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Its an old machine which im setting up for a friend, and theres no socket for the telephone cable, presumably i need a cable to go into one of the ports on the back of the machine. I have a compaq armada 1700 6300t5000d01, which has worked well, apart from. Compaq bios updates downloads for your motherboard wims bios. I have a compaq armada 1700 laptop in the bios software controlled there is a security area for locking the hard drive called drive lock i wish to remove this i know the user password but in. How to install a diagnostic partition on a compaq hdd your.
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We delete comments that violate our policy, which we. Another option you have is doing a network installation of windows. How to install a diagnostic partition on a compaq hdd. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. This feature is especially handy for diagnosing hardware issues that prevent the.
Compaq recovery disk guide for windows xp, vista, 7, 8. Anyways, i have a compaq armada 1700 160mb, 233mhz p2, 1. Table 2 summarizes support offered for each operating system by product family. Windows xp, windows vista, windows 7 and windows 8 a recovery disk is also known as a restore disc, repair disc, boot disc or rescue disk. Compaq armada 1500 notebook pc series computer setup 2. Compaq laptop video driver problem solutions experts exchange. Rearpanel ports provide connections for parallel, serial, external monitor, and keyboardmouse universal serial bus usb compaq armada 1700 computers are configurable, and may contain any or all of the features listed. Well i finally got around to installing linux on the laptop. I have a compaq armada 1700 laptop that has windows 2000. Compaq drivers download for windows 10, 8, 7, xp, vista. I have a compaq armada 1700 233mz processor160mb ram 4gb drive with w2k on the 1st partition1. I have a compaq armada 1700 laptop 266, 160 ram, 4 gig hd. Ubuntu linux full install on the historical 1996 armada 1750.
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Puppy linux discussion forum view topic puppy on laptops. Anyone know where i can get a user manual for the compaq armada 1700 laptop. Boot from the setupdisk which you can download from compaqs. Download hp compaq armada 1700 drivers for windows 9598. Running linux on compaq laptop and notebook computers. Personally id advise blasting it and doing your own install if you. Compaq was a large and very popular computer manufacturer that began in 1982, headquartered in harris county, tx. Mar 27, 2006 hello i have a compaq armada 1700 laptop that has windows 2000 professional,the pages download very slow,and wanted to know how to fix it,i have netzero hi speed but it still is like a snail,hope you can help. Installation of linux, beos, and qnx on a compaq armada 1750 this particular laptop has a 4gb hard drive, an ati rage 3d lt pro agp video card, and an ess1869 soundcard. Linux laptop and netbook having a problem installing or configuring linux on your laptop. This guide is about recovery disks for compaq computers for the following versions of windows. View and download compaq armada 1700 reference manual online. Armada 1750 noyes armada 1700 noyes armada 1500c noyes armada 1500 noyes10 lte 5000 no yes supported operating systems in addition to supporting preinstalled operating systems, compaq offers support for legacy operating systems that are not preinstalled.
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