Installing windows 7 on a Kaby Lake laptop.

[dariia]

Hello! I would like to downgrade from windows 10 to windows 7 on my kaby lake laptop.
I do know it's unsupported, although i found couple of fixes for usb drivers, which seem to be the biggest problem when installing
my question is, if i do manage to install windows 7, will i still have wi fi for my laptop?I don't use an adapter, it's just the wifi card from inside of my laptop.Do i need specific drivers?
Also, do i need to reinstall the realtek drivers again?or will i still have sound?
AND, if everything fails, if i reinstall windows 10, will it be broken, or will it be fine?

btw, this is my laptop: https://paytmmall.com/asus-a541uv-dm978-core-i3-7th-gen-4-gb-1-tb-39-6-cm-15-6-dos-grey-CMPLXLAPASUS-A541UV-TECH2630017D7F021-pdp?src=grid&tracker=%7C%7C%7C%7C%2Fg%2Felectronics%2Flaptop-computers/catalog%7C78462%7C18%7C%7C (it is NOT my primary device.)

 

[SkyNetRising]

If you manage to install windows 7, you're going to need to search for all those drivers manually.
And it's not guaranteed, you'll find them all.

Obviously - hardware without appropriate driver will not function. This includes:

• audio,
  card reader,
  lan,
  pointing device,
  wireless,
  bluetooth,
  graphics (without appropriate driver will operate in reduced functionality mode)

If you reinstall windows 10, you can get all those drivers from Asus support web site.

 

[dariia]

If you manage to install windows 7, you're going to need to search for all those drivers manually.
And it's not guaranteed, you'll find them all.

Obviously - hardware without appropriate driver will not function. This includes:

• audio,
  card reader,
  lan,
  pointing device,
  wireless,
  bluetooth,
  graphics (without appropriate driver will operate in reduced functionality mode)

If you reinstall windows 10, you can get all those drivers from Asus support web site.

so i did install windows 7, but the trackpad isn't working. i hooked up a usb mouse. could you please try to find a driver for my trackpad? i do not know what to search for.
also, for the wireless driver.. although it is not a must, since i have a wi fi adapter that has drivers for windows 7
realtek drivers are easy to find because they are on the main site

 

[SkyNetRising]

First try windows 10 driver.
If that doesn't work, then you have to go into Device Manager, look for hardware id of the device and search internet for appropriate driver.

 

[dariia]

First try windows 10 driver.
If that doesn't work, then you have to go into Device Manager, look for hardware id of the device and search internet for appropriate driver.

the touchpad is not detected in device manager i think

 

[SkyNetRising]

It will be listed with yellow exclamation mark (as unrecognized device).

 

[dariia]

so the trackpad does work in uefi.
i managed to get wi fi, card reader and sound to work
but the trackpad still refuses to work.
please help!

 

[dariia]

It will be listed with yellow exclamation mark (as unrecognized device).

i found it. the hardware id leads me to some intel io i2c controller thing.
update: nevermind, it led me to a synaptics driver. i know it is for touchpads. tried installing it, but the installer came up with the error" no synaptics device found" or something like that

 

[dariia]

look at a screenshot of my device manager window: https://imgur.com/a/st738