steven36 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Millions of PC owners hoping to upgrade to Windows 10 face disappointment as major chipset manufacturers Intel and AMD are delaying, or failing to provide, Windows 10 compatible drivers for their hardware. With Windows 10 planned to be the first of more regular upgrades to the operating system, hardware under two years old is facing obsolescence.According to Windows 10 upgrade documentation from major PC manufacturer Samsung, the list of unsupported hardware, and hardware that will only offer limited functionality, in Windows 10 includes some of the recent 5th generation Intel chipsets (Broadwell). A significant number of earlier releases from both AMD and Intel are also not available for those wishing to upgrade to Windows 10, according to Samsung.Intel has been confusing Windows users hoping to update from 8.1 to 10 with conflicting messages on their message boards and on social media as to whether certain chipsets will eventually receive Windows 10 drivers.@CristobalGCas Hi Chris, we are working on this; However, we still unsure of the release date. Kindly check our website for updates. -MJ— IntelSupport (@IntelSupport) July 30, 2015@Zero_MSN Hi Shiraz, we confirmed w/ our engineering department that GMA3600 will not support Windows10 1/3— IntelSupport (@IntelSupport) August 3, 2015This surprising development could significantly hamper Windows 10 adoption as a significant number of the unsupported PCs will be under two years old, including many tablet devices, such as Samsung’s Ativ range, which took advantage of Windows 8.1’s ability to run on low-cost hardware, such as the older Atom chipset.This is all in stark contrast to the positive coverage the rapid upgrade to more expensive top-end chipsts received in Techspot which reported both Intel and AMD supporting Windows 10 with their latest drivers. Some users have taken the step of ignoring the Windows 10 installer warnings and trying to force Windows 10 upgrades through. Some on popular internet forums are reporting success, but many are also reporting that they are unable to play video due to Intel drivers not functioning correctly on Windows 10, so it wouldn’t appear this is a solution that will work for everyone.Windows 10 driver problems haven’t been confined to manufacturer support either, with the Register reporting that the new mandatory update cycle imposed by Windows 10 on users was causing crashes and glitches for many users.Further problems have occurred, as reported by ExtremeTech, where Windows 10 has attempted to install drivers for hardware that wasn’t even present in the users’ devices.These issues are in danger of producing a perfect storm, where frustrated users choose to downgrade from Windows 10 to their old version of Windows or aren’t able to upgrade to Windows 10 at all due to their hardware manufacturers stranding them with fairly new hardware.It would be a shame if Microsoft and chip manufacturers fall at the hurdle of the very first regular update, as Windows 10 has been well received by most reviewers when compared with the new look Windows 8 brought to the desktop experience. Windows 10 also has worked to improve security by reducing the reliance on passwords, and, in theory, the rolling updates will prevent the problems Windows XP had where millions of unpatched PCs proved easy game for hackers. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steven36 Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Looks like the PC market may see a little boost from Windows 10 yet . Because many that have PCs less than 2 years old cant even install it and some can install but they cant find working drivers That's if they have the money for a hardware upgrade or new computer . Of course Windows 10 market share is growing right now because the ones that can install it and get it to work are. But what about 2 or 3 months from now ?But AMD got a long list of chipsets many that they claim that work with there latest divers and they don't and some chipsets are no longer supported . If they not going support there products why they bother making them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dMog Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 ..i do not know a single person that has a two year old PC that cannot or HAS NOT already installed windows 10... and all have kept w10 because they like it...the pc market is suffering because smart phones and tablets do so much more now than they did 3 years ago...one of my co workers hardly ever boots up his pc now because he has no real need to do so...because he has a high end smart phone...he also will get windows 10 but he also knows he will hardly use it..tablets and smart phones are taking over the pc market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 ..i do not know a single person that has a two year old PC that cannot or HAS NOT already installed windows 10... and all have kept w10 because they like it...the pc market is suffering because smart phones and tablets do so much more now than they did 3 years ago...one of my co workers hardly ever boots up his pc now because he has no real need to do so...because he has a high end smart phone...he also will get windows 10 but he also knows he will hardly use it..tablets and smart phones are taking over the pc marketYou see hereEveryone who has these cardsAMD Radeon HD6200 SeriesAMD Radeon HD6300 SeriesAMD Radeon HD6400 SeriesAMD Radeon HD6500 SeriesAMD Radeon HD6600 SeriesAMD Radeon HD7200 SeriesAMD Radeon HD7300 Seriesyou have already upgraded to Windows 10, please follow the steps listed below to resolve this issue :Uninstall the AMD Catalyst 15.7.1 driver using the Add/Remove Programs option in the Control Panel Reboot the system Use Windows Update to install the appropriate graphics driver for your APU.If you plan to upgrade to Windows 10, please do not install the AMD Catalyst 15.7.1 driver. Windows Update will automatically install the correct driver for your product. Then once you let let windows update install the driver it no works right anymore ,, any newer drivers newer than 15.6 beta dont work for DXVA and a causes huge performance drop in games.These are for computers that came with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 on them Read the comments in this post.https://community.amd.com/docs/DOC-1312 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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