Got given an old laptop today for free, i.e. a Packard-Bell Easynote MX-37 (dual-core CPU @1.47GHz, 2GB RAM)
First thing I did was remove HDD (Vista installed), replaced with an SSD.
LL3.8 (32-bit) wouldn't install onto the SSD, using conventional methods: tried both USB pendrive & DVD installation methods, selecting boot order from PC Settings. Both failed (even though found later that USB & DVD drives do work)
So, I installed LL3.8 onto the SSD using another machine, but without doing the updates on that machine. Then took SSD out of this machine & installed back into the Packard-Bell, rebooted and voila! It worked, BUT ... the screen resolution is stuck on 640 x 480 resolution with no other choices available from the Display Settings - as you can see from the screenshots this resolution is too large:
https://imgur.com/a/s5HFlJb
I then ran 'Install Updates', but this did not resolve the issue :-[
Any ideas folks, on how to resolve this ?
First thing I did was remove HDD (Vista installed), replaced with an SSD.
LL3.8 (32-bit) wouldn't install onto the SSD, using conventional methods: tried both USB pendrive & DVD installation methods, selecting boot order from PC Settings. Both failed (even though found later that USB & DVD drives do work)
So, I installed LL3.8 onto the SSD using another machine, but without doing the updates on that machine. Then took SSD out of this machine & installed back into the Packard-Bell, rebooted and voila! It worked, BUT ... the screen resolution is stuck on 640 x 480 resolution with no other choices available from the Display Settings - as you can see from the screenshots this resolution is too large:
https://imgur.com/a/s5HFlJb
I then ran 'Install Updates', but this did not resolve the issue :-[
Any ideas folks, on how to resolve this ?
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work