Hello to all.
I am looking to upgrade the operating system on a pc that I am running an ftp server on. The current os is Win98 and I want to upgrade to XP Pro. Do I need to upgrade the BIOS? Here is the information on the BIOS that I pulled off the machine.
BIOS Date: 05/21/98
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 05/21/1998-i440LX-2A69JB0DC
OEM Sign-On: TLC0521B
Chipset: Intel 440EX/LX rev 3
Superio: SMC 67x rev 1 found at port 3F0h
OS: Win98
CPU: Pentium® II (0.28 µm) 261 MHz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Unknown
BIOS ROM Size: Unknown
Memory Installed: 319 MB
Memory Maximum: Unknown
ACPI Revision: Unknown
Any help would be appreciated in this matter.
Thanks
Upgrading OS
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Maybe you should for better ACPI support.
http://www.biostar.com.tw/support/bios/ ... odel=M6TLC
Umm. The specifications of that machine are a bit bleak for windows XP, you may be disappointed by the lack of speed after the upgrade.
http://www.biostar.com.tw/support/bios/ ... odel=M6TLC
Umm. The specifications of that machine are a bit bleak for windows XP, you may be disappointed by the lack of speed after the upgrade.
edwin/evasive
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Do not assume anything
System error, strike any user to continue...
I am not looking for speed per se. I am looking for more options with xp to allow me to run the ftp server that I am running on the win98 platform. I am aware that xp might not run as fast as my xp laptop, but just want to upgrade so I have more options as to the software packages that I can use to run the server.