Compaq Armada E500

Compaq Armada E500.

  • cpu: Pentium III @ 600 MHz
  • memory: 192 MB
  • disk: 12GB - ad0: 11513MB at ata0-master UDMA33
  • optical: cdrom drive - acd0: CDROM at ata0-slave PIO4
  • LCD: 1024 x 768
  • video: ATI Technologies Inc - 01541014 Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x
  • sound: snd_maestro - ESS Technology - ES1978 Maestro-2E Audiodrive, ES1970 Canyon3D
  • PCMCIA / PCCard: 2 slots - Texas Instruments (TI) - PCI1225 PC Card CardBus Controller
  • usb: 1 x usb port - low speed - uhci - Intel Corporation - 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4/4E/4M USB Interface
  • net: fxp0 - Intel Corporation - 82550/1/7/8/9 EtherExpress PRO/100(B) Ethernet Adapter
  • bios: ROMpaq family: 686N, date: 03/15/2002. F10 to enter bios.
  • boot: boots from CD, floppy, hard drive and network (pxe). Does not boot from usb.
  • Hotkeys - needs os support: Fn + Esc display system and bios information, Fn + F4 switch between LCD and external monitor, Fn + F5 volume control, Fn + F6 quicklock, Fn + F7 power saving, Fn + F8 battery status, Fn + F9 contrast, Fn + F10 brightness, Fn + T stretch text (expand, only works in text (console) mode).
  • other: no easy access keys on this machine, winmodem - Lucent/Agere Systems (Was: AT&T MicroElectronics) - LT Winmodem

More info: FreeBSD, on this machine.

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History

2008-10-05: upgraded bios from 05/23/2000 to 03/15/2002 via floppy.

2008-10-04: a friend gave me the machine.