Comments on: XUbuntu 8.04 on Compaq Armada M300

By: Akrita

Akrita — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:56:33 +0000

Great post, I am on my way to fix that old lappy.
Thank you

By: fer

fer — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:28:14 +0000

Thanks for this helpful document. Do you happen to know what the module name is for the “Agere Systems LT WinModem”?

By: AcmeUK

AcmeUK — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:12:50 +0000

Thanks for the info and download for updating the M300 BIOS. It worked on mine.

By: Henrik Sørensen

Henrik Sørensen — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:26:06 +0000

I’ve just inherited a trusty old M300 (including the expnasion unit). Apart from a tired battery (which goes from 97 to ~0% capacity in seconds!) and a few bad sectors on the HDU, it seems to work fine. However, the bios is not upgraded. Could you provide the .iso-file? Thanks!

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:37:33 +0000

Very informative and am interested in your Bios ISO, because this 2000 BIOS is just not cutting it.

I have noticed something interesting lately with the M300. My battery appears to be charging and shows 73% in ubuntu but if I pull the plug while in 8.04 it goes dead instead of swapping to battery power.

By: Used Laptop

Used Laptop — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:51:57 +0000

Very informative site surely helps a lot . Will recommend your link to others.

By: Gert Muller

Gert Muller — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:36:54 +0000

Great info.