Win2000 problem with P200MMX
sque...@hotmail.com
I have decided that I can no longer live without USB and so have tried
installing windows 2000 on an old home computer that was happy on NT
4.0. Originally it had windows 98SE but was so unstable, that I gave up
on it. The problem is that it is now very unstable. There is also an
interesting side effect whereby letters in dialogue boxes are not
always in line so you get the following effect:
i n
Th s Comp ter is u h ppy
u a
ie. the letters occasionally are above and below the line.
The machine is old but I dont know which part of it is causing the
problem. I imagine that it might be the video card but I would have
thought that a cheap PCI video card could solve this.
Spec is as follows:
P200MMX
Award bios 1995
S3 Virge video card
64mb ram
PCI network card, USB card
ISA SB16 and modem (will probably try removing these as I dont need
them!)
Anyone have any similar experiences or have machines of a comparible
spec that run Win2K ok?
Dirk Dreidoppel
> Award bios 1995
> S3 Virge video card
> 64mb ram
> PCI network card, USB card
> ISA SB16 and modem (will probably try removing these as I dont need
> them!)
>
> Anyone have any similar experiences or have machines of a comparible
> spec that run Win2K ok?
Sorry, but this machine simply can't cut it. At least 128 MB (better yet
256) RAM and 300-400 MHz CPU, or there's no fun with Windows 2000. Your
computer is good enough for either NT4 or Windows 95/98, but nothing higher.
sque...@hotmail.com
isnt used for anything very taxing - just some web browsing and
document editing.
Sadly, I need to use it with a wireless network and that destabalises
windows 9x and is a USB adapter so cant be used with NT :(
Bruce Morgen
My son has run Win2K in 64MB
(can't imagine that was much
fun, but it was rock-stable)
and my home network's file
and printer server is a
Pentium 200MMX w/128MB and
it runs Win2K fine, fwiw.
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sque...@hotmail.com
ones and see if that helps!
Is it likely that the S3 virge is likely to be responsible for the
video problem or is that a red herring?
Cheers
squelch41
Bruce Morgen
I'd get rid of the sound
card and modem first -- my
200MMX Win2K box just has
PCI video (an ancient
Number Nine Imagine 128),
ethernet, and SCSI cards.
That said, if you've got
another video card around
there's no reason not to
trying swapping out that
S3.
bob Jeffray
You do not however say which chipset you have.
The first thing you need to do is check that ALL of your hardware is on the
Hardware compatibility list which you can find here
https://winqual.microsoft.com/download/default.asp
if there is anything that is not on this list, then you are heading for
problems.
Good luck
bobJ
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Bruce Morgen
My Pentium 200MMX's SCSI
card isn't on the list,
which is only of stuff
M$ will vouch for as
compatible. As a matter
of fact, the semi-ancient
HP Vectra XW I'm on right
now also has an unlisted
SCSI card. Both machines
are dead-stable using the
Win2K drivers from the
SCSI card vendors.
I'm not saying the list
is useless, I'm just
saying it's not an
absolute disqualifier as
long as driver support
from the product vendor
is available.
bob Jeffray
there is not an organisation in the world that has the resources to make
such a definitive list,
It would be a bit like finding the exact value of Pi
and if your kit works, so much the better.
However, if you are having problems, it is a very valid reference source
ie if the kit you are having problems with is not on the list I would
suggest looking to replace it.
BTW I have an old cyrix P166 running win2K on a PC Chips MOBO, which still
gets an occasional airing, but it does struggle a bit.
good luck
BobJ
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