I recently received some computer equipment for recycling. One of those items was a Compaq evo N180 laptop computer. This computer is around fifteen years old.
However, I thought I would process this notebook computer with Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system as if I could resell it. This laptop computer came with a battery that would not charge and a failing left mouse button. However, I thought I would have some fun and try to perform a new install of Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system.
Luckily enough, the individual that dropped off this equipment took excellent care of this equipment and also saved the software that came with these computers. He gave me three Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system compact disc read only memory discs. One of these was a Hewlett Packard Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system service pack two disc.
Another one was a Hewlett Packard Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system service pack four disc. Finally, I received a Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system service pack one recovery disc. I could not use the Hewlett Packard Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system service pack two disc with this Compaq Evo N180 laptop computer.
Also, the Hewlett Packard Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system service pack four disc did not have the correct drivers for this Evo N180 laptop computer. However, the Hewlett Packard Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system service pack one disc did have correct drivers for this Compaq evo N180. Disappointingly, this disc only loaded service pack one of Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system.
I was not able to download service pack four for Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system from Microsoft. I do not have any discs with service pack four. This Compaq Evo N180 ran pretty good on seven hundred sixty eight megabytes of random access memory.
Believe it or not I was able to access the Internet with the built in Internet Explorer version five web browser. I could not find a replacement battery and or touchpad mouse on the Internet anywhere. If I were going to try to resell this laptop then definately I would want to replace the battery, toucpad mouse, and upgrade Microsoft Windows two thousand operating system to service pack four.
Also, I would want to install a firewall and anti-virus software. However, this Compaq evo N180 was only equipeed with a Pentium three computer microprocessor. Certainly not much if any demand for older Pentium three microprocessor based computers.
I may try to sell this laptop as is or part it out. Most likely I will have to give it away or part it out and then send the remaining parts to a larger recycler. However, I had a good time messing around with older school technology.