Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed'
Friday, February 15, 2002 at 3:28 am
Posted by uboofer
(1 messages posted)
Part of the reason why XP makes you reinstall your OS is because during the install
process XP looks at certain parts of your computer configuration and optimises itself
to that configuration. To test this out just change out your processor and you will
not be able to boot up (caution this could cause you to loose data so just make sure
you have everything backed up). One of the key things that XP looks at is the processor
speed and clocking settings. Windows NT and Windows 2000 also look at the configuration
and optimises itself to you computer configuration to make it run best for you setup.
Windows 9x allowed you to change the processor or system board and it would just
redetect itself. This is how the 9x kernel worked. Because of how NT/2000/XP's
kernel handels programs and memory, PnP cannot do the same thing.
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re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed'
Monday, September 16, 2002 at 8:39 pm
Posted by Haha
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Hmm, upgraded from a 950Mhz Athlon to a 1.4Ghz Athlon. Just powered down, pulled
the chip and fan, popped in the 1.4Ghz, applied the Arctic Silver and heatsink and
powered back up. No reinstall of XP required AT ALL.
On Friday, February 15, 2002 at 3:28 am, uboofer wrote:
>Part of the reason why XP makes you reinstall your OS is because during the install
>process XP looks at certain parts of your computer configuration and optimises itself
>to that configuration. To test this out just change out your processor and you
will
>not be able to boot up (caution this could cause you to loose data so just make
sure
>you have everything backed up). One of the key things that XP looks at is the processor
>speed and clocking settings. Windows NT and Windows 2000 also look at the configuration
>and optimises itself to you computer configuration to make it run best for you setup.
> Windows 9x allowed you to change the processor or system board and it would just
>redetect itself. This is how the 9x kernel worked. Because of how NT/2000/XP's
>kernel handels programs and memory, PnP cannot do the same thing.
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