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Success with the chipsets, not with the model in question. But the available
chipset support is the make-or-break for ANY Windows upgrade. Or downgrade.
I've installed Win 95B on some high-end Pentium III systems, too, for people who
want something cheap... Ben Myers
On 9 Jun 2004 19:04:20 -0700, biddy67@hotmail.com (Rob) wrote:
>Thanks for the tips, Ben. I've been using Win 2000 at work for 4
>years without a single lockup and may stick with it. I do like how xp
>doesn't bother you when installing hardware drivers, though, but how
>often does that happen? This particular computer may have glitches w/
>OS other than ME, which is why I posted. Have you had success with
>this specific machine or are you speaking generally?
>
>ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote in message news:<40c12fe1.2582583@news.charter.net>...
>> BEFORE you upgrade, take note of the exact chipsets used in your system. The
>> easiest way to do this is to click the Device Manager tab in the System icon of
>> the Control Panel. Click on the plus (+) signs next to especially the display
>> adapter and hard disk controller, but you might as well expand the whole list.
>> Now do screen prints capturing ALL the information. Once you have this info at
>> hand, do some research to see if all the chipsets are supported in Win 2K and
>> Win XPee. I favor the former. The latter is a lot of bloatware, sort of Win
>> 2000 tarted up with a prettier desktop masking still more software defects and
>> security holes. As a safeguard, go to each web site of each chipset
>> manufacturer and download the required drivers for all chipsets. Many of them
>> will be built into the Win 2000 CD.
>>
>> The info on the HP web site will save you some of the work:
>>
>> Intel 810 chipset on the motherboard, supported "out of the box" by Win 2K and
>> Xpee.
>> Cheetah modem (I dunno)
>> Intel 810 graphics, also built into 2K and Xpee
>> Crystal sound chip (chip not identified)
>>
>> No drivers are available on the HP web site, so don't bother looking.
>>
>> Before doing any of this, make sure the system has at least 256MB of memory. To
>> run either release with less is setting you up for some slow times twiddling
>> your thumbs while Windows exercises the hard disk as a swap file... Ben Myers
>>
>> On 4 Jun 2004 16:36:49 -0700, smata671@yahoo.com (lukiedog) wrote:
>>
>> >I have this unit as sold by HP with the exception that its got 320MB
>> >of ram. I am going to reformat and do a fresh install and want to
>> >ditch ME and move to windows 2000 or xp. Is this advisable? Seems to
>> >be debate as to whether the update will take. I have the recovery
>> >disks and would appreciate any advice on how to proceed.
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