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    Old Compaq Armada 1500C question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Stick2It, May 4, 2007.

  1. Stick2It

    Stick2It Notebook Enthusiast

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    After realizing a few days later that my questions for my two laptops were posted in the wrong group I am
    reposting one of them here. Sorry for the duplication.

    I recovered from a recycle bin an old Armada 1500C laptop. It is a 400Mhz Celeron. I have updated the
    HDD to 20 gig and installed an old version of MS2000 Pro I had laying around. This thing has only a CD-Rom
    in it. I would like to upgrade this to a R/W-DVD if I can or at least a R/W-CD. I have recovered from the same
    recycle bin, one each of R/W CD & DVD. from two IBM Thinkpads. I removed the plastic surrounding the
    removeable CD & DVD players and inserted them into the CD slot in the Armada. Of coarse prior to insertion I
    did check that both the Compaq & the IBM players have the same plugs. Both IBM players slip right in, nothing
    needed to be forced.

    Needless to say the laptop does not boot with either of the IBM drives. An error message stating that no system
    drive is found comes up. Of coarse when I put the Compaq CD-ROM back in, all is fine.

    I don't know if the pinouts from drive manufacturers are standardized or not but has anyone tried to do something
    similar to this and had any success?

    Any tips would certainly be appreciated.
     
    Stick2It, May 4, 2007
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    burning a file with a 400mhz celeron in win 2k isnt gonna be pretty...
     
    usapatriot, May 4, 2007
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  3. Stick2It

    Stick2It Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm not sure what you mean.

    I use a Dell Optiplex 333 P2 for my server at home and I burn cd's & dvd's without a problem.
     
    Stick2It, May 4, 2007
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