Okay so my college got a hord of new 'puters, and the admin offloaded a couple of the old ones on me and my mates. The machine i recieved came as this: Intel PIII 600Mhz (64/256 cache) 64Mb PC100 SD Ram 10GB Seagate HDD 8Mb ATI Rage 3D XL No Optical Drives No OS Now every time i try to install an MS based os, i get an 'error7' and every time i try something such as linux i get Kernel Panics. So i had a theory that a little upgrade was in order so i gave it the following: 384M PC100 SD Ram 32Mb Creative TNT2 M64 20Gb Seagate Iomega 8x4x32 CD-RW Again, when i try to install any OS i get an error as described above. Now from what i can tell htis is one of those horrible workstations where u need to 'prep' the machine before you install an OS, so i started to hunt for the utility floppy. PROBLEM. I have no idea what the machine's model actually is. I know its a Compaq Deskpro, and that is all i know. HP/Compaq give minimal help. Can anybody help in identifying this old Compaq rig? Will post pictures as soon as i can. DeeBee
#In the meantime, i've reset the bios, and now i can install Win .net Standard ED. As for linux tho, im getting the same errors. I think it's reset to default.
There should be a sticker on the bottom or on the inside that has the model number and serial number. It may be on the motherboard.
