I got win 7 running on a coffee lake pc !!!

using only these 3 extra items I purchased 2nd hand

 

1)   a ps2 mouse and keyboard needed for installing windows menus  as the coffee lake usb 3.0 or 3.1 are to new for windows 7 to regonise during the install

costing about 4 pounds for the ps2 mouse and 4 for the ps2 keyboard

2)  a cheap 4 port or 7 port usb 3.0 pci-e card you can plugin in to you motherboard that will give you mouse and keyboard functionality in windows once windows is instaLLED

costing about 14 pounds

once windows is installed  you wont be able to use the motherboards built in usb  as windows 7 wont regonise the new ports

but that ok because you've installed a usb pci-e that will give you 7 usb ports

 

I need to do this as I needed tileproxy for my scenery thats work perfectly in windows 7 

tile proxy runs on prepar3d v3 win7  using this method

boot F8 select disable driver signing enforcement

disable UAC in windows

and run Prepar3d v3 using FS estoninia start in legacy mode

 

this could be useful info for anyone whos bought a new pc and  needs to get windows 7

installed using an easy method  ( no skill required !!!)

 

 

Edited September 16, 20187 yr by harry251

 ...or you could buy a mobo (the Asus ROG Apex is one, maybe the only) that comes with built-in mouse and keyboard ps2 ports, and a usb 2.0 header. :-)

thanks for that info

i think that's a good option motherboard if you need a coffee lake windows 7 pc

with  usb2.0 and ps2 and  duel SLI card support

 

Edited September 16, 20187 yr by harry251

4 hours ago, harry251 said:

thanks for that info

i think that's a good option motherboard if you need a coffee lake windows 7 pc

with  usb2.0 and ps2 and  duel SLI card support

 

Yeah, the Apex is a dream mobo when one wishes a true performance build ....even if one uses Win10.

However, your info is darn useful also, if one already has the coffee lake and wants to experiment with Win7. So. thank you. 🙂