On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:14:03 -0800 (PST), sicc
<b34nzzz@gmail.com> wrote:
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103773
>
>That's the processor I have, but I can't seem to get windows 64bit
>installed.
>When I try and load the install cd from boot, the cd rom starts to
>spin and work, then it just quits and boots into windows like normal.
What exactly does "work" mean? Does the system begin
booting from that CD? I suspect not, that there is
something wrong with the CD or drive such that the bios
doesn't see it as a viable boot device and so it then moves
on to booting from the HDD.
You don't need a 64 bit processor to start the Windows 64
installation process, to boot to it from the CD, so whatever
the problem is, that's (64 bit CPU or not) not it, but yes
your processor is 64 bit regardless of this..
>
>Maybe it's the CD itself and I messed up during burning?
That seems the most likely.
>Or is there something else I need to know about 64bit that I'm
>missing?
>
>Thanks in advance guys.
>
>
>P.S. I'm installing 64bit because I just ordered 8GB of DDR2 ram. So
>without 64bit windows, I won't be able to use all my ram.
I hope you have first ran memtest86+ for several hours (at
least overnight to test that much memory) before trying to
install windows, as otherwise you could end up with file
corruption that is very hard to track down later, making it
seem as if something else is wrong even if the memory errors
themselves were later resolved.