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08-22-2007, 07:23 PM
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Upgrade Sony VIAO OS?
A friend of mine has a Sony VIAO F-430 PC notebook, with Pentium III (450 Mhz?).
Would he be able to upgrade the OS from Win 98 to W2K without any problem? |
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08-22-2007, 11:54 PM
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Sony has a full set of Win2K drivers for that model. However, how much ram is in it and how big is the hard drive?
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08-23-2007, 09:19 AM
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Glc - Will get back to you with that info.
Thanks. |
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08-23-2007, 09:48 AM
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I'm pretty sure the F430 maxes out at 256MB ram. He may be better off sticking with Win98.
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08-23-2007, 07:40 PM
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Here are the tech specs for that VAIO notebook:
640K RAM 191 Mb Extended RAM 256 K Cache SRAM 10 Gb hard drive |
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08-24-2007, 01:07 AM
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192 MB of RAM should be fine for 2000. Heck, it runs well enough on 128 MB.
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08-24-2007, 11:58 AM
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It will run 2K the way it is, but don't expect to multitask with any kind of performance.
You have a 64mb and 128mb module - pull the 64 and buy a 128, it's $31 at Crucial. Well worth it, 2K will run noticeably better. |
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