Contact Forum Editor

Send an email to our Forum Editor:

PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the Forum Editor know who sent the message. Both your name and email address will not be used for any other purpose.

Windows 7 Help

It's free to register, to post a question or to start / join a discussion

View Forum Rules | Contact Forum Editor

 

CPU to run W& in XP mode.

john bunyan

Likes # 0

Posted November 16, 2009 at 9:27AM

W7 Pro and Ult theoretically can run XP simulation. MY motherboard is MSI K8N SLI-F and I have 2.2 Gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core. The "check" says 64 bit W7 will be ok but the CPU not ok for the XP. What do I need to replace, is it worth it. Plan b is to run XP as dual boot. Still on XP, installing W7 soon.

Like this post
john bunyan

Likes # 0

Posted November 16, 2009 at 10:02AM

On further reading I think I need an Athlon 64 X2 with Socket AMD2 but with AMD-V capability.Not sure on this.

Like this post
a member

Likes # 0

Posted November 16, 2009 at 1:08PM

your processor should not be a problem ,but your motherboard must support virtualization , check your board out on the manufacturers website or enter the bios setup during boot (keep tapping (del) during startup . and have a look for a bios option to enable virtualization.

Like this post
john bunyan

Likes # 0

Posted November 16, 2009 at 1:35PM

Could not find virtualisation in BIOS options. Do not want to spend too much on a 3 year old PC but wonder which motherboard would be compatible with the rest - processor as above plus Nvidia 7800GTX and X-Fi sound card, Happuage TV tuner.Probably too much hassle, so as I have 2 HD's I will probably run a dual boot XP / W7 until I am used to W7 ,then dump XP.

Like this post

Reply to this topic

This thread has been locked.



Check out PC Advisor's other tech forums

Send to a friend

Email this article to a friend or colleague:

PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the recipient know who sent the story. Both your name and the recipient's name and address will not be used for any other purpose.