I dont normally resurrect old threads but my Armada 1750 just arrived and while I can find the 95 and NT4 restore discs I cant find a Windows 98 one, anyone got a link to a windows 98 restore iso ?
The Laptop is in great condition aside from a broken HDD caddy latch but I have found a seller that has a ton of Armada 1750 spares so this one will be getting some replacements along with extras as spares.

-Three hours in and the function key broke ..sigh I forget that old plastic keys break super easy.

Still hunting for the 98 restor cd but I did manage to put the broken key back on the keyboard, its not perfect but itll do till I can source a spare 1750 for parts.

I also searched for the windows 98 restore cd but never found it.

Looking to replace the CMOS battery in mine, any idea what the battery connector is ?

I have plenty of spare batteries but no idea what the plug type is.

I'm just waking up, and brain currently thinks it's soldered to motherboard. In one or other of these 1750 threads there's a service manual link I think.

BitWrangler wrote on 2023-01-19, 14:19:

I'm just waking up, and brain currently thinks it's soldered to motherboard. In one or other of these 1750 threads there's a service manual link I think.

Yeah you are right. I didn't know about those easy-to-solder batteries at the time, so I just stuck the wires to it with electrical tape. Has held for 2 years at least but probably not recommended. 😀

BitWrangler wrote on 2023-01-19, 14:19:

I'm just waking up, and brain currently thinks it's soldered to motherboard. In one or other of these 1750 threads there's a service manual link I think.

Naw the 1700/1750 have it attached via a tiny plug and a few wires which are soldered to the battery, I don't fancy soldering to a new coin cell but finding replacement batteries with the right plug is difficult. If I knew what type of two pin plug it was I could just grab a similar replacement from Evilbay, I have some IBM Thinkpad A20m ones that are very similar but the plug is even smaller so they dont fit.

Might just have to desolder the old one I have and solder it to a new battery.

This is what the battery and plug look like, the plug is the part im trying to identify.

Edit - may have an alternative, a post on EEVBlog pointed me to CR1632 and CR2031 batteries that come with legs per-soldered to them, ill just re-solder the wires to one of these...really didn't want to be soldering to a Lithium Cell.

I just bought this laptop for a small amount of money. My Model is 6300/T/4000/D/0/1. Specs are LCD 13.3 800X600 , PII300, 128Mb Ram, 20Gb Hdd , Ati rage pro Lt AGP 2X / 4MB Video ram / tv out / carry bag / all the cables / PCMCI Modem e.t.c
My Laptop was locked and i managed to ulocke it by removing te Cmos Batery while soldering the bat pins with a screwdriver. You have to r power on withaout ussing the battery. It works !!!
Now i am going to install the Win95 again (CD from Archive)
The battery lasts 2 hours and tis was a suprise

Ive been slowly upgrading mine, just recently got a PII400 CPU for it along with a new battery, Keyboard and a LS-120 Super Drive, not sure if I can upgrade the screen but I figure the 800x600 13 inch version is more than enough for a DOS box.

Have also sourced the super rare DvD module for it too but with how much it costs im hesitant to buy it.

TrashPanda wrote on 2023-01-24, 11:45:

Ive been slowly upgrading mine, just recently got a PII400 CPU for it along with a new battery, Keyboard and a LS-120 Super Drive, not sure if I can upgrade the screen but I figure the 800x600 14 inch version is more than enough for a DOS box.

Have also sourced the super rare DvD module for it too but with how much it costs im hesitant to buy it.

With 'upgrade' the LCD, is it to a 640x480? 😀

Joakim wrote on 2023-01-27, 16:26:

TrashPanda wrote on 2023-01-24, 11:45:

Ive been slowly upgrading mine, just recently got a PII400 CPU for it along with a new battery, Keyboard and a LS-120 Super Drive, not sure if I can upgrade the screen but I figure the 800x600 14 inch version is more than enough for a DOS box.

Have also sourced the super rare DvD module for it too but with how much it costs im hesitant to buy it.

With 'upgrade' the LCD, is it to a 640x480? 😀

No the 14” xvga 1024 screen 🤣

I have the 13” 800x600 screen

I wouldn't bother with the upgrade unless you're still tryna use it for spreadsheets. 800x600 was default screen size for most of Win98s useful life, the Rage Mobility is strained filling that up, 1024 is just gonna slow it down.

A computer like this would be best with 640x480 imo. 😀

Joakim wrote on 2023-01-30, 12:45:

A computer like this would be best with 640x480 imo. 😀

320x200 you mean

I also have a Compaq Armada 1750 and get the 'non system disk error' constantly. I have a backup of the original disk, I have a copy of the setup diskette and the diagnostics diskette. I sometimes use the original hdd, sometime different types of ssd's or compactflash cards to run windows 95 from. It will work for a day, sometimes more, but then it will go back to 'non system disk error'. I then have to run diagnostics for a bit or take out the hdd and try, or try the ssd's or compact flash cards. I just replace them and start it up and it will work at times (sometimes it doesn't work for days). Sometimes I just do a fresh install but this is very time consuming.

Is it just time to give up on this one?

stefanvl wrote on 2023-02-09, 19:19:

I also have a Compaq Armada 1750 and get the 'non system disk error' constantly. I have a backup of the original disk, I have a copy of the setup diskette and the diagnostics diskette. I sometimes use the original hdd, sometime different types of ssd's or compactflash cards to run windows 95 from. It will work for a day, sometimes more, but then it will go back to 'non system disk error'. I then have to run diagnostics for a bit or take out the hdd and try, or try the ssd's or compact flash cards. I just replace them and start it up and it will work at times (sometimes it doesn't work for days). Sometimes I just do a fresh install but this is very time consuming.

Is it just time to give up on this one?

Odd... Is the bios battery fresh? Or might be a capacitor thats almost given up perhaps.

I now get the follwoing errors while trying to create the diagnostics partition

I think this just you CMOS battery. You need to configure the HDD via the setup diskette but if you unplug it from the outlet will forget and give you this error at next bootup untill you run setup again.

Do I need to replace the cmos battery again? which one should I buy for this laptop?

I didn't know you changed it, sorry not paying attention. It should be as standard. Maybe it is loose?