BIOSTAR Brings Windows 7 Support to Selected Intel and AMD Motherboards
BIOSTAR Brings Windows 7 Support to Selected Intel and AMD Motherboards
BIOSTAR, a manufacturer of PC motherboards, has announced that a selection of their mainboards will be receiving official support for Windows 7, seeing a clear demand for newer systems which use Microsoft’s older software. Official support for Windows 7 ends on January 14th 2020, but that doesn’t mean that BIOSTAR intends to abandon the OS just yet.
Selected Intel 300-series motherboards, AMD 300/400 series motherboards (with Bristol, Summit or Pinnacle Ridge processors) and AMD SoC series motherboards will support Windows 7. A list of supported motherboards is available below.
Intel 300 Series Motherboards
– H310MHD3
– H310MHD PRO2
– H310MHC2
– H310MHG
AMD 300 and 400 Series Motherboards
– RACING X470GT8
– RACING X470GTN
– RACING B450GT3
– B450MH
– B450MHC
– RACING X370GTN
– RACING X370GT7
– RACING X370GT5
– RACING X370GT3
– RACING B350GTN
– RACING B350GT5
– RACING B350GT3
– RACING B350ET2
– Hi-Fi B350S1
– TB350-BTC
– B45M2
AMD SoC Series Motherboards:
– A10N-8800E
– A68N-5600
– A68N-5745
– A68N-5545
– A68N-5100
– A68N-5200
– A68N-5000
– A68N-2100
– A68I-E350 DELUXE
– A68I-450 DELUXE
– A68I-350 DELUXE
– A68I-350 DELUXE R2.0
BIOSTAR recommends that users of Windows 7 on these motherboards take advantage of Microsoft’s SHA-2 Security Update, which will help to prevent future OS vulnerabilities on Windows 7. More information about Windows 7’s SHA-2 update is available here.
Users of supported BIOSTAR H310 motherboards will need to use BIOSTAR’s Windows 7 Media Creation tool to create a compatible Windows 7 installation image. More information about this tool is available here. At this time it is unknown whether or not higher-end Intel 300-series motherboard will eventually receive Windows 7 support.
You can join the discussion on BIOSTAR supporting Windows 7 on some of their latest motherboards on the OC3D Forums.