Troubleshoot Sandy Bridge CPU and Windows 10

[frogboy]

Windows 10 is good, but what matters more to me is that my system fully supports it. Since Intel will never bother to write Windows 10 graphic drivers for my Sandy Bridge processor, the free upgrade makes no sense. Microsoft said my system was ready for Windows 10, but it turned out to be the opposite. I think Microsoft shouldn't have forced people with incompatible hardware like me to upgrade to Windows 10.
P.S Those who have Sandy Bridge processors just need to play an .mkv video on Windows 10 to see how incompatible their systems are.

I just played a few MKV files on Windows 10 with no dramas using several different players all were fine including the Windows players.

 

[hoang2007]

I just played a few MKV files on Windows 10 with no dramas using several different players all were fine including the Windows players.

Do you have a Sandy Bridge processor and what is your graphic driver version? I had the latest driver from Windows update (9.17.10.4229) but still couldn't play .mkv videos properly. I experienced green screen and graphic corruption when playing back these videos by using Windows Media Player and Movie App. I also tried some .mkv samples from this site: Download Sample Videos / Dummy Videos For Demo Use and got black screen. I think Intel Windows 8.1 graphic driver is the cause.

 

[frogboy]

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Do you have a Sandy Bridge processor and what is your graphic driver version? I had the latest driver from Windows update (9.17.10.4229) but still couldn't play .mkv videos properly. I experienced green screen and graphic corruption when playing back these videos by using Windows Media Player and Movie App. I also tried some .mkv samples from this site: Download Sample Videos / Dummy Videos For Demo Use and got black screen. I think Intel Windows 8.1 graphic driver is the cause.

Yes i got the Sandy Bridge chip-set i just checked again and my graphic driver is AMD Radeon HD7600 and i downloaded the fourth file and it played the giant bunny clip without a hitch.

 

[hoang2007]

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Yes i got the Sandy Bridge chip-set i just checked again and my graphic driver is AMD Radeon HD7600 and i downloaded the fourth file and it played the giant bunny clip without a hitch.

Do you have Intel graphic driver 9.17.10.4229 installed? It is strange because I couldn't play that bunny video using Movie App and Windows Media Player. By the way, I have an Intel Core i5-2410M and NVIDIA 525M.

 

[frogboy]

No my driver is AMD and i have Intel Core i7- 3630QM. I have no intel graphics driver installed.

 

[hoang2007]

Intel Core i7-3630QM is 3rd-generation Intel chipset and Sandy Bridge is 2nd. Your processor is supported on Windows 10 by Intel. Mine is a different story. Thanks for your check. : )

 

[frogboy]

Intel Core i7-3630QM is 3rd-generation Intel chipset and Sandy Bridge is 2nd. Your processor is supported on Windows 10 by Intel. Mine is a different story. Thanks for your check. : )

Sorry about the confusion i thought i was.

 

[hoang2007]

I'm using Windows 7 now and very happy with it. Windows 10 is for my future laptop. : )