Can I upgrade to Windows 7 or not?
I downloaded the beta version of windows 7 upgrade advisor to my desktop computer and it has identified one of my devices incompatible with windows 7. This device was the NVIDIA Nforce System Management Controller. Everyone there knows what the heck this thing is and what it does? The strange thing is, in my view, that this thing is related to the chipset on the motherboard that has 7 hardware compatibility list says that my motherboard is compatible with windows 7, the same thing with my EVGA Geforce 8800 GTS graphics card. So my question is can I upgrade to windows 7 or not. If this "system management controller" is not compatible which feature my system is going to lose? Or Windows 7 will simply install something completely different, it's going to do the same thing this thing is now for me. I know this may make me look like an idiot, but I am at a loss, and I don't want to pay the money to upgrade to windows 7 if he's not going to paralyze the functioning of my system. Until there is only a minimum (and I mean minimal) information about it elsewhere on the internet. Any help and clarification would be appreciated.
Motherboard: Asus M3N78-VM
Processor: AMD Phenom II 955
Graphic card: EVGA Geforce 8800 GTS
RAM: Kingston HyperX 8 GB DDR2 memory
Current installed OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit
A missing device driver will simply not seen by windows until one is added. If the adviser says incompatible, it is. If your system cannot function without this device, Win 7 will not install correctly. I would go on the nvidia for info on this site. It's perhaps not salvageable, but nvidia could only tell you that for sure.
Mark L. Ferguson MS - MVP
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