hi
I just dropped a spare hard disk into my old Optimus II and installed Windows 8.1 Pro from an ISO without product key for testing purposes. All drivers installed except the sd card reader but I used the Windows 7 driver and that seemed to work ok. After I got .Net 3.51 installed from Add/Remove Windows components in control panel I got Hotkey to work successfully too.
The latest Synaptics driver from their website won't install so I will try and older version.
My Gigabit ethernet was installed initially but since running Windows Update it has disappeared from device manager.
Has any body else tried Windows 8.1 on this model? I'm going to be ordering an Optimus V soon and will move my retail Windows 7 to the new machine and then install my Windows 8.0 (8.1) pro upgrade on this older machine.
--damole
I just dropped a spare hard disk into my old Optimus II and installed Windows 8.1 Pro from an ISO without product key for testing purposes. All drivers installed except the sd card reader but I used the Windows 7 driver and that seemed to work ok. After I got .Net 3.51 installed from Add/Remove Windows components in control panel I got Hotkey to work successfully too.
The latest Synaptics driver from their website won't install so I will try and older version.
My Gigabit ethernet was installed initially but since running Windows Update it has disappeared from device manager.
Has any body else tried Windows 8.1 on this model? I'm going to be ordering an Optimus V soon and will move my retail Windows 7 to the new machine and then install my Windows 8.0 (8.1) pro upgrade on this older machine.
--damole