[ale] [OT] Installing RAM in a Compaq Armada 1700

[Jonathan Glass]

Quoting Joe <jknapka at earthlink.net>:

> Jonathan Glass <jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu> writes:
> 
> > Under the keyboard.  Remove the battery and floppy, and find the
> screws with 
> > arrows pointing to them, and the center screw b/w the battery and
> floppy bays.  
> > Take them out, flip over the machine, remove the keyboard, and the RAM
> is right 
> > there.  I think (no research, working from memory) that those machines
> can 
> > handle either an additional 128 or 256.  
> > 
> > The HDD should be in the same place (on the right side of the chassis,
> the RAM 
> > is on the left).
> 
> Must be a slightly different model; on mine the HDD is dead center,
> floppy on the far left, battery on the far right (yet the case
> lettering says "ARMADA 1700", plain as day).  I tried your suggestion,
> and it *almost* worked. However, the CD drive is immediately under the
> kbd (also in the center, above the HDD), and it appears it needs to
> come out before the kbd will lift out. It's not obvious how to get the
> CD drive out.  I'm being very cautious because I really don't want to
> damage this machine accidentally.
> 
> Anyway, I ordered an Armada 1700 service manual from Compaq :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Joe Knapka
> 
> > HTH
> > Jonathan
> > 
> > Quoting Joe <jknapka at earthlink.net>:
> > 
> > > Hi folks,
> > > 
> > > I've got a cute little Armada 1700 here, and I'm going to use it
> to
> > > explore a bunch of different distros. At the moment it's only got
> 64M
> > > RAM and a 4G HD. I'm looking to up the RAM to at least 128M and the
> HD
> > > to at least 10G. The HD is easily accessible, and I can pick up a
> 10G
> > > drive for $40 on eBay. However, I can't figure out how to
> physically
> > > access the RAM to upgrade it. (I have no docmentation of any kind
> for
> > > it, and Google has not helped me thus far.) Does anyone else have
> one
> > > of these boxes? Know how to get at the RAM?
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Sorry about that. I worked on 3 different Compaq Armada series machines. This 
one the keyboard should pop up (look for the small tabs at the top of the 
keyboard, or maybe at the bottom), and the RAM is under the top right side of 
the keyboard (around qwe).

Check out:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/10011_div/10011_div.HTML

This was my primary workstation for 3 years, and ran Win2K, and RedHat 6.2 - 
7.3 great!  I dual booted b/w RH & Win2K for years!!!!

I gave you the instructions for the Armada 1500C laptop.  Oops!

Jonathan Glass
Systems Support Specialist II
IBB/BME
V: 404-385-0127
F: 404-894-2291
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