Now I'm trying to install Win10 32bit on an AMD FX-57, Asus A8NSLI-Premium with 2GB ram and 500GB SATA drive using a BFG 8800GT with aftermarket ND-1 blower (build is circa March 2006, 8800GT was an upgrade later). I installed Win10 64bit on a E6850 3.0GHz, Asus P5E with 4GB ram and 640GB SATA drive using a BFG GTX 285 built in late 2007 (GTX 285 was an upgrade sometime later). Since installing on the M170, I am installing Windows 10 on other old systems as well. I think it's pretty cool that a 10 year old laptop can run Windows 10. Intel Speedstep is working, so idle speed of CPU is 800MHz. Speed is OK considering it is a single core CPU at 2.0GHz and only 2 GB RAM. The touchpad itself is working fine, just doesn't have the optional scrollbar functionality without the driver.
Not a big deal since I think it only adds bottom/side scrollbar functionality to the touchpad. Tried to install the Windows XP Alps Touchpad driver, but it fails to install. Found a webpage with workaround - haven't tried it yet due to complexity. Tried to install the Dell QuickSet utility for Windows XP (for playing with LEDs and other XPS-specific functionality) but no dice. Windows 10 does not support the Sigmatel AC97 audio chipset via Windows Update, but the Windows XP driver from the Dell support site worked fine. Windows 10 does not support the Nvidia Geforce Go 7800 GTX via Windows Update, so I had to search around and found a Windows 8.1 driver that was reported to work. Windows 10 supported the Broadcom NIC, so wired connectivity was immediately available.Īctivated Windows, installed Windows Updates. Laptop originally came with Windows XP Media Center edition.ĭell officially does not support Windows 10 for this laptop.ĭeleted all partitions and installed Windows 10 32bit from scratch using bootable DVD installer. Pentium M 760 2.0GHz 533MHz FSB single coreīack in the day this was a decent system.
Bought a few Windows 7 Pro licenses from BST here recently (thanks !)and wanted to try installing/running Windows 10 on a really old laptop for fun.ĭell M170 XPS from circa 2005/2006 (purchased from Dell in April 2006 just before the new line of XPS laptops came out)
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