Solve : downgrading to Windows 98?

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Answer» the problem is I have already upgraded to XP so that is probably why it is running so SLOW. I did that a couple years ago actually. it has gotten worse as the days go by. how hard will it be for me to open the PCU and drop in more RAM? I have two slots, one which will hold another 126 and another that will hold 256. I ran CRUCIAL.com on it. Quote from: quaxo on April 09, 2009, 09:39:27 AM No WORRIES, just want to know what we're dealing with before we give advice. Yeah, that system would really struggle to run XP. 128MB RAM is part of the problem. The processor is also a bit slow. You'd be much better off leaving 98 on it. You'd want to get at least a total of 512MBbut that crucial site said I could only get 128 for one and 256 for the other Quote from: quaxo on April 09, 2009, 10:08:19 AM You'd want to get at least a total of 512MB Crucial is not always 100% correct. Do you know the make and model of the motherboard?how do I find that info? in the system file? Quote from: quaxo on April 09, 2009, 11:31:06 AM Crucial is not always 100% correct. Do you know the make and model of the motherboard?

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the problem is I have already upgraded to XP so that is probably why it is running so SLOW. I did that a couple years ago actually. it has gotten worse as the days go by. how hard will it be for me to open the PCU and drop in more RAM? I have two slots, one which will hold another 126 and another that will hold 256. I ran CRUCIAL.com on it.

Quote from: quaxo on April 09, 2009, 09:39:27 AM

No WORRIES, just want to know what we're dealing with before we give advice.

Yeah, that system would really struggle to run XP. 128MB RAM is part of the problem. The processor is also a bit slow. You'd be much better off leaving 98 on it.

You'd want to get at least a total of 512MBbut that crucial site said I could only get 128 for one and 256 for the other

Quote from: quaxo on April 09, 2009, 10:08:19 AM

You'd want to get at least a total of 512MB

Crucial is not always 100% correct. Do you know the make and model of the motherboard?how do I find that info? in the system file?

Quote from: quaxo on April 09, 2009, 11:31:06 AM

Crucial is not always 100% correct. Do you know the make and model of the motherboard?

Solve : downgrading to Windows 98?

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