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Old August 17, 2009, 01:20 AM
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Will Vista 64 work with the Core 2 Duo E8400 ?
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Old August 17, 2009, 01:31 AM
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You betcha. I have Vista x64 with my rig.
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Old August 17, 2009, 08:28 AM
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Vista 64 will work with pretty much every setup
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See if you can still download win7RC 64 bit. It is free, for now anyway, if MS has not turned it off.
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since I bought the 8400 almost every OS is 64bit
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Have any of you had the nvlddmkm.sys driver problem with your 64-bit Vista and E8400.

With my current CPU "a Pentium-D 930 at 3.0 GHz" Have always had that driver problem with my Vista 64. That's why I'm currently using my XP 32-bit OS
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Can't say I have had any issues here.
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64BIT OS for sure that way you can take advantage of more RAM etc..
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That is your GPU driver mate, nothing to do with the CPU. I would uninstall and then update the driver to the latest you can get on Nvidia's site. Ensure you DL the x64 version.

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Have any of you had the nvlddmkm.sys driver problem with your 64-bit Vista and E8400.

With my current CPU "a Pentium-D 930 at 3.0 GHz" Have always had that driver problem with my Vista 64. That's why I'm currently using my XP 32-bit OS
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A while ago I did a fresh Install of my Vista 64 and got all the latest 64-Bit drivers. And the Video driver problem nvlddmkm.sys always was there. I also search the net for Solutions to fix the problem. And tried them all and nothing fixed it. That's why I did a format and installed my Windows XP instead.

P.S. I was thinking the problem was caused by Installing a 64-bit OS while using a 32-bit CPU.
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