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Dell Latitude D630

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I have a Dell Latitude D630 to go alongside my Dell Latitude C540, unfortunately it didn't come with a PSU, and the PSU from the C540 has a different plug, however I'm told one from an HP laptop will work, I think I have one of those somewhere but I don't know exactly where, so I can't power on this one yet

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But that won't stop me having a look round it first. The laptop was originally shipped with Windows XP, but seems to be upgraded with Windows 7 Premium. It looks like it got a bit hot in use and the model label has melted

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Not getting much information from that

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What is STRIKE ZONE all about?

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There's a SIM card slot underneath the battery

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On the right is the DVD/CD writer and two USB2 ports

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On the back is Ethernet, Modem, two USB2 ports, nine pin serial, VGA, and power

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Kensington lock, mic, headphones, firewire, power switch, and a PCMCIA slot, there is a smart card slot under the audio connectors, but it seems I can't take photos very well

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The keyboard and touch-pad, two sets of mouse buttons as well because there is one of those mouse stalks, I don't like those

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According to online sources, it has an Intel Centrino T7300 Core 2 Duo processor running at 2.0GHz with 512MB of RAM. When I find the HP PSU, I will test it and try to boot it


Update

I picked up a PSU for a whole £1 at a car boot sale

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I will try it very soon...


More hardware updates

I found a floppy drive module being given away on FB Marketplace for free that should fit this laptop

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Update

Finally got around to trying out the power supply

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Plug the power adaptor in and it doesn't explode, so all good so far

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Press the power button and things light up

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Windows is starting

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BAH!
BAD_POOL_HEADER

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Next boot gives this screen

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Try to repair the Windows installation...

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Hummmmm


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