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I ran pc mark and looked at the details page. I have a few questions. I hate coming here and always asking stupid noob questions but to be honest, this is the only website where I get accurate answers.
1. The section with my cpu it says architecture - 64 bit. Does that mean I should be running the 64 bit version of windows and downloading 64 bit version drivers and such? I have no clue about any of this stuff.
2. Is it worth downloading upgraded bios for motherboards? I got this compaq from bestbuy and started to run it out of the box. (after i put xp on it instead of vista) so I have no idea how to upgrade the bios or anything like that. I know on my old computer i had to download drivers called "via 4 in 1" do I have to download anything like that for this comp?
It says my motherboard manufacturer is ECS and the model is Alhena5 version 1.0. and that my bios vendor is american megatrends bios version 5.04. I looked on the american megatrends website for an update bios but found nothing. I have no clue what I am doing here. I don't want to mess anything up. so can anyone help me with these 2 questions. :dead:
1. The section with my cpu it says architecture - 64 bit. Does that mean I should be running the 64 bit version of windows and downloading 64 bit version drivers and such? I have no clue about any of this stuff.
2. Is it worth downloading upgraded bios for motherboards? I got this compaq from bestbuy and started to run it out of the box. (after i put xp on it instead of vista) so I have no idea how to upgrade the bios or anything like that. I know on my old computer i had to download drivers called "via 4 in 1" do I have to download anything like that for this comp?
It says my motherboard manufacturer is ECS and the model is Alhena5 version 1.0. and that my bios vendor is american megatrends bios version 5.04. I looked on the american megatrends website for an update bios but found nothing. I have no clue what I am doing here. I don't want to mess anything up. so can anyone help me with these 2 questions. :dead: