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Reply 20 of 25, by Skyscraper

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smeezekitty wrote:

Why downgrade to XP? It's a dying OS

Windows XP will never die! 😎 Vista and DX9 gaming seemed like a less than optimal combination, the system isnt fast enough for newish games.
I use Windows XP with most of my systems, only the socket 1366 systems and my i5 notebook runs Windows 7.

New PC: i9 12900K @5GHz all cores @1.2v. MSI PRO Z690-A. 32GB DDR4 3600 CL14. 3070Ti.
Old PC: Dual Xeon X5690@4.6GHz, EVGA SR-2, 48GB DDR3R@2000MHz, Intel X25-M. GTX 980ti.
Older PC: K6-3+ 400@600MHz, PC-Chips M577, 256MB SDRAM, AWE64, Voodoo Banshee.

Reply 21 of 25, by mr_bigmouth_502

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Win7 might be a good compromise, if you optimize it somewhat by turning off graphical effects and such. I installed it recently on my main desktop, and I find it makes better use of the computing power I have than XP64 did.

Reply 22 of 25, by Skyscraper

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mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

Win7 might be a good compromise, if you optimize it somewhat by turning off graphical effects and such. I installed it recently on my main desktop, and I find it makes better use of the computing power I have than XP64 did.

I see no reason at all for using a new OS with a system this old.
The system was built for Windows XP then updated to Vista (free Vista upgrade sticker on the chassi).

There are already a XP licence and a Vista license tied to the motherboard.

New PC: i9 12900K @5GHz all cores @1.2v. MSI PRO Z690-A. 32GB DDR4 3600 CL14. 3070Ti.
Old PC: Dual Xeon X5690@4.6GHz, EVGA SR-2, 48GB DDR3R@2000MHz, Intel X25-M. GTX 980ti.
Older PC: K6-3+ 400@600MHz, PC-Chips M577, 256MB SDRAM, AWE64, Voodoo Banshee.

Reply 23 of 25, by Bisolbjoer

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Hi,
I have a pc just like yours that i am rebuilding, but i don't know where/how to mount the hard-drive, so could you please take some Pictures 😀
Thanx

Reply 24 of 25, by Skyscraper

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Bisolbjoer wrote:

Hi,
I have a pc just like yours that i am rebuilding, but i don't know where/how to mount the hard-drive, so could you please take some Pictures 😀
Thanx

You would not believe how much I had to dig around to find and free this system... My storage would benefit from some organization...

It seems you need a plastic drive caddy thingy. It can probably be substituted with cardboard or something similar.

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New PC: i9 12900K @5GHz all cores @1.2v. MSI PRO Z690-A. 32GB DDR4 3600 CL14. 3070Ti.
Old PC: Dual Xeon X5690@4.6GHz, EVGA SR-2, 48GB DDR3R@2000MHz, Intel X25-M. GTX 980ti.
Older PC: K6-3+ 400@600MHz, PC-Chips M577, 256MB SDRAM, AWE64, Voodoo Banshee.

Reply 25 of 25, by callebalik

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Recently bought a Scaleo-E since the RGB Scart out made me curious. Computer is working great but would like to start fresh by reinstalling OS. Having a hard time finding correct drivers for the hdd. I have even used "Double Driver" to collect all installed drivers and slipstreamed them into an XP MCE 2005 iso. Even tried other install media with lots of SATA/ACHI/RAID drivers. Still the installation can't find any drives. Also unable to find options in the bios to change how HDDs are presented.

Anyone that has had similar problems? Anyone sitting on the actual Scaleo E install media???

Thanks in advance,
// C

PS. Noticed that you are from Sweden as well @Skyscaper. Tried to PM you but unable to as I just recently signed up.