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JessicaD;1549315; said:
Scooter1369,
If you would like to learn more about Windows 7 and how it may benefit you Microsoft does have a site with whitepapers, tutorials, walkthroughs and screen casts on all the ?under the hood? features in Win 7. Check out the Springboard site for Windows 7 on TechNet here Windows 7 | Support, Deployment, Resources
Also, if you are currently a student you may qualify for the $30 upgrade to Windows 7. For more information, please go here: Windows 7 US Online Store - Student Registration
Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team
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Translation: What the fuck were you thinking, Scooter?
 
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This morning I'm trying to use my system builder copy of Windows 7 Pro final out of my MAPS subscription to build a test machine for our data processing division.

Windows 7 does not support Adaptec 29160 controllers. This is arguably only the most common premium SCSI controller made over the past ten years for business-class workstations. XP had native 29160 support. Vista had native 29160 support.

So, I wiped the box completely, installed Vista with its signed 29160 controller driver and then tried to upgrade to 7 that way.

Errors out: Controller not supported.

You have got to be fucking kidding me. :smash:
 
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Dryden;1574038; said:
This morning I'm trying to use my system builder copy of Windows 7 Pro final out of my MAPS subscription to build a test machine for our data processing division.

Windows 7 does not support Adaptec 29160 controllers. This is arguably only the most common premium SCSI controller made over the past ten years for business-class workstations. XP had native 29160 support. Vista had native 29160 support.

So, I wiped the box completely, installed Vista with its signed 29160 controller driver and then tried to upgrade to 7 that way.

Errors out: Controller not supported.

You have got to be fucking kidding me. :smash:
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Heh, I think that's the most common small server scsi card out there, I can't believe they don't support it, are you using home or professional? I could see Microsoft fucking you with needing professional for SCSI.
 
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OCBucksFan;1574151; said:
Heh, I think that's the most common small server scsi card out there, I can't believe they don't support it, are you using home or professional? I could see Microsoft fucking you with needing professional for SCSI.
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I've tried Pro and Ultimate. No dice on either. Now, this isn't some dinosaur P-III either. It's not a beast, but it's certainly capable of meeting the sys req of Vista & 7: P4-2.4Ghz, 1Gb RAM, Adaptec 29160 w/ 2-73Gb Cheetahs, ATI Radeon 9250 video, 3Com 3c905 NICs on an ASUS P4B board. All name brand, standard stuff.

So, in the course of chasing my tail trying to figure out how to get 7 to recognize a 29160 controller (still can't get it to work, and the day is about over), I also discovered today that Vista doesn't have any driver support for 3c905 rev.A NICs.

Seriously.

The install media for both these OSes is DVD. There is 4.7Gb of storage space for drivers on these discs somewhere. How the hell MSFT would ever ship an OS that doesn't support everything a company like Adaptec or 3Com has ever made that plugs into a PCI slot just boggles my mind.
 
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Greetings from Adaptec,

Thank you for your message.

Sir, we are very sorry but there are currently no windows 7 drivers for Adaptec 39160 and there are no chances to have any release of the drivers in the near future.

Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Thank you for using Ask Us.
Best Regards
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Adaptec Technical Support
 
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