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09-29-2011, 09:58 PM
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Dell OptiPlex GX270
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Is it possible to install windows vista onto this pc? |
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09-29-2011, 11:22 PM
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I'm sure you could, but Dell has no Vista drivers available. Why would you WANT to?
How much ram does it have? |
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09-30-2011, 10:32 AM
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The most I would do is to max out the RAM.
Computer memory upgrades for Dell OptiPlex GX270 Series (Desktop and Mini-Tower) Desktop/PC from Crucial.com
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09-30-2011, 11:05 AM
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That's some pretty expensive ram - I don't think it's worth it, that is, after all, an old Pentium 4.
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09-30-2011, 12:33 PM
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I found this computer on an alley having only a bad hard drive, removed hd and it boots up fine. I have an old spare 40gb hd so I will install it and see what happens. thanks a lot guys now I know why vista was not mentioned anywhere as an option for this comp.- that's because of drivers not specs. I will try to install windows xp then and will try to find cheap ram as it looks like I can add 2 more GB. Hopefully I wont have problems with drivers as I never know which ones are important to load.
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09-30-2011, 01:01 PM
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How much ram does it have now? How many modules does it have, and how many open slots does it have?
Dell has a full set of drivers for XP - the first one to install is the Intel chipset driver. Then you install video drivers, audio drivers, Ethernet drivers, and drivers for any add-on cards such as a 56k modem. When there are no longer any flagged devices in device manager, you are good to go. |
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09-30-2011, 02:16 PM
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It has 4 slots, 2 are used, 1GB in each slot - total 2GB.
So once I get rid of all the flagged device I should NOT install anything else right? Once again thanks glc |
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09-30-2011, 02:32 PM
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With XP, I wouldn't bother upgrading the ram, 2gb is plenty.
Right - just install in the order I specified. |
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09-30-2011, 08:48 PM
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ok old hd I found does not work, I need to buy a new one.
can you verify that this one Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive is compatible with this http://www.dell.com/downloads/us/pro...gx270_spec.pdf thanks |
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09-30-2011, 11:10 PM
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It *should* be compatible.
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10-01-2011, 09:40 AM
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thanks, will order it today
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10-01-2011, 01:07 PM
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I just ordered it but now I have doubts if xp sp2 will install on sata drive because apparently it does not contain sata drivers.
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10-01-2011, 10:36 PM
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10-02-2011, 03:46 AM
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The 865G chipset is old enough where I believe SP2 will have drivers.
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10-02-2011, 11:48 AM
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You might be right glc, my main computer has sata hd with windows xp sp2, and I installed it, but do not remember how I did it, it has an old p5ld2 motherboard. Do you think I should just try to install windows normally without any third party drivers? If it doesn't work I can always do it again right? It better works though because I cannot find a driver for this computer on dell website. Thanks much.
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10-02-2011, 12:33 PM
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Try it, if it doesn't like it, it won't see the hard drive.
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