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August 6th, 2010 13:00
Optiplex 740 not upgrading to Win7
Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere...
I have tried intently but failed to upgrade a stock, 2 yr old Optiplex 740 to Win7. The upgrade advisor said it's compatible, but the install failed repeatedly at the exact same spot - on the very last step as it's finishing the install. There are lots of posts about others getting this same freeze error, with suggestions and 'fixes' ranging from tweaking settings to changing hardware. I am simply trying to find out if I'm wasting my time. Is the AMD Athlon processor an issue?
And Dell, your website offers no definitive help, either. YOu're initally led to believe there's a listing of compatible systems, but when you click thru to Optiplex 740, you're siply told about the upgrade advisor. Now that's not very helpful, ya know?
Anyone been able to upgrade?
shesagordie
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August 6th, 2010 16:00
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The best section to post this in, would be the Software & Operating > Microsoft OS forum HERE, this board is for Desktop Hardware.
Bev.
Rhett.Midler
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November 21st, 2010 14:00
Could you give more details? Thank you! I have the issue which is similar to what you have faced, Have you got the answer?
jafu82
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August 10th, 2011 07:00
Is this a desktop or mini tower? I've seen the Win7 setup work on a the desktop 740s but for some reason they won't install on the mini towers. My boss thought perhaps it had something to do with the Bios version but more than likely I'm thinking it's the motherboards.
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August 10th, 2011 08:00
Yes, this is a mini-tower, which furthers what you've found. I have wasted no more time on this machine, so it's still running XP Pro and probably will until we get rid of it. Just not worth the time and effort. Sad, really. Wish we'd known the truth about it's upgradability when we bought it.
jafu82
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August 10th, 2011 08:00
If anyone out there can confirm what I've experienced it would be most helpful actually. I'm running Vista 64bit on my 740 at the moment.