Upgrading my Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop

LCD either has broken shield or its data cable needs to be firmly plugged

-it surely does support WinXP 64bit but you need all necessary drivers for this model to support the said OS.
-the drivers for this laptop to support WinXP 64bit may not be available from Dell but you can get them directly from the component manufacturers.

-Some specs of this model:

Dell™ Inspiron™ 1464
Comprehensive Specifications
This document provides information that you may need when setting up,
updating drivers for, and upgrading your computer.
NOTE: Offerings may vary by region. For more information regarding the configuration
of your computer, click Start ? Help and Support and select the option to view
information about your computer.
Processor
Type Intel® Core™ i5
Intel Core i3
L1 cache 32-KB instruction and 32-KB data
first-level cache for each core
L2 cache 256-KB shared instruction/data
second-level cache for each core
L3 cache Up to 4-MB shared instruction/data
third-level cache shared among all cores

yes its possible, younjust need win7 installer, run at winxp then chose advanced setting upgrade, thats it
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The best and quickest improvement is to add more RAM. Add another 512 Mb of RAM. If you already have a 512 Mb of RAM module then add another 512 Mb RAM module. If your laptop has 2X256 Mb RAM modules then you need to remove these and insert 2X512 Mb RAM modules.
The reason why you have 504 Mb RAM is that the video card has grabbed 8Mb of RAM off the main memory.

Yes, you can upgrade RAM of your Dell laptop. When you are upgrading purchase a RAM which is compatible to you laptop (or you may buy the same RAM but the speed are fast). I think 2g to 4g is enough RAM to run to your laptop.

PC2-4200 will work in place of PC2-3200.

I was just on Dells web site and they do have the sound driver for your laptop on there. I could send you the driver if you want or you could go there yourself and download it. I just typed in dell.com, click on support, click on drivers and then click on laptops, inspiron, then 8200 and it brings up all of the drivers for your laptop including the sound driver. Let me know if you have any trouble with it.

Yes buy a PCMCIA adapter card. You can search yourself or just buy one here

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Try connecting an external monitor to the laptop. After your computer is attached to an external monitor, press the <Fn> key and the <F8> (CRT, LCD) key to switch the video image to the display. If the external monitor works, the computer display or video controller may be defective.



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I have a CPX H500GT. To get it to run XP Pro to run right, max out the ram. And get a larger harddrive. Xp uses a substantial amount of space.