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@Wakers wrote:
I tried it – unfortunately i quickly uninstalled it because it appears that my mobo is even less compatible with 7 🙁
Those damn dwm.exe errors were happening every minute – conclusion is that I have to upgrade my mobo before i buy windows 7 🙁
What would your mobo/CPU/RAM be if I may ask? =)
On this computer, my work/testing one is…
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H [Socket AM2+] [AMD 780G Chipset]
CPU: Athlon X2 5000+
RAM: DDR2-800 @ 4-4-4-15, 2T, 1040MHz [excellent RAM]
GPU: Onboard/integrated ATi HD3200 [NOT a gaming machine]Server 2008 runs well, I hope Windows 7 does…? Is your PC faster/newer than mine?
Oh – i’ve been reading lots of news articles on the web about how this 7000 build leaked on torrents is apprently “full of malware, trojans and viruses”. I’m sure it’s just Microsoft trying to stop people from pirating, but maybe it’s true…? Oh and ALSO by the way…
Microsoft is apparently releasing Windows 7 Public Beta 1 TODAY.
Yea, the version i got was clean.
My system is
ASUS M2V-MX mobo
AMD64 X2 6000+
4Gb DDR2 RAM
X1950 PRO 256MB
160 SATA 7200 HDDI get a lot of dwm.exe crashes in server08 and any vista iteration that makes use of aero (its just an annoyance).
I used the beta for a few minutes and got about 8 crashes (far more than Server08/Vista) AND it couldn’t see the other partition on my hard drive – making it kind of pointless as a testing exercise because I couldn’t get access to my documents/apps or anything 🙁
@Wakers, it sounds like your hardware is damaged. Have you overclocked? At all? Even if you are at stock now?
@Frau, very nice! I also have OSX tri boot [XP and 2K8] just so I can play with Apple goodies =P
I already applied for the Beta 1 only a few hours after the page on Technet came up, but still havn’t got the email. It’s been delayed because of a massive online rush – damnit you losers! Still waiting for the email =( I don’t want to get it from torrents because my torrents are very slow, i’d rather the direct link =) plus i’m always concerned about downloading “leaked” software, who knows where it’s been before the public share….
Also noticed that Microsoft.com was OFFLINE for ~1 hour shortly after the beta release. Wow…
@ bboy – i don’t think its damaged – it certainly runs perfectly well on server08, the dwm.exe errors are down to the mobo being old, that much I know, as newer Asus mobos had the issue fixed in a bios update – its just not available for my model 🙁
I will install Win 7 again when my new hard drive arrives (short on space at the mo) and see if it gradually irons itself out.
I know when I have a fresh install of Server08 the errors happen very often and then after a week or so they happen much less frequently, to the point where they don’t bother me. Which is a strange pattern but i’m not going to complain too much! 😛
Yea, that’s what everyone told me when I got the errors the first time i installed server08. I did every test imaginable and constantly monitored my temperatures for weeks before i was sure that its not that.
Anyway, the next step in upgrading my pc is a new mobo, because it supports the X2 6000+ and X1950 Pro at most and nothing more advanced. That’s good for now, it runs everything pretty quickly, including new games, which surprised me 🙂 But in the future it won’t be enough.
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