I wondered if it was a driver issue with the video card, so I found a legacy driver for an older Windows OS in 64 bit (can't remember if it was a Vista or Windows 7 driver,) but it works, but doesn't resolve the issue.īios 2.6.3 (final bios release from Dell)Īny advice would be appreciated on resolving the choppy streaming playback. The only exception is watching, say, a youtube video. It's not lightning fast, but it's acceptable. I've had Linux Mint 64 bit installed on it before, but I want my daughter to have a Windows machine at home for bare bones tasks (basic web browsing, email, word processing,) as well as having the computer's OS compatible with her school. If it doesn't, I will have the laptop recycled. I want to test it to make sure it works, as well as being realistic to use, on the laptop. I found it, and all the hardware is listed as working properly, with the Windows 10 drivers. The install went fine, short of having to find and install a driver for the Ricoh card reader. I have downloaded the 64 bit version of Windows 10 Home install disk onto a usb flash drive, and did a fresh install of the OS onto the laptop. I have wiped the hard drive (it's a 300GB 7200 rpm drive that I added,) and installed 4GB of RAM. This being said, the architecture of the laptop is 64 bit. I was purchased in 2007 with Windows XP 32 bit.
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