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Old April 26th 04, 04:56 PM
Uncle Vinnie
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Great - good luck to you... ! Most, if not all of the problems I had with
my 5000 T had to do with the OS and not the hardware...

Great piece of hardware- and with a good OS I believe you'll be happy for
some time!
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Pat Blank wrote in
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I want to upgrade a Presario 5BW220 from Windows ME to Windows 2000
Pro. I want to do a fresh install of Win2k. I've searched for drivers
using Compaq's support as a guide. So far I have the following Win2k
drivers:

Compaq Inet keyboard driver (Compaq site)
Latest Rompaq, if needed (Compaq's site)
Color Management Software (Compaq's site, for certain monitors only)
810/810e video chipset driver for Win2k (Intel's site)
ESS Allegro 1989 sound driver for Win2k (ESS site)
PCTel HSP Modem driver for Win2k (PCTel site)

I think this covers the driver's I need.

The specs of the system a

667Mhz Celeron
192MB RAM
810/e Intel chipset
Audio (Built in)
Video (built in)
No NIC
40x CD-ROM
LiteOn CDRW
PCTel 56K Micromodem

My questions:

Does it look like I've covered all the driver's I need?
Will these driver's actually work?
Is Win2k even an option for this setup?
Are there any pitfalls I need to be aware of?
Are any of these drivers unecessary for Win2k?
Am I missing anything?

In the event that I'm unable to use Win2k, I will need to reinstall
ME. I'll save those questions for later if I need them.

Thanks in advance for any assitance you can give me.

Regards.


Well I have successfully migrated (upgraded) from Windows Me to Windows
2000 Pro. All the drivers I found work well. I installed a NIC and I am
ready to go.

My only problem arose when I was burning CDs (using Nero). Burning was
slow and the whole system seemed sluggish. I checked to see if DMA was
enabled and it wasn't for the Secondary channel (it was for the hard
drive). I set the controller to use DMA if available. When I rebooted, I
found DMA was enabled. I tried burning again and it seemed to work fine
but the CD I burned wasn't readable. So I was left with a system that
burned CDs in PIO mode, albeit slowly, and burned coasters if DMA was
enabled.

So I went on a search for answers and came across the solution. I needed
to install Intel's Application Accelerator software for my chipset
(810). It set the controller to enable DMA (highest mode for each
device). I did a reboot (actually twice to fully install), and my
problem disappeared. Even the hard drive, which supposedly was already
DMA enabled, seemed to work more quickly.

Bottom-line, I am very pleased with how the system works now. Goodbye
Me.



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Pat - pat(underscore)blank(at)hotmail(dot)com



 




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