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From: Cdlsrn on 24 Jun 2008 13:33 Now that I got my new Dell xps 420 system, I would like to wipe my Windows 98se off my Dell XPS T450 and install XP and give it to my brother. The specs are Dell Dimension XPS T450 MHz Pentium III MiniTower Base with 512K Cache 384MB SDRAM Memory 6x max variable dvd-rom drive 13.6GBUltra ATA Hard Drive, 7200 rpm Can I do that? Change it to an XP machine?
From: Pen on 24 Jun 2008 14:42 Cdlsrn wrote: > Now that I got my new Dell xps 420 system, I would like to wipe my Windows > 98se off my Dell XPS T450 and install XP and give it to my brother. > The specs are Dell Dimension XPS T450 MHz > Pentium III MiniTower Base with 512K Cache > 384MB SDRAM Memory > 6x max variable dvd-rom drive > 13.6GBUltra ATA Hard Drive, 7200 rpm > > Can I do that? Change it to an XP machine? > Maybe. Dell doesn't have drivers for XP on that model. Win2k or ME is as late as it goes. I had several 4100s at 900MHz and above and frankly that was as slow as I would want to go. http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=DIM_PNT_P03_XPS_T___&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=
From: William R. Walsh on 24 Jun 2008 14:59 Hi! > Can I do that? Change it to an XP machine? Yes, but you should really consider putting 512MB RAM in place. XP will run in 384, but anything beyond that is iffy at best. Much of the hardware will probably already have support in XP, especially basic system devices like the chipset. The video is probably also supported. Still, before you wipe the machine, run through Device Manager and write down the hardware that's present under each category, paying special attention to: Video Sound Networking Modem Then back up all your data and make sure the backup worked. When you're done with that, get a tool like DBAN and wipe the machine. If you go to Dell for drivers, the Windows 2000 drivers will work fine. I'd check with the hardware manufacturers first, and use their drivers--especially if they are newer. You'll need a copy of Windows XP next. The system should have no problem starting from the XP installation CD and once that takes place, you should be good to go. I think the computer will actually run XP fairly well if the graphical "extras" are turned off. I'm running XP on a Dell Dimension L566cx right now with 512MB RAM and an 80GB hard disk. It runs well, although multimedia-heavy web pages tax the system heavily. Other than that it works well and is very usable--it's presently joined to a domain and word processes, plays music, burns CDs and has played DVDs without issue. William
From: joe_tide on 24 Jun 2008 15:32 "Cdlsrn" <NOSPAM(a)nospam.com> wrote in message news:48613020$0$5012$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > Now that I got my new Dell xps 420 system, I would like to wipe my Windows > 98se off my Dell XPS T450 and install XP and give it to my brother. > The specs are Dell Dimension XPS T450 MHz > Pentium III MiniTower Base with 512K Cache > 384MB SDRAM Memory > 6x max variable dvd-rom drive > 13.6GBUltra ATA Hard Drive, 7200 rpm > > Can I do that? Change it to an XP machine? > I gave away a Dimension XPS T600 that had a 1 Ghz processor in it. It ran Windows XP flawlessly, but it had (I think) 768 MB of memory and an updated video card.
From: Cdlsrn on 24 Jun 2008 15:34
Is that all it will handle? or can I add more than 128mb? if I change some of the settings. "William R. Walsh" <wm_walsh(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:581324b5-ab28-4d00-b215-a06b3f8bbdc1(a)x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > Hi! > >> Can I do that? Change it to an XP machine? > > Yes, but you should really consider putting 512MB RAM in place. XP > will run in 384, but anything beyond that is iffy at best. > > Much of the hardware will probably already have support in XP, > especially basic system devices like the chipset. The video is > probably also supported. Still, before you wipe the machine, run > through Device Manager and write down the hardware that's present > under each category, paying special attention to: > > Video > Sound > Networking > Modem > > Then back up all your data and make sure the backup worked. When > you're done with that, get a tool like DBAN and wipe the machine. If > you go to Dell for drivers, the Windows 2000 drivers will work fine. > I'd check with the hardware manufacturers first, and use their > drivers--especially if they are newer. > > You'll need a copy of Windows XP next. The system should have no > problem starting from the XP installation CD and once that takes > place, you should be good to go. > > I think the computer will actually run XP fairly well if the graphical > "extras" are turned off. I'm running XP on a Dell Dimension L566cx > right now with 512MB RAM and an 80GB hard disk. It runs well, although > multimedia-heavy web pages tax the system heavily. Other than that it > works well and is very usable--it's presently joined to a domain and > word processes, plays music, burns CDs and has played DVDs without > issue. > > William |