Going 64 bit tomorrow!

[breathemetal]

So. Anything important I should know about upgrading?

Any good 64 bit programs i need to know about?

[crainger]

No. All the good 64bit programs come with 64bit Vista. Like IE, Media Player. The 32bit versions are there to. Remember flash only works on a 32bit browser.

You should notice a little more response too, seeing as all of your RAM can now be accessed.

[breathemetal]

will firefox work?

[crainger]

Yup. I use the default 32bit version myself, but there are a lot of 64bit builds out there. Most use Firefox's code name Bon Echo though, so remember that if you decide to google for them. I recommend sticking to the 32bit version for compatibility with addons and plugins.

[breathemetal]

Alright, cool. Thanks. What about this 4gb issue ive heard of?

[Dirthead]

May i ask where you were able to get the 64 bit version?

[breathemetal]

Um, yea I have it on a disk if thats what you are asking

[Dirthead]

the home premium 64bit on a disk? if so where did you but it at?

[breathemetal]

I have Vista Ultimate 64 Bit, and i never "but" it. I dont think you can "but" anything actually. :)

I got it when i first built this rig.

[$n][pErMan]

I just went 64-bit myself today :) Been about 6 hours now and I finally have all my drivers and utilities installed.... next comes the games.... gonna be a long night :) Remember to hit F8 before startup so you can disable Driver Signing... I forgot to do that and ran into some issues with RivaTuner and CoreTemp. Also, make sure any codec's you need can run in a 64-bit OS. DivX is the biggie and it works fine in 64-bit :) Mostly just been a pain in the ass finding all the 64-bit versions of everything I need driver wise, other than that smooth so far. Nice to be able to see all 4gigs of memory, also my windows score jumped to 5.8 from 5.3 from the switch... perhaps because im on a faster hard drive now? Beats me... im not complaing.. :p Luckly I dual booted with my 32-bit Vista incase of issues but as long as everything works that I need to use I will stick with 64-bit. The only issue I am having is the sound on my X-Fi does not sound as good as it used too... but it could just be me forgetting to set something somewhere I had set on my other install.

[breathemetal]

Ill remember that Driver Signing thing, thanks. I didnt know about that.

[DiscipleDOC]

Alright, cool. Thanks. What about this 4gb issue ive heard of?
That's only if you're using the 32-bitversion of vista.

[crainger]

Alright, cool. Thanks. What about this 4gb issue ive heard of?

There MAY be an issue when installing Vista, be it 64 or 32 if you have 4gb of RAM. I installed mine fine with 4gb BUT if you do have problems install it with 2gb, then chuck the rest back in after it's installed.

[crainger]

the home premium 64bit on a disk? if so where did you but it at?

ONLY the retail version of Ultimate has both 32 and 64 bit DVDs. All other retail versions you have to send away for the discs. I think there is no charge EXCEPT for the postage.

With OEM if you bought 32bit, you have to buy the 64bit version on top... I think. Not sure about OEM.

[Mr Bigman]

Welcome aboard breath, nice avitar always loved Dana Carvey stuff.

I was doing the same thing finding 64bit stuff whether its apps or patches.

Still looking for a good ripper to divx or avi for 64bit but 32 bit will do for now.

have fun and get the sidebar widgets that show your ram and how much is used and you have free.

[ATOJAR]

have fun and get the sidebar widgets that show your ram and how much is used and you have free.

You mean like this? :D http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/ATOJAR/desktop.jpg

[Redeemed]

Everest Ultimate is FTW.

Remember that, F...T...W. Got it? I don't want to have to repeat myself... :nono:

[Redeemed]

Everest Ultimate is FTW.

Remember that, F...T...W. Got it? I don't want to have to repeat myself... :nono:
Hi.

[DiscipleDOC]

Everest Ultimate is FTW.

Remember that, F...T...W. Got it? I don't want to have to repeat myself... :nono:
WTH are you talking about?

[breathemetal]

Just got everything up and running!

Ran into some odd nvstor.sys bsod a few times but it doesnt seem persistent.

Got all the drivers installed, and now im copying over my music from my lacie...but that will take about an hour...ugh.

[crainger]

nvstor? Sounds like it's to do with the Nforce SATA drivers. Make sure you have the latest nforce drivers.

[breathemetal]

I do. It hasnt happened again. But it did happen twice.

[crainger]

Before or after you put the nforce drivers on? If it's before perhaps the builtin Vista ones are a bit flakey.

[breathemetal]

It was before. I think its all gone now though.

[crainger]

Hope so. Nothing worse than installing an OS only to find it breaks more than it fixes.