| Author |
 Topic  |
|
Mark Minasi
Chief cook and bottle washer
USA
10658 Posts
Status: offline |
 Posted - 08/01/2009 : 07:05:28 AM
|
As requested, this topic solicits reports on Win 7 installs. Tell us:
-What model did you install Windows 7 on?
-Amount of RAM?
-How's the speed, compared to XP or Vista (if you know)?
-Any parts of the system that you can't get to work (give it a few hours so the Action Center can search for drivers)
-RTM or RC?
And please keep it on-topic so this is a useful thread to all.<g> Thanks!
|
Mark
tweetin' at mminasi |
|
|
Mort
Old Timer
USA
305 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/01/2009 : 11:12:00 AM
|
Model: IBM ThinkPad T60
Ram: 1 GB
Speed: Definitely Usable, w/ double or triple for production machine
Devices: OS found all drivers during install (x64 Win 7)
OS: RC
Issues: Sometimes coming out of hyphenation the screen brightness stays dim. Doesn't happen every time. Could probably be fixed in power settings.
Tim |
Edited by - Mort on 08/03/2009 8:12:01 PM |
 |
|
|
shadowman
Here To Stay
Netherlands
161 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/01/2009 : 12:48:54 PM
|
I have a self build computer with the Windows 7 RC,based on advice of famous dutch geek site (Tweakers.net) ;).
Since the begin of Windows 7,my graphics card an ATI HD4800 is giving issues. Sometimes even blue-screens. I have already installed the latest drivers from the ATI site, but I still see my pc crashing on that driver. I analyzed several memory dumps and each time, I see that atikmdag.sys file from ATI is the issue, where the crashes come from. Quite annoying,sometimes, my monitor goes out, and and then turns on again. I see the message: ATI Drivers has recoverd his self.
|
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you gonna get. |
Edited by - shadowman on 08/01/2009 1:00:20 PM |
|
|
|
Mark Minasi
Chief cook and bottle washer
USA
10658 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/01/2009 : 2:13:36 PM
|
EDITS... (on closer look, the T61P's got some issues)
Model: Lenovo T61P Thinkpad
RAM: 8 GB, all seen by Win 7 (running x64)
Speed: as good as Vista (which is good)
Devices: problem devices:
-Intel Turbo Memory controller
-Tascam US-144
-Edirol/Roland UA-4FX
Apps:
-Outlook Today (2007) runs with script errors
OS: RC
Model: HP Compaq NX6325 Business Laptop
RAM: 4 GB, system only recognizes 2.9 GB (on x64 Win 7)
Devices: all drivers found (with Windows Update help)
OS: RC |
Mark
tweetin' at mminasi |
|
|
|
Pesos
Honorable But Hopeless Addict
USA
3505 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/01/2009 : 4:36:19 PM
|
From the other thread:
x86-Dell Mini 9 - no drivers needed, no issues. Initially ran Fundamentals for Legacy PCs on it, which ran great. I then upgraded to 2 gb ram and a 32 gb SSD and put win7 on - runs beautifully despite the atom processor. Even has aero! The Runcore SSD is zippy and web browsing, Office 2007, etc all run just fine. Great little travel machine.
x86-Dell Mini 12 - no drivers needed, no issues. The mini12 is nonupgradeable - limited to 1 gb ram. This is my colleague's machine, and he reports 7 runs just great on it.
x86-Dell inspiron 600m - my primary laptop (still kicking from 2003!) 1 GB ram. no aero (ancient video chipset); needed vista driver for ancient intel 2100 wifi; sleep sometimes seems a bit funny - performancewise it's great.
x64-Dell Dimension 9100 desktop - no drivers needed, no issues. Pentium D 2.8ghz, 4 GB ram (3.5 seen - but this is a chipset limitation, not a windows limitation). This thing screams with win7 but a good deal of that is due to the Intel SSD in there.
x86-Dell Optiplex 330 desktop - no drivers needed, no issues. Client machine, runs great 2 gb ram.
x64-Dell Precision T7400 workstation - no drivers needed, no issues. 8 GB ram, quad core xeon, professional photoshop workstation. Adobe apps all playing nicely.
x64-Core2Duo-based home-built desktop - no drivers needed, no issues. Built this c2d machine overclocked from 3.0 to 3.6ghz, 8 gb ram - runs win7 beautifully, and win2008 on a separate partition for hyper-v lab testing.
