Accidental 64-bit windows =/

[foozy]

So I wasn't paying attention and accidentally bought a 64-bit copy of Win Vista Home Premium, instead of the usual 32-bit. Does my hardware need to be 64-bit compatible to use it, or just 64-bit compatible to take advantage of the technology?

Its either use it or it sits on my shelf until someone wants a 64-bit system. Which is probably going to take a long time.

 

[JimShady23]

Welll

You hardware needs to have the driver support for windows vista 64 otherwise it wont work.

 

[foozy]

Well I did an install and all went well except the sound. I'm thinking the problem is that I installed the wrong drivers at first, though =/

Windows is recognizing sound but theres no output.

 

[SNGX1275]

Onboard sound? Check your motherboard manufacturer's website for 64 bit vista drivers. Most all common hardware should have Vista64 drivers by now.

 

[foozy]

Silly me, I pulled off jumpers from the front panel sound connector but forgot to ever actually plug the front panel in.

It all worked in the end... except for speedfan. I thought that was odd, but it was just an Athlon64 3500+ so I wasn't too concerned with temperatures.

 

[NRJ]

Strange. When I bought mine it came with 2 DVDs. one for 32bit and one for 64bit. You sure you don't have a second DVD with it?