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| Title says it all however, I want to also mention the fact that this PC I'm asking y'all about has Windows XP Home Edition. Will I be able to upgrade it to Vista or
7? Also, not planning on using the PC as a Linux machine.
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| It'll depend on how much disk space and RAM you have. You can find official requirements online. If it has enough you can probably install Windows 7. It ran OK on a PC I had from around that time period. You might even be able to install Windows 10, but I suspect it'll be slow if it works. If you'd rather load something older, you might be able to go as far back as Windows 98 though it's a little new to not encounter any challenges (too much RAM can be problematic, for instance, and some hardware might not have drivers).
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| Thank you!
Also, do you know why the PC beeps twice? (It's a Dell Dimension 2400)
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| Is there an on-screen message? Usually it's only necessary to figure out the meaning of the beep code when there's no video. For some PCs two is normal.
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| Idk, I'll be getting a keyboard & screen for it tomorrow
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| Well not having a keyboard plugged in will usually result in extra beeps.
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| True. From what I read though in the service manual, it said that two beeps meant that the microprocessor was dead.
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Well, until you have some historical or sentimental reasons, I'd recommend against using a P4 machine. Intel kinda flopped on P4 processors generation. The only thing that P4 processors are good, is turning electricity into heat, with poor performance and huge consumption. Really!  If you need just a cheap PC, get something based on Core Duo or later. May be free as well today. These CPUs are much much better. Also extra memory will be easier to find. |
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| Well, tbh, I don't care much whether or not it runs hot & slow. I might upgrade it to a core duo in the near future if it'll fit.
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| Don't put 7 on it. XP will run better and faster than 7 on such an ancient machine, and there is no real benefit to running 7 because any sofware written for 7, is already too heavy for your vintage computer.
7 was a great OS and i liked it better than XP, but for old computers you're better off with lighter OSs.
Also, it should be obvious but don't connect it to the internet. Firstly because you cannot use a modern browser with it, and therefore are unable to visit half the modern websites (which require modern browser functionality and security implementations).
Secondly because it can get virus infested and become part of a network of bots.
I stopped running a core2duo laptop with windows 7 about 6 years ago because it simply got unusably slow when running anything vaguely modern. But by then, it already was a spare laptop for in case my main computer died.
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| Okay, I'm still gonna get Win7 on it anyways. Also, there is a modern browser for XP machines called "supermium" which is a Chromium based browser.
I'm also aware of not connecting it to the internet due to the fact that you could get hacked.
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Well, until you have some historical or sentimental reasons, I'd recommend against using a P4 machine. Intel kinda flopped on P4 processors generation. The only thing that P4 processors are good, is turning electricity into heat, with poor performance and huge consumption. Really! I have a P4 (with Win 98se) and it runs just fine. As far as I know it doesn't create excessive heat or use excessive power(not that I really care). I did install extra fans in the case, but that's just something I do. Okay, I'm still gonna get Win7 on it anyways. Also, there is a modern browser for XP machines called "supermium" which is a Chromium based browser.
I'm also aware of not connecting it to the internet due to the fact that you could get hacked. Wouldn't be surprized if Win 7 runs(or maybe walks/crawls? .LOL. on it) And as far as the thing of "you will get hacked" with XP, that's over-stated, unless you're using Internet Explorer & visiting random unsafe sites. Just make sure to install a firewall software & some form of virus protection. Plus find a different browser (ideally firefox-based, get the adblock & noscript addons) |
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| Sad to say, the hard drive platters are dust, the unit only gets to the Windows XP boot screen.
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| Surprised it even gets to the boot screen.
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| Same, thought it would give me an error about the HDD being dead and not load the boot screen.
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