Re: [LUG] AMD 64

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Ben Goodger wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have recently been budgeting for a PVR, but unfortunately this
> leaves me without a desktop PC, so my question is this:
> What's 64-bit like in Ubuntu nowadays? Can I still run 32-bit apps,
> or do I just have to use the limited number of packages that are
> done for 64-bit natively? I especially don't want to lose Flash,
> win32codecs etc - yes Grant, I know they're not Free™ but I
> need them. And if I upgrade from say a A-XP 2400+ to an A-64 3200+
> what'll the performance gain be? Noticable? Will Firefox become as
> quick as it is currently in Windows?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Ben Goodger
> #391382
Every time I've changed architecture in an upgrade Windows has thrown
up.  I went from Intel to AMD and needed to do a full reinstall, but
AMD to AMD(32) was fine.  32-64 bit it may not like.  Your best bet
would be:

The very last time you run Windows remove ALL the motherboard related
hardware in Device Manager.  A customer of mine once did that by
mistake - totally ignored my explicit instructions and removed the
whole Local Machine/Current Control Set branch from the registry.
Then the cheeky burger tried to blame me for his stupidity.

Anyway the upshot is that Windows didn't crash but started detecting
all his motherboard components when he rebooted.  I'm *not*
recommending that as a course of action, but if you're resigned to
reinstalling anyway I can't see that it would hurt.  The main problem
seems to be Windows breaking when it can't find the motherboard it
thinks is there.  My theory is that if you *don't tell* Windows what
is there it'll go looking and might not break.

Good grief, this is the OS that runs my college. Ah well, thanks for your help, everyone.

Kind regards,

Julian
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