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Presario 1810 and Win2K Restart Problems
I've gotten a Presario 1810 P2/300Mhz Laptop hand me down from
someone. It originally came with Win98. I have installed Win2K which runs fine. I know about the Win2K restart problem that this particular model has with Win2K as well as WinXP and other newer OS. I am wondering if anyone found a fix for this? For those who do not know what I am talking about: If Win2K has to do a restart (that is when it is already booted and running), it will cause the machine to hang on the next warm reboot. After that, then the machine has to be powered off and then on again in order to get back into Win2K. From experimenting, I have found that Linux also has the restart problems but WinNT 4.0 has no restart problems. I don't want to wear out my power on/off button on this laptop. =) |
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Their could be a BIOS fix for that computer problem.
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"No.6" wrote in message ...
Their could be a BIOS fix for that computer problem. I am not having much luck finding it. =( The most recent bios I can find and applied is in SP8492 on the Compaq web site. |
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SP8492 is the latest BIOS for the 1810, which is an old model (PII/300). And
since 96MB of RAM is max for the 1810, I would not recommend W2K in the first place. Stick with Win 98, which is what it came with originally. HH "Terabyte" wrote in message ... "No.6" wrote in message ... Their could be a BIOS fix for that computer problem. I am not having much luck finding it. =( The most recent bios I can find and applied is in SP8492 on the Compaq web site. |
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"HH" wrote in message .net...
SP8492 is the latest BIOS for the 1810, which is an old model (PII/300). And since 96MB of RAM is max for the 1810, I would not recommend W2K in the first place. Stick with Win 98, which is what it came with originally. HH Actually I'm running it with 160MB ram on this machine. Win2k runs well on this machine except for the restart problem. Win2K is far more stable than Win98 which bluescreen often. |
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compaq website also states that win2000 can run on that laptop and came
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Hmmm. Strange, since Max memory on the 1810 is 96MB, according to both
Compaq Consumer Tech Info and Crucial's website. The higher models in the series (1825, 1827 and 1830) can go to 192MB max (32+32+128). How is it configured? 32MB is on the systemboard and 32 on a SODIMM as shipped, with one SODIMM slot open. HH "Terabyte" wrote in message m... "HH" wrote in message .net... SP8492 is the latest BIOS for the 1810, which is an old model (PII/300). And since 96MB of RAM is max for the 1810, I would not recommend W2K in the first place. Stick with Win 98, which is what it came with originally. HH Actually I'm running it with 160MB ram on this machine. Win2k runs well on this machine except for the restart problem. Win2K is far more stable than Win98 which bluescreen often. |
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The 1810 shipped with Win 98.
HH "No.6" wrote in message ... compaq website also states that win2000 can run on that laptop and came with it. |
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"HH" wrote in message .net...
Hmmm. Strange, since Max memory on the 1810 is 96MB, according to both Compaq Consumer Tech Info and Crucial's website. The higher models in the series (1825, 1827 and 1830) can go to 192MB max (32+32+128). How is it configured? 32MB is on the systemboard and 32 on a SODIMM as shipped, with one SODIMM slot open. HH "Terabyte" wrote in message m... Actually I'm running it with 160MB ram on this machine. Actually if you believe Compaq and Crucial, this system only will do up to 96MB which is the 32MB onboard with a 64MB memory stick in the SODIMM slot (32+64=96). Put a 128MB memory stick in the SODIMM slot and the unit will recognize and utilize the full memory amount of 160MB (32+128=160). |
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At any rate, it seems the unit takes more than the Compaq spec. Thanks for
the info. HH "Terabyte" wrote in message ... "HH" wrote in message .net... Hmmm. Strange, since Max memory on the 1810 is 96MB, according to both Compaq Consumer Tech Info and Crucial's website. The higher models in the series (1825, 1827 and 1830) can go to 192MB max (32+32+128). How is it configured? 32MB is on the systemboard and 32 on a SODIMM as shipped, with one SODIMM slot open. HH "Terabyte" wrote in message m... Actually I'm running it with 160MB ram on this machine. Actually if you believe Compaq and Crucial, this system only will do up to 96MB which is the 32MB onboard with a 64MB memory stick in the SODIMM slot (32+64=96). Put a 128MB memory stick in the SODIMM slot and the unit will recognize and utilize the full memory amount of 160MB (32+128=160). |
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