gogoblender 3,070 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Hey guys We just started tinkering with the new comp last night, and we're having challenges or perhaps conflicts with the older os. Does anyone know outright whether a 32 bit xp can be used with a 64 bit mother board? Any possible problems in the future? Thanks! gogo Link to comment
fRACTAL 0 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Err, yes, in my experience (my motherboard supports 64 bit, and I'm running 32 bit windows XP quite happily) ~Doom Link to comment
bhj 24 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 yep your motherboard can run 32 bit Xp without any problems Link to comment
Yarasa 0 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 my windows is 32bit and processor 64 also. No problems Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I reckon the only thing that might cause trouble is trying it the other way round... Link to comment
fRACTAL 0 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I reckon the only thing that might cause trouble is trying it the other way round... lol, yes that just might cause problems, especially with a 32 bit processor too ~Doom Link to comment
Putrescine 11 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Yes... The other way around DOES cause problems >.< The way you asked will work fine ^^, Link to comment
Genenut 8 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 mean like how a fat32 formated drive wont work in a fat16 system (ie native win 95b hard drive has to be reformatted to work in win 95a) *lol* or as someone on the military base found out with the base library computer while lord was stationed there, you cant install win 3.11 for workgroups on a system that has been upgraded to win95 (thought he could just install over it to put things back to win 3.11) Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 Thanks everyone! lol, once again, having you guys to bounce off always makes me feel like I'm doing something right. I was lucky and got an xp 64 pro... Happy blender gogo Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 You sure you got all the drivers for the 64bit Windows? That is the biggest issue with 64bit OS's at the moment... Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 hmmm, I'm not sure In fact, it's not reading all the ram I have... where do I go for the drivers...just ms updates? gogo Link to comment
fRACTAL 0 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 All the RAM being how much? 32Bit can read around 3.25 gigs of RAM. 64bit I believe is unlimited but requires the correct drivers to go beyond the 32Bit range. ~Doom Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 Thanks Tim...where do I get the correct drivers from? gogo Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Mobo drivers: go to ASUS.com.Go here select MOBO, chipset=AM2/AM2+, and your mobo (M3A). There you can download the latest drivers (chipset, audio and LAN). Be sure to get the XP 64bit versions. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 It works, it works! gogo Link to comment
fRACTAL 0 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 It works, it works! gogo Hurrayz! Hurrayz! So cmon, how much RAM has it got?! ~Doom Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 Mystery is solved! gogo Link to comment
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