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AMD Athlon 2800 and 1gb ram enough to run vista?
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chrissy12
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2. September 2008 @ 11:02 |
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I have AMD Athlon 2800, and recently upgraded to 1gb ram, iam running xp pro at the minute. would it be fit to run vista ? which bit x64 or x32 suits my system? wb thanks
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2. September 2008 @ 12:09 |
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1GB is ok for the XP Pro, but 2GB would be better. Vista 32 & 64 bit are suitable for the garbage can, and that is about it.
If you are set on going to Vista, go with the 32 bit, and for sure, have 2GB of RAM, minimum, in your computer.
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2. September 2008 @ 14:24 |
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Yeah, I wouldn't install Vista on your setup either unless you upgrade to 2GB. Stick with XP Pro as it will be tons faster.
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2. September 2008 @ 15:08 |
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I have an old machine with this CPU and 1GB ram. I very much doubt Vista will work acceptably on this CPU (even with 2GB of ram), XP Pro is indeed fine on there (even though i now use mine as a Linux box to get even more performance out of it).
p.s. the 2800 is not a 64 bit CPU, unless you meant Athlon 64 2800+ ??
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2. September 2008 @ 15:21 |
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You can only run 64bit if your comp is 64bit there are issues regarding drivers for 64bit which are'nt so prevailent with the 32bit version,the main difference is 64 lets you run more ram over the 3 or is it 4gig boundry plus 64bit is faster,2gig minimum is a must you should've noticed how your xp performs with the extra ram,mainly being able to run more proggys at once & the lag of launching is no longer as bad as it was.
Edit: if that cpu is single core i personally would'nt bother
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2. September 2008 @ 17:11 |
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thanks for your replys, think ill stick with xp pro
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2. September 2008 @ 19:24 |
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If you're keen to try something different that won't cost money do as creaky & i have done & install a linux distro,for me it's ubuntu,the performance is unbelievable,pisses me off that xp ain't as fast,considering how many apps are inside linux.
As for vista if & when you decide to get a copy be sure to compare the releases,i think for comparison vista ultimate would be xp pro & so has a few more bells & whistles
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chrissy12
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3. September 2008 @ 12:14 |
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need bit help? upgraded my ram to 1gb today (2X 512mb) as it was 256 before, now my system keeps shutting off and when iam in firefox error comes up and shuts down firefox to.. whats wrong with it? wb thanks
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3. September 2008 @ 12:21 |
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Does the system recognse that there's now 1GB of ram in there ?. Also, try reseating the ram, nothing to lose there. Finally, try putting the old memory back in as a test, ie to see if it's stable. Then put the new memory back in. If it's still unstable maybe 1 or both sticks of the memory is not quite compatible or is faulty. The best way to prove if it's faulty is to run memtest86 - http://www.memtest.org/
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chrissy12
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3. September 2008 @ 12:40 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
Does the system recognse that there's now 1GB of ram in there ?. Also, try reseating the ram, nothing to lose there. Finally, try putting the old memory back in as a test, ie to see if it's stable. Then put the new memory back in. If it's still unstable maybe 1 or both sticks of the memory is not quite compatible or is faulty. The best way to prove if it's faulty is to run memtest86 - http://www.memtest.org/
yes system recognses the 1gb in system information, myt try putting old one in again and see'n if its stable, see that memtest link do i burn to disk to instal it?
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3. September 2008 @ 12:46 |
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Yeah, make yourself a bootable CD of it, it runs outside any operating system.
Oh, and I too echo the thoughts about Vista. A sempron 3600+ mobile chip with 1GB is completely useless in vista, it takes several minutes to do anything.
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3. September 2008 @ 15:15 |
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did a memory test there.. came up 3 errors what do i do now?
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3. September 2008 @ 15:16 |
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Faulty memory by the sound of it. Test each combination individually, and with luck a certain stick or set will come out as the culprit - replace it.
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3. September 2008 @ 15:27 |
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ok thanks, but only recieved the 2 new rams from crucial this mornin
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3. September 2008 @ 15:29 |
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Sure, but even new memory sticks can be faulty. Hopefully it's just the one so you might be able to use the other while the other is being replaced
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3. September 2008 @ 15:30 |
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Indeed, and Crucial, while a relatively good manufacturer, do experience that a little more often than another rival brand, from what I've read.
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3. September 2008 @ 15:43 |
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hi i took 1 of the 512 rams out, and left 1 of them n slot and system seems to be stable.. could there be somthng wrong with slot 2?
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3. September 2008 @ 15:46 |
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I'm going to state the obvious and suggest swapping the sticks around :)
..but obviously you should experiment so as to try to pinpoint the problem further..
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3. September 2008 @ 16:12 |
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found source of problem, one of the 512mb rams doesnt seem to be stable,, would it be alyrt to have 512 n 1 slot and 256mb n other? but my 256mb ram is samsung :S wb
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3. September 2008 @ 16:14 |
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Try them out. Good to see you're making progress, i hate to see poorly Athlon 2800's :)
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3. September 2008 @ 17:36 |
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hi thanks for all your help, just one more thing on my other pc am fixing at, i had xp home edition on it bt i updated to xp pro thru disc bt when i start up pc i can pick home edition or xp pro, how do i delete home edition? wb thanks
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3. September 2008 @ 19:49 |
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You'll have to wait for others to confirm what i say but from where i'm sitting you'll loose the ability to boot to prof if you delete home,the only way i can think of perhaps being successfull (& it's a really long shot) is using partition magic from inside prof & deleting home then use the slider to bring xp homes partition space into prof's,the problem here is these changes require a reboot to take affect but since you've deleted home the boot record will be destroyed,the only way you may recover it is by using the prof disk to rewrite it when using the repair console,in the long run you'd be better off just doing a destructive reformat & start from scratch unless you want to have a play & see what happens..lol..
EDIT: It would'nt be an issue if prof was installed before home was
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4. September 2008 @ 06:58 |
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Whenever I reinstall windows, I wipe the disc clean first with a reformat (yeah yeah, it's not a true wipe, but it suffices) and then stick whatever OS I like on it. Downside of this is all the data goes, so you need to back everything up...
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4. September 2008 @ 08:08 |
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hi thanks got it all sorted, just deleted partitions on drive and installed new windows on a new partition, but still have one problem, when iam in internet explorer when i scroll down webpages it not going down smoothly its flashing up n pieces, what would be wrong there? wb thanks
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No graphics driver installed.
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