So there is a new revision of Wintel miniPC with new CPU - Intel x5-Z8300 CherryTrail.
I bought it and after 2 weeks finnaly arrived. So I made some benchmarks, and stability test (because of worries of overheating like previous model).
So after initial setup of windows 10, I run CrystalDiskMark to chech performance of internal memory:
I think its good result, considering my old 7200HDD perform similar.
After that I run Aida64 stability test for 10minutes where temps wont rise anymore:
75C for hottest core its good for mini passive cooling PC..
PC runs 24 hours, streaming movies, browsing net etc, no problem.
I then try install windows 8.1, which runs better than W10 but theres a problem:
Cant get work this devices:
Serial IO GPIO Controller
Serial IO I2C ES Controller
Serial IO SPI Controller
Serial IO UART Controller
(error 37, cant initialize driver)
Its looks like theres no CherryTrail X86 Windows 8.1 drivers... X64 (of course) not working and drivers for W10 X86 dont work either...
Tried install every driver that I found, manualy (.inf) or auto, tried my backuped original drivers from W10, still no luck.. Thats a shame because of that you cant really use PC, and Windows 8.1 even without drivers runs better, faster...
So if someone will be sucessfully working W8.1 32-bit (x86) on this or other Z8300 device, it will be helpfull to share your drivers and how you made it work...
I bought it and after 2 weeks finnaly arrived. So I made some benchmarks, and stability test (because of worries of overheating like previous model).
So after initial setup of windows 10, I run CrystalDiskMark to chech performance of internal memory:
I think its good result, considering my old 7200HDD perform similar.
After that I run Aida64 stability test for 10minutes where temps wont rise anymore:
75C for hottest core its good for mini passive cooling PC..
PC runs 24 hours, streaming movies, browsing net etc, no problem.
I then try install windows 8.1, which runs better than W10 but theres a problem:
Cant get work this devices:
Serial IO GPIO Controller
Serial IO I2C ES Controller
Serial IO SPI Controller
Serial IO UART Controller
(error 37, cant initialize driver)
Its looks like theres no CherryTrail X86 Windows 8.1 drivers... X64 (of course) not working and drivers for W10 X86 dont work either...
Tried install every driver that I found, manualy (.inf) or auto, tried my backuped original drivers from W10, still no luck.. Thats a shame because of that you cant really use PC, and Windows 8.1 even without drivers runs better, faster...
So if someone will be sucessfully working W8.1 32-bit (x86) on this or other Z8300 device, it will be helpfull to share your drivers and how you made it work...
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