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upgrading dell xps t500 to vista
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Name: dell4life
Date: May 26, 2007 at 17:03:38 Pacific
Subject: upgrading dell xps t500 to vistaOS: XP Pro with SP2CPU/Ram: 256 MBModel/Manufacturer: Dell Dimension XPS T500 |
Comment: Hello everyone i am trying to see if i can upgrade a dell dimension xps t500 (old beige dell) to Windows Vista Home it has 256 MB can someone tell me what exactly do i have to buy or how to make the performance of this machine better. email me if u have any suggestions dell4life
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Name: jam
Date: May 26, 2007 at 17:28:54 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I think you'd be making a big mistake but it's your system. 256MB RAM is barely enough for XP, let alone memory hungry Vista. Start by installing the max CPU your board can handle, increasing the RAM amount to 768MB (3 x 256MB), & installing a reasonably good AGP video card. Or you could try running the Vista Upgrade Advisor to see what it recommends: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pr...
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Name: dell4life
Date: May 27, 2007 at 08:57:50 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)ok i used a program called Belarc Advisor to check the motherboard info and its a Intel Corporation SE440BX-3 AA722394-107
as for the video graphics card its a NVIDIA TNT so i want 2 upgrade the CPU and Video Card how do i know which one 2 get like where can i go 2 find ones that will work with my motherboard dell4life
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