Windows 7 on OLD computers

torrentg said:

That has 855GM video. The best place to get the driver is here but unfortunately, the latest is only for XP.

It will not work well with Aero or very well at all on 7.

I have an old Toshiba A55 Satellite 512MB with this chipset running 7 quite well (no Aero though).

This thread details getting the display drivers to operate.

I got Windows 7 working on a new type of processor. It is called the Binary Reductive Electro-Alchemic Diode, the latest and greatest from Intel Labs. Granted, I had to put an emulation layer called TOAST in, but I think the result turned out pretty good. I have only got basic editing working at the moment, but I am working on getting DX11 going for some cool effects.

antt said:

I got Windows 7 working on a new type of processor. It is called the Binary Reductive Electro-Alchemic Diode, the latest and greatest from Intel Labs. Granted, I had to put an emulation layer called TOAST in, but I think the result turned out pretty good. I have only got basic editing working at the moment, but I am working on getting DX11 going for some cool effects.

Think you will also need to install the Joule Amplification Module (J.A.M) to enable DX11.

Nice!

My desktop is about the same age actually, looking forward to seeing how it runs when I have all the drivers etc. I am chancing the 64 bit version as the Athlon supports it. Fingers crossed!

Hi,

I'm thinking of installing Windows 7 on this hardware. Right now it has XP SP3 on it and it is sort of slow. I will be upgrading to 1.5GB of Ram as I found some sticks on flebay for cheap.

Specs:

Abit KT7a-Raid Mobo (from about 2001)
AMD Duron 950 Mhz - Spitfire Core (Only has 64KB L2)
896MB of PC133 SDRam ( I will max it out at 1.5GB of Ram)
ATI Radeon AGP 7000 32MB of Ram
40GB Hard Drive

If Windows 7 would a little faster or just as fast (slow) as XP then I would attempt to install it but I'm afraid the Duron will be too slow to handle things.

I don't care about Aero so that would not be a problem for me.

Also those Abit KT7a VIA KT133a Chipset Boards where not the most stable back then but works fine with XP right now.

I'm afraid that I would get the APCI non-compliant error that some are getting during the install.

thanks for any input

BD

If it can't run it won't install. I tried to install it on a sub-1ghz processor and it refused.

If the graphics are too weak or memory is under spec it will turn off Aero.

I run it on a 538 1.2 ghz HP 510 test notebook but can't run even a lightweight AV or more than a few windows if I want it to stay fast. I'm waitin for another 512 which will be enough for that.

Your RAM would probably cut it but it might not install to a sub-1ghz processor. Try it?

i can't get windows seven to work with my graphics card and i have tried everything it's an ati radeon 9000 it does well except for areo it won't work and my rating for gaming graphics is a 1 but i know the card is capable of much more, any suggestions