Windows 10: Coffee Lake/Windows 7

Anyone come up with drivers to allow Windows 7 mouse/keyboard to function on Coffee Lake CPUs - without having to reinstall W7, which is ready to roll but for those controls.

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Installing Windows 7 on Coffee Lake

That may not be an option shortly, now that Microsoft has acquired GitHub, I'm sure they will tightly control all third party software.

 

Installing Windows 7 on Coffee Lake

Hey all,

So, to spare you all the lengthy explanation of why I need to do it, I'll just ask what I'm trying to accomplish and see if the masterful TPU community can help me out. I've just put together a new Coffee Lake system which I need to install Windows 7 on. I need to perform the installation from a DVD that is loaded into a USB optical drive (an Asus SBW-06D2X-U).

I've done a bit of digging myself to try and see if I can get it done without bothering anyone and what I found https://aureus.pw/topic/1528-how-to-install-windows-7-on-skylake-kaby-lake-coffee-lake/) said that I should disable xHCI handoff in the machine's BIOS (which I did) and change the O/S setting to "Other OS" (which I did). I then tried to boot up the Windows 7 installer and it got to the Language/Keyboard selection screen but neither my mouse or keyboard was responding at that stage. I was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction or give me some constructive advice that may allow me to try to successfully complete what I'm trying here (I don't mind if there is a bit of faffing around, I just want to see if I can do this)

Mobo in use is an Asus H370-I Gaming in case that is needed. Also, if any other info is needed, please let me know and I'll post it up.

I would welcome any assistance *Smile

 

Intel "Coffee Lake" Architecture by Q2-2018, 7 nm Process By 2022?

Intel's silicon fabrication has evidently hit a huge roadblock. It turns out that not just "Kaby Lake," but its two successors "Cannon Lake" and "Coffee Lake" could also be built on the 14 nm node, at best with a few process-level improvements. "Coffee Lake" is the company's 9th generation Core architecture, which is two steps ahead of even the "Kaby Lake" architecture, which is due later this year. "Kaby Lake" makes its way to the 45W mobile (H-segment) and 15W mobile (U-segment), in Q4-2016 and Q3-2016, respectively. The 15W U-segment will be augmented by "Cannon Lake" (8th generation Core) in Q4-2017. By mid-2018, Intel plans to launch "Coffee Lake" across both H- and U-segments.

According to a "Hot Hardware" report, based on a job listing for a systems engineer at the company, Intel could be staring at the scary prospect of holding out on 14 nm for the next three years, only to be relieved by the stopgap 10 nm node, which makes its debut with the 10th generation Core "Tiger Lake" architecture, due for 2019. "Tiger Lake," its succeeding "Ice Lake," and one other architecture could be launched on 10 nm, before finally deploying 7 nm around 2022.





Sources: HotHardware, AnandTech Forums