Asus P8P67 Pro Rev 3.1 Windows 10 upgrade compatibility

bastille77

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I’ve an older Asus P8P67 Pro Rev 3.1 motherboard with an OC’ed i5-2500k and GTX 970. This rig is able to run most of the newer games without any trouble.

Recently I’ve been toying with the idea of upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 in order to take advantage of Direct 12 support for newer games.

Before upgrading however, I’ve some reservations about the compatibility of my motherboard. I’m aware that no Windows 10 drivers for the onboard sound and usb 3.0 exist. I’ve also seen at least one person complain their mouse and keyboard stopped functioning after upgrading, possibility due to incompatible usb drivers?

Has anybody who owns said motherboard been able to get Windows 10 to work on it without any problems?

tasiorek

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Are you able to get the sound and peripherals (mouse and keyboard) to work without any issues?

I Never had any issues.

Calvin7

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Windows 10 — [MB] Which model supports Windows 10?
https://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1013093/

Asus lists the Intel Series 8 Chipset as the newest Intel Chipset supporting Windows 10. Asus P8P67 Pro Rev 3.1 is Series 6 Chipset, Intel P67(B3). It is listed as supporting Windows 8.1 as the latest operating system. Some Windows 10 features may or may not work.

tasiorek

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bastille77

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Are you able to get the sound and peripherals (mouse and keyboard) to work without any issues?

tasiorek

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Are you able to get the sound and peripherals (mouse and keyboard) to work without any issues?

I Never had any issues.

bastille77

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Finally installed a clean copy of Windows 10 onto a new SSD (upgrading from my existing Windows 7 partition was fraught with errors and never worked).

The new OS was able to detect my existing mouse, keyboard, webcam and even the onboard sound and install drivers for them automatically. Even my video card, a gtx 970’s driver was also automatically downloaded and installed in the background. So far I’m glad to report there are no problems.

Anyone using the same motherboard as me can feel safe to upgrade.

rogerwilker

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What dram are you using? I have done the same thing to use it as a media server;however, am having dram problems.

Will work with one stick in the A2 slot. Will not work with the A2 and B2 slots populated.

bastille77

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What dram are you using? I have done the same thing to use it as a media server;however, am having dram problems.

Will work with one stick in the A2 slot. Will not work with the A2 and B2 slots populated.

That’s odd. Maybe try running a memtest on those ram to see if any of them is bad? Unless you’ve already tried booting the system with both sticks individually.

I’m using Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 ram, plugged into the A2 and B2 slots (blue) respectively.

straightawaykid

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My experience with Windows 10 on an Asus P8P67 pro B3, i5-2500k at 4.2 GHz, psu Antec EA750: upgrading was fine, all worked, sleep functioned normally. Then I installed it from scratch on a new Kingston 240GB SSD — using the MS tool to boot from USB. Everything is fine, very fast, except: it will not sleep. If you select start, power, sleep, it will shut off like it’s asleep. Then attempts to wake it (mouse or keyboard or even power switch) results in startup with red memory LED lit, automatically powers off, then starts up again. It takes several seconds longer to get to bios then it starts Windows fresh (but w/o sleep). When I contacted Asus, they said they don’t support the board with Windows 10 and to get the drivers from the chip-set manufacturer — Intel? Win 10 rejects my original m/b driver disc saying wrong version.

Update: In September 2016, the motherboard fried anyway, it being just over 5 years old. So my new solution is purchasing a new Z170 Maximus VIII Formula, with an i7-6700K and 256 MB M2 ssd. It runs Windows 10 very fast: 7-8 seconds boot and 1 second to load Firefox. Sleep works correctly now.

After Windows 10 upgrade, Touchpad for my ASUS laptop is not working

After upgrading to Windows 10, touchpad does not work. For some reason, as the system is booted up, touchpad is by default disabled. If I enable it and restart, it is disabled when the machine boots up and now again I am not able to use the touchpad.

