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150 MHz or Faster Processor Does Not Pass Hardware Check During Setup

Article ID: 266219

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

This article was previously published under Q266219

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to install Windows Millennium Edition (Me) on a computer with a 150 MHz or faster processor, you may receive the following error message:

Windows cannot be installed on this computer because the processor is not at least 150MHz.

CAUSE

This behavior most commonly occurs on laptop computers if the computer has been running for some time or is running on battery power. Under these conditions, the processor may become hot and may set itself to a lower speed. This can affect the overall processor clock cycles, dropping the processor speed below the minimum system requirements.

RESOLUTION

Turn off the laptop computer and let it cool down, and then install Windows Me while the computer is plugged into an AC power source.

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior is known to occur with the following computers:

Compaq Armada 7330T
Compaq Presario 1220
Toshiba Satellite 2510CDS
Toshiba Tecra 750CDT
Tecra 740 cdt

Additional query words: HWSYSCPU

Keywords: kbfaq kbhardware kbprb kbsetup KB266219

Microsoft KB Archive/266219

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