Windows 8 possible?

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Windows 8 possible?

#1 Post by KmjAdmin »

Wondering if anyone has tried using the windows 7 method to get windows 8 operational on a cf-30. Thanks in advance.

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Re: Windows 8 possible?

#2 Post by copracer1990 »

Did it on a CF30 MK1 (CF30CCS80BM) with no issues, other than my Build 9200 needing activation... I also did it on a MK2 (CF30FCS80AM) and the "Brightness" control through W8 worked GREAT. I used all the Vista and W7 drivers...
If it isn't broken, take it apart to see why it is working!!

(1) CF30CCS80BM~TOUCHSCREEN~1.6GhzCORE 2~80g HD~4G RAM~EMISSIVE BACKLIT~INTEL 4965ABGN~GOBI~WINDOWS 7 ENTERPRISE~

(1) CF29LWQGCBM~TOUCHSCREEN~1.6Ghz~1.5G RAM~RUBBER BACKLIT~INTEL2915ABG~80g HD~WINDOWS 7 ENTERPRISE~

(1) CF27LBAGHEM~TOUCHSCREEN~500Mhz~512MB RAM~DUAL BOOT XP & WIN98SE~60g HD~ EMISSIVE BACKLIT~GREAT FOR PROGRAMMING MY 2 WAY RADIOS~

(1) CF-M34~TOUCHSCREEN~unknown specs for running OBDII scanner~

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Re: Windows 8 possible?

#3 Post by KmjAdmin »

you sir are a gentleman and a scholar!

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Re: Windows 8 possible?

#4 Post by toughasnails »

Did you still have to update the BIOS to get the touch screen to work.
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Re: Windows 8 possible?

#5 Post by KmjAdmin »

Looks like windows 8 works GREAT on a cf-30. Ive completed my first rig out of 16 today and all hardware appears to work very well. I DID upgrade the bios to vista version fyi. Just in case someone wants to take advantage of the inexpensive 40 dollar upgrades.

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#6 Post by ckrowi »

copracer1990 wrote:Did it on a CF30 MK1 (CF30CCS80BM) with no issues, other than my Build 9200 needing activation... I also did it on a MK2 (CF30FCS80AM) and the "Brightness" control through W8 worked GREAT. I used all the Vista and W7 drivers...
Wow! sounds like there is hope for getting Windows 8 Pro working right on the MK2
Did you install Windows 8 system builder on a clean hard drive, or did you do an upgrade?
If upgrade did you go Vista to Windows 8 directly or did you install Vista, then Windows 7 upgrade, then Windows 8 Pro upgrade to get everything working right?

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Re: Windows 8 possible?

#7 Post by wyrm73 »

I just did an upgrade from Win 7 and the only thing I had to do was delete Microsoft Security Essentials (built into Win 8 apparently) and I removed the Toshiba Bluetooth. The built in Bluetooth drivers work at least well enough for my printer.

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Got Windows 8 32bit working perfectly

#8 Post by ckrowi »

Had some trouble with the
Intel Dynamic Power Performance Management driver (ETM) when I tried a clean install of Windows 8. The darn Setup file wouldn't execute giving me a compatibility error.

Then I ran into slow text input response only in the desktop version of IE 10. found out the Fujitsu TouchPad driver was making Internet Explorer go all spastic. So now I am on the lookout for an updated touchpad driver while I use the default ps/2 mouse driver that windows loaded.

Only way I found around the ETM driver was to install windows 7 pro, do not activate it, then install the ETM driver only, no other drivers or software, and then upgrade to windows 8 and install a few of the remaining drivers and software packages.
Hopefully someone out there will figure out a way to do a clean install of windows 8. It seems perfect for the touchscreen, even without the multitouch.

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#9 Post by Shadow »

I have just done an upgrade from vista to win8 on a Mk1 and it all works great no driver issues at all

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Re: Windows 8 possible?

#10 Post by toughasnails »

Welcome to the Toughbook forum
Thats good to know. Was the upgrade done on a CF-30 MK1 ?
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