Typically the D means it's got a CDROM when it came from the factory. Graphics should be C&T 65550, 2MB EDO, yer basic SVGA card really, tad disappointing maybe but Thinkpads were putting neomagic crap in for 3D at the time, so at least you escaped that.

Hi,
thanks for your reply.
Actually the laptop came today.
Unfortunately, it came without HDD AND it´s caddy/adaptor.
So i´m unable to install an OS and check it out.
However, it boots from CD so at least this works.
FDD seems dead, makes scary noises when reading a disk, but didn´t test it any further.

Well now i´m looking for a hdd caddy, so if you or anyone knows the part no. or a list of models that used compatible parts, please let me know 😀

Best regards,
Patrick

Uses the same as the 1750 so there's details to pore over in this thread Compaq armada 1750

Hi,
thanks for all the info.
I was able to pick up a completely dead 1750 and with the hdd caddy inside, my 1575D installed 98se just fine and everything is working.
I was also able to fix the fdd, the drive from the 1750 was working fine after cleaning the heads, so i simply swapped the drives.
Even the battery is still up and running.

However it struggles to play mp3´s for some odd reason.
It has a pentium mmx 266mhz while my armada 7770dmt with the same cpu at 233mhz plays those fine.
The major difference between them would be 64mb ram vs 144mb ram but 64mb should be fine with win98 i guess

Nice, welcome to the Vogons Armada Armada 🤣