INSTALLATION of Vista on Dell E521, AMD 64 processor, any problems???

Hi,

I just received my Vista upgrade for my computer which is a Dell
Dimension E521, with AMD 64 processor and about 512K of memory.

Do you or anybody have the same computer and did you encounter any
problems after installation?

I was told to install the 32 bit version.

Roger

"BigRog" <bigrog98@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I just received my Vista upgrade for my computer which is a Dell
> Dimension E521, with AMD 64 processor and about 512K of memory.
>
> Do you or anybody have the same computer and did you encounter any
> problems after installation?
>
> I was told to install the 32 bit version.
>
> Roger
>


For starters, you'll want to bump the RAM up to 1gb of RAM from 512mb before
you install Vista.....

www.crucial.com

Just sayin'.....


Stew

"S.Lewis" <stew1960@mail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "BigRog" <bigrog98@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1178388611.802218.288560@h2g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just received my Vista upgrade for my computer which is a Dell
>> Dimension E521, with AMD 64 processor and about 512K of memory.
>>
>> Do you or anybody have the same computer and did you encounter any
>> problems after installation?
>>
>> I was told to install the 32 bit version.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>
>
> For starters, you'll want to bump the RAM up to 1gb of RAM from 512mb
> before you install Vista.....
>
> www.crucial.com
>
> Just sayin'.....
>
>
> Stew

At least. I would pony up the cash and stick 2GB of RAM in that system.

BigRog wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just received my Vista upgrade for my computer which is a Dell
> Dimension E521, with AMD 64 processor and about 512K of memory.
>
> Do you or anybody have the same computer and did you encounter any
> problems after installation?
>
> I was told to install the 32 bit version.
>
> Roger
>
>
I ordered a pre-loaded home premium e521 AMD X2 4400+ w/2GB, free
250GB disc upgrade, 1 DVD Rom, 1 DVD-+RW and the ATI Radeon X1300
Pro w/256mb. But DELL installed the 4600+ for the same cost as the
4400+. I also upgraded to a 2007WFP. For the most part I love it.
Vista takes up way to much disc space, but so did XP when it came
out. If I had been thinking clearly I would have had DELL install
the PS/2 keyboard/&/Mouse plugins thus freeing up one of the USB ports.
The system needs more than 4 USB ports. I don't care if you can
daisy chain the **** things. You need more. Plus a Firewire card
would have been nice.

But for your system, upgrade the memory to 2GBs and make certain
that the video card has the horse power as well.

JDa

JDa™© wrote:
> BigRog wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just received my Vista upgrade for my computer which is a Dell
>> Dimension E521, with AMD 64 processor and about 512K of memory.
>>
>> Do you or anybody have the same computer and did you encounter any
>> problems after installation?
>>
>> I was told to install the 32 bit version.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
> I ordered a pre-loaded home premium e521 AMD X2 4400+ w/2GB, free
> 250GB disc upgrade, 1 DVD Rom, 1 DVD-+RW and the ATI Radeon X1300
> Pro w/256mb. But DELL installed the 4600+ for the same cost as the
> 4400+. I also upgraded to a 2007WFP. For the most part I love it.
> Vista takes up way to much disc space, but so did XP when it came
> out. If I had been thinking clearly I would have had DELL install
> the PS/2 keyboard/&/Mouse plugins thus freeing up one of the USB ports.
> The system needs more than 4 USB ports. I don't care if you can
> daisy chain the **** things. You need more. Plus a Firewire card
> would have been nice.
>
> But for your system, upgrade the memory to 2GBs and make certain
> that the video card has the horse power as well.
>
> JDa

Oh forgot, yes, only install the 32 bit version at this time.

XP actually takes up more disk space now than when it came out. I did a clean
install of original XP on an HP notebook, and it took about 2.5GB of disk space.
After all the updates were applied, it took nearly 5GB, AFTER I did a disk
cleanup AND ran CCleaner to remove all the crap.

Buy a USB 2.0 card to add more USB ports. A 4-port card is cheap and works
more reliably than a USB hub... Ben Myers


On Sat, 05 May 2007 22:49:23 -0400, JDa™© <JDaNospam@nospam.net> wrote:

>BigRog wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just received my Vista upgrade for my computer which is a Dell
>> Dimension E521, with AMD 64 processor and about 512K of memory.
>>
>> Do you or anybody have the same computer and did you encounter any
>> problems after installation?
>>
>> I was told to install the 32 bit version.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>I ordered a pre-loaded home premium e521 AMD X2 4400+ w/2GB, free
>250GB disc upgrade, 1 DVD Rom, 1 DVD-+RW and the ATI Radeon X1300
>Pro w/256mb. But DELL installed the 4600+ for the same cost as the
>4400+. I also upgraded to a 2007WFP. For the most part I love it.
>Vista takes up way to much disc space, but so did XP when it came
>out. If I had been thinking clearly I would have had DELL install
>the PS/2 keyboard/&/Mouse plugins thus freeing up one of the USB ports.
>The system needs more than 4 USB ports. I don't care if you can
>daisy chain the **** things. You need more. Plus a Firewire card
>would have been nice.
>
>But for your system, upgrade the memory to 2GBs and make certain
>that the video card has the horse power as well.
>
>JDa

I just d\L Vista, acct of messed up system restore, which caused
nothing to work.

I would like to reinstall Windows XP and remove Vista.

Can someone outline the steps in a organized fashion.

My keys for windows XP did not work on my copy of windows XP and am
awaiting a new copy.. That is why I installed Vista.

Thanks

Roger

Dear Ben,

Can you kindly advise how to do a clean install of windows XP and
delete Vista at same time from computer.
Thanks.

Roger

Further to my previous posting, for anyone who cares.

I rebooted my system this morning and received a message something to
the effect that I had no operating system.
I called the good people at Dell Canada, not some far away place and
they instructed me how to reinstall windowsXP and Vista, which I had
to try..
After booting up again the same problem reoccurred. I called Dell
Canada again and I got some chap who figured it out in two minutes. He
made me repair file with Vista disk and d\l some patch for the HD from
Dell. PROBLEM solved and am keeping vista on my computer.

Don't let anybody tell you Dell service is terrible. I would highly
recommend Dell and their service to anyone who wants a new computer.

Roger