Mobile and Desktop Processors
Intel® Core™ processors, Intel Atom® processors, tools, and utilities
Announcements
FPGA community forums and blogs on community.intel.com are migrating to the new Altera Community and are read-only. For urgent support needs during this transition, please visit the FPGA Design Resources page or contact an Altera Authorized Distributor.
16846 Discussions

I need to know if a PC with Intel processors is a "UEFI v2.0+ compliant PC" in order to install Windows 8 on the PC.

BEmm0
Beginner
‎03-12-2020 03:30 AM
2,681 Views

I looked on the Intel website and could not readily find the information I need. I am trying to help a disabled friend. He has a Samsung DP500A2D- A02UB (specs here) with at least two Intel Processors in it: the CPU Intel® Core™ i3-3220T Processor and Graphics Chipset Intel® HD Graphics 2500; (the graphics are Integrated and the Maximum Graphics Memory is shared).

His hard drive died and I put a new SSD in it. And I want to download and install Windows 8 onto the new SSD. According to Samsung their PCs with Windows 8 or later have the Windows Product Key in the motherboard/firmware.

Based on advice I got from a Windows forum, I need to know if I should install via UEFI or BIOS. Apparently I can only install via UEFI if I have "a UEFI v2.0+ compliant PC. Check your chipset manufacturer/firmware documentation," see How to Install Windows 8 .... using the .. UEFI​ . But I looked and cannot readily find this information on the internet or the Intel website.

QUESTION: Can anybody tell me how to determine if this PC with Intel processors is a "UEFI v2.0+ compliant PC"?

 

Thanks,

B.

0 Kudos

Link Copied

1 Reply
AlHill
Super User
‎03-12-2020 03:34 AM
2,586 Views

It is not the processor. It is the bios of the motherboard that you must check for compliance. Ask Samsung, as it is their bios.

 

Doc

0 Kudos
Copy link
Reply

Community support is provided Monday to Friday. Other contact methods are available here.

Intel does not verify all solutions, including but not limited to any file transfers that may appear in this community. Accordingly, Intel disclaims all express and implied warranties, including without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, as well as any warranty arising from course of performance, course of dealing, or usage in trade.

For more complete information about compiler optimizations, see our Optimization Notice.