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Re: Can I install any operating system on any computer?
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2010, 03:45:34 PM »
Patio, yew are the one that said "768MG"  and did not explain for us laymen what MG means.  Was this a reference to your daily Valium dose?

it obviously means MeGabytes...

First off, it could not mean dosage for anything, since the metric prefix for "milli" is a lower-case m, and the prefix for gram is also lowercase; whereas both letters are capitalized here. Additionally, the meaning can be derived from context quite easily:

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with 128 MG of RAM

As you can see here, 128 MG is being used to measure RAM. therefore, one can logically conclude that it measures Memory size, and therefore, Even though MG is not an accepted prefix the only thing that it could indicate is Megabytes. This conclusion is further supported by the fact that the numbers agree with general recommendations regarding memory and Windows XP. Any conclusion to the contrary is one based on conjecture and possibly made by somebody staring at a wall and/or looking to make a humourous quip about a comment that doesn't meet their strict guidelines regarding the measurement of memory sizes. However, since such a quip is obviously based entirely on the flawed logic and an equal amount of ignorance regarding ISO and metric prefix conventions it is completely uncalled for and additionally off-topic to begin with.
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Re: Can I install any operating system on any computer?
« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2010, 03:46:08 PM »
what MG means

Is it a recognised abbreviation?

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« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2010, 04:08:52 PM »
Maybe not....but it's what i've used and it's never been brought up before...
I'll search the correct parameters for the designation and use it from here out as to not confues the issue.

Although in over 6 years here it hasn't happened i could see how others could get confused...

Most were probably thinking i meant   This   ... which would make alot of sense since we are discussing someone's PC issues...
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    « Reply #18 on: February 24, 2010, 04:13:31 PM »
    Maybe not....but it's what i've used and it's never been brought up before...

    Although in over 6 years here it hasn't happened i could see how others could get confused...

    Probably a legacy thing grandfathered in from the era when we first got out of kilobytes and started to talk about megabytes as "meg", i.e., I have 4 meg in my computer, or a 30 meg hard drive.

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    Re: Can I install any operating system on any computer?
    « Reply #19 on: February 24, 2010, 06:42:55 PM »
    Thank you, I have learned a lot from this post.

    Now back our sponsor... The OP.

    The Gateway machine he has was at one time a fast Windows 98 machine that was good on games at that time. So making it a dual boot 98.XP would make sense.

    I read something that said the Motherboard was made by Intel and had Intel's 440BX chip set. It may be possible to get an driver update it we knew the exact model number of the motherboard.

    NOTE: There are sites out there that claim they have XP drivers for that chip set. Beware, some of these sites are just after your money. If the drivers are available, they should be on hate Intel site.



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    Re: Can I install any operating system on any computer?
    « Reply #20 on: February 24, 2010, 06:44:28 PM »
    the drivers for 440BX chipsets are on the XP Disc.
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    « Reply #21 on: February 24, 2010, 06:48:12 PM »
    Along with the advice above...

    Pentium III 500 with 128 MG of RAM is going to be choppy...
    See if there is a possibility of adding RAM.

    768MG of RAM is the sweet spot with XP but 512 will do...

    Did you forget this hurdle ? ?
    Or should he still try and run XP on 128 megabytes of RAM ? ?
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    « Reply #22 on: February 25, 2010, 12:09:11 AM »
    Did you forget this hurdle ? ?
    Or should he still try and run XP on 128 megabytes of RAM ? ?

    XP will run on 64 MB with some features disabled. With 128 they are not, but it would be very slow.

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      « Reply #23 on: February 25, 2010, 05:27:13 AM »
      I cant add any more memory. Its maxed out at 384MB.  My only hope is of getting updated drivers, Ill go to the intel site and look for them, thanks to Geek.  The gateway computer doesnt have a model number, I can just see documentation for it using its serial number.  Ill post that on  here later on today. 

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        « Reply #24 on: February 25, 2010, 07:24:00 AM »
        You can remove your small memory modules and buy a bigger one.

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          « Reply #25 on: February 25, 2010, 09:42:50 AM »
          jkolak,

          Actually each slot can only hold a max of 128 MB and I have 3 slots.

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          « Reply #26 on: February 25, 2010, 09:53:22 AM »
          ...Actually each slot can only hold a max of 128 MB and I have 3 slots...
          I also have an old PIII, manual says max 128MB/slot.  If you can find low density RAM, 256MB modules will likely function properly.

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          « Reply #27 on: February 25, 2010, 10:09:53 AM »
          That's good to know Commando...Thanx.
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          « Reply #28 on: February 25, 2010, 10:16:51 AM »
          The problem is, there is no easy way to tell whether it's low or high density.  I bought a bunch of 256MB modules and tried them in many different PIII's, some errored on POST and others would see them as 128MB.

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          Re: Can I install any operating system on any computer?
          « Reply #29 on: February 25, 2010, 10:20:24 AM »
          I also just did some checking on this and it does not always apply...but an approx. 80% success rate is still good enough for me...
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