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Presario 5070 by
lindy
Had to install a new hard drive, and when I try to use the restore disk it
starts and then gives an "error101 Not ready reading 0
Abort retry fail
As a result I installed a copy of Win 98 and everything seems to be working
but the modem, I get a yellow ? in device mgr. under PCI serial...
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replacing CDRom by
barbibiz
Hi,
Is it possible to replace a CDRom in a laptop with a CDRW?, and where can
you get one from if you can..
Many thanks
Flic
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September 11th 04 03:16 AM
by HH
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Missing Restore CD by
Michael Moskowitz
Hello All,
Hope this is the right group.
Does anyone know where could I beg, borrow, or buy a complete restore CD set
for Compaq Presario 5000 with Win 98 SE?
Thanks,
Mike
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September 9th 04 03:02 PM
by Frank
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Compaq Deskpro 2000 - Need help identifying model # by
Tragik Magik
I have an old Deskpro 2000, with a PII 266, I have found the serial
number but no luck with the model number. Need this be able to get
the right softpaq to upgrade the BIOS. Can anybody help?
Thanks
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Compaq 5001SR by
Tool
When this computer boots into windows, it gives an error saying
'vxdmgr32.exe' could not be found in C:/windows/system32 so all I'm
wondering is where to start with an issue like this. That exe doesn't
even exist on the hard drive anywhere. If you can think of any more
info I've left out, let me...
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September 8th 04 04:07 PM
by Tool
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AMD models - any good? by
Gojira
I'm looking for a new system,and considering switching from Intel to the new
Athlon64.I'm not into building a system,and from what I've found,having one
built at one of the local shops cost just as much if not more than the name
brands.Since Dell doesn't use AMD's,and every Gateway owner I've know...
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September 8th 04 04:00 PM
by Quaoar
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Compaq Presario 4640 processor upgrade? by
Mike
My Compaq has a Pentium II 266mhz processor. It has been upgraded to
256mb of ram, new 80gb 7200rpm hd and Windows 2000.
I know new computers are cheap now, but this machine still works great
and I want to keep it.
How fast of a processor will its old mother board handle ( even a 333 or
500 or...
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September 8th 04 11:30 AM
by HH
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Backwards Fn Key on Armada M700 by
fuhreal
Hello All,
I have a compaq Armada M700 with XP Pro installed on it and a separate
partition with Gentoo Linux installed on it. Now all was working fine
until I had to install windows Messaging to remotly assist a friend of
mine, after that my function key seems to be backwards, if I hit any...
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September 8th 04 04:09 AM
by fuhreal
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Installing memory on Presario 4508 by
My father's son
Is there an instruction manual anywhere showing how on earth you get an
additional memory chip easily into a Presario 4508? Mine has 16 meg onboard
and a 16 meg DIMM in it.
I am trying to run 98 for my 6 year old son who needs a computer which can
run programs all of which seem to be set up for...
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September 8th 04 02:57 AM
by HH
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Why is nwiz.exe started? by
Ken Wampach
I have 2 Compaq Desktops
#1 Compaq Presario S3010CL-B (Sam's Club 7/3/2003) AMD Athlon XP
2200+
#2 Compaq Presario S5000J (Compaq Direct 9/13/2003) AMD Athlon
XP 2400+
Both use S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR video. While nosing around...
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Deskpro EP hard disk replacement by
Pat
The hard disk on my DeskPro EP (300Mhz Celeron) died and I would like to
replace it. I'll probably look for something off of eBay, but I'm not sure
what to look for in terms of specs. The original drive was 4.3GB, although
I wouldn't mind something larger. Would any 4.3 GB drive work? Could I...
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deskpro en system board leds by
Dave Anderson
Hi,
I'm having a problem with a P800 Deskpro EN. It randomly powers off
and won't power on again until the mains lead has been removed for a
time.
What I notice is that when it shuts off the C32 AUX 5 VCD LED on the
systemboard lights up. It is usually off while the system is running.
Can anyone...
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Ipaq C700-815E Multibay CD-R options by
Rich Jordan
We need to add a removeable storage device to an existing Win2K Ipaq
desktop. The Compaq options list shows the following CD-R drives:
153992-001 4x
201808-B21 4x
273837-B21 16x/10x
The last one seems to be quite scarce. None are available new (unless
something pops up on Epay). The LS120 and...
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Compaq Presario 5320 by
yaanai
Hi:
I have a 5320 bought in Nov 2001. It recently started performing
sluggishly and I thought of doing a factory restore using the recovery
CD. However, the hard drive crashed during tis procee. My question is,
if I buy a generic hard drive and install on this machine, will it be
possible to use...
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September 7th 04 06:41 PM
by gotcha
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Compaq Business Audio - DOS drivers? by
Julien Thomas
Pleeease someone here can help me with these "oldies" problem:
Recently I got two *Compaq Deskpro 4/33i and 4/66i* Workstations
(80486DX2, 33MHz, 16MB) which are in pretty good shape and one of
them has a quad speed CD-ROM build in.
Both machines were given away with low level formatted...
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error message!! please help by
cj
hi gang, i hope this is the right forum for this problem. whenever i
start up my puter i receive an error message saying RBA has encountered
a problem. i then have the option to send or not send the report. can
someone please tell me what RBA stands for, what it does and can i solve
this problem....
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September 6th 04 03:37 PM
by cj
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How non-standard is Compaq? by
kevin collins
There is a sale on a new Celeron equipped Compaq in today's newspaper that
interests me. But I have heard that Compaq used to do some pretty
non-standard stuff. Is that still true? For example, if either the disk
drive or monitor were non-standard I would immediately lose interest in...
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September 6th 04 11:48 AM
by HH
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PRESARIO 5023 by
J. Cristian Ureta
softpaq........ rompaq........firmware for :
rombios compaq 686IA update or beter
reprogramer chipset
tools *-wph ....etc..... for expancion
thank you
desde ya gracias
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Trouble installing Western Digital HD by
Happy Camper
I purchased a 120gig WD hd and installed it in my wife's Compaq 5105rsh
(Athlon 1.1 running Win XP). The drive is recognized no problem. The issue
is trying to copy the files from the present C drive to the new drive.
When I try to do that with the Data Lifeguard Tools the drive then will...
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