07-22-2011, 06:05 PM
I know the title is a bit misleading, however does anybody know the following, because I could not find it out:
Q: What happens when you run a x32 bit version of Windows 7 on a x64 bit processor machine?
A: I'm not sure, but I'm almost 100% positive that's why my wife's computer keeps blue-screening and won't update windows successfully. Now I have to reinstall Win 7 x64 on her computer... I'm so stupid. How did I mess that one up? Lol, and I honestly thought her computer was fried or something.
But I do have a serious question, my ASUS motherboard supports both x86 (x32 bit) and x64. I forgot that when I upgraded it years ago, I put in an AMD Dual Core x64, but when I reinstalled Windows XP, I installed the x32 bit version. I just verified that right now after my wife's computer fiasco.
Q: Will the x32 bit version of Win XP conflict with the x64 bit processor, or will the motherboard be able to translate it correctly since the motherboard is x86-64?
The reason I ask is I've been having similar issues on my computer, where when I try to open documents, it will occasionally blue-screen. I only does this when opening certain documents which I believe is because it's trying to access some part of RAM which I previously thought might be corrupt, but now I think the IO functions just weren't there at all in a x64 bit processor. Am I correct in my assumption? If so, then I installed the wrong version of XP on MY computer also years ago, which has got to win me some kind of prize for stupidest person on Earth.
Q: What happens when you run a x32 bit version of Windows 7 on a x64 bit processor machine?
A: I'm not sure, but I'm almost 100% positive that's why my wife's computer keeps blue-screening and won't update windows successfully. Now I have to reinstall Win 7 x64 on her computer... I'm so stupid. How did I mess that one up? Lol, and I honestly thought her computer was fried or something.
But I do have a serious question, my ASUS motherboard supports both x86 (x32 bit) and x64. I forgot that when I upgraded it years ago, I put in an AMD Dual Core x64, but when I reinstalled Windows XP, I installed the x32 bit version. I just verified that right now after my wife's computer fiasco.
Q: Will the x32 bit version of Win XP conflict with the x64 bit processor, or will the motherboard be able to translate it correctly since the motherboard is x86-64?
The reason I ask is I've been having similar issues on my computer, where when I try to open documents, it will occasionally blue-screen. I only does this when opening certain documents which I believe is because it's trying to access some part of RAM which I previously thought might be corrupt, but now I think the IO functions just weren't there at all in a x64 bit processor. Am I correct in my assumption? If so, then I installed the wrong version of XP on MY computer also years ago, which has got to win me some kind of prize for stupidest person on Earth.
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