Haven't tried win7 on them yet, but I did install win2008 R2 release candidate on both a macbook and macbook pro and did not have any problems - they ran just great and made a fine hyper-v cluster for testing purposes.
As you can see, many of these machines only have 1 GB of ram and are extremely old (up to 6 years in the case of my main laptop). Vista was not fun on that laptop - so I ran FLP until the win7 RC came out and since then it's been happily plugging away with great performance on win7. |
-Wes |
|
|
|
NSFEddie
Old Timer
USA
557 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/01/2009 : 11:39:38 PM
|
Core 2 Duo, 8 MB RAM, custom built for my lab.
Installing Win7 RC now, planning to add 64-bit 2008 Server to play
with VMs down the road.
Biggest problem so far was correctly burning the
ISO file to DVD, took 4 tries to get it.
Edit: Had to update the NIC driver after install per
Windows update.
Eddie |
NSFEddie
CO front range |
Edited by - NSFEddie on 08/02/2009 12:38:59 PM |
|
|
|
joe_elway
Honorable But Hopeless Addict
Ireland
7396 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 02:26:18 AM
|
Win7 RC:
Installed but 3 issues on Sony Vaio VGN-NR28M laptop :
- Cannot configure the BIOS for Virtual PC 7 so no virtualisation or XP Mode.
- No drivers for power management
- No drivers for the mouse/scratch pad. It's one of those "drivers" that relies on an exe running when you log in. It crashes if you install it on Win7.
I wouldn't expect Sony to fix those issues.
2GB RAM. It's much faster than Vista was on the machine. Admittedly that was an OEM build which I never had time to replace.
I've a homebuild upstairs also running the RC. It has a NetGear wifi NIC that did not have a driver on Vista. I installed the RC and the driver was include. Happy days - no longer have to run a wired network up there that routed onto my wifi. |
Aidan Finn
MCSE, MVP (Virtual Machine)
IT Blog: http://www.aidanfinn.com
My Photography: http://www.aidanfinnphoto.com/
Books: WS2012 Hyper-V Installation & Config Guide, MSFT Private Cloud Computing
Twitter: http://twitter.com/joe_elway |
Edited by - joe_elway on 08/03/2009 02:28:11 AM |
|
|
|
Playwell
Honorable But Hopeless Addict
Netherlands
4822 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 04:31:24 AM
|
a Dell Precision M65, 4GB ram.
an Acer mini Pc, 1GB ram
My AMD socket 939 game pc, 4GB RAM
All in tip-top condition, no problems what so ever |
'People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. '
Quote by Isaac Asimov
|
|
|
|
lacrosseboy
Old Timer
550 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 07:53:06 AM
|
Dell XPS 430 - 8GB - worked fine and speed is excellent - RC
Apple MacBook - 2GB - no problems but not faster than the OSX - RC
MSI Wind U100 - 2GB - ok but slow because of the SSD drive from Crucial - RC
Asus EeePC 900HA - 2GB - 64GB SSD from RunCore - very good. RC
Dell 1501 - 2GB - both 5400RPM and 7200RPM drives ran at acceptable speeds. RC
HP vPro dc7700 - 8GB - I have the Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB hard drive and this was very nice. RC
Sony VAIO VGN-CR320E/W - 2GB - evil Sony! This was an adventure.
I think I have way too much time to do this...
|
Thomas Deimel
Keeper of the Holy Potato |
|
|
|
NSFEddie
Old Timer
USA
557 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/04/2009 : 1:36:32 PM
|
I'm distracted by upcoming med tests...
Where's the coffee?
 |
NSFEddie
CO front range |
|
|
|
chamezzzz
Honorable But Hopeless Addict
United Kingdom
2298 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/07/2009 : 05:09:50 AM
|
Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL RTM Build 7600
32-Bit IBM X31 Laptop - required post Windows Update but then all Drivers present and correct.
2GB of RAM, this laptop is 5 years old!
Runs very well
64-Bit Lenovo Thinkpad T61 6466-5WG
4GB of RAM
Install was fine but some drivers required Windows Update.
Namely Modem, Fingerprint Reader/Bio Chip and Ricoh Card.
Note, I had to use the custom install in Microsoft Update to add some of these drivers.
Once complete, all was good.
The Lenovo site has not yet released a tool for driver updates for Windows 7 that I can find.
