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    A8JS - 32bit to 64bit Vista?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by th3van, Aug 4, 2008.

  1. th3van

    th3van Notebook Consultant

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    Has anyone here done this? I've checked their site here and some of the drivers seem to be missing 64bit versions. Would the 32bit ones worked or am I stuck for the time being?

    Thanks!
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    You can upgrade to the 64 bit operating system. Nothing really prevents you. I have wondows x64 on a pentium 3 system, with pretty low specs, and it runs just fine.
    If the drivers you are missing are the graphics drivers than you can always download compatible ones from laptopvideo 2 go's website.
    The drivers for 32 bit software will most likely work on a 64 bit operating system, so you should not have to worry too much.
    For drivers you really only need graphics, networking and intel speedstep/chipset drivers. All the otehr drivers are basically unnecessary because windows will automatically configure most of your hardware with an appropriate generic driver.

    K-TRON
     
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    Anyone else have a take on it? I want to be sure. There's this app/driver here for the special buttons. Will it work on Vista64?
     
    th3van, Aug 5, 2008
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