Win XP service pack 3

**MikeyLikesIt** · Sep-28-2008, 10:00 AM

I have an "older" machine.....

yea,

or nay?

**Orca** · Sep-28-2008, 10:05 AM

I've got an older machine, no problems with service pack 3.

JiGGZ · Sep-28-2008, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Orca

I've got an older machine, no problems with service pack 3.

What he said. BUT make sure you have sufficent RAM as some of the changes use additional resources. RAM is CHEEEEEEAP these days so no more reasons not to max out your machine and it makes a huge difference. Any questions PM me.

peptobiz · Sep-28-2008, 12:06 PM

No problem with SP3. You should do a backup prior to installation, just in case.

umoa · Sep-28-2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by peptobiz

No problem with SP3. You should do a backup prior to installation, just in case.

I am running 2 hard drives, half of one with the boot drive, the rest are storage. (All i would need to back up is the hard disk with the boot drive right? or would I have to back up both?)

**MikeyLikesIt** · Sep-28-2008, 07:23 PM

thanks all. If you dont hear from me for a week, send help.

Lend-a-Fish · Oct-02-2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JiGGZ

What he said. BUT make sure you have sufficent RAM as some of the changes use additional resources. RAM is CHEEEEEEAP these days so no more reasons not to max out your machine and it makes a huge difference. Any questions PM me.

2GB is about max for XP, so no reason to buy anymore than that, but i agree get the full 2GB.

JiGGZ · Oct-02-2008, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Lend-a-Fish

2GB is about max for XP, so no reason to buy anymore than that, but i agree get the full 2GB.

Both my XP machines have 4 gigs Dual Channel. Xp uses it just fine. If you have any problems and IF your machine isn't TOO old. Update your machines BIOS ( Flash) and it should do fine BUT BUT BUT

FLASHING BIOS IS NO JOKE>>>DO IT WRONG AND YOU WILL BRICK YOUR MACHINE.

Lend-a-Fish · Oct-05-2008, 12:48 AM

there is another really good forum, similar to bloodydecks but for tech stuff called techsupportforums.com. They have locked threads at the top of the RAM forums refering to XP and stating that 2 GB maxes XP out. They say you can use more but that you dont get anymore speed or power, thats what i was saying. So 4 GB is doable but you may be fishing 100# test on football tuna, (thats fishing speak equivalent).

Of course, i was just repeating shit i heard to make myself feel important,

JiGGZ · Oct-05-2008, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Lend-a-Fish

there is another really good forum, similar to bloodydecks but for tech stuff called techsupportforums.com. They have locked threads at the top of the RAM forums refering to XP and stating that 2 GB maxes XP out. They say you can use more but that you dont get anymore speed or power, thats what i was saying. So 4 GB is doable but you may be fishing 100# test on football tuna, (thats fishing speak equivalent).

Of course, i was just repeating shit i heard to make myself feel important,

Jason I am not going to bother to argue this point. It it too complicated to explain on a Blog.

If you think that blog ( one of tHOUSANDS) covers ALL of the variables of what makes a computer faster and how it uses its resources the there you go. I am sure you can find a blog that says you can ONLY use NEWELLS to throw a jig too. ( a little fish talk back at ya

) To completely answer this question for this guy we BOTH need more information , MOBO, FSB on his Processor , HUGE one is his BIOS ( Most older machines with good MOBOs have an update that helps here) and YES XP HAS sent out updates in SP2 and SP# that DO allow it to take advantage of more than 2GB of RAM. Lastly I am talking from Experience here NOT from reading a Blog. I have done this many many many times and I BENCH the machines before and after and there is a marked speed advantage. Funny thing is RAM isn't for Speed anyway it is so you machines doesn't LOSE speed as it runs multiple applications, speed is simply a byproduct because your machine can run more things at full speed.

Like I said this would take MUCH more time than I am willing to take here to explain fully BUT your blog buddy disagrees with most working pros or you read it wrong. The blanket statement cannot be made about more than 1 machine at a time. Without knowing specs it really is just all BS.

FishStalker · Oct-05-2008, 10:23 AM

It's pretty cut and dried from a computer science perspective. Windows xp is a 32 bit operating system. This limits the amount of addressable RAM to 4GB. The hardware doesn't matter beyond that (BIOS, etc). The OS cannot address the additional memory.

If you want to use more than 4GB of memory, you need to move to a 64 bit OS.

Windows Vista And 4GB Of Memory

umoa · Oct-05-2008, 10:44 AM

i have 4 gb of ram in my p4, and 512 on my vid card. Took 2 gb out and I did not notice a difference in speed.

I keep at it at 4gb just for the hell of it.
My bro's duo core with 2gb beats the hell out my 2.8p4 relic.