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      01-03-2012
The discs do say Dell on them and it says "For distribution only with a new Dell computer", So I guess that shoots down that avenue.

Now the other computer is one that was built by the man I traded to so I believe that the OS was installed onto the hard drive that is in this case, with this board, by him; He also installed a wireless network card and a DVD read drive and a CD Read Write Drive, I have the original box that the board came in and the user guide book that came with it.

In my system properties under general tab:
System:Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 3

Registered to: Sean PC
#####-###-#######-#####

Computer:
Intel(R) Core(TM0 2 CPU
4300 @ 1.80 GHz
1.80 GHz 1.46 GB of RAM
Physical Address Extension

It is set for Automatic updates and it says:
Windows Update collects the Product ID and Product Key to confirm that you are running a validly licensed copy of Windows

If I can't upgrade this I will have to buy a new license or stay with what I have, it's only 32 bit
and I won't be able to use all of my memory I have on order, 8 GB.

Can you tell from this information if I will be able to upgrade or not?

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      01-04-2012
Well as I mentioned upgrading from XP to W7 requires a total reinstall so it doesn't matter if it is currently 32-bit, you can still go to 64-bit W7 if the Upgrade Advisor says the hardware supports it.

As for that license, I personally don't know without the original disks or packaging and posting the product code online isn't a good idea so I removed it.
 
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      01-04-2012
OK. Thank You,
I just received my Memory and have installed it, I will run the upgrade adviser again. I put in both sticks but system only recognizes one stick of 4Gb, says the other slot is empty.
 
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      01-04-2012
The only thing about memory is that 2GB or less recommends 32-bit, 3GB is recommended minimum for 64-bit, though I have seen 64-bit run on 2GB. So anyway, if upgrade advisor said 64-bit was compatible before then adding the RAM won't change that.
 
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      02-23-2012
I moved your latest post to a new thread HERE.

I'm not a hardware guy and I think your best chance to get some advice on CPU installation & coolers is a new thread.

I do know some CPUs come with the paste.
 
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