So far, Windows 7 is great! Thank you Microsoft, really looking forward to using this OS!
Speed appears quicker to boot and use than both XP and Vista. |
James |
Edited by - chamezzzz on 08/10/2009 7:39:05 PM |
|
|
|
DennisMCSE
Moderator
Canada
2400 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 08:53:09 AM
|
Just installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on:
Dell XPS M1210
4GB RAM
320 GB SATA 7200rpm
Install went great, in less than 20 minutes. The only driver I had issues with so far was an Unknown Device that I finally figured out was for the builtin Logitech webcam. It's a special edition webcam called the Logitech Quickcam for Dell Notebooks. The driver isn't available on the Logitech website (which doesn't seem to have any Windows 7 drivers) and Dell didn't offer an x64 bit version for the laptop even for Vista. Managed to find an x64 bit Vista version of the driver for another laptop and extracted the files. When I tried running the setup program, it gave me the error:
"The operating system that you are using is not supported. Please check the supported operating systems. Setup will be terminated."
But when I went to Device Manager and selected to Update the driver, the driver installed with no issues and the webcam works. It just doesn't have any of the Logitech webcam software installed, so it still needs a program to run the webcam (works with Skype OK)
Edit: Forgot to add that the mousepad has scroll bars to help scrolling, but that don't work yet. Need to look for drivers for that.
|
DennisMCSE
Blog: http://itprofirewalker.wordpress.com/
Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/Firewalker96
|
Edited by - DennisMCSE on 08/10/2009 08:55:08 AM |
|
|
|
DennisMCSE
Moderator
Canada
2400 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 11:28:52 AM
|
quote:
Originally posted by wlazara
"It just doesn't have any of the Logitech webcam software installed"
Sounds like a blessing in disguise to me LOL
True. I actually never used the software, relying more on the application I was using (such as Skype) to handle the webcam. At least I got the drivers installed so that the applications can use it.
Since this laptop is my main computer, just realizing again how much a pain it is to reinstall all the day to day applications I use, plus do all the configurations. On the test machines I played with, I never installed all the applications I use, just the applications I was testing, so it wasn't a bother.
But I must say that Windows 7 is much faster so far than Vista was. Liking that a lot.
|
DennisMCSE
Blog: http://itprofirewalker.wordpress.com/
Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/Firewalker96
|
|
|
|
lacrosseboy
Old Timer
550 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/13/2009 : 09:00:18 AM
|
Here's my answer about Sony model... from Slashdot...
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| No Windows 7 XP Mode For Sony Vaio Z Owners |
| from the for-your-own-good dept. |
| posted by timothy on Tuesday August 11, @09:48 (Sony) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/08/11/1315255 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
[0]Voyager529 writes "While virtually every Core 2 Duo processor supports the hardware virtualization technology that powers the Windows 7 XP Mode, The Register UK reports that the Core 2 Duo processors in the Sony Vaio Z series laptops had the [1]virtualization features intentionally crippled in the BIOS. Senior manager for product marketing Xavier Lauwaert stated that the QA engineers did this to make the systems more resilient against malicious code. He also stated that while they are considering enabling VT in some laptop models due to the backlash, the Z series are not among those being retrofitted."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/11/1315255
Links:
0. http://voyager529ampyahoocom/
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/06/sony_vaio_virtualization_disabled/
|
Thomas Deimel
Keeper of the Holy Potato |
|
|
|
Curt
Moderator
USA
6652 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/13/2009 : 1:58:42 PM
|
I'm not surprised about Sony.
Every time someone has brought a machine to me to put a new OS on the machine there were no drivers for the os for the model.
|
Curt Spanburgh
Microsoft Certified Business Solution Specialist.
Dynamics CRM MVP
Contributing Editor, Windows IT Pro
He that is walking with wise persons will become wise, but he that is having dealings with the stupid ones will fare badly.
Proverbs 13:20
|
|
|
|
jasurveyor
Welcome Newcomer
16 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/13/2009 : 4:26:14 PM
|
Works fine on OptiPlex 745
Joe
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name CAD-016
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model OptiPlex 745
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. 2.0.8, 11/30/2006
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.37 GB
|
|
|
|
downtime
Old Timer
United Kingdom
653 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 04:53:12 AM
|
Just installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM on following system:
Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66GHz Processor
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 Motherboard
OCZ 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1866MHz Platinum Triple Channel Memory
Sapphire HD 4650 512MB GDDR3 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card
Seagate 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM
So much faster than Vista Ultimate! My high CPU problem (http://web2.minasi.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=31824) is now gone. W7 doesn't feel sluggish like Vista did on the same PC.
