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    Laptop wont run windows 7 ultimat properley

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by liamjamesroe, Apr 29, 2010.

  1. liamjamesroe

    liamjamesroe Newbie

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    Hi guys i have an advent laptop these are the specs - processor genuine intel cpu T1500 @ 1.87 GHz, Ram 1GB, 32 bit operating system, it had windows vista on it but my dad gave me the laptop and put windows 7 ultimate on it for me, im no computer whiz but i no this and that about laptops and desktops the problem is whenever i listen to music or watch videos on media player or online on youtub for example the video and soundplayback is poor. The video will stop and start and the sound crackles the playback isn't smooth i asked my dad and he said there isn't a porblem with the speakers that it may be the laptop wont run well with windows 7 or something to do with the drivers i have no idea and wondered if anyone call help me fix this problem thanks.
     
    liamjamesroe, Apr 29, 2010
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    what make/model is your laptop? the video is as important as the cpu/ram. the minimum spec for the video card has to include DX9 HARDWARE support.

    Manually installing DX9/10 will do NOTHING for your machine if the gpu is not capable of delivering the DX9/10 hardware requirements.

    more ram may or may not help depending on the specs of the video card.
     
    newsposter, Apr 29, 2010
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    mr_bots Notebook Evangelist

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    Upgrade the ram, 1GB is pretty low for a newer OS.
     
    mr_bots, Apr 29, 2010
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    reb1 Notebook Evangelist

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    reb1, Apr 29, 2010
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    this looks like a gpu driver issue what gpu do you have and what driver are you using
     
    granyte, Apr 29, 2010
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    Actually 512MB is just ok with Win7. It will use much less resources on a machine with less memory.

    I tested this with my 5101: changed between 512MB, 1GB and 2GB chips. On 512MB most notable difference was that Aero got turned off, not enough ram for the graphics adapter (128MB needed for Aero but only 64MB available with 512MB ram).

    General use experience was as snappy as with 2GB installed. Obviously running as many programs as with 2GB is not possible.
     
    KLF, Apr 30, 2010
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    qhn Notebook User

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    Specs are fine with W7. My Toshiba NB200 only has 1.66Ghz CPU :D

    Check to make sure that your OS is up to date, online media needs plugins to run smoothly (Flash, Codec ..). Make sure that these items are up to date as well.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, May 1, 2010
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