Hello,
I have an old RM desktop tower PC that I needed to reinstall Windows XP on. It is one of those off white towers that has started to yellow over time.
I can't remember the model number off the top of my head (will update this when I can) but it has an Intel Pentium 4 at 2.8GHz, 512MB DDR RAM and a 40GB IDE hard drive. It also has built in AGP graphics (with 16MB video memory) and an inbuilt ADI Soundmax 1985 for audio.
It also has USB 2.0, USB 1.1, PS/2 (for keyboard and mouse - the original mouse is actually a ball mouse!) and a whole host of other obsolete ports, including a floppy drive.
Basically, I've reinstalled Windows XP Home (SP3) and all is good, except for a few drivers.
Getting the LAN driver installed was OK, as the USBs work (and I used a more modern PC to download the drivers onto it.
However, I am having/have had huge issues with the in built audio drivers.
The sound seems a bit off (the beep noise that it makes on the volume slider) and there is always noticeable static in the background, especially at higher volumes and also when I move the mouse around. (Yes, I tried another mouse, it still has issues.)
I also tried a TP Link wireless USB adapter, with the correct drivers for Windows XP, and it also had problems - firstly, it came up as a wireless device (with a ? next to it), then after manually installing the driver which I copied across, it either comes up with a ? symbol next to 300Mbps Wireless adapter, or (more often) just shows up as unknown device and "windows could not recognize the device" error.
Any ideas on how I could get any of this working properly again? I will update this thread with the model number and anything else that is relevant, when I can.
P.S. It also has IE6 installed, which does nothing, and whilst I have Firefox 52.9 ESR installed (most up to date browser I can find - better than the years old Chrome release from 2016), I need to try and get IE8 on there for Windows Update. Try as I might, I cannot seem to find any download for IE8! (IE6 won't connect to anything - and Firefox does work)
Thanks!
I have an old RM desktop tower PC that I needed to reinstall Windows XP on. It is one of those off white towers that has started to yellow over time.
I can't remember the model number off the top of my head (will update this when I can) but it has an Intel Pentium 4 at 2.8GHz, 512MB DDR RAM and a 40GB IDE hard drive. It also has built in AGP graphics (with 16MB video memory) and an inbuilt ADI Soundmax 1985 for audio.
It also has USB 2.0, USB 1.1, PS/2 (for keyboard and mouse - the original mouse is actually a ball mouse!) and a whole host of other obsolete ports, including a floppy drive.
Basically, I've reinstalled Windows XP Home (SP3) and all is good, except for a few drivers.
Getting the LAN driver installed was OK, as the USBs work (and I used a more modern PC to download the drivers onto it.
However, I am having/have had huge issues with the in built audio drivers.
The sound seems a bit off (the beep noise that it makes on the volume slider) and there is always noticeable static in the background, especially at higher volumes and also when I move the mouse around. (Yes, I tried another mouse, it still has issues.)
I also tried a TP Link wireless USB adapter, with the correct drivers for Windows XP, and it also had problems - firstly, it came up as a wireless device (with a ? next to it), then after manually installing the driver which I copied across, it either comes up with a ? symbol next to 300Mbps Wireless adapter, or (more often) just shows up as unknown device and "windows could not recognize the device" error.
Any ideas on how I could get any of this working properly again? I will update this thread with the model number and anything else that is relevant, when I can.
P.S. It also has IE6 installed, which does nothing, and whilst I have Firefox 52.9 ESR installed (most up to date browser I can find - better than the years old Chrome release from 2016), I need to try and get IE8 on there for Windows Update. Try as I might, I cannot seem to find any download for IE8! (IE6 won't connect to anything - and Firefox does work)
Thanks!