I have a compaq presario (R3000us) laptop bought in 2004. It has an AMD Athlon XP-M processor. However, the system info says 399 MHz. How many MHz equals 1 GHz? Also, I was planning to take off Windows XP and put on Windows Vista Business (and upgrade RAM). Will 399MHz processor handle 1GB of RAM. It has 512mb now. Is 399MHz low for 1gb ram or doesn't it work that way? Thanks!
Addl Info: I'm putting on Windows Vista because XP is not working correctly, some files are missing that make the computer run at full potential. I am not planning to reinstall XP. It's mainly an OS problem, not a computer hardware problem.
2007-01-15 03:30:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I think vista recomends 800Mhz or faster but 400 dosent seem right for a athlon xp. it should be up around 1.6Ghz (1600Mhz) so you may want to get that checked out.
2007-01-15 03:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by Drew V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question, good idea, but I don't think it's practical.
You need to wait until Vista ships on new laptops and buy one of them. A 400Mhz processor is terribly slow and Vista ain't any more efficient than any other version of Windows.
My best suggestion is to fix your current os problem as a bridge step to save money. Any amount you spend on the old computer will be lost because there isn't much you can do except start with a new motherboard to take advantage of the techology to support Vista.
2007-01-15 03:39:29 · answer #2 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1000MHz = 1 GHz
...like the poster above, i would double check the clock frequency settings because i don't recall any athlon xp-m at that slow of a speed.
how much ram a system can handle depends on the motherboard not the cpu. check w/ the manufacturer for that information
i wouldn't put vista on that computer for performance reasons. get a new laptop w/ vista (when they come out) and don't worry about it anymore.
2007-01-15 04:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