Lessons In Hardware / OS Troubleshooting

Esther Schindler writes "We like to imagine that every Microsoft OS installation will work just as well as the company promises. When things don't work out, identifying and remedying the case of failure can be time-consuming and frustrating. This lesson in how to determine why Windows 7 didn't install may help you troubleshoot a problem of your own, and save you from a Lost Weekend. Maybe you'll find this account useful all on its own. But the real key here is that the author is Ed Tittel — who's written over 100 books. If this hardware geek spends days solving a CPU-meets-Windows 7 problem, what chance do mere mortals have?"

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You're Kidding

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This is front-page news for Slashdot now? Here's the sum total of TFA:

• Guy tries to install 64-bit Windows 7 on a machine previously running 32-bit Windows 7
• Install fails over and over again
• He replaces hardware components with no luck until he swaps out the CPU
• Windows installs but is unstable
• Worthless ASUS BIOS automatic "optimizers" cause stability problems (surprise!)
• With BIOS settings changed to sane values Windows is stable

Wow, color me impressed!

How are "mortals" supposed to figure it out? I guess they buy a PC from Dell because everything in that article qualifies as "no duh" for system builders.