Micron TransPort Trek 2
The Micron TransPort Trek 2 laptops were a series of Pentium II and Pentium III laptops, first released in in 1999. The Trek 2 was made by Alpha-Top. Unlike most of Alpha-Top's laptops, the laptop the Trek 2 is based off of was only really sold by Micron, and NEC, although those units are rare, so they're pretty much exclusive. Based on labels on the motherboard, Alpha-Top probably called the Trek 2 the Green760 and Green790 internally.
The Trek 2s sold a lot of units, and they're perhaps the most common Micron laptop out there.
There were also 4 total revisions of the Trek 2, which mainly differed in processor support, although the first revision (U370) also had a slower graphics chip. Some of the info here came from orphanlaptops.com.
Only some of the spec pages from Micron were saved by the WayBack Machine so it's possible that there may be some spec differences between revisions that aren't documented. I've tried to make notes on where I'm unsure.
Specifications
| Spec | U370 (Non-AGP) | U375 | U376 | U377 |
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| CPU | MMC1 Pentium II or Celeron | MMC2 Pentium II or Celeron | MMC2 Pentium II or Pentium III | |
| Chipset | Intel 440BX - This is confirmed for all but the U370 but is likely the same | |||
| RAM | - Up to 256MB (confirmed for all but the U370 but is likely the same) - 2x 144pin SDRAM |
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| Hard Disk | - 2.5" IDE - Uses Proprietary caddy and adapter |
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| Display Options | Unknown | - 12.1" TFT/Active Matrix @800x600 - 13.3" TFT/Active Matrix @1024x768 - 14.1" TFT/Active Matrix @1024x768 |
- 12.1" TFT/Active Matrix @800x600 - 14.1" TFT/Active Matrix @1024x768 |
- 14.1" TFT/Active Matrix @1024x768 |
| Graphics Chipset | Trident Cyber 9397 with 4MB VRAM | ATI Rage LT Pro with 8MB VRAM | S3 Savage/MX with 8MB VRAM | |
| Audio | ESS Maestro-2E | |||
| Main Battery | Lithium Ion, 4500mAh | |||
| CMOS Battery | Sanyo ML1220 Lithium 3v | |||
| Power Supply | 19V 2.5A, barrel jack | |||
| Disk Drives | - 3 Spindle - 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drive - Optical Drive |
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| Expansion | - 2x PCMCIA/CardBus Slots (2x Type II/1x Type III) - Texas Instruments PCI-1250 Controller |
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| I/O (Front) | Optical Drive | |||
| I/O (Right) | DC Jack, Modem, Floppy Drive, battery bay, HDD bay | |||
| I/O (Rear) | 2x USB 1.x, Serial, Parallel, S Video | |||
| I/O (Left) | 2x PC Card slots, 4x audio jacks, 1x PS/2 | |||
| BIOS | Phoenix | |||
| Pointing Device | Trackpad | Trackpad and TrackPoint | ||
Common Faults & Maintenance
The plastic case parts of the Trek 2 have become brittle with age. As a result, the display hinge mounts have a tendancy to break, causing further damage if left unchecked. Epoxy will likely be needed to reinforce these parts.
I'd estimate that 90% of Trek 2s that come up for sale are missing their battery covers. At least half are also missing their hard drive caddies (many of these were sold to government, which explains why this is). The caddy includes a proprietary adapter required to install a drive, so don't buy one that's missing this part.
Page last updated (MM/DD/YYYY): 11/03/2024
Update Reason: formatting updated, issues section added
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