I just put ChromeOS on a CF card for an antique Dell Latitude CSx (500MHZ, 256M RAM). I bought a CF-to-IDE adapter from Amazon (around $10), grabbed an old Dell desktop that had an IDE port and a CD-ROM drive, disconnected the internal HDD, and slapped a 3.5-inch to 2.5-inch IDE adapter on the CF-to...

I'm running this off a 2GB SD card in the onboard card reader in a Dell Inspiron 1545. Went through everything here and had no luck with the mike - until I install sGmixer. Used it to run all the volumes up to max, then tested the ability to record audio from the mike and viola! We have audio input!...