Does this computer work on Win7?

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  1. Posts : 56
    Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
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    Does this computer work on Win7?


    Was wondering whether my computer will work with Windows 7. I have already gone on the website to download the programme from Microsoft that tells you yes or no and I have cleared that test only with the warning that if I choose 64-Bit I will need additional RAM. My only concern is is that someone I know also cleared the test and their motherboard wasn't compatible. The specs I can find are written below-
    Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium
    Denver 10 Motherboard
    Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180
    NVDIA GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nFORCE 630i
    2.00 GB RAM
    220 GB HARD DRIVE
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  2. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #2

    delilah95 said:
    Was wondering whether my computer will work with Windows 7. I have already gone on the website to download the programme from Microsoft that tells you yes or no and I have cleared that test only with the warning that if I choose 64-Bit I will need additional RAM. My only concern is is that someone I know also cleared the test and their motherboard wasn't compatible. The specs I can find are written below-
    Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium
    Denver 10 Motherboard
    Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180
    NVDIA GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nFORCE 630i
    2.00 GB RAM
    220 GB HARD DRIVE

    Welcome to SevenForums delilah95 :)


    I looked at the PackardBell info, & could not see exactly how much more Ram you could add to that motherboard.

    You could try a couple of other FREE programs to check out your system info.

    CPU-Z available at MajorGeeks . com

    System Info for Windows at

    SIW | System Information for Windows by Gabriel Topala


    Also VistaForums Sys Info from SevenForums sister site is available for you

    VistaForums SysInfo Tool - Vista Forums

    But I think Win7 will be possible
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  3. Posts : 568
    Win7 x64 Ultimate SP1
       #3

    Should be fine in 32bit, the shared video may limit some graphic features. 64 bit may have driver problems.
    Ken
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  4. Posts : 56
    Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thanks for the Greeting and extremly quick reply.

    Unfortuantely the actual Packard Bell Website is extremly uninformative.
    Althought RAM isn't a issue according to Microsoft with my computer I am just unsure of doing things incorrectly and messing the computer up big time!
    Thanks for your advice I will look into the programmes you have listed and see if I can find any additional information.

    Thanks :)
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  5. Posts : 56
    Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
    Thread Starter
       #5

    ken9122 said:
    Should be fine in 32bit, the shared video may limit some graphic features. 64 bit may may have driver problems.
    Ken
    Thanks.!
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  6. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #6

    Cpu-Z will show how many Ram slots on motherboard & type & speed & sometimes Manufacturer of you ram
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  7. Posts : 56
    Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
    Thread Starter
       #7

    I believe I have seen this programme before, so this will tell me how much I can upgrade by or how many upgrade slots I have got. Excellent :)
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  8. Posts : 56
    Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
    Thread Starter
       #8

    ken9122 said:
    Should be fine in 32bit, the shared video may limit some graphic features. 64 bit may have driver problems.
    Ken
    What is mean't by shared video?
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  9. Posts : 56
    Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
    Thread Starter
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    This is what I got Slot#2 is there on the drop down menu has the same specs just a different product number. No more Slots Availible I think anyway[IMG]file:///C:/Users/Liam/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.png[/IMG]
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  10. Posts : 2,606
    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
       #10

    delilah95 said:
    What is mean't by shared video?
    Video that uses the system RAM, rather than dedicated video memory.

    It will limit the amount of RAM that's available to Windows. However, you only need (I think) 128MB of video memory to support Aero Glass (3D features of the Win7 desktop), so that's basically negligible if you have 2GB of RAM.

    As you're already running Vista on the system, it's unlikely that any of your peripherals would lack drivers. You may need to download the chipset drivers:

    NVIDIA DRIVERS 15.49 WHQL

    if the Windows disk doesn't already contain them.

    I can't guarantee that you'd find Win7 to be a worthwhile upgrade, but it appears that you should be able to do it. I recommend a custom (clean) install over an upgrade-in-place, but you can do either with the (cheaper) retail upgrade version.
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