Windows 10: Windows 10 on OLD COMPUTERS

Discus and support Windows 10 on OLD COMPUTERS in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; That is not "old" hardware by any means and Windows 10 would be expected to run like a champ on it which I'm sure it does. Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by WiiSky70, Feb 8, 2016.

  1. lgentry Win User

    Windows 10 on OLD COMPUTERS


    That is not "old" hardware by any means and Windows 10 would be expected to run like a champ on it which I'm sure it does.
     
    lgentry, Feb 12, 2016
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  2. CTPhil Win User

    The oldest hardware I've put Win 10 on so far was about 9 years old. My general experience is that the older the hardware the more driver and other conflicts. I had to reinstall on the oldest twice, it locked up so bad I couldn't open the task manager to attempt a fix. Got it sorted eventually and it runs great. (Acer laptop) High end HP laptops with switchable graphics can be tricky, but can be worked around. I've got it running great on Dell laptops with 2.00 gHz dual cores and 2 GB of RAM. Just for fun I'd like to try it on an older P4 machine, I'll bet it will run fine. *Smile Clearly 10 wasn't designed for old hardware, but there seems to be a fix for just about any combo if you're willing to dig in and work it out. *Smile
     
    CTPhil, Feb 12, 2016
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  3. WiiSky70 Win User
    Even on this Ivy Bridge it is slow (with oc and everything crancked up)
     
    WiiSky70, Feb 19, 2016
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  4. essenbe Win User

    Windows 10 on OLD COMPUTERS

    I have it installed on a Dell Laptop running a T2390 1.86 GHz. Upgraded and installed without issue. It runs about as fast as it can run.
     
    essenbe, Feb 19, 2016
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  5. Jack07 Win User
    Running pretty well on this.
    Downsides - 2 minute startup when fast startup is disabled and a little over an hour to upgrade from a build to another.


    Windows 10 on OLD COMPUTERS [​IMG]
     
    Jack07, Feb 19, 2016
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  6. amtronic Win User
    Does a Dell D820 qualify as an old PC?
    Operating System - Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    CPU - Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7400 @ 2.16GHz


    After the Dell D820, my next attempt will be a Dell XPS Gen5 desktop from 2005 - right now it gives me the "Your CPU does not meet the minimum requirements" reply, but we're not giving up - as old as it is, it's like a vintage Ferrari running Win7 64.

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    amtronic, Feb 22, 2016
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  7. CTPhil Win User
    Ha ha, I'm on a D820 right now running XP. I was thinking of 10 on this machine myself, lol. Why not? It's dual core and 2GB RAM, should run fine. *Smile
     
    CTPhil, Feb 22, 2016
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  8. amtronic Win User

    Windows 10 on OLD COMPUTERS

    I had no success until I bumped mine to 4gb memory. But good luck!

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    amtronic, Feb 23, 2016
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  9. CTPhil Win User
    Good to know. I've got others running Win 10 on 2 GB just fine, but was in fact thinking of spending $20 on a pair of used 2GB sticks for the D820. There is definitely a noticeable difference with 4GB!
     
    CTPhil, Feb 23, 2016
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  10. Fafhrd Win User
    I believe the key to running 10 at reasonable speed on 2GB is having a graphics card with WDDM drivers and with a sensible amount of its own video RAM. And then, nothing special is required - see my specs - it's not apparently slow - in fact XP, 8.1 and 10 have similar boot times of about 1 minute, and are similarly, comfortably responsive in use.

    The only time it's noticeably slow is during the Windows 10 setup and upgrade, when I believe WinPE uses generic graphics drivers and dedicates 1GB of system RAM to the GPU - which is intolerable - and does not go back to dedicated graphics until the last phase of sysprep, when things speed up again.
     
    Fafhrd, Feb 23, 2016
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  11. amtronic Win User
    Got to admit failure (at this point) on putting Win 10 on a Dell XPS Gen 5 desktop system. It would not install directly regardless of the method I used, so I tried an end-run. I took a Win 10 HDD from a newer system and moved it over to the XPS. It loads the Win 10 logo but hangs there. I believe that it is related to the BIOS not supporting some needed CPU calls. The BIOS is at A04 which is the highest supported by Dell. Also, the 955 chipset on the MB may not be good enough to meet Win 10 needs. Looks like they are destined for Unbuntu since it loads and runs very well.


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    amtronic, Mar 1, 2016
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  12. Fafhrd Win User
    Amtronic - have you tried the 32-bit version, or just the 64-bit? Being a very early 64-bit Intel processor, it may not support CMPXCHG16B - but I have no information on this.

    Like the Prescott Pentium 4, the Pentium EE840 has SSE2, PAE and NX, and the LGA775 socket and Hyperthreading. The Pentium 4 runs Windows 10 x86 versions well.

    I also wonder if the Graphics system on the XPS, although excellent at the time it was released, is not supported by Windows 10.
     
    Fafhrd, Mar 1, 2016
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  13. essenbe Win User

    Windows 10 on OLD COMPUTERS

    Windows 10 on OLD COMPUTERS [​IMG]



    Windows 10 on OLD COMPUTERS [​IMG]



    Windows 10 on OLD COMPUTERS [​IMG]
     
    essenbe, Mar 2, 2016
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  14. Fafhrd Win User
    I think I must be about 3 years before you Steve...


    Windows 10 on OLD COMPUTERS [​IMG]


    Finally have the Travelmate 2423 running acceptably happily by disabling the modem and wireless card which had an IRQ 21 conflict causing 100% CPU use It's only taken about 6 months to get it running acceptably!
     
    Fafhrd, Mar 2, 2016
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  15. lgentry Win User
    Depends on what one calls "old". IMO the D820 is semi-old. I've upgraded about 30 machines thus far but not a D820. You might want to take a look at this article. Seems as though it has been done successfully. http://dellwindowsreinstallationguid...nd-8-1-64-bit/ Be sure that your bios and all drivers are up to date on Windows 7 before you start the upgrade. I'd make a full system backup just in case something goes wrong.
     
    lgentry, Mar 2, 2016
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