compaq armada 4150

hi i just bought a compaq armada 4150 off ebay. i was wondering how i
would go about installing windows xp on it. :? i currently have a
6gb hard drive (crappy, i know). would upgrading to 20gb get the job
done?

thanks.

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It likely would, but call Compaq support first. Since it has a less than 8
GB hard drive, 8 GB might be the BIOS limit for that model.
HH

"bassguitarguy818" wrote in
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hi i just bought a compaq armada 4150 off ebay. i was wondering how i
would go about installing windows xp on it. :? i currently have a
6gb hard drive (crappy, i know). would upgrading to 20gb get the job
done?

thanks.

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troubleshooting newsgroups.

I'm pretty sure 8GB is the limit and I am not aware of an BIOS upgrade to
fix the problem. Is it s 4150 or 4250. I thought the 41xx topped out at the
4133.

Any way you look at it, XP is going to be a dog. Pentium-150.

I'd go Windows 98SE.

That's what I ran on my 4133T.

Tom
"HH" wrote in message
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It likely would, but call Compaq support first. Since it has a less than 8
GB hard drive, 8 GB might be the BIOS limit for that model.
HH

"bassguitarguy818" wrote in
message ...
hi i just bought a compaq armada 4150 off ebay. i was wondering how i
would go about installing windows xp on it. :? i currently have a
6gb hard drive (crappy, i know). would upgrading to 20gb get the job
done?

thanks.

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troubleshooting newsgroups.

The 4100 series ended with the 4160T. 8GB is indeed the limit, even on a
4220T. I put Windows 2000 on a 4131T once and the performance was awful.
Windows 98SE is the newest operating system that runs well on the 4100
series (if you ignore Windows ME).

"Tom Scales" wrote in message
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I'm pretty sure 8GB is the limit and I am not aware of an BIOS upgrade to
fix the problem. Is it s 4150 or 4250. I thought the 41xx topped out at
the
4133.

Any way you look at it, XP is going to be a dog. Pentium-150.

I'd go Windows 98SE.

That's what I ran on my 4133T.

Tom

Of course you're right. I'd forgotten the 4150/4160.

Great little laptops.

Tom
"Frank346" wrote in message
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The 4100 series ended with the 4160T. 8GB is indeed the limit, even on a
4220T. I put Windows 2000 on a 4131T once and the performance was awful.
Windows 98SE is the newest operating system that runs well on the 4100
series (if you ignore Windows ME).

"Tom Scales" wrote in message
...
I'm pretty sure 8GB is the limit and I am not aware of an BIOS upgrade
to
fix the problem. Is it s 4150 or 4250. I thought the 41xx topped out at
the
4133.

Any way you look at it, XP is going to be a dog. Pentium-150.

I'd go Windows 98SE.

That's what I ran on my 4133T.

Tom