Touchpad driver version is ELAN Touchpad 15.8.4.3_X64_WHQL

I only get the option of enabling but do not get to see any other options.

Could you pls check and suggest what should be done.

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Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

As per the issue description touchpad is not working as it gets disabled automatically. The issue could be if the drivers are either not updated or get corrupted. So, I would suggest you to update the touchpad drivers and see if it helps you to fix the issue.

The issue could also be related to the touchpad drivers and other updates . I want to inform you that updates will be released by Microsoft. So, I would suggest you to keep checking your Windows updates not only important one but optional too. If any available try to install them and see if it helps you to fix the issue.

First try to install all of the Windows updates available and if issue persists, try to update the touchpad drivers by following the steps provided in the article mentioned below.

If issue still persists, then install the drivers for Windows 8/8.1 from the manufacturer’s website in compatibility mode and check if that works.

Reference:

Hope this would help. If issue still persists post back with current status of your computer and result of the proposed suggestion, we will be happy to assist you.

How to get the Windows 10 Free upgrade + assistive technologies free upgrade availability after July 29th 2016

Technical Level : Basic

Microsoft will release Windows 10 its next generation operating system on July 29th 2015

Please note that after July 29th 2016 the free upgrade offer ended, however it is still active for users of assistive technologies.

Learn how Windows 10 will be distributed and what you need to do to reserve your free copy.

Windows 10 free upgrade for customers who use assistive technologies
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade

Windows 10 Upgrade Requirements:

Windows 8 users must have Windows 8.1 with Update 1 installed.

Read the following article:

To check if the necessary Windows Updates have been installed:

First verify that you have IE11 installed? If not then download and install IE11: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/ie-11-worldwide-languages

1) Verify that for Windows 8.1 KB3035583 and KB2976978 are installed.

(KB3035583 and KB2952664 for Windows 7)

Open Windows Update as follows:

Right click on ‘Start’ / Control Panel / Windows Updates and in the bottom left corner click on the ‘Installed Updates’ link.

In the upper right corner there is a ‘Search Installed Update’ box. Enter the appropriate pair of KB numbers (one at a time) for your version of Windows. Example: KB3035583

Note: If these updates were installed within the last week continue on to step #2, otherwise un-install both updates and re-install them and then continue to step #2.

2) Open Windows ‘Task Scheduler’ (Start / Computer / Manage) and navigate to:

Computer Management / System Tools / Task Scheduler / Task Scheduler Library / Microsoft / Windows / Application Experience

3) Right click on ‘Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser’ and select the ‘Run’ option. You may need to wait anywhere between 10 to 30 minutes or more for the task to complete and return to the ‘Ready’ Status. Press the F5 key to refresh the ‘Status’ about every 10 minutes.

4) Open File Explorer in Windows 8.1 and navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\GWX folder. Right click on the GWX.exe file and select the ‘Run as administrator’ option. Click ‘Yes’ when prompted.

5) Let the computer idle, keep your laptop connected to AC power and about 1 hour (take a good movie break), more if you have a slower computer (about 2 hours to play it safe) and if the GWX icon is still not displayed, shut you device totally down (do not hibernate or go into Sleep mode) for the night.

6) The next day power on the computer and wait about 30 minutes, the GWX icon should now be visible.

7) Click on the GWX icon in the taskbar and view the 6 slide presentation. You’re now ready to immediately make your reservation or wait a while as it’s a free upgrade for a year starting on July 29th, 2015

The Get Windows 10 app will provide with a tutorial of how the reservation works.

•Reserve your FREE upgrade to Windows 10 now. It will download* once available, and you can cancel your reservation at any time.

•You’ll get a notification after Windows 10 is downloaded to your device. Install it right away or pick a time that’s good for you.

•After it’s installed, Windows 10 is all yours.

Learn more about the new features:

Windows 10 Faqs:

Additional Wiki articles you may want to read: