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RELISTING: $3,000 (in 2004) Compaq Evo N800c Laptop - Buzz - 05-17-2019
OK, for an WinXP machine, it was great while it lasted. Something happened to its video a few months ago, and I can't figure it out what it is, and it's not worth taking it to a shop that has somebody that might know what it is. Video froze/stopped responding, then when I restarted the machine; total darkness. May be a parts machine, may be salvageable; it's beyond my pay grade to figure out. I'd love to see somebody get some more use out of it.
Pulled 80GB drive, cloned it to another 80GB drive, both drives seem to work elsewhere, so not thinking software issue. Laptop has discrete 64MB Radeon Mobile graphics; don't know if issue is GPU or Mobo/CPU. Drive bay (PATA) will be empty, unless I can find the OEM 40GB drive, or one of our former Pismo/iBook's drives, which IIRC are like 20GB/30GB/60GB. Pretty sure I still have the OEM CD's, but no promises. It has its XP sticker on the bottom, so you may have to supply your own XP install if I can't find the optical discs. Before it went dark, 14" (1024 X 768) screen was in great shape.
A few extras (for 2004).... it has upgraded, higher speed combo DVD/CD optical drive. Came w/ 128MB RAM, but will ship w/ 512MB - 1GB RAM.... I have 2GB in it now, but its RAM is compatible w/ vintage Mac laptops and some printers, so I'll be scaling it back to some of its former sticks.... I chased it to 256MB, then 512MB, to 768MB, to 1GB, 1.5GB, and finally 2GB. It has Compaq's version of an AirPort Card, a little bulbous widget that's part of the upper case. I think it's "b", or whatever the slowest old wifi was. I've been using cardbus adapter cards for wifi, as wifi kept getting faster, so casetop adapter has not been used n very long time, so no idea if it still works, though it still show up as an option when powered on. I **think** (hope) the original casetop cover is in the shipping box in our storage locker; I've been too lazy, forever, to swap it back. I may throw some other extra goodies into the box before shipping.
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Re: FREE FOR SHIPPING: $3,000 (in 2004) Compaq Evo N800c Laptop - Zoidberg - 05-18-2019
Hmmm. I wonder if I could hook it up to a display & play some entry-level DOS type games on that...
Re: FREE FOR SHIPPING: $3,000 (in 2004) Compaq Evo N800c Laptop - Buzz - 05-20-2019
It's got a VGA output... :-)
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