I plugged it in and VIOLA!! The computer came on as soon as I pressed the power button. To my surprise it matched what the Armada required. First things first.a power supply and hard drive.Īfter some doing some thinking I developed a brain storm.I looked at the power supply used on the Presario. So, in order to get the Armada up and running I would need a power supply, hard drive, a copy of Windows 98, drivers for any installed hardware, and a bit of luck and some old school know-how. Maybe someday I will take a crack at trying to figure out what is going on. And it's a shame, too, because the machine is in great physical condition. After a while that got really annoying and I feared that something would eventually short out. Any slight pressure by picking it up or resting palms on the palm rest area would cause the machine to simply lock up. Another issue with it was something that I never could figure out. Unfortunately Ubuntu did not like the system at all and wouldn't even boot past the Ubuntu title screen. When I got it someone tried to put Ubuntu on it. So where did I get the power supply and hard drive? I was given not too long ago a Compaq Presario laptop that was suppose to be running Windows XP as its operating system. Keep in mind that this laptop was found on Shopgoodwill for $5 about six years ago and came with no power supply and no hard drive. The sole reason was to just see if it could be done. After reading RickR's post on his classic laptop I got inspired to try to get mine going again.

In one of my YouTube videos (I think) I mentioned having an old Compaq laptop that I was wanting to get going someday.

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