. I really appreciate it now my wonderful machine can continue on.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.

Cheers,

Paul