XP does not seem to work very well with a pentium 2

[Leythos]

I've just tried installing my pentium 2 with XP and it really seems to
struggle.

It hung a few times when I was doing a few simple operations such as calling
up one of the help pages etc. and it seems slow and prone to hanging or
delaying..

The PC is a fresh install and has no other applications on it at all, just
the XP

Maybe you could give information on the machines specs?

CPU Speed?
Memory?
Hard Drive Size / Free Space?
Video Card Type?

All of these have a BIG impact on the installation of any OS.

 

[Christopher]

I've just tried installing my pentium 2 with XP and it really seems to
struggle.

It hung a few times when I was doing a few simple operations such as calling
up one of the help pages etc. and it seems slow and prone to hanging or
delaying..

The PC is a fresh install and has no other applications on it at all, just
the XP

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I've just tried installing my pentium 2 with XP and it really seems to
struggle.

It hung a few times when I was doing a few simple operations such as
calling up one of the help pages etc. and it seems slow and prone to
hanging or delaying..

The PC is a fresh install and has no other applications on it at all,
just the XP

Did you read the minimum requirements before attempting this?

It can "struggle", but with a little tweaking, it can be acceptable for
general use (word processing, some web surfing, etc) with something as low
as a PII 400MHz with 256MB or more of RAM. But I highly recommend 1.2GHz
and 512MB RAM for most.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Christopher

What RAM memory? What processor speed? Have you updated all drivers? Is
the BIOS compatible?

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[Ken Blake]

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I've just tried installing my pentium 2 with XP and it really
seems to
struggle.

It hung a few times when I was doing a few simple operations
such as
calling up one of the help pages etc. and it seems slow and
prone to
hanging or delaying..

The PC is a fresh install and has no other applications on it
at all,
just the XP

That doesn't sound at all surprising. What speed is that Pentium
II? How much RAM does it have? Many Pentium II-era computers are
simply way underpowered to run Windows XP effectively.

 

[Christopher]

Maybe you could give information on the machines specs?

CPU Speed?
Memory?
Hard Drive Size / Free Space?
Video Card Type?

CPU speed is 333mgz
Memory: 250G
Hard Drive Size is completely clean and is 6Gb
Video Card Type: I dont know but it is just a normal standard Dan Pentium 2
computer. So whatever type/kind would have been installed at the factory.

 

[Christopher]

Did you read the minimum requirements before attempting this?

It can "struggle", but with a little tweaking, it can be acceptable for
general use (word processing, some web surfing, etc) with something as low
as a PII 400MHz with 256MB or more of RAM. But I highly recommend 1.2GHz
and 512MB RAM for most.

Mine has about 20% less processing power than the 400MHZ you mentioned, its
got 333Mgz, I did want it just to use it for scanning.

 

[Christopher]

Christopher

What RAM memory?

Ram: 250MB
What processor speed?
333mhz
Have you updated all drivers?
No I have not, and do not know how. I want just it to simply work in the
same way 98SE did.

Is the BIOS compatible?
i have no idea, the average computer user does not know what the "bios" is
let alone if it is comptabile or not.












, England

 

[Christopher]

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That doesn't sound at all surprising. What speed is that Pentium II? How
much RAM does it have? Many Pentium II-era computers are simply way
underpowered to run Windows XP effectively.

Gosh, you know it just doesn't seem that long ago that Pentium 2 was the the
latest rage.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Gosh, you know it just doesn't seem that long ago that Pentium
2 was
the the latest rage.

It wasn't long ago. It was replaced by the PIII in 1999, as I
said in another reply to you moments ago.

But things change very fast in the computer industry. Six years
is a very long time for computers.

 

[Morituri-|-Max]

Memory: 250G

250 Gigabytes of memory?

No wonder it's having problems, it has to address way more memory than a
pentium II could ever hope to handle.. Sell that memory and buy yourself a
few top of the line systems.

Heh...

 

[M]

I don't have any first hand experience of this but it should be possible to
fit a Slot 1 Pentium 3 in your board, plenty on eBay. Maybe someone with
more experience could advise. XP runs reasonable well on a Pentium 3 550Mhz
and you can get Slot 1 Pentium 3s faster than that.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Christopher

A Pentium 2 was designed for use with Windows 98, as was all the
peripherals purchased with the processor. If there is a Bios problem you
may find an Error Report in the Event Viewer system section. You must
update drivers if you are going to use the machine with Windows XP. You
mentioned scanning. What manufacturer and model?

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[M]

I had a real problem with an AMD K6 500 Mhz PC. It turned out that when the
PC was build they had used an unshielded IDE cable to connect the hard drive
to the motherboard. Replacing the cable with a shielded one and selecting
'DMA if available' under device manager enabled the drive to operate in DMA
rather than PIO mode. Made all the difference!

Maybe you could give information on the machines specs?

CPU Speed?
Memory?
Hard Drive Size / Free Space?
Video Card Type?

CPU speed is 333mgz
Memory: 250G
Hard Drive Size is completely clean and is 6Gb
Video Card Type: I dont know but it is just a normal standard Dan Pentium
2 computer. So whatever type/kind would have been installed at the
factory.

 

[Al Smith]

That doesn't sound at all surprising. What speed is that Pentium II? How

Gosh, you know it just doesn't seem that long ago that Pentium 2 was the the
latest rage.

Tell me about it. I paid $4000 for my P II 450 MHz Dell just six
years ago. How time flies. It would now be worth -- were it
returned to its original state -- around $75.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Mire than likely a "typo" and the OP was to say 250MB instead!!!

 

[Leythos]

CPU speed is 333mgz
Memory: 250G
Hard Drive Size is completely clean and is 6Gb
Video Card Type: I dont know but it is just a normal standard Dan Pentium 2
computer. So whatever type/kind would have been installed at the factory.

P2/333 is slow in any standing. Your 250MB of memory means you are using
an on-board video solution with part of your main memory. The 6GB of drive
space is enough to play with.

If you disable the eye-candy part of the XP user experience (set it to
fastest performance) it will run slow, but it may be usable as a cheap
workstation.

The one thing you've got going for yourself is that XP should include
drivers for about anything on that P2 that's needed.

 

[Plato]

CPU speed is 333mgz
Memory: 250G

You want 512 for XP.

Hard Drive Size is completely clean and is 6Gb

WAY to small for XP.

 

[SFB - KB3MM]

Did you run the MS XP ADvisor/Compatibility test on that system.

The hardware seems underpowered.

Maybe you could give information on the machines specs?

CPU Speed?
Memory?
Hard Drive Size / Free Space?
Video Card Type?

CPU speed is 333mgz
Memory: 250G
Hard Drive Size is completely clean and is 6Gb
Video Card Type: I dont know but it is just a normal standard Dan Pentium 2
computer. So whatever type/kind would have been installed at the factory.