Will Windows Xp Work With This Machine??

[NTGAMEMAN 0]

here is my system specs:

 

Motherboard:Tekram P6PRO-A+ VIA Apollo Pro133 ATX

 

Bios date: 2000/3/29 V1.04 from www.tekram.com.tw

 

OS: Windows 2000 Professional sp2 + srp1 + 16 pre-sp3 fixes

 

CPU: Pentium III 700E MMX SSE

 

Memory: 1x128mb pc-100 1x256mb pc-133 384mb pc-100 sdram 168pin total

 

Graphics Card: Visiontek Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 T.V/s-video out 64mb

Driver Version: Visiontek 23.11

 

Monitor: Relisys RE772 Res at: 1280*1024*16

 

Hard drive: Western Digtel 40gb ata 66 7200 rpm

 

CD-Rom: Samung 32x

 

CD-RW: LG 4x4x24x

 

Speakers: PRO-168-3D

 

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster PCI Driver Version: 5.12.1.2045

 

Game Controller: Gravis PC GamePad

 

Keyboard: Samsung 104 Win98 Keyboard

 

Mouse: Genius EasyMouse+

 

Modem: GVC 56.6k PCI V.90 Model: PM560LH

 

plz reply back

[DosFreak 2]

Should work fine. Only thing I see that may cause trouble is that mobo chipset....and that crappy CDR. But if 2000 runs well for ya then XP should....theoretically.

[thymios 0]

You should be allright since you're running win2k now. The boards chipset might be a problem, like DosFreak said but don't expect much bigger problems than the ones you have in win2k with it.

Also do NOT try to upgrade from win2k to XP, it's usually a bad choise.The system is always better with a clean install, unless you really can't be asked to do that.

 

P.S. If i understood well from your Name in the forums, you are a game fan, so that's good news for you: Installing XP will give you a significant boost in multimedia apps (mainly games)-just hope that Nvidia has made some good work with the drivers.

[three 0]

Quote:

NOT try to upgrade from win2k to XP, it's usually a bad choise.The system is always better with a clean install, unless you really can't be asked to do that.

I upgraded 2 Win2k comps to XP Pro, works great, haven't had any issues.

[Hellafax 0]

augh -- the PIII-700 will be more than adequate. I'm running XP Pro just fine on a Celeron-466 w/320meg ram. On a ABit VA-6...

 

you will have no problems with speed. I've done many an upgrade from 2000 pro without a problem.

 

Cheers.

[NTGAMEMAN 0]

i'm going to dual boot win2k/winxp home just to make sure everything works !

[thymios 0]

Quote:

I upgraded 2 Win2k comps to XP Pro, works great, haven't had any issues.

Didn't say that it isn't going to wirk or it's a bad idea.All i am saying is that clean install is far better for system speed(a bit obvious i think).Now if you have lots of programs installed and can't be asked to backup and reinstall every single program again, then obviously upgrade is the solution.
Regards,

[three 0]

errr..not trying to start anything but..first "it's usually a bad choise" then "Didn't say that it isn't going to wirk or it's a bad idea

anyways, just pointing out that it's not a bad choice, especially if you already have your 2k setup the way you want and don't feel like reinstalling everything or losing any of your settings. As for speedwise i see not difference actually. b'sides 2k-xp isn't really much of a difference kernel wise whereas a 98-2k or 98-xp i would definetly do a clean install

[Palos 0]

YES

[SneakX 0]

If I can run it fine on the pc of my GF that is a P2 300@378 with 128mb of PC66 ram (at 83Mhz) then...