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Answer» OK, I was thinking: I have an old computer lying around, and a science fair experiment coming around the CORNER. I thought it would be interesting to see the lowest requrements for XP. XP can actually run on 2GB of RAM Mine runs fine on 1 GB. Now, if it's megabytes we're talking about, XP is said to run with some features disabled in 64 MB, but needs 128 MB for full (if slow) functionality. *cough* DSL Linux is only 50MB and can run fine with just 8MB of RAM... just thought i'd let you know!A WinME boot disk will do fine...grab one from bootdisk,com. Make sure it's the one with CDROM support. Quote from: Dias de verano on November 17, 2008, 12:42:54 AM Quote from: Zylstra on November 16, 2008, 11:40:40 PMWhats more amazing is that I lack the influence of drugs in my life...XP can actually run on 2GB of RAM : ) I meant hard drive space, whoopsThanks for the help so far guys! Okay, ran into another problem: How do I modify the system clock speed to underclock it? Should I use a software utility? And also, will the clock speed be the same when I restart? (I hope so). One more thing: Can I use this utility to underclock the system: http://www.overclock.net/downloads/255892-setfsb-2-0-a.html I would actually go with just finding a processor that runs at the speed you would like it to. Moreover, a computer from the 95 or in between 95-98 era... Sometimes the BIOS has the ability to change clock speed. This is generally the best way, in my opinion. Check out your BIOS. If its not in there, a software overclock is the only other option. Some software applications might not let you underclock so far, since that defeats the purpose of overclockingHmm, my manual said something about SWITCHES on the motherboard... I'll look into that. And you're right, the only thing that lowers the CPU in bios is CPU mode during standby... And I don't WANT that. I'll look into software. Could you recommend a couple more?Trust me that CPU is slow enough to impress even your Professor if you get XP running on it...My XP runs fine under: 80 GB RAM HD 256 GB MB RAM Quote from: Ashutosh32 on November 18, 2008, 07:05:23 AM My XP runs fine under:256GB of RAM is possible. I've always wanted to see a 256GB RAM computer, and then use it. As long as you never loose power, you wouldent even need a harddrive except for boot up... Quote from: Zylstra on November 18, 2008, 12:02:39 PM I've always wanted to see a 256GB RAM computer http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/09/12/sun-outs-monster-barcelona-boxI think this experiment has been done. http://winhistory.de/more/386/xpmini_eng.htm |
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