My latest acquisition is here! It's a Compaq LTE 5000... with the coveted 640x480 display! It's a little wonky on boot, and had a bad DC to DC inverter, broken battery clip, and a dead HDD, but the most important part is the GOOD SCREEN! I'm excited!
It's booting now. I think the mobo is stuck in dock mode. But I swapped out for a good board. This system had a 64MB upgrade in it too!
Woohoo! I sprayed the other board with a half gallon of contact cleaner and now it is booting!! 🎉🎉
Since MemTest made it "far enough," going to flash the BIOS
Ok, not really a half gallon, but enough to make a difference 😁
Haha, here we go 😅
Oh yeah, good old version 7.20. It's the best version!
All back together now! Doesn't take me long these days! Let's pull the leaking cells out of the battery and tackle the dead HDD
Yummy
I put the battery shell back together, and used it to fill the battery void in the laptop. Laptop is also much lighter now.
Haha! I gave the hard drive some hits with the end of a screwdriver, and look at that!
Simply fantastic!! I'm happy!! Anyway, thanks for following along.
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