Well, kind of in a quandary as far as my 2 computer systems go. A while back, I gave my better computer to my youngest daughter to replace hers, which is very old and getting unable to operate at all. The computer I gave her is as follows:
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MB will support up to 8 GB RAM, dual pairs and processor is rated for 64 bit operation. Currently has Windows XP Home edition and SP3 on it.
Well, she calls me up and tells me that every time she tries to turn on the computer after hooking it all up, it blows the circuit breaker for that room, where her current compter is set up. I KNEW I should have set it up for her, but in the past she was good about that part of working with computers. Anyway, when I get up there, I go through the connections (she had taken it all apart ), fired it up, and it started to work, without any problems. Well, almost that is. It now has the dreaded BSOD, with an error of "IRQ_less than_or not equal to". This has driven me nuts. The only thing I can possibly think that she might have do is to try and plug the video cable in backwards. Everything else is pretty straight forward. After many attempts to clear this error (have the computer back home now to work on), trying repair with the Windows XP DVD, I decided to do a re-install. I'm at the point however, that I need to re-activate it. A though occurred to me that perhaps I should invest a bit more money, and get Windows 7 for it. Any thoughts on this? I can increase RAM and the CPU will handle 64 bit, but am I just wasting time? IF I do install Windows 7, I would just keep that computer, and maybe buy our daughter something off the shelf that will suit her needs.
I'm somewhat familiar with it now as my laptop has it as the OS. IF I do that, should I get the 64 bit version? Or stick with the 32 bit. Currently, I'm not doing any simulator flying, as a few years ago I need more internet connection speed, so I had to go to satellite (Hughes) due to my schooling. It is the fastest connection I can get living out here in the country, as I do not see DSL ever coming out here, and dial-up is just to slow (although it does have much less latency than satellite). A short time ago I tried Verizon, but I'm at the outer edge of their signals for ISP.
The computer I use most of the time here on the internet is even older than that. I have the following:
Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3200+
Motherboard Name Asus A8V Deluxe (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset VIA K8T800Pro, AMD Hammer
System Memory 2048 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
DIMM3: OCZ OCZ4001024ELPE 1 GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-2-5 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM4: OCZ OCZ4001024ELPE 1 GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-2-5 @ 200 MHz)
BIOS Type AMI (08/16/07)
Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Monitor HP 2009 Series Wide LCD Monitor
Sorry for the overload of info., but I've been here a long time, and all of you have helped many others. BTW, I built both my main computers myself, and of course, did not always choose everything correctly (like buying the AMD Athlon 64 just when Intel was passing AMD by...lol) or getting the best MB at the time. But when I did this, money was an object. Not so much anymore, but I don't want to sink a fortune into this. I'm really leaning towards the Windows & idea, but not sure if 32 or 64 bit is the way to go. AND, forget Windows 8....
Thanks ahead of time
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Well, she calls me up and tells me that every time she tries to turn on the computer after hooking it all up, it blows the circuit breaker for that room, where her current compter is set up. I KNEW I should have set it up for her, but in the past she was good about that part of working with computers. Anyway, when I get up there, I go through the connections (she had taken it all apart ), fired it up, and it started to work, without any problems. Well, almost that is. It now has the dreaded BSOD, with an error of "IRQ_less than_or not equal to". This has driven me nuts. The only thing I can possibly think that she might have do is to try and plug the video cable in backwards. Everything else is pretty straight forward. After many attempts to clear this error (have the computer back home now to work on), trying repair with the Windows XP DVD, I decided to do a re-install. I'm at the point however, that I need to re-activate it. A though occurred to me that perhaps I should invest a bit more money, and get Windows 7 for it. Any thoughts on this? I can increase RAM and the CPU will handle 64 bit, but am I just wasting time? IF I do install Windows 7, I would just keep that computer, and maybe buy our daughter something off the shelf that will suit her needs.
I'm somewhat familiar with it now as my laptop has it as the OS. IF I do that, should I get the 64 bit version? Or stick with the 32 bit. Currently, I'm not doing any simulator flying, as a few years ago I need more internet connection speed, so I had to go to satellite (Hughes) due to my schooling. It is the fastest connection I can get living out here in the country, as I do not see DSL ever coming out here, and dial-up is just to slow (although it does have much less latency than satellite). A short time ago I tried Verizon, but I'm at the outer edge of their signals for ISP.
The computer I use most of the time here on the internet is even older than that. I have the following:
Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3200+
Motherboard Name Asus A8V Deluxe (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset VIA K8T800Pro, AMD Hammer
System Memory 2048 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
DIMM3: OCZ OCZ4001024ELPE 1 GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-2-5 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM4: OCZ OCZ4001024ELPE 1 GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-2-5 @ 200 MHz)
BIOS Type AMI (08/16/07)
Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Monitor HP 2009 Series Wide LCD Monitor
Sorry for the overload of info., but I've been here a long time, and all of you have helped many others. BTW, I built both my main computers myself, and of course, did not always choose everything correctly (like buying the AMD Athlon 64 just when Intel was passing AMD by...lol) or getting the best MB at the time. But when I did this, money was an object. Not so much anymore, but I don't want to sink a fortune into this. I'm really leaning towards the Windows & idea, but not sure if 32 or 64 bit is the way to go. AND, forget Windows 8....
Thanks ahead of time
