CS2 won't run on laptop

[telephoto]

Hi guys.

I have installed CS2 onto a new laptop, the processor is a Celeron 1.5 GHz, and I have 700 odd Meg of RAM. (Before you ask how I get 700 odd 'cos that's an odd number, it's 256+512 with shared graphics).

When I start to run the program it hangs, on the odd occasion it has reached the state of having a menu bar it hangs when a menu is opened.

Will CS2 run on a Celeron processor?

 

[jmgalvin]

From Adobe:

System requirements
Windows
Intel® Xeon™, Xeon Dual, Intel Centrino™, or Pentium® III or 4 processor
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 4, or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or 2
320MB of RAM (384MB recommended)
650MB of available hard-disk space
1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
CD-ROM drive
Internet or phone connection required for product activation

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[telephoto]

Thanks.

I had read the Adobe site, but I have a system with an Athlon processor which handles CS2, I just wanted to know if the Celeron 1.5GHz (which is later than the Pentium III?) would run it as well.
Operating system is XP home with service pack 2


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[bkrike]

I think it would. I run it on an AMD 64, and Adobe doesn’t mention that. First thing I would try is a re-install.

FYI- I have a program called clipmate. CS2 would not install correctly with an older version of clipmate (upgraded clipmate and all is well.) Moral: there are a lot of things I would look at first before thinking that it was my processor.

 

[bkrike]

re-read your post- 256 RAM could be the reason. I dont think video RAM counts.

 

[mscallisto]

Have you looked to see what your memory usage is at moment of "hanging", you may have other programs running in background that are sucking up memory.

 

[telephoto]

Thanks to all

1. to bkrike

Reinstall has been attempted.
It is on an "as bought" clean installation of the OS, no particular extra progs have been added that were not on the desktop machine (eg Compupic)(If they would only issue system disks with new computers I'd try reinstalling the OS)
Total RAM on the system when bought was 512, I replaced one 256 SODIMM so total is now 768MB. Shared graphics means that video pinches some of it.

2. to mscallisto

I downloaded a memory manager and with that running it shows 430MB at point of failure