Is my pc 64bit capable

[nalinda sampath]

Hello,
i have foxconn G31MX-K 2.0 motherboard, my processor is core2duo E7400 2.80Ghz processor, is my pc 64bit capable, i cant install server 2008 64bit (even inside vmware)it says hardware not supported,please give me some idea,thanking you

 

[electroman9]

It seems that your motherboard is only capable of handling 4GB max memory. That would put severe limitations on it handling a 64OS (if it could install one). I've just looked at the foxconn G31MX-K specs and manual and there's no mention of it supporting 64 bit OS's.

You may have to stick with a x86 OS until you get a motherboard that is x64 compatable.

 

[Emperus]

Did you try a new install or a secondary install with some other OS already installed.? I guess your hardware is perfectly capable of handling a 64 bit OS.. As for Win Server 08, the installer may be screwing it up.. I got the same problem like you've stated while trying to install the sever 08 64 bit OS.. My PC hardware config is a Gigabyte P45-UD3R motherboard, Intel C2D E6750 and 4GB RAM.. The graphic card is an ATI Radeon HD 4870..

 

[saint19]

Hi nalinda sampath and welcome to THG.

Ur hardware (CPU and mobo) are perfectly compatible for x64 OS the problem is that sever 2008 x64 isn't supported for the mobo since u can't find drivers for that OS in the Foxconn's web site.

See here

 

[nalinda sampath]

It seems that your motherboard is only capable of handling 4GB max memory. That would put severe limitations on it handling a 64OS (if it could install one). I've just looked at the foxconn G31MX-K specs and manual and there's no mention of it supporting 64 bit OS's.

You may have to stick with a x86 OS until you get a motherboard that is x64 compatable.

thanks goes to everyone for giving me some idea, actually i wanted to install server 2008 64bit inside vmware, because i dont want mess up my system if something goes wrong. i search my pcs bios setup and found "HPET MODE" it currently set as 32bit, it also supports 64bit mode, i searched goggle and found if i want to use 64bit os then recommended option for HPET 64bit mode. (see this) is it true, will this cause the problem? thanks kind people.