Motherboard supported by Windows 10?

[JamesDaGames]

Hi everyone,

With Windows 10 coming out next month, I just have one question about upgrading, but I understand if it is not possible to answer as we are 2 months away from release.

Would my motherboard be supported by windows 10? I haven't been able to find any information and I would greatly appreciate some insight and even though the Get Windows 10 app states that there will be no problems, I would just like to get some reassurance. My motherboard is the P17SM-A notebook motherboard which I believe is supported by Intel. Just in case it is needed, here are my full specs:

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Extreme i7-4940MX (3.10GHz) 8MB
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 880M - 8.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD10JPVX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD10JPVX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-7260 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT
Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 230W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & License

Thanks for reading and for any responses.

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

It's up to clevo to release updated drivers for windows 10, but in my experience with the win 10 preview, it works fine on the vortex with windows 8 drivers

 

[mantadog]

It will be supported for sure, PCS will upload the relevant drivers into the download section of your account.

 

[Pagey]

Ok, to slap in my two pennies worth:

I've been using W10 for a little while now with no issues, originally did a dual boot with W8.1 and W10 installed perfectly on my Optimus IV, all drivers were detected by Windows and installed and everything run without having to install the drivers myself. As for the motherboard and drivers generally: you will probably be able to get away with using W8.1 drivers if the Microsoft Updates can't find them.

Now I've done away with W8.1 and have just installed W10 over W8.1 with absolutely no issues, even the hotkey software still works.

There is absolutely no reason why Microsoft would release a new OS and expect people to get new mobos to run it. You can even install W10 on old hardware if the hardware can handle W10.

HTH