Amd ryzen windows 7: Will Ryzen 3rd Gen Desktop CPUs support Windows 7?

How to get Ryzen to work on Windows 7 x64

AMD doesn’t officially support Ryzen processors on Windows 7. Given that Microsoft has effectively ended support for the OS, that’s exactly what we’d expect from AMD — Intel has also officially stopped supporting Windows 7 on the latest platforms. «Official» is a general term: some specific customers may receive extended lifetime support, or drivers that are currently missing from the ecosystem are still running on the platforms. Official support refers to driver updates and possibly security updates, but there is nothing stopping you from trying to install an OS on a system or platform.

For clarification, we did not speak to AMD at the time of writing this article. AMD’s official stance on Windows 7 on Ryzen is that it’s not supported, and as a result, that means they won’t provide support around it. There may also be other ways to install an unsupported OS, however there are several solutions.

Main problem: USB support

For Windows 7 installations, problems are usually related to USB support. Once a mouse/keyboard is connected, everything else after that is usually easy to set up (installing drivers, etc.). However, due to 100 series chipsets on Intel and AM4 motherboards on AMD, this can be a problem. When using a CD or USB drive to install the OS, the image requires USB drivers to enable the mouse or keyboard to navigate through the installation menu. This is a core process that does not run on both platforms and acts as a barrier to installation.

General solution: use a PS/2 keyboard if the motherboard has a PS/2 port

By default, on most systems, the way to ensure that a mouse pointer or keyboard activity is present during installation is to plug in a PS/2 keyboard. I never didn’t know the install wouldn’t be able to recognize the PS/2 peripheral so this is often the best choice. However, PS/2 as a connection standard is nearly dead (sometimes new keyboards offer dual connectivity, like one of my Rosewill mechanical keyboards), with fewer motherboards supporting it, and it falls to USB as a backup.

GIGABYTE AX370 Gaming 5 with PS/2 port

The main reason PS/2 should work where there is no USB has to do with protocol. PS/2 uses interrupts through the system, compared to USB which is based on polling. This results in different levels of interaction: a PS/2 keyboard enters its commands, but this means no support for n-key rollover, whereas a USB keyboard will bind its commands and send them when the system asks for it. Unfortunately, the latter requires the default driver to be able to do this.

(As a general rule, always use USB 2.0 ports. They will most likely be supported based on USB 3.0, which may require chipset drivers.)

Problems faced by users who want to install Windows 7 who do not have a PS port /2 or peripherals, which come in two flavors:

Problem 1: Installing Windows 7

With Intel on the Z170 series and above, it was a case where USB 2.0 had to be emulated via the BIOS option to install Windows 7, due to removal of EHCI support. A couple of weeks later when motherboard manufacturers started rolling out BIOS/EFI updates for each of their products and enabling this option allowed users to have a keyboard during a standard install.

However, from personal experience, this actually worked when installing Window 7 from a CD instead of a USB stick. Somehow using a database USB stick will invalidate the presence of a mouse/keyboard over USB during the installation process.

With AMD it’s a bit tricky. There is no EHCI emulation. But apparently it comes down to where the USB ports come from.

Potential solution for 1.1 install: Use USB 2.0 port on chipset

According to some documents obtained by AnandTech, AMD BIOS considers USB ports from the CPU (because the CPU is a SoC) and USB ports from the chipset 300 on- differently. From what we’ve seen, USB support is supported on chipset ports, but not on processor-based ports. Ryzen is a bit different from previous desktop platforms as it can have USB ports from both. For example, here is the layout of the Bristol Range processor and B350 chipset, each showing USB ports.

USB ports from the chipset must be natively supported in a Windows 7 installation, allowing users to have access during OS installation via USB or via CD. But finding which ports on your device are supported by the chipset and not the processor can be tricky, especially if the motherboard manufacturer doesn’t provide a block diagram of the onboard paths and controllers. There is also the fact that embedded headers can be chipset based, requiring the use of cables from the header to the port.

However, this method described in the docs did not work on my Crosshair VI Hero. It may work on other boards, but not here.

Even if this works, there could be a big problem when it comes to accessing the OS, as explained next.

Possible solution for installation 1.2: use Windows 7 unattended Install

For users who customize their operating system packages using tools available on the Internet, silent installation usually covers this entire scenario. Unsupervised until an additional entrance is required, it should swim straight ahead. Of course, this method usually means that the drive you want to use is ready to use (with proper settings and partitioning). Experienced users familiar with this method will be handy here.