So far, so good, although I would like my Classic menu back please! |
|
|
|
Curt
Moderator
USA
6652 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 10:00:54 AM
|
Ok, My Fujitsu laptop was a tough upgrade for Win7 Ultimate.
Seems there was a hardware device calling a O2media.sys file.
I renamed the file and took the file out of the system32 folder and tried again but to no avail. I got a blue screen everytime.
The file was referenced in the PNPLockdown area of the registry. I was able to delete the key with regedt32, by changing the permissions on the key and then deleting it.
Still got the blue screen afterward.
Got down to the hardware. There was an OC application tht I believe was associated with a accelerator thumb drive or mass storage device in the programs and the device list.
I removed these. I also removed the SD card reader device.
Rebooted and got the blue screen again.
I booted back to vista and found that the hardware devices were back again.
So I deleted the hardware devices and then started the upgrade process from the CD.
This time I selected the option to get the updates. After that I rebooted and chose the Windows Setup from the prompt screen prior to the GUI initialization.
This time I got past the BSOD from o2media.sys.
The upgrade is still proceeding.
We will see how this works out.
|
Curt Spanburgh
Microsoft Certified Business Solution Specialist.
Dynamics CRM MVP
Contributing Editor, Windows IT Pro
He that is walking with wise persons will become wise, but he that is having dealings with the stupid ones will fare badly.
Proverbs 13:20
|
|
|
|
Curt
Moderator
USA
6652 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 10:15:23 AM
|
Ok, the Fujitsu lifebook e series has passed the registry update and is installing the devices.
It's always a relief when you see the screen go from 800X600 to the higher def.
Nice how Win7 changes the resolution during the setup to alert you that it can handle your video controller.
So far the shock sensor is out the window (pun intended) and the infrared device is also not going to work.
Like I'm going to miss it?
We are at the stage of the file transfer now. Looks like I might have made it.
Perhaps I can get drivers for the devices that could not upgrade later.
|
Curt Spanburgh
Microsoft Certified Business Solution Specialist.
Dynamics CRM MVP
Contributing Editor, Windows IT Pro
He that is walking with wise persons will become wise, but he that is having dealings with the stupid ones will fare badly.
Proverbs 13:20
|
|
|
|
timberk
Major Contributor
USA
786 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 11:13:10 AM
|
I've got Windows 7 Professional x64 RTM up and running on a Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop
Core 2 Duo processor at 2.0 Ghz
2 Gigs of RAM
Short a few drivers at install. Quickly found all the missing drivers on Windows Update, but one. This missing one is the built in camera, which I don't use anyway.
Kind of early to say for sure, but it appears Win7 runs faster than Vista on this same machine.
~tb |
|
|
|
Curt
Moderator
USA
6652 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 11:58:21 AM
|
Ok we are successful (with some difficulity) with the install of Win 7 Ultimate on the Fujitsu Life book E series.
4 gigs of ram.
Runs faster than ....umh.... Vista Business.
And I think the loads of useless junk software that ran in startup really slowed things down.
I removed much but there is just some much.
|
Curt Spanburgh
Microsoft Certified Business Solution Specialist.
Dynamics CRM MVP
Contributing Editor, Windows IT Pro
He that is walking with wise persons will become wise, but he that is having dealings with the stupid ones will fare badly.
Proverbs 13:20
|
|
|
|
pknuth
Seasoned But Casual Onlooker
USA
36 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/17/2009 : 3:52:44 PM
|
Installed it on my home built virtualization workstation
64 bit ultimate
Dual Socket AMD Opteron dual core 2.6 GHz machine
32 GB of memory
2 x Nvidia 9600 SLI
TYAN 3600 motherboard
2x320 GB SATA drives.
Very stable, seems fast, no hardware issues. |
|
|
|
Pesos
Honorable But Hopeless Addict
USA
3505 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/17/2009 : 7:45:53 PM
|
Just installed on old Dell Latitude X1 laptop, 1.25 GB ram and 1.1ghz pentium M cpu. Picked up everything except the intel 2200 wifi, had to load vista driver (and windows update then installed an updated version).
