Got XP x64 Professional. It's installed on the HDD that came with this laptop, the 60 GB I haven't used in forever (no, I'm not on x64 right now, I'm still working out bugs!) Have all drivers EXCEPT for the ATI IGP Xpress 1150 display driver. I've downloaded at least 2 different versions now and all I get is an error message "Display Driver not found". Well, isn't that kind of supposed to be in the install package? Duh! Catalyst Control Center is installed, but apparently I can't get DirectX support without the IGP Xpress driver. I can't even run the 3D Pipes screensaver right now. x64 is using the MS generic VGA adapter driver, and won't even look at another.
Bought a TL-66 (actually found one for under $30 if you can believe it!) and should have it shortly. I need to clean the crud out of the fan assembly again anyways, so it's a good time to swap it out. Looking into getting a Seagate 7200 RPM hard drive as well.
So far, x64 is MUCH faster than Home, due to recognizing another full GB of RAM (3.73 GB as opposed to 2.62). I'm looking into trying 8 GB of RAM to see if it holds up. But, then, I haven't gotten everything I use installed yet.
I have a question. I have DISABLED the use of the paging file in the System Properties. I don't want it. It's unnecessary (4GB of RAM! It's not a server!), and it's too slow compared to the RAM. So why does even XP itself still say I'm using a paging file? I want it eradicated! I've been trying to kill the stupid thing for 3 years now, since I first went to the 4 GB of RAM!
Actually, XP losing support is a BIG issue for me. I am NEVER going to go to anything newer. Heck, if I could, I'd be running 98SE on every computer I own (I hate XP with a passion but everything else but 98SE is even worse). XP is enough of a memory hog, Vista is just plain horrific, 7, IMO, is just a prettied-up Vista, and 8 is definitely a no-go (if I wanted a touchscreen OS on my computer I'd buy a tablet!), and all are even worse in terms of being memory hogs.
Guess I'm never going to find the x64 IGP xPress driver. So I'm stuck continuing to run x86. Although I still have x64 on the other hard disk (which I'm not using at the moment).
And I have installed and am currently running the TL-66 processor.
As for the post above, basically, that Coding Horror site just tells me to do what I have already said that I have already done. XP IS STILL USING A PAGING FILE THAT I WANT ERADICATED. I think I have used, at maximum load, 2GB of RAM at one time. Possibly 2.5. Which is still 1GB short of the XP reported maximum I have installed. So there won't be any issues. And, as I said, the paging file is S L O W.
martianent
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June 11th, 2013 17:00
Umm... Okay then. I'll just talk to myself.
Got XP x64 Professional. It's installed on the HDD that came with this laptop, the 60 GB I haven't used in forever (no, I'm not on x64 right now, I'm still working out bugs!) Have all drivers EXCEPT for the ATI IGP Xpress 1150 display driver. I've downloaded at least 2 different versions now and all I get is an error message "Display Driver not found". Well, isn't that kind of supposed to be in the install package? Duh! Catalyst Control Center is installed, but apparently I can't get DirectX support without the IGP Xpress driver. I can't even run the 3D Pipes screensaver right now. x64 is using the MS generic VGA adapter driver, and won't even look at another.
Bought a TL-66 (actually found one for under $30 if you can believe it!) and should have it shortly. I need to clean the crud out of the fan assembly again anyways, so it's a good time to swap it out. Looking into getting a Seagate 7200 RPM hard drive as well.
So far, x64 is MUCH faster than Home, due to recognizing another full GB of RAM (3.73 GB as opposed to 2.62). I'm looking into trying 8 GB of RAM to see if it holds up. But, then, I haven't gotten everything I use installed yet.
I have a question. I have DISABLED the use of the paging file in the System Properties. I don't want it. It's unnecessary (4GB of RAM! It's not a server!), and it's too slow compared to the RAM. So why does even XP itself still say I'm using a paging file? I want it eradicated! I've been trying to kill the stupid thing for 3 years now, since I first went to the 4 GB of RAM!
ejn63
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June 11th, 2013 19:00
For info on the page file
www.codinghorror.com/.../running-xp-with-the-pagefile-disabled.html
AMD/ATI never released drivers for XP64 -- and in ten months, XP goes away completely so it's not much of an issue.
martianent
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March 15th, 2014 20:00
Actually, XP losing support is a BIG issue for me. I am NEVER going to go to anything newer. Heck, if I could, I'd be running 98SE on every computer I own (I hate XP with a passion but everything else but 98SE is even worse). XP is enough of a memory hog, Vista is just plain horrific, 7, IMO, is just a prettied-up Vista, and 8 is definitely a no-go (if I wanted a touchscreen OS on my computer I'd buy a tablet!), and all are even worse in terms of being memory hogs.
Guess I'm never going to find the x64 IGP xPress driver. So I'm stuck continuing to run x86. Although I still have x64 on the other hard disk (which I'm not using at the moment).
And I have installed and am currently running the TL-66 processor.
As for the post above, basically, that Coding Horror site just tells me to do what I have already said that I have already done. XP IS STILL USING A PAGING FILE THAT I WANT ERADICATED. I think I have used, at maximum load, 2GB of RAM at one time. Possibly 2.5. Which is still 1GB short of the XP reported maximum I have installed. So there won't be any issues. And, as I said, the paging file is S L O W.