Possible Solution for Install 1.3: Install Windows 7 First on Another System

In our initial Ryzen review, to get SYSMark numbers to match those in our database, this is the method I had to use. To do this, we had to bend one of our more rigid rules.

It should be noted that installing a Windows OS on one system and moving the disk to another is a bad idea. As part of the installation, Windows will detect which system you are using and install the base drivers for that system, for that processor, and for that chipset. This creates clutter and confusion when moving a drive to another system, which is why we usually suggest that the new system get a fresh OS install to help with this. While still a bad idea, a new operating system is easier to manage than a fully loaded, well-used OS.

So for this method for our review, due to the timing of the events, I had access to the Sandy Bridge system. I did a basic install of Windows 7 x64 Professional using a USB stick on a Z77 motherboard with an R7 240 graphics card and didn’t install any additional drivers when booting the OS.

But there is a second question.

Issue 2: USB drivers enabled Windows 7

300 series based chipsets are identical to those offered by Bristol Ridge and based in part on Carrizo hardware and as a result Windows 7 Drivers for these platforms work with AM4 to support the core chipset . Audio and Network drivers are a slightly different kettle of fish, and you might have to go hunting for Windows 7 variants of those.

If you installed Windows 7 via a PS/2 keyboard and mouse, the operating system should be able to access the hardware and installing drivers should be easy.

The drivers that worked on launch day are Crimson ReLive 17.2.1 Chipset Drivers from March 3rd. The following links are for 64-bit versions.

• Most modern: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/chipset?os=Windows+10+-+64
• Previous versions: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/chipset/previous?os=Windows%2010%20-%2064

However, the USB redundancy methods for 1.2 and 1.3 described above do not take into account the actual presence of USB drivers in Windows 7 for Ryzen. Windows 7 There may be some underlying driver that will allow users to access the hardware, but this is not guaranteed. There is a reliable method for this.

Windows 7 USB 2.

1 Driver Installation: Integrating Drivers into Silent Install

For an advanced user familiar with adding installation packages or driver packages to OS images, the following drivers extracted from the above files should be:

• USB30_ZP
• USB31_PT

Paste this into your OS image and the USB ports will work. Otherwise…

Windows 7 USB Driver Install 2.2: Installing Drivers to Boot at Boot

This is the method I used to install the drivers. The main condition for the OS is the installation of drivers when the OS boots. All of these steps must be performed on a secondary system that Windows 7 has installed, except for the last couple of instructions.

(Step 1) Download the ReLive 17.2.1 chipset drivers from the links above.
(Step 2) Run the installer, but only at the location where it extracts the files, and the Radeon screen appears:

When this happens, navigate to where the drivers were extracted, usually C: AMD. Make a copy of this directory wherever you are and exit the installer. The installer usually removes the original copy and you can put it back in C:AMD.

(Step 3) Go to Radeon-Crimson-ReLive-17.2.1… directory and you will see this:

Now right click and go to New -> Text Document:

Select this , hit enter to accept the default name, and open the file. You should see an empty notepad. In this case, add the following:

 Setup.exe -install 

Save this file as ‘setup.bat’ in the same directory. In the installation folder you should see the following:

If the setup file has the same icon as the new text document, the «.bat» part of the filename does not work. You will have to go through Tools -> Options and enable «Filename Extensions» to see the full filename and rename it that way to setup.bat (right click the file, select rename).

(Step 4) Now we need to create a shortcut to this batch file in the startup directory. From the Start menu, select All Programs, locate the startup folder, right-click, and select Open.

It should suggest an empty directory. Right click and select New -> New Shortcut and a popup menu will appear. Select «Browse» and navigate to the batch file (in this example, c:AMMRadeon-Crimson…).

Select OK, select Next, and select Finish. The catalog should show the following:

(Step 5) Shut down the system and transfer the SSD to the Ryzen system. Turn it on and wait a few minutes after the system boots to install the drivers. At some point, mouse and keyboard control will occur.

TL flow diagram; DR

For some of our readers who know how to extract files and create shortcuts, this flowchart might be easier: having USB is a problem. However, due to our limitations in testing Ryzen, we have so far tested this method by installing Win7 x64 Professional on a Crosshair VI Hero. Other methods may work better as the platform evolves. However, it should be noted that AMD does not officially support Ryzen and the AM4 platform on Windows 7.

Any users with other methods, or success/failure stories, please post below.

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