OKay, someone decided to toss this notebook in the trash. Well, I picked it up & decided to try and fix it and use it as a spare notebook. Anyway, here are my questions.
Problems I noticed. The hd crashed. The battery doesn't charge. I had a spare 20 GB notebook hd laying around and copy of window xp. So I installed the XP. Installation worked.
Problems: I cannot connect to the internet via the ethernet port. I guess this was a windows me laptop. Since I cannot connect to the internet, do I need to update drivers and how so? This I cannot figure out what to do next. I even tried a USB adaptor that has an ethernet port. I notice this notebook has 1.0 USB ports. Still no bananas since this doesn't work also. I don't think it's the 2.0 usb ethernet adaptor, it just cannot recognize the internet connected wired to the router. Any suggestions? Should I install my local ISP disk that was provided years back? I have other notebooks & I never had to use these disks.
Also, the battery does not charge at all. Do you think it's a faulty battery? I pull the plug and the computer shuts down. They seem to be cheap on Ebay. $12 bucks including shipping. Should I just buy another battery or do you think it's a greater problem?
All and all, I'm excited to get this old notebook running if possible.I am WAY more concerned in getting it connected to the net. Battery would eventually come since it does power on with the ac adaptor. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm new to the forum and have been a lurker for a few months. Enjoy the site!
Problems I noticed. The hd crashed. The battery doesn't charge. I had a spare 20 GB notebook hd laying around and copy of window xp. So I installed the XP. Installation worked.
Problems: I cannot connect to the internet via the ethernet port. I guess this was a windows me laptop. Since I cannot connect to the internet, do I need to update drivers and how so? This I cannot figure out what to do next. I even tried a USB adaptor that has an ethernet port. I notice this notebook has 1.0 USB ports. Still no bananas since this doesn't work also. I don't think it's the 2.0 usb ethernet adaptor, it just cannot recognize the internet connected wired to the router. Any suggestions? Should I install my local ISP disk that was provided years back? I have other notebooks & I never had to use these disks.
Also, the battery does not charge at all. Do you think it's a faulty battery? I pull the plug and the computer shuts down. They seem to be cheap on Ebay. $12 bucks including shipping. Should I just buy another battery or do you think it's a greater problem?
All and all, I'm excited to get this old notebook running if possible.I am WAY more concerned in getting it connected to the net. Battery would eventually come since it does power on with the ac adaptor. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm new to the forum and have been a lurker for a few months. Enjoy the site!
