Windows 7 Upgrade

[JohnR]

I split the tread - use this one.

[Raven]

ok fine....

so what do i need to do JOHN ?

upgrade the d2 memory?

it's just an Office BOX nothin fancy obviously

[JohnR]

OK, your system is really a borderline system (and I think below) to be capable enough for Win7

You have a HT Processor, not a real dual core
memory is DDR2
HDD is early SATA (PATA in wolf's clothing)
No discrete video card.
Somewhat slower chipset.
Coming up on 6th birthday in Feb 2011

Not worth upgrading to Win7 IMO and if it was, Win7 is not going to give you much more (while running slower). A clean install of XP or even creating a new user profile, defrag. and Malwarebytes sweep might do more for that machine for free than dropping $100+ hardware into that rig, only to get mediocre performance.

I wouldn't try to upgrade. Don't get me wrong - this is a decent XP computer. If you were one of my work clients and asked me to spend $400 on it to get to W7 I would have you sign an "Against Geek Advise" consent form.

[Raven]

yeah lack of a decent video card with internal memory is
probably a big part of the problem with this cheesy unit

i did the defrag already

i'll run the malware ..... next

over the winter i'll try and resurrect the expensive box
i have in the basement but i have a nasty bios issue
and may need to
replace the mobo .... before i can proceed

need recommendations there (later on tho)

my old house got hit by lightning see... or a power surge
and it did something weird to the old monitor
and so... trying to figure it out
i botched things up looking in all the wrong places
when it was just a setting right on the monitor adjustments itself
that i completely over looked.... a tough lesson learned.

thanks for the diagnostic advice Bossman

[vineyardblues]

RAM Memory Upgrade: Dell, Mac, Apple, HP, Compaq. USB drives, flash cards, SSD at Crucial.com

Go to crucial.com , run the free scan , it will tell you what you have and how much to upgrade your memery..lol I will not touch that !!!!

I have the software, We have computers with 2 gig running fine on 7 ...
I have XP, Vista , windows 7
Memory is the key ,,,,, and Malwarebytes.org
Boy now I need a Bluemoon

[Raven]

Originally Posted by vineyardblues

RAM Memory Upgrade: Dell, Mac, Apple, HP, Compaq. USB drives, flash cards, SSD at Crucial.com

Go to crucial.com , run the free scan , it will tell you what you have and how much to upgrade your memery..lol I will not touch that !!!!

I have the software, We have computers with 2 gig running fine on 7 ...
I have XP, Vista , windows 7
Memory is the key ,,,,, and Malwarebytes.org
Boy now I need a Bluemoon

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went there but they did not have the 280 in the drop down menu
unfortunately , but i essentially already know what to purchase

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Raven

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went there but they did not have the 280 in the drop down menu
unfortunately , but i essentially already know what to purchase

Its there under Optiplex GX280

You need DDR2 - but starting with 1.5GB of RAM will not see much improvement going to more - say 2GB or 2.5GB. If you only had 512 to start, you would see significant improvement.

A dedicated video card would help - this will help a lot after rebate - about $5 plus tax / shipping: GeForce 9500GT 512MB DDR2 PCIe 2.0 x16 Graphics Card @ microcenter for $4.99 AR and Savings - Slickdeals.net (thous *should* work in your PC)

If I had an extra I'd give it to you but I don't have a spare PCI-e