When i bought my system it came with 4 gigs and Vista Home Premium x64.I had many compatibility issues with games and programs so i then putUltimate 32bit on it. Now i would like to put another 4gigs of ram on mysystem and just wanted to make sure that it would accept more. I plan onputting windows 7 x64 on it shortly. It has enough slots for 8gigs ofram and was originally a 64bit system.
View 9 RepliesI have a really weird issue, here are the details.Firstly, as stated in the title i do have Vista 64 bit. Recently bought 2x2 Gig DDR3 1600 (corsair TW3X4G1600C9DH) with timings 9-9-9-24. My motherboard is an Asus P5Q3 Deluxe. This chipset (Intel P45) has know issues with DDR3 running at higher than 1066, but this has supposedly been rectified with a BIOS update which i have flashed, so not sure if that is relevant as my problem is not speed related.
Under system properties the ram is shown as 4 Gigs but in task manager it says: Physical Memory, Total: 2046. The usage graph shows about 1.1 used and is just over half-way full. Not sure if this is valid but i have a pre-release SP2, not sure if this could cause such a problem. CPU-z shows both modules are there, but shows total 4 gigs, however Everest only shows 2 Gigs. Screenshot below, hope this is not too big, but theres a lot of info to squeeze in.
So, just wondering. I have 4 gigs of Ram (1 x 2 Gig stick and 2 X 1 gig Sticks) My Board is listed in my Specs (And yes i grouped the two single gig sticks together on the same channel thing.) So i was wondering why it shows up as 3326 MB Instead of just 4 Gigs. My Buddy says its a Binary thing and the way that the computer reads the Ram, but my Task Manager says the same thing too, and i just want to make sure that this really is just a cosmetic thing. Here is a screenshot of some stuff.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI think this is a bios update thing - although I can not get an update from msi as their update thing doesn't support 64 bit os. Here's the poop. Windows will boot with 1, 2, and 3 one gig modules in all different combos but when I stick in the 4th it doesn't even get to post. However, when I take out the cmos battery, then replace it along with the 4 gigs installed - it boots, but with a beep and a post that says bad checksum and something about setting the clock. If I select go ahead with the default settings it boots right into windows and things are sweet. But from there if I reboot I'm back to square 1. If I select at the post thing (f1) to go in to change the clock - then f10 out, I'm again back to square one.
View 7 Replies View Relatedso i have an E-machines T5082, i upgraded the Ram, put a better Graphics card in it, the like A few years ago after tinkering around with some weird stuff that i didn't understand, my drive got smaller. After looking around i learned that i had partitioned it or the like, so i deleted the partition and the drive went back to normal. A virus later took hold and the partition thing happened again.
Long story short, for some reason, i am missing 11 Gigs from my HDD, and i KNOW its not Windows Vista taking 11 gigs. I mean, in My Computer, its reading my HDD as 149 GB instead of 160 like it USED TO. How can I get back these 11 gigs, WITHOUT reformatting or anything like that?
im going to be putting another 4 gigs of ram into my machine when I get my new motherboard. I am going to need to upgrade from Vista Ultimate 32bit to Vista Ultimate 64bit. I know there's no native support to just upgrade, so I was wondering if someone knew the easiest way to do this. I especially don't want to have to reinstall my programs and games, so is it possible just to back up my program files and copy them into the new program files folder? Also, is there any way to transfer the registry information? I know the registry's won't be compatible, but is there some sort of 32 to 64 conversion method?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI know the machine I have upgraded to vista 64 bit ultimate is not the ideal machine to do this on.. But I am going to eventually upgrade the hardware thats slacking. I cannot get my pc to work with 8 gigs of ram. Tried 6, no luck.. only 4 gigs will allow the system to boot. I get an alert saying the system memory has increased when I have all 8 gigs snapped in, press the required key to continue then the screen goes blank, tried waiting a little to see if OS would load, but no dice. according to www.crucial.com, my pc will support 8 gigs. I have gone to dells support page and there are no vista drivers available
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View 6 Replies View Relatedit may be because I got the one with all languages in it, but do they all require 9 gigs to install on the windows partition? and if they do, is there a work around? I only made my vista partition 25gigs.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI wanted to know if I can use 4 gigs of RAM on Vista 64 as opposed to 8 gigs? I will be using this rig mostly for gaming. I haven't had any luck finding two 4 gig packs of memory locally unless I spend a lot of money. Could I use four 2 gig sticks of the same mfg? I am hesitant not to use bundled memory if I want 8 gigs.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am have vista 64 bit premium and i have a asus m2n-sli deluxe with a 1.02 Bios Will i need to update the bios before install of vista? i also will useing 8 gigs of ram. ty for any tips and advice
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View 9 Replies View RelatedI already had Vista 32 bit which was preinstalled on my computer. I am wanting to upgrade to 64 bit which I have the CD of. But whenever I run the setup I get "the version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windoes youre running. Check your computers system information to see whether you need an x86 or x64 version of the program, and then contact the software publisher". Does anyone know how I can still the 64 bit version still?
View 9 Replies View RelatedAccording to the vista pages on the microsoft site, you cannot "upgrade" from
a 32bit XP to a 64bit vista, and must do a clean install, but it is ambiguous
as to what upgrade means. Does this mean that an original install version
(much more expensive) must be purchased, or can the upgrade version be used
on a clean hard drive as long as the XP key or whatever is put in to make it
recognize that you are upgrading?
