A friend has a Compaq Evo desktop computer (circa 2002) that won't boot up. It gives the beep sequence, 1 short, 2 long and also the Num-Lock LED blinks continuously. According to the documentation for this particular computer, these symptoms indicate it's probably something to do with mixing ECC...

Hi I have just bought a Compaq EVO D150 e-PC computer and I´m trying to reinstall the operation system. I´ve just updated de BIOS to the last revision. The problem is that, even I set the correct option in BIOS (first boot device CD/DVD) the computer boots from HDD. I have just tried...

I am trying to restore a presario 9234 (1996 vintage, its still has ISA slots!) The box has been through several owners and the recovery disks are not longer with the box. It quit working after the owner (not me!) went on line with out virus protection. I have wiped the windows partion and...

I have a Compaq Presario S6000V with a FP15 Flat Panel Display LCD screen. Recently, on startup in the morning, my monitor blinks. It would be black and then blink so I could see the desktop and then go black again. It was a 5 second cycle. Black for 5 seconds - Flash the desktop and then Black...

I have no plans on going to a new PC as this one is still working fine. However there are some things