Thanks, I can’t remember if I put a chip in it or not but this one has 256MB just enough to let the kids play games etc offline. Till I can figure out whether to reformat it and go with Linux or just use my old computers 98/HD I’ll leave it be. I can pull up the cards on the HP.. I was able to get into system information. If I swap it over I think drivers forum likely will have them.. I’ve used that site before.
Well, from what I can gather the HP wasn’t shipped with recovery discs for the OS, but for Works and Money. HP can be maddening, but I’ll give them credit for this - I got recovery discs for the OS, (actually, a carbon copy of how it shipped, bundled junk and all), plus a disc for individual bundled programs and drivers I know doesn’t pertain to my machine. my point is that I’m not sure if yours even shipped with a driver disc.
Yours likely has an Asus motherboard, but some of the specs look very similar to what my Trigem motherboard has: max memory of 512, max processor of a 1.2 gig. You should be able to put ME on it, and I’ve tried a few types of Linux that works well.