I bought a OEM version of Ultimate x64, though now I want to upgrade my Mobo to another brand, new CPU and Ram. My question is: Do I have to buy a new Windows if I do that? Or is there a way I can reactivate my "old" one?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am running an OEM copy of Vista Ultimate x64. By OEM, I mean I bought the disc that OEM's use to install windows onto a ready built machine. Anyway, I'm eligible to upgrade straight to Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
My questions are, once I have upgraded to Win 7 will it be using a new Product Key? And would I be able to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate on another PC and use the original product key?
I am attempting to upgrade from XP Professional 64 Bit to Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I dowloaded the upgrade software from the Microsoft digital locker and I get the following error when I attempt to run the install. "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."
View 7 Replies View Relatedi currently have windows vista ultimate 32 bit x86 but i'm thinking of upgrading to 64 bit ultimate but is it worth it? I'm sure you get asked this a lot but just wondering if it's worth it.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI haven't been able to find any information on this so here it goes. I recently bought a computer with xp pro x64 and was wondering if it is possible to upgrade it to vista 32 bit with a standard vista home basic (or premium, whatever) upgrade version. The reason for this is I intended this computer to be used for home recording projects and Pro Tools (recording program) does not support xp x64 or vista x64, and it doesn't look like it will any time soon. So these are my questions:
-Will I need to do a clean install and still be able to use a vista upgrade version?
-Will I have to get a full new version of vista?
-Is it even possible?
I have just bought a HP notebook which has Vista Home premium 32bit O/S with Service pack 1. I tried upgrading this to Vista Ultimate with the Upgrade DVD. After entering the product key, I opted for the upgrade, after a while a message came up saying that the upgrading is disabled. I read somewhere that this trouble might have been caused by SP 1. So, one has to delete the SP1 and then upgrade. I looked into the add/remove programmes in the control panel, but there is no SP1 in the list.
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI have an Enpower tower that originally had XP on it then I got the Vista upgrade disc and have been having trouble booting up. I had took my tower to a local repair shop and they thought I needed a whole new mother board.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have an Enpower tower that originally had XP on it then I got the Vista upgrade disc and have been having trouble booting up. I had took my tower to a local repair shop and they thought I needed a whole new mother board. I don't think so though because my tower worked fine before upgrading to Vista.
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SP 1 or SP 2 installed on my laptop?
I’m preparing to install Vista Premium on my custom built pc (already installed XP Pro a month ago), the specs are more than adequate for this OS but I’m concerned about what possible, perhaps unforeseen issues that may arise during this upgrade. So my question is, what issues might I encounter during the upgrade, and what precautions might I take to avoid such occurrences?
View 9 Replies View RelatedBack in November, I explored the number of editions of Windows 7 that Microsoft was working on. While the company has not officially given a list yet, it was clear that Windows 7 Enterprise Edition and Windows 7 Ultimate Edition were definitely coming. Furthermore, there was an obvious avoidance of naming a Windows 7 Business Edition, though there was a mention of a Windows 7 Small Business Edition. While doing a little more digging, I stumbled on the following upgrade paths for Windows Vista to Windows 7. These are not confirmed, but I am told they are what Microsoft is currently considering: Windows Vista Home Premium Edition => Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Windows Vista Business Edition => Windows 7 Professional Edition Windows Vista Ultimate Edition => Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Full Story: Rumor: three options for upgrading from Vista to Windows 7
View 9 Replies View RelatedI suddenly notice a lot of references to SP1 for Vista. I have stopped updates on my Vista Home Premium, after it killed my WinMail. I uninstalled upto KB 933928, and disabled updates. It is working fine, but I found AVG offering me AVG 8.0, which refused to install saying my Vista is not updated ( after downloading 80MB twice !! !&*()^%$$). How do I get to SP1? Just install all updates from MS? Will my WinMail survive? Or will I be forced to shift to XP Outlook? There is a lot of flak meant for Vista, but my system is very stable ( touch wood and everything else)
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Newegg.com - HIS H483QS512P Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards. Here is my machine that i plan to put the graphics card into: HP Pavilion a6110n PC (GG781AA) specifications - HP Home & Home Office Products also, my monitor uses a VGA cable, how will i be able to convert it and plug it into the dvi ports? Now i want to know if those 2 are compatible and if i upgrade to that graphics card willi notice a difference?
View 9 Replies View RelatedWhen I put the 64 bit install disk in, it goes through the usual install process. I entered the product key from my 32 bit box, and continued. The install then fails as it says it cannot find an authorised disk to install on. My 32 bit Vista is fully activated, so I am not sure how to get around this.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am having a bit of a problem upgrading from xp to vista. I currently have windows xp media center and am trying to upgrade to vista home premium using the upgrade version. Basically whenever I get to 27% of the 'expanding files' process on the installation i get a message which says 'windows cannot prepare the computer to boot ino the next phase of installation. to complete installation, please restart the wizard' or words to that effect.... I have tried opting for a clean install or an upgrade and get the same problems every time. I have run the upgrade advisor and it says everything is fine apart from my network card which needs the 'driver'
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