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826129 2009-11-01 05:59:00 I would be interested in your comments, please. PJ


Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600) No details available
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.20 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. M2N-MX SE Plus Rev x.xx
Serial Number: MS1C81BCU200271
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0302 12/04/2007
Drives Memory Modules c,d
160.03 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
61.83 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

DVDRW IDE1008 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ST3160815AS [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0 896 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM1' has 1024 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 160.03 GB 61.83 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
John 1/11/2009 6:04:49 p.m. (admin)
local system accounts
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ASPNET never
Poppa John (284)
826130 2009-11-01 06:02:00 Yes w7 should run on this.

Hard drive is a little small but should be ok.
DeSade (984)
826131 2009-11-01 06:02:00 The M2N-MX SE Plus mobo has windows 7 32 and 64 bit drivers, so cant see why not. The BIOS may have to be updated as well, its up to 0503 now Speedy Gonzales (78)
826132 2009-11-01 06:13:00 Now that sounds good. More ram do you think? Another 1GB?

So is the ram instal something I can do?

W XP Home to W7 Home Premium would be a clean instal,Yes?

Only dreaming at the moment. PJ
Poppa John (284)
826133 2009-11-01 06:20:00 Great idea PJ.

Installing ram is as simple as it gets.
Metla (12)
826134 2009-11-01 06:21:00 160gig hard drive is plenty hell I'm still using an 80gig and its only about 20% full as most stuff is on the server gary67 (56)
826135 2009-11-01 06:22:00 I have a computer fairly similar to that (except the HDD smaller and the CPU is single core) and Windows 7 beta ran fine on it.

Some more RAM would certainly be ideal, and it's a fairly easy to install (there are loads of tutorials on the net) :thumbs:.
davidmmac (4619)
826136 2009-11-01 06:24:00 Now that sounds good . More ram do you think? Another 1GB?

So is the ram instal something I can do?

W XP Home to W7 Home Premium would be a clean instal,Yes?

Only dreaming at the moment . PJ

Throw in another 2gb RAM is cheap as chips:D

And yes, you can only clean install from XP to 7
Blam (54)
826137 2009-11-01 07:17:00 Now that sounds good . More ram do you think? Another 1GB?

So is the ram instal something I can do?

W XP Home to W7 Home Premium would be a clean instal,Yes?

Only dreaming at the moment . PJ

the second question . . . XP to W7, a clean instal after reformatting the HD Yes?
PJ
Poppa John (284)
826138 2009-11-01 07:23:00 Here is another hypothetical.

A) Fit another 1GB ram. Save all data. reformat HD & reinstal XP Home.

or

B) Fit another 1GB ram. Save all data. Reformat HD. Instal W7 Home Premium.

I assume my cd XP is a 32 bit one. The computer can be a 64 bit one. W7 is either.

Forget the difference in eyecandy. Is B going to be much better than A ? PJ
Poppa John (284)
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