Question
I just got a Gateway 4026GZ - Celeron M 350 1.3 GHz - 15" TFT
handed to me,that's always good.
It was left in a house a friend just got and it's missing the hard drive but it got
a xp OS on it at least it had.
I want to check it out without putting alot of $$ into it.
I don't even know if it works, But if I put Ubuntu disc in it will it boot
so I can check it out?
I mean I don't want to get a hard drive if it's dead
handed to me,that's always good.
It was left in a house a friend just got and it's missing the hard drive but it got
a xp OS on it at least it had.
I want to check it out without putting alot of $$ into it.
I don't even know if it works, But if I put Ubuntu disc in it will it boot
so I can check it out?
I mean I don't want to get a hard drive if it's dead
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If it turned on without a boot disk and it hit the bios its probably ok.
Try the "deal and trades" forum here for a cheap older ide drive.
I bought two 40gb drives at a computer flea market here in Dallas last week for $15 a pop. Thats reasonable....
Cowboy
It boots but the screen is real dark and have to play with the switch
that the screen push when close to see the screen.
After playing abit the screen comes on and looks ok, so what you think it has a loose connection?
Thanks for the input
But I had to check it out, guess that's why they left it and took
the hard drive.