HP+d530

HP D530 (usually in the MT/mini-tower flavor or the SFF desktop "pizza box" configuration.)
This HP is a Pentium IV, running something like 2.x GHz, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB hard drive, 10/100/1000 NIC, CD burner/DVD-ROM, lots of USB all over.

[|manuals, bios updates, old drivers - hp website]


 * Here's a fun thing to experience--D530 doesn't turn boot up (no display on the video), just beeps 5 times, pauses, repeats until powered off. HP help web site says to pull out the RAM and re-insert and then all is well.
 * I thought this was a student practical joke at first, but turns out to be an option that was never turned off in the original disk image and was a user error: The D-530 LCD monitor's display was rotated 90 degrees, really freaked out the Admin clerk using her PC. The Intel graphics card (**82865G**) has hotkeys, enabled by default, that respond to a combination of **Control** + **Alt** + **Left** arrow keys being pressed which turns the monitor display 90 degrees. The Up, Down, and Right arrow keys also do similar changes to the display. Use the hotkeys and return the display to normal and disable the hotkeys by:
 * Double-click the System Tray **Intel** icon/toolbar and select **Graphics Options** then select **Graphics Properties**, then the **Hotkeys** tab and uncheck the //**Enable Hotkeys**// option.