Any issue with upgrading to 64-bit?

Toshiba Satellite A500, windows 7 32-bit. Motherboard KSKAA PSAR3A-026002, CPU Core 2 duo P8800. 4gb ram and 1 gb graphics.

I'd like to use a 64- bit version of windows 7, is there going to be any issue with upgrading?

Incidentally, Speccy tells me my CPU is running between 42 and 45 degrees Celsius, this seems kinda high, doesn't it?

 

You can't upgrade to 64-bit from 32-bit. You will have to do a clean install.

The temps seem alright to me too.

 

Yeah sorry, that's what I mean. A clean install of a 64 bit version. I hope that isn't too hot, I could cook eggs on that keyboard. Come to think of it, I just may.

 

Your temps sound fine to me.

 

Got Drivers?

 

From what you are saying (hot keyboard) it seems the internal temperature of the laptop is a little warm. It is this internal temperature (local ambient) that the cpu is referenced to and not ambient room temperature that a lot of people quote although room temperature does have an effect on local ambient.

If you can improve the air circulation to cool down your internal temperature then all other temperatures should drop as well including cpu.

42C IMO seems not so high but also depends if the cpu dts is calibrated or not and your local ambient temperature.* Without calibration my P8400 reads 10C lower than real temps at idle so without cal', if my core temp were reading 42C it would actually be nearer 52C.

*Other things such as a shared heatpipe can also affect cpu temps.

 

Nope. Any idea if getting them will be a problem?

 

Nope. Getting 64-bit driver' will not be a problem. Just look around for the specific devices in your laptop. You should also be able to get them from the manufacturer, googling or look around here in NBR. You could try windows update too, to see if there are any driver' updated from there.

 

when installing and it asks if you want it to connect to the net and get update click yes
that should find most if not all of your drivers

 

Temp is fine. I'd say that up to 50C is OK.
You should have drivers available in the Win7, actually. I don't have experience with the specific motherboard, but Win7 is pretty good at that, especially for hardware that was out before Win7. If not, it will Windows Update them for you.

 

That temp is relatively low for a c2d. I would say 45-55 is the norm but you may not be able to feel the heat of your cpu necessarily. Check the thermal temperature in the casing to see what it's at, along with the GPU and hard drive. Download hwmonitor and see what numbers you are getting. The CPU is not hot at all.