Old Laptop

[MaoZeDuo]

Found a laptop of mine, was able to reformat in win xp but unable to access internet despite wireless/Lan connected successfully (I guess win xp is no longer supported). Any suggestions on what else can I use it for or otherwise, where can I discard it safely?

Specs:
Acer Aspire 5500Z
Intel Pentium M Processor 740
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900
80G HDD
512MB DDR2

 

[Yongkit]

May I know if you have try use other computer to download it's driver in USB drive and update in the notebook?

 

[MaoZeDuo]

May I know if you have try use other computer to download it's driver in USB drive and update in the notebook?

Yes, managed to install the drivers including the intel chipset and ethernet controller. Only the VGA and audio driver cannot be installed.

 

[Koenig168]

You can try Windows 7 instead. I got it working on a first gen netbook so your laptop should have no problem running it.

 

[Entry Level PC]

Found a laptop of mine, was able to reformat in win xp but unable to access internet despite wireless/Lan connected successfully (I guess win xp is no longer supported). Any suggestions on what else can I use it for or otherwise, where can I discard it safely?

Specs:
Acer Aspire 5500Z
Intel Pentium M Processor 740
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900
80G HDD
512MB DDR2

Just throw away liao.
Even Linux Mint also cannot support this.

 

[hako92]

Can install lightweight linux like q40s to do some word docx or retroarch to play 8bits 16bits games.

 

[Entry Level PC]

Can install lightweight linux like q40s to do some word docx or retroarch to play 8bits 16bits games.

Just VMware instead bah.
Unless you want to play retro Win98/XP on actual hardware.

 

[firesong]

Found a laptop of mine, was able to reformat in win xp but unable to access internet despite wireless/Lan connected successfully (I guess win xp is no longer supported). Any suggestions on what else can I use it for or otherwise, where can I discard it safely?

Specs:
Acer Aspire 5500Z
Intel Pentium M Processor 740
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900
80G HDD
512MB DDR2

Pentium M with 512MB RAM? Just throw Linux on it, and use a very light distro. It might not be powerful enough to run ChromeOS (which is based on Linux) so antiX comes to mind. But even so it'll struggle a bit with <1GB of RAM. I'd advise bumping to least 1-2GB if you can find memory upgrades so you can run Lubuntu or something a bit more involved.

https://antixlinux.com/
Windows would probably be a little too demanding on it imo.

 

[86technie]

1) https://www.acer.com/ac/en/ID/content/support-product/55;-;
2) Which service pack is the XP on? Maybe not usable as it requires certain Windows update.

 

[tsteo77]

Found a laptop of mine, was able to reformat in win xp but unable to access internet despite wireless/Lan connected successfully (I guess win xp is no longer supported). Any suggestions on what else can I use it for or otherwise, where can I discard it safely?

Specs:
Acer Aspire 5500Z
Intel Pentium M Processor 740
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900
80G HDD
512MB DDR2

Check if your RC ZONE has recycle bin for electronics items.