First post, by KSHIRZA1
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I recently picked up a IBM Aptiva 2144-M63. This was my first computer and I have looked high and low for it, and finally came across this mint condition gem with matching monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Specs:
Pentium 120 (Mine had a 133, so i also purchased that) Socket 7
24mb RAM (Purchased a 128mb EDO 4x32 kit)
2x CDROM (Purchased a erra correct IO magic 52x from 1996)
2mb onboard vid mem (upgraded by the original owner at purchase from 1mb; Purchased ATI All in wonder 3D Rage ii 4mb PCI because it was my first video card)
256kb cache (upgraded by original owner at time of purchase)
MWAVE sound and modem card (Limited support on this card that came with these models, but ill keep it in and attempt to do a factory restore from a Aptiva recovery disc image to maintain all drivers; if not ill buy a SB 16)
removed HDD on arrival
Monitor IBM G40 14" 800x600 VGA
Original IBM keyboard
Purchased IBM original mouse
Intended OS Windows 95
Thanks for any help in advance. What is the best modern hard drive solution for running windows 95 on this? I tried some modern IDE 120gb and 160gb and "1780 hard drive error" every time i plug in those hard drives FAT16 partitions or not; BIOS does show a hard drive installed, and the drive is set to master on IDE 1 and the CDROM is master on IDE 2. FDISK cant find any drives. No errors when hard drive is removed. Its a Opti Viper chipset Socket 7 mobo. Can i do SD or CF card to IDE?