Let's run Win10 on really really old hardware

shaocaholica said:

So from my last thread it seems that there isn't a main thread for this so here's one.

If you've got some old hardware that will run Win10 and the will to do it, post about it here. Post screenshots to proove you've got it working. And no, Core 2 CPUs don't count as old, those are still usable :)

Well I'll start. Here's Win10 build 10130 running on a 10 year old Dell XPS M170 laptop (circa 2005). Fastest CPU option, max ram at 2GB.

https://i.imgur.com/xMGGJcY.png

Been there, done that a long time ago. Not going to torture myself today; don't have time.

OMGoodness! Did I just reply to the oldest thread on TF!? Crazy! I forgot to look at the date!

Silverhand92 said:

I feel old, just knowing what that hardware is....

Same here, welcome to the group of us "old timers". But then I am old, 80 in 25 days. Picked up 3 Notebooks today that were given to our church to see if they are still usable. Big problem is they were removed from a company's network without first having removed any passwords, usually means a clean install since the network server is no longer available to them. Two are Win7 and one is Win Vista. If I can get the Vista working it will replace another whose hinges are doing their best in trying to break loose from the case. If all else fails they will still run a version of Linux.

Berton said:

... it will replace another whose hinges are doing their best in trying to break loose from the case ...

Berton,

Just a shot in the dark really but I have had that problem with several Dell laptops. They all had the same cause - the retaining screws at the lid end of the hinge had worked loose so the hinge was bashing against the lid casing rather than moving with it.
- For the ones I caught in time, I just tightened the screws up again and they were fine. To avoid having to do the job again, I put a tiny amount of glue on the thread before tightening it up even though that means I won't be able to dismantle the lid completely in the future.
- I was too late in some cases so I tried to glue the hinge's broken screw housing back in place but that was not strong enough so I fixed a metal retainer over that portion of the lid edge {it was the metal channel from inside an old stapler}. It was thin enough for the hinge to operate properly but it looked like the botched job it was.

Denis

This Vista is an Acer Aspire. I haven't had hinge problems with my HP and Dell Notebooks, yet.