Conquest: PC GASP!

[Christopher]

It's an HP Pavilion 742n. Not too shabby I guess.

1.6GHz AMD Athlon 2000+XP

768MB of ram

60GB HD

Nvidia Geforce 2MX, I dunno, better then my emachines video card.

and.... FULL SIZE firewire 400 ports! on the front, two in the back :O

Linux Mint 8 is installing as I type this.

It was my grandmothers, she upgraded to an HP TouchSmart AIO. Not bad for a granny eh?

 

[Unknown_K]

I have an XP2000+ Athlon in an older game rig here, it is a very nice chip.

That video card is a bit crappy, but for free its good enough. My system has a slightly newer Geforce FX5500 256MB.

Why did your granny upgrade anyway, something hosed on the old system?

 

[Mars478]

I got a Presario 2100 a few days ago, similar specs to this. Nice catch, but is it a clunker?

 

[Christopher]

Why did your granny upgrade anyway, something hosed on the old system?

I'm still trying to figure that one out myself. All she did was check her email, write loads and loads of stories, and make cards for each person in the family.

But the poor machine was loaded down with so much stuff because she misplaces the software disks to things alot so the old software magically stops working for her when that happens.

So to counteract that, I found as much free software as I could to fix that.

OpenOffice, GNUCash, still nothing on card making software. :lol:

I do wonder why she got the particular computer she got, TOUCH SCREEN, I'm sorry but touch screen is not a bright idea for someone her age when eyesight isn't the best things. A TV tuner, optical audio out, sp/df audio out, and s-video input.

 

[Christopher]

Ok some very strange things.

Mint doesn't like the Nividia drivers and causes the system to freeze in the middle of log in.

Went back to XP, it flies super fast, only one problem. Ethernet isn't detected, and I can't find the maker of the Ethernet card.

I'm thinking I should just throw in one of my spare pci ethernet cards and install the driver that way. Sounds stupid but hey I am stupid sometimes.

Edit...

Well it looks like this 3com card I have does not have basic drivers within xp... :/ I need to find the hp disc that came with it.

 

[Osgeld]

google + feeling lucky = http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=ns&product=89232

 

[Christopher]

Actually that was where I went first.... Nothing for the ethernet card UNLESS I had internet connected to the thing, then HP's driver search would work...