Windows 10 Upgrade Problem - NX Bit

[RSouc]

I'm attempting to upgrade to Windows 10. Microsoft reports that I am unable to upgrade due to the absence of a processor that supports

NX. I checked and my 1st generation i3 530 processor has that feature. I checked the BIOS and that bit was enabled. I then updated the BIOS and the result was the same. If in fact the processor is at fault how would I know that until software is available that requires it? Please help.

[Amy_C_Intel]

Hello rolysou,

When it comes to the processor itself it does support Windows 10 but now the issue here is that the integrated graphics does not, the Intel® Core™ i3-530 Processor that you have has built in Intel® HD Graphics which does not support Windows 10. Here you can check the compatibility for the Intel® Pentium® Processor P4000/U3000 Series with Intel® HD Graphics http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-034343.htm Graphics Drivers — Supported Operating Systems.

At this point I would recommend adding dedicated graphics card so that way it can support the Windows 10 graphics.

Regards,

Amy.

[RSouc]

Hi Amy,

I am using an NVidia card for graphics. I did two things:

1. Unchecked the Execute Bit in the BIOS Advanced section thinking maybe the programmer got the code backwards

2. Control Panel/System/Advanced System Settings/Performance/Data Execution Prevention and unchecked all entries in the window, plus put a check in the lower of the two choices.

I then rebooted and was then able to upgrade successfully. I cannot confirm which of the two actions above was responsible. The Execute Bit in the BIOS Advanced section remains unchecked.

Roland

[Amy_C_Intel]

Roland, we're glad that you were able to update to Windows 10, we appreciate your feedback, I'm pretty sure that this will work for other customers.

Thank you,

Regards,

Amy.