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I am confused . I have a
- Shuttle XH61V V1.1
- Intel i7-3770
- chipset Intel 6 series/C200

I mistakenly installed 32bit Win7. I would like to install 64bit Win7 but I am confused:
- with this processor & chipset I assumed 64bit is possible,
- the drivers for 64bit are on the site,
- but the device manager says "ACPI x86-based PC" which (i read) means only 32b is supported.
Can I install 64b win7 on this machine?
Thanks,
Alex

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Your PC supports 64-bit operating systems.

What you’re seeing in Device Manager basically reflects the kernel (x86/x64) you have. On a 64-bit installation of Windows, it’ll say “ACPI x64-based PC”.

So assuming you have more then 2 GiB of RAM, you should absolutely go ahead and install a 64-bit version of Windows. If not, it’s not strictly necessary.

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