Since it has older intel 915 graphics (non-aero) I initially installed Home Basic. I noticed that there are a few things that are oddly missing from Basic - such as the Personalize option when right-clicking the desktop (you have to go in via control panels instead - a pain). You also can't do multiple wallpapers with basic.
So I figured what the heck, I'll try out this "anytime upgrade" thing microsoft keeps touting. Popped in a serial # for home premium, and about 8 minutes (and 2 reboots) later I had a Home Premium machine. Runs well even on this older hardware. |
-Wes |
|
|
|
mitachu
Honorable But Hopeless Addict
United Kingdom
1947 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/25/2009 : 07:19:43 AM
|
Windows 7 ran fine on my ML110
|
Tim |
|
|
|
joe_elway
Honorable But Hopeless Addict
Ireland
7396 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/25/2009 : 09:50:24 AM
|
| Installed on my Dell Latitude D530 work machine last weekend. Runs very sweetly. It feels faster than the build of Vista I had on it. I've no stats but it feels faster. |
Aidan Finn
MCSE, MVP (Virtual Machine)
IT Blog: http://www.aidanfinn.com
My Photography: http://www.aidanfinnphoto.com/
Books: WS2012 Hyper-V Installation & Config Guide, MSFT Private Cloud Computing
Twitter: http://twitter.com/joe_elway |
|
|
|
Pesos
Honorable But Hopeless Addict
USA
3505 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/25/2009 : 11:49:56 AM
|
| Installed on a myriad of dell and hp desktops at a client this weekend via WDS. Only hiccup was that some of the older machines required me to download the XP video driver (intel 865 graphics, no aero). Everything else worked great... |
-Wes |
|
|
|
Curt
Moderator
USA
6652 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/26/2009 : 08:14:58 AM
|
I guess we won't need those Vista Accelerator Memory Sticks anymore.
BTW, the software that came with the MEM Stick was incompatible with Windows 7.
|
Curt Spanburgh
Microsoft Certified Business Solution Specialist.
Dynamics CRM MVP
Contributing Editor, Windows IT Pro
He that is walking with wise persons will become wise, but he that is having dealings with the stupid ones will fare badly.
Proverbs 13:20
|
|
|
|
Mark Minasi
Chief cook and bottle washer
USA
10658 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/26/2009 : 1:15:44 PM
|
| If you're talking Intel Turbo Memory, the driver can be installed, it just takes a big of playing. |
Mark
tweetin' at mminasi |
|
|
|
Bbacoyiannis
Old Timer
Canada
495 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 08/28/2009 : 11:33:17 AM
|
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on a Dell XPS 430, 8 GB RAM, Less disk trashing compared to Vista, System works great, it is actually a joy.
All is working well except for my sideshow driver.
All my games work great.
Windows 7 Ultimate on a Dell Latitude D630, 64bit all works great. 2 GB of RAM, Vista performed fine on this machine as well
Windows 7 Enteprise 64bit on a Dell OptiPlex 755, all works great. 2GB of RAM works great, but Vista did as well.
|
Bill Bacoyiannis
Director of Technology
Justaskbill.net |
|
|
|
jfield
Seasoned But Casual Onlooker
USA
59 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 09/22/2009 : 1:34:16 PM
|
Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit now running on many multiples of all of the following, each with 1 or 2gb of RAM:
Optiplex GX60
Optiplex GX260
Optiplex GX270
Optiplex GX280
Optiplex 360
Optiplex 745
Optiplex 755
Optiplex 760
Optiplex 960
Latitude D510
Latitude D530
Latitude D600
Latitude D630
Latitude 110L |
|
|
|
nzschooltech
Welcome Newcomer
1 Posts
Status: offline |
Posted - 10/20/2009 : 6:17:17 PM
|
Have two Hyper-V VMs running x86 and one running x64 as well as several pieces of hardware.
The oldest box is almost four years old, an Intel D915GAV board, and has the same problem as with Vista - Intel decided not to produce any Vista native drivers for it (hence the "Vista Capable Lawsuit"). The result is no graphics drivers for 7, and nothing that requires Direct3D can run it, so none of the dynamic screensavers will run, for example. The supplied driver does go up to 1280x1024 with the LCD we had connected.
So far I have not seen any other problems with 7. |
|
|
|
Topic |
|
What systems Win 7 does/doesn't install on
