Dell Latitude- If I upgrade to windows 7 will it get rid of the blue screeen

sob1467

Ok so the story is that I have an old Dell Lattitude Laptop. It has not been used much over the last few months because the blue screen keeps appearing when I turn it on. Although it can still load up after a few gos.

A few days ago my friend gave me a free copy of windows 7. I am wondering is there any point of installing windows 7 on the laptop? Will it fix the problems on the laptop or will it worsen them because the way the laptop is it is as good as useless.

Any opinions or replies would be appreciated.

mp22

To be honest you really need to find out what is causing the blue screen first.

sob1467

mp22 wrote: »

To be honest you really need to find out what is causing the blue screen first.

Its something got to do with the driver.

Allyall

Which Driver?

What model is the Latitude? How much RAM?
Windows 7 Might load up on it, but may also be ridiculously slow or cause much more problems.

If you can boot it up at all, find your model on the dell website, and download all the newest drivers for it. Install them.

http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs

sob1467

Allyall wrote: »

Which Driver?

What model is the Latitude? How much RAM?
Windows 7 Might load up on it, but may also be ridiculously slow or cause much more problems.

If you can boot it up at all, find your model on the dell website, and download all the newest drivers for it. Install them.

http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs

This is the link to the service tag that is on the bottom of the laptop. Do you think it is good enough for windows 7.

http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=2KNV32J&SystemID=LAT_PNT_PM_D610&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

Alanstrainor

It's not going to run well at all. That laptop is ancient!

Seriously I just wouldn't bother wasting a Windows 7 license on it.

Download Ubuntu or another linux distro to use on it perhaps.

henryporter

+1 for ubuntu - handy way of making a new laptop out of an old one

sob1467

Alanstrainor wrote: »

It's not going to run well at all. That laptop is ancient!

Seriously I just wouldn't bother wasting a Windows 7 license on it.

Download Ubuntu or another linux distro to use on it perhaps.

henryporter wrote: »

+1 for ubuntu - handy way of making a new laptop out of an old one

I'll have a look into this Ubuntu business before trying windows 7.

Capt'n Midnight

if the problem is caused by software settings then upgradin may inherit the same settings


if it's caused by hardware then upgrade won't sort



you can use memtest - IIRC its on the ubuntu cd to check memory - leave over night to test the machine


you can run ununtu live - wifi drivers may be tricky so just use a network cable for now - to check the machine without installing



D610 / 512MB <--- not a prayer with windows 7 realisticaly

do you have XP or 2000 ?


don't forget to check for malware too

it's take a pair of 1GB , might take 2GB's too

sob1467

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

if the problem is caused by software settings then upgradin may inherit the same settings


if it's caused by hardware then upgrade won't sort



you can use memtest - IIRC its on the ubuntu cd to check memory - leave over night to test the machine


you can run ununtu live - wifi drivers may be tricky so just use a network cable for now - to check the machine without installing



D610 / 512MB <--- not a prayer with windows 7 realisticaly

do you have XP or 2000 ?


don't forget to check for malware too

it's take a pair of 1GB , might take 2GB's too

Thanks for the reply its currently running windows 7. I am going to try to run ubuntu on it. What version would you recommend the newest one because we are talking about about a 5 year old laptop.

mp22

ubuntu 10.1 should do the job

sob1467

Alanstrainor wrote: »

It's not going to run well at all. That laptop is ancient!

Seriously I just wouldn't bother wasting a Windows 7 license on it.

Download Ubuntu or another linux distro to use on it perhaps.

Thanks guys. I downloaded Ubuntu and installed it. Now my laptop is working for the first time in 12 months. Many thanks.

henryporter wrote: »

+1 for ubuntu - handy way of making a new laptop out of an old one

Alanstrainor

sob1467 wrote: »

Thanks guys. I downloaded Ubuntu and installed it. Now my laptop is working for the first time in 12 months. Many thanks.

That's great. Thanks for the update!