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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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10-22-2003 06:19
*bangs head on wall* So yesterday my gf brought me a spare hard drive from a broken computer at her college... I slap it into my box and it bots up fine! YAY!  But... there's some really weird problem with it... It's LAZY The HD seems to work fine but randomly turns himself off or something. I have been unable to install Windows XP on it since it stops working half way through the installation process. Maybe its overheating or something, I dont know. I'm sick of this  I'm gonna try hooking up my old 486's hard drive to my main computer. It's only 1 gig, but it should probably be enough to run SL and windows 98...  |
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Hunter Phaeton
The New Cap'n Stubin
Join date: 24 Sep 2003
Posts: 63
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10-22-2003 20:24
Er...how are you going to do that Eggy? I though Win98 wouldn't run SL?
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Loki Pico
Registered User
Join date: 20 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,938
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10-22-2003 22:14
From: someone Current minimum computer specifications are:
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce 2 (32MB RAM) or higher, or ATI Radeon 8500 (32MB RAM) or higher (laptop users: see #8 below for more information)
Computer: 800MHZ or higher, 256MB RAM or more
OS: Windows XP/2000
Internet Connection: Broadband (DSL/Cable Modem/LAN)
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Cailyn Miller
mmm.... shiny
Join date: 11 Mar 2003
Posts: 369
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10-23-2003 00:08
SL will run on Win98, there are several people in-world doing it. I'd hate to try it myself, but it can be done. Just don't expect any support when it bombs! |
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Michael Small
Addicted To Counseling
Join date: 22 Sep 2003
Posts: 123
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10-23-2003 05:45
Disable power management features in the bios. I had this problem on a beta-testing machine. Installed new video card, and the thing just kept hanging. I went to the event log and saw a power management error.
What the hell, worth a try eh?
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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10-23-2003 05:54
Well yes I'll give it a shot but this 20 gig HD my gf brought me was already doing it on a nother puter and has a little orange sticker saying "broken" =)
And while I was running it, I noticed a few bad clusters. I'll work on it later, at the moment I am back in SL using my mom's single-gigabyte HD from our old 486 =)
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Dionysus Starseeker
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 31 Dec 1969
Posts: 764
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10-23-2003 07:55
You forgot to add the hamster wheel for power!!
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Bonecrusher Slate
Registered User
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 337
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10-23-2003 08:00
He also forgot the Flux Capacitor...It's what makes time travel possible -Bone |