hi,
last year i bought a compaq V3000 (cant remember specific model) it had a amd turion 2.0 Ghz single proccessor with xp home. i upgraded the ram from 256 to 512.

Performance wise, the nb run very well i can run my favourite c&c smoothly, cpu not too hot, boot my xp fast, suit my need (im only used for surfing internet and some simple task).

Cons :- It dont have glossy casing like intel, only 2 usb and no card reader inside (Why hp did that).

I had to sell it to my sister as she went to uni and she wanted comp badly (kene tolong adik beradik maa.. jual murah-murah sudah laa).

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with a tight budget i had to search a new 1. I still want a V3000 series nb (hoping i can get amd turion x2 with original os, glossy casing, more usb and a card reader).

at the end i settle down with V3219TU intel duo core + vista home basic (no money to buy more than 3k nb maa). At 1st I think they have over clocked the cpu since i got 1.73 Ghz. (my amd nb did run at 2.2Ghz if i used it heavily and went back to 800 Mhz if i dont used much). I check the nb bios, yeah it true that the cpu is 1.73 Ghz intel duo core T2250. Lucky me. hehehe

I tried if there are bluetooth in my nb.... ... mission failed.. hehehe... I checked at intel webpage for more detail but i cant find any T2060 or T2250 cpu on it... maybe hp want to get rid of this old stock.. hehehehehe.

since there are ppl gettin same cpu as me. My last assumtion is hp didnt update the spec of these model.

Vista has really nice interface and i like it so much. Down is it pull lot of RAM. (No wonder microsoft said min is 1Gb of ram to run vista)

V3000 model nb is a good bargain plus it has a stylish design than other.

They wont la. The reason they manufacture intel core duo is bcos want to challege the low budget market ma. Normally each manufacturer also will produce low, medium and high budget product to be strong in market ma.

Hi guys,

Just bought myself today a Compaq Presario V3218TU (Intel Duo Core inside) at Low Yat today.

It does not have any operating system, only FreeDOS was pre-installed.

Now, I'm planning to install Windows XP, so I just put in my Windows XP CD to commence installation, but was prompted during the Setup that it couldn't detect my hard Disk.....

Then, I quite the Setup and proceeded to format the Hard Disk, with the intention of clearing everything that was on the hard disk, and to install the Windows XP on an empty hard disk.

Same problem occurs, i.e. Windows XP Setup is not able to detect my hard disk.

So, my questions are as follows:

1) Is there a problem with my hard Disk?

2) Did I do the right thing by formatting the FreeDOS programme?

Would appreciate if you guys can share on how to solve my problems above.

go to ur Bios, and disable the "Native Sata Support"
If the Hard Disks are the problem, then I guess that I have to travel to HP Malaysia HQ to seek a warranty claim.

icic ... different a lot ??
smooth o not ??

uhm mindkiller
yours is still fresh installed OS is it? I mean when you play CnC 3.

I've some problem when installing the audio driver.
After i installed the UAA thingy, i can't get through the 2nd and the 3rd driver.
It come out error message that said "Driver Installation Failed: Could not find the MEDIA device for this driver."
Anyway, I'm using V3203AU.
So anyone know how to fix it, please please post it up here.
Thanks in advance.