Shoutbox

Hi there,

I have a P4 2.66ghz processor the systemboard is P5V800-MX with 2 GIG's of DDR ram.  I'm currently running Windows XP Pro w/sp3....Can i run Windows 7??

Regards

Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

I've tried that in the past and the the video card i have witch is the ATI x1650 freezes when i boot it up.   Should i maybe try the using the onboard and not the ATI?

The onboard video is worse than your card. If it freezes, you're not recommended to upgrade.

It would surprise me that Windows would be the culprint of the video card freezing. Windows has always been designed to run on pretty low graphics cards. That you wont be able to use all the eyecandy stuff in Windows 7 with a low-end graphics card is possible and understandable, but you should at least be able to boot up.

For starters, how do you know the video card frooze? Have you tried another video card? Have you checked to card was properly plugged in?

If the, otherwise perfect running, card frooze when you executed the Upgrade Adviser then it is mostlikely a software problem, not a hardware problem.

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Originally posted by YourNeibour
I've tried that in the past and the the video card i have witch is the ATI x1650 freezes when i boot it up.   Should i maybe try the using the onboard and not the ATI?

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If the Advisor froze on XP, I'd also doubt it's the video card's fault (it could be any incompatible/faulty hardware/software when the Advisor is probing things)

Anyway, I'd run Vista on ATI Radeon X600 Pro and experienced no performance problems with the effects. So X1650 should be fine for W7 too I'd presume.

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Originally posted by YourNeibour
I've tried that in the past and the the video card i have witch is the ATI x1650 freezes when i boot it up.   Should i maybe try the using the onboard and not the ATI?

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Windows 7 works fine with my x1950, as did the Upgrade Advisor on XP.

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Originally posted by YourNeibour
I've tried that in the past and the the video card i have witch is the ATI x1650 freezes when i boot it up.   Should i maybe try the using the onboard and not the ATI?

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one way to findout if its the Card at fault, take it to a computer shop an get them to test it or slip it in a Mates PC an test it that way

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Originally posted by ICQ
one way to findout if its the Card at fault, take it to a computer shop an get them to test it or slip it in a Mates PC an test it that way

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Definitely not..

I wouldn't trust them, or at least the ones around here. They would probably charge you to get it tested, then tell you it's 'faulty' so you can buy another one (off them).

Just try the on-board one or boot in VGA Enabled mode (Press F8 at start-up) to see if it's dodgy/corrupt drivers causing the problem.

The thing is the adviser sais it's fine...but when i boot the Windows 7 DVD into the drive it freezes the system at the language screen.