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diamondz6001   12-29-2006 at 02:34:04 AM

This could sound kinda newbie but I have been running windows xp home for a long time now. My cpu fan was getting ready to die so I just got this wild hair to throw in a new motherboard, cpu, heat sink& fan and all were built for 64 bit. My question is do I have to upgrade to a windows 64 compatible o/s now? in order to boot this new hardware? is it imposible for the system to boot with 64 bit hardware and 32 bit o/s?

Thx for the help :)

Diamond

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evongugg   12-29-2006 at 01:56:54 PM
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You can still use 32-bit software on 64-bit capable systems.
It is too early to migrate to 64-bit right now.
Wait for Vista.

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diamondz6001   12-31-2006 at 07:20:50 PM
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That wasnt an answer that was your opinion but thnx anyway.

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Zoron   01-02-2007 at 06:22:02 PM
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Read again very carefully... he did answer your question:

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My question is do I have to upgrade to a windows 64 compatible o/s now? in order to boot this new hardware?



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You can still use 32-bit software on 64-bit capable systems.



That means any version of Windows (other than for IA-64) can be installed on that system... 32-bit or 64-bit... it doesn't make a difference in terms of installing the OS. The only problem you might find is with 64-bit drivers for your hardware. Ensure that all your hardware has 64-bit drivers available before you make the leap to 64-bit.

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diamondz6001   01-02-2007 at 09:05:47 PM
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That was a bit more of an answer. I wasnt being rude in the last post I guess i was just hoping for a more in-deph answer like yours.

Thnx!
:)

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joefriday   01-04-2007 at 11:01:47 PM
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Is your new CPU an Itanium? :?

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diamondz6001   01-05-2007 at 01:00:02 AM
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If Itanium is intel then no what i have is a biostar nf325-a7 motherboard and a amd athlon 64 cpu

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