upgrade to vista ultimate-a1228x pavilion

What are my chances of a successful upgrade to vista? I can't find any
vista drivers on the hp website for my a1228x pavilion. On the front of the
computer there is a sticker that says "AMD 64 Athlon." Does this mean that
it is 64 bit? I rarely have used this computer because my old computer is
faster with a 1 gig slower processor. The a1228x processor is approx 2.4
gig. I am thinking that vista without all the software garbage might be the
answer. Thanks for any advice.

It all depends on what you expect to accomplish by installing Vista. Be VERY
careful to make sure that Vista supports all the devices you use with your
computer, including printer, scanner, audio chipset, video chipset, Ethernet,
etc. Otherwise, you might install Vista and find out that drivers and
supporting software simply are not available. In other words, look before you
leap.

Also, figure on at least 2GB of memory to use Vista comfortably, regardless of
the Microsoft bullshit hype. Vista performs in all of its glory with a 256MB
video card.

Rather than doing a true upgrade, back up all your important personal data, wipe
the hard drive clean, and start from scratch. You can still use the upgrade CD
to do so, but the procedure (documented on the web) is a little bit tricky...
Ben Myers

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:04:04 -0800, "til" <> wrote:

>What are my chances of a successful upgrade to vista? I can't find any
>vista drivers on the hp website for my a1228x pavilion. On the front of the
>computer there is a sticker that says "AMD 64 Athlon." Does this mean that
>it is 64 bit? I rarely have used this computer because my old computer is
>faster with a 1 gig slower processor. The a1228x processor is approx 2.4
>gig. I am thinking that vista without all the software garbage might be the
>answer. Thanks for any advice.
>

On Feb 11, 2:04 pm, "til" <t...@lafn.org> wrote:
> What are my chances of a successful upgrade to vista? I can't find any
> vista drivers on thehpwebsite for mya1228xpavilion. On the front of the
> computer there is a sticker that says "AMD 64 Athlon." Does this mean that
> it is 64 bit? I rarely have used this computer because my old computer is
> faster with a 1 gig slower processor. Thea1228xprocessor is approx 2.4
> gig. I am thinking that vista without all the software garbage might be the
> answer. Thanks for any advice.

I have successfully upgrade an HP Pavillion a1228x to Windows Vista
Business.
These are the steps I took:

1- Increase memory on motherboard from 512mb to 2gb (low density
memory)
2- ran the windows vista upgrade advisor
3- uninstalled all programs that the upgrade advisor deemed "not
compatible" with the red X
4- the upgrade advisor will indicate that the radeon x200 is okay for
vista (it will run slow but leave it be for now)
5- make sure the computer is directly connected to a BROADBAND
INTERNET CONNECTION
6- Vista will stay connected to the internet thruout the installation
downloading drivers for the a1228x before the full installation
7- Once Vista boots up (completed install) do a windows update
8- after windows update, reboot computer
9- disabled the internal radeon x200 graphics chip (disable in bios
setup at boot time)
10- turn computer off
11- install a radeon x700 Super 512MB DDR2 graphics Card ($59 on ebay)
12- reboot computer
13- go to device manager for the new graphics found hardware and let
windows update the device driver for the x700
14- Go to the ATI site and download the catalyst software for the x700
and new drivers