Re: hp recovery dvd

Ben Myers wrote: 
Okay.  So you KNEW which models use the same motherboard?  How does the average
bear determine this information?  Is there some method where one can enter the
motherboard manufacturer and model, and voila! the models of HP computers with
the motherboard are revealed?  This is still too obscure to me, because it
depends on some information I do not yet know.  Thanks for clarifying.
Somewhat.  Looking forward to still more info here... Ben Myers

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 18:00:18 -0600, craigm <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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The obscure method was based upon the following.

1) Original driver packages have been on the HP site for at least a year. They correspond to each quarter's new product offerings.

2) The same motherboard is used in many models.

3) The model in question was recent and used an Athlon processor.

All I had to do was look at a couple of similar recent models.

A bit more complicated than most would like, but a lot easier than searching five chip vendors' sites.

It took two or three minutes to locate the drivers.


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I didn't know what models had the same motherboard, but it is easy to determine which have the same processor family. From there you just look.

To make it simple go to www.hp.com, select drivers and, enter a1200 in the box. There are the PCs of the same vintage as the a1228x. Enter sr1600 and you get the Compaq list of similar vintage.

From there, the motherboard information is 2 or 3 clicks away.

> Is there some method where one can enter the
> motherboard manufacturer and model, and voila! the models of HP
> computers with
> the motherboard are revealed?


Try a search from www.hp.com for AmberineM, what do you get?

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