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03-07-2019 05:03 AM
Hi i am trying to install windows 7 on my laptop that was born with win10. I partitioned my disk as every website says and i made a bootable usb that should work. Sadly when i get to the installation i get the error of the missing drivers (which is quite common) sadly trying to change port or modifying bios did not work. I also tried checking my drivers. Do you have any suggestion?
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03-07-2019 07:43 AM
Unfortunately there are only W10 drivers for the Radeon graphics if you have the Radeon 5xx GPU.
So, while it would be possible to install W7 on that model, the graphics wouldn't work and what good would that be?
Also if your notebook has an Intel 3168AC wifi adapter, that won't work on W7 either.
03-07-2019 05:23 AM
This most likely will be due to not having USB 3.0 drivers. Windows 7 does not include USB 3.0 drivers by defafult unlike 8.1 and 10 and because of this most likely you will be unable to boot. You can also check the BIOS and make sure Legecy BIOS is enabled and Secure Boot is disabled.
03-07-2019 06:08 AM
Hi i will try asap. When solved i ll rate u 308 stars😂
@Dudefoxlive wrote:This most likely will be due to not having USB 3.0 drivers. Windows 7 does not include USB 3.0 drivers by defafult unlike 8.1 and 10 and because of this most likely you will be unable to boot. You can also check the BIOS and make sure Legecy BIOS is enabled and Secure Boot is disabled.
03-07-2019 06:54 AM
Hi, @Win7forever
What is the full model number or product number of your notebook?
The product number can be found on the same label as the serial number.
Please do not post the serial number.
If your notebook has an Intel 8th gen core processor, you will not be able to install W7 on there.
03-07-2019 07:14 AM
What graphics does it come with?
If it only has the onboard Intel graphics, this might be doable. If your notebook has an AMD graphics adapter, there are no W7 drivers for it.
Anyway, use this tool to put the USB3 drivers into your W7 USB installation media...either that, or if your PC has a DVD drive, and you have a W7 installation DVD, you should not get the needs a driver error.
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Utility/mb_utility_windowsimagetool.zip
03-07-2019 07:25 AM
Even if you manage to get Windows 7 installed on the computer you are going to run into issues with updating Windows. This is due to Microsoft not allowing older version of Windows to run on 7000 series and 8000 series Intel CPUs. While you can install most likely you will get a message about Unsupported Hardware and you also lose the ability to Update Windows.
03-07-2019 07:43 AM
Unfortunately there are only W10 drivers for the Radeon graphics if you have the Radeon 5xx GPU.
So, while it would be possible to install W7 on that model, the graphics wouldn't work and what good would that be?
Also if your notebook has an Intel 3168AC wifi adapter, that won't work on W7 either.
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