Windows 7 on old rig... wow fixed all lock ups.

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:13 am

So I put windows 7 32bit on my old rig (see specs below)

I had the worst locking up problems... XP ran smooth for years. I have changed my PSU to a different one I had around. Swapped ram with my brothers computer. Tried power options in Windows 7, as well as disabling services and changed video cards etc and countless of things.

In conclusion...

I had my screen saver set as "Blank" which caused my computer to lock up.

I hear people had headaches with even "hiding the task bar" which will cause lock ups. After 3 months of using my laptop and my desktop machine sat here as a paper weight.

Cheers

blacklab · Post by **blacklab** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:05 pm

Does this mean Win 7 needs less hardware than XP?

I tried Win 7 when it had the free trial and as soon as I can find one of those 3 licenses for $150 I will buy it and try it again.

My puter is getting old and needs upgrading, but I want to wait until a few more boards supporting USB 3 are available.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:11 pm

blacklab wrote:Does this mean Win 7 needs less hardware than XP?.

No, it needs more..quite a bit more. Although it can run tolerably on older P4 vintage hardware..but it really runs better with at least 2 gigs of RAM and a dual core processor.

What probably made it run better on his rig was better built in driver support, where the previous install with XP may have had early/buggy drivers. Just a guess.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:39 pm

Neat.

blacklab · Post by **blacklab** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:17 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:No, it needs more..quite a bit more. Although it can run tolerably on older P4 vintage hardware..but it really runs better with at least 2 gigs of RAM and a dual core processor.

My computer is a P4 dual core with 2 gigs of ram, but when I had the Win 7 trial version installed my HP scanner quite working. I thought it was because Win 7 did not have drivers, but after uninstalling it the scanner has not worked right. I did like how Win 7 worked.

Going to get serious and get the scanner working this week, or buy an Epson.