Presario V3000 Introducion

The Compaq Presario V3000 Notebook PC, first released by Compaq

Compaq

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 in June 2006 offered advanced modularity compared to the standard at the time of it's debut. The various series came with the option of Intel® Core™ Duo, Core Solo, or Celeron® processors for the Intel chipset; AMD Turion

AMD Turion

AMD Turion is the brand name AMD applies to its 64-bit low-power consumption processors codenamed K8L. The Turion 64 and Turion 64 X2/Ultra processors compete with Intel's mobile processors, initially the Pentium M and the Intel Core and Intel Core 2 processors.-Features:Earlier Turion 64...

™ 64 Mobile Technology or Mobile AMD Sempron™ processors for the AMD chipset, and sported extensive multimedia support.

Processor Configuration Specifications

The following processors were available, but varied by specific computer model:

Intel Core Duo T7200 (2.00-GHz) Intel Core Duo T5600 (1.83-GHz) Intel Core Duo T5500 (1.66-GHz) Intel Core Duo T5200 (1.60-GHz) Intel Core Duo T2600 (2.16-GHz) Intel Core Duo T2500 (2.00-GHz) Intel Core Duo T2400 (1.83-GHz) Intel Core Duo T2250 (1.73-GHz) Intel Core Duo T2300 (1.66-GHz) Intel Core Duo T2350 (1.60-GHz) Intel Core Duo T2060 (1.60-GHz) Intel Core Duo T2050 (1.60-GHz) Intel Core Solo T1350 (1.80-GHz) AMD Turion Dual Core, TL-60 (2.0-GHz) AMD Turion 64, MK-36 (2.00-GHz) AMD Turion TL-56 (1.80-GHz) AMD Turion ML-52 (1.60-Ghz) AMD Turion ML-50 (1.60-GHz) Mobile AMD Sempron 3500+ (1.80-GHz) Mobile AMD Sempron 3400+ (1.80-GHz) Mobile AMD Sempron 3200+ (1.60-GHz)

Graphics Configuration

14.1-inch WXGA (1280 × 768) TFT display with over 16.7 million colors, varying by computer model. One (1) S-Video-out port (select models only), and one (1) VGA external monitor port.

Magnetic Storage Media (Hard Disk Drive) Configuration

5400-RPM 160GB, 120GB, 100GB, 80GB, 60GB, or 40GB hard drive, varying by computer model.

Random Access Memory (RAM) Configuration

256MB DDR synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) at 667 MHz and 533 MHz, expandable to *2GB.

Operating System (OS) Configuration

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition, Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, or Free DOS, varying by computer model. Though many of the models also came with "Windows® Vista® Compatible" stickers placed below the keyboard off to the right hand side of the touchpad unit.

Networking Hardware Configuration

Integrated 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet local area network (LAN) network interface card (NIC) with RJ-45 jack. Integrated high-speed 56K modem with RJ-11 jack, and integrated wireless support for a Mini Card IEEE 802.11b and 802.11b/g WLAN device.

Integrated Card Reader Configuration

Support for Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card, MultiMediaCard (MMC), Secure Digital Input/Output (SD I/O), Memory Stick (MS), Memory Stick Pro (MSP), xD-Picture Card (XD), and xDPicture Card (XD) Type M. The card reader is located on the left side of the unit close to the wireless adapter ON/OFF switch.

Power Configuration

An external 65-watt or 90-watt AC adapter with 3-wire power cord and the option of either a 6-cell (4400mAh 43Wh) or 12-cell (8800mAh 95Wh) Li-Ion battery.

Sound Configuration

Dual Altec Lansing stereo speakers located close to the display with touch-activated volume up and down buttons. Integrated microphone(s) (select models only) located generally at the top of the display. One audio-in (microphone) and one audio-out (headphone) 1/8" jacks.

Optical Media Support

The V3000 came standard with support for a DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Double-Layer Combo Drive, or DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Double-Layer Combo Drive with LightScribe technology.

Data Transfer Connections

Three (3) external USB 2.0 connections, and one (1) IEEE 1394 (Firewire) digital connection (on select models only).

• There have been claims that while it is not listed in the Compaq Presario V3000 Service Guide, the V3020US (AMD Turion X2 TL-50 1.6Ghz) model can actually support and utilize up to 4GB (2 x 2GB) of 200-Pin SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) when used in conjunction with a 64-bit operating system, the author of this article can confirm that claim based on personal experience.

• There have also been claims that while it is not listed in the Compaq Preario V3000 Service Guide, the V3020US model can support an AMD Turion X2 TL-64 2.2Ghz processor upgrade, the author of this article can also confirm that claim based upon personal experience. However, if you browse articles and forums and follow the people currently using or have used V3000 in the past, they have been using 2X2GB (4GB) RAM quite successfully (the two RAMs should be identical in all aspects). Microsoft WinXP shows the RAM as 3Gb but once it is upgraded to a x64 OS, the RAM shows as 4GB and works flawlessly.