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has anyone tested windows 7 on a ryzen 5000 series CPU?
hi, i was wondering if anyone has tested windows 7 on a ryzen 5000 series CPU yet, i really want one but i refuse to use window 10 ( i will be moving to linux once my key programs no long run on windows 7).
i currently have a ryzen 3800x running on a asrock x470 taichi ultimate with win 7 64-bit ultimate edition fully functional and fairly stable. i tried upgrading to my motherboard to the asrock x570 creator (the closest x570 board in design and features to the x470 taichi ultimate, chosen of best possible compatibility with existing os install) sadly when i hooked everything up and tested it windows 7 simply refused to load (said my bios was not fully acpi compliant, the same error i read about afflicting ryzen APU users) and sure enough i couldnt get it working, just keep bsoding even with the install disc, i tried all the compatibility modes in bios, i tried disabling every onboard device possible, i even tried incremental bios flashing and nothing work. it would appear that x570 bios'es ( or at least the ones for the asrock x570 creator) are now deliberately being coded to windows 7 incompatible.
this worries me greatly because although my x470 taichi ultimate works great, right now i fear im one bios update away for having a expensive paperweight, because i have read other stories of other people who had windows 7 working on a x570 motherboard but it got bricked by a subsequent bios update and amd has all ready stated that the bios update that will be required for ryzen 5000 support will be a 1 way ticket, and im worried that all new amd bios'es will windows 7 incompatible by design.
so long post short, has anyone gotten a amd ryzen cpu 5000 series cpu working on windows 7, if so what motherboard and bios revision are you using and what if any special steps were taken to get it working on 7
thank you for taking the time to read this thread and i look forward to your replies ( other than the "just get windows 10" ones)