HP Compaq 5100mt to Windows XP

Ian Feldmann · Feb 1, 2015

Hi, I am restoring an HP Compaq 5100mt for use by my family (I know its old but I live in Africa so its all I could get). I was able to install Windows 7 64 bit but the graphics driver only supports XP. I tried installing both 64bit and 32bit versions from a formatted flash drive (using Rufus) but keep getting the same screen when I try and boot from the flash drive.
It says

HP UNDI PXE-2.1 v7.5.14
Copyright (C) 2000,2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation
All rights reserved

HP Base Code PXE-2.1 v1.0.0
Copyright (C) 2000,2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation

CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 0F FE 42 54 34 GUID: D3226FE2 48D0 DA11 BBDA FE425434000F
DHCP.....

Phillip Corcoran · Feb 2, 2015

The "HP UNDI PXE" feedback on the screen means that the PC is trying to boot via the Intel network adapter.
The PC doesn't even see your flash drive as being bootable media, so it's ignoring it.

Either the BIOS is not set to boot from USB, or it does not support booting from USB (if it's an old PC that's quite likely), or you haven't prepared the flash drive/pen drive properly to make it bootable media.

Windows 7 is not supported on the Compaq 5100mt anyhow so you're wasting your time. It's not just the graphics driver that's the problem. HP in fact do not have any Windows 7 drivers for that model so you're going to have to settle for XP.

Ian Feldmann · Feb 6, 2015

I used RUFUS to format the flash drive and have tried both 32 and 64 bit, any other suggestions?

FALC0N · Feb 10, 2015

Reinstall windows XP.

Ian Feldmann · Feb 10, 2015

Hi, so I tried to replace my P4 with a Core 2 Duo, would this work? It wont turn on

FALC0N · Feb 10, 2015

Probably not. They used the same socket, but the older chipsets didn't support the core 2 duo. The later chipsets did support both architectures, but it sounds like you might have one of the older ones.

Bartix111 · Mar 2, 2015

Had the same problem, installed XP 32 bit and it worked.. The core 2 duo wont work, i tried a pentium D.. Just a beep and nothing happens.

Ian Feldmann · Mar 2, 2015

Yeah, I figured it out actually, just had to be installed from CD as PC was too old for USB boot

Bartix111 · Mar 3, 2015

Ooops! didnt see the date!

FALC0N · Mar 3, 2015

Given some of the necrobumps I have seen lately, I can live with one month. I have seen at least 3 threads from 2004 stagger back to life, for no reason in particular.

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