HP pavilion/windows xp

[Lenster]

Hello folks,

A friend of mine has a HP pavilion xe783 with an intel 810 chipset and he wants to upgrade from millenuim to xp pro after he adds more memory.

Do any of you know if this HP is compatible with windows xp pro?

Thanks

Hmm, I don't have one personally, but HP's site usually has a quip about XP on their drivers and software page related to the machine in question. It doesn't have ANYTHING about XP on the xe783.
They do however, have this which doesn't really sound that good.

Oh, and their little chart shows the XE7 series as "Not Recommended" for upgrading to XP.

[Bill in SD, CA]

The xe783 is a bundled system. Right out of the box, it comes with a 15" monitor, color inkjet printer, and a set of speakers. Inside the tower sits a 700 MHz Celeron processor, 64 MB of RAM, a 30 GB hard drive, an HP CD-RW drive, integrated 3-D accelerator, and your standard 56k modem.

Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional:

PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space*
Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Looks like your good to go as long as you up the RAM.

I'd personally go with W2K Pro myself.

Bill

[Bill in SD, CA]

Then again, you may want to heed EvilRick's advice. He knows more than I do.



Bill

If it were me, I would throw in the RAM and upgrade that puppy. But that's just me.

Now, since this is you . . . if it's your only machine and you can't live w/o it for a day, then you might not wanna. Especially if the risk of data loss and/or having to go back to square one w/ the original install of ME (shudder).

I'm gonna go check M$ site to see if XP has issues w/ 810 chipset.

Hmm, didn't know this

Intel® 810 Chipset Family
Windows* XP Upgrade Issue


Issue:
When a system with the Intel® 810 chipset family or Intel® 815 chipset family graphics drivers is upgraded to Microsoft* Windows* XP, in some cases the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor* may report that "Intel® Graphics Technology (in Control Panel)" does not support Windows XP. The full details report indicates that the user should upgrade this item prior to installing Windows XP. This issue only occurs when upgrading from Windows* 98, Windows* 98 SE, or Windows* Me.

Since graphics drivers are specific to the particular operating system that is currently installed, the graphics drivers cannot be upgraded prior to installing Windows XP.

Explanation:
This warning indicates that the "Intel Graphics Technology" icon in Control Panel will be disabled during the upgrade process, as described by Microsoft Knowledgebase article ID Q283551 †. It does not mean the graphics drivers will stop functioning in Windows XP.

Solution:
The user should continue with the installation of Windows XP. Graphics drivers for the Intel 810 and 815 chipset families are included with Windows XP. To restore the "Intel Graphics Technology" icon to Control Panel, the user can install the 6.4.1 or later graphics drivers, available from support.intel.com, after the upgrade to Windows XP is complete.

[Bill in SD, CA]

If going back to ME is a possibility, DO NOT GO NTFS on the install!

Bill

P.S. You're quick Rick! (despite the rhyme)

[Lenster]

Hey BIll and Rick,

Thanks for the info. I think ill have my buddy buy 256k ram
and Ill try to install xp pro. If it doesnt work Ill re-install windows
me.

Thanks again.

Lenny

[Lenster]

hey Bill.

Im just curious, why do you say DO NOT GO TO NTFS when I install xp if I might go back to windows me?

[Bill in SD, CA]

ME doesn't work with NTFS. Really hard to change back to FAT32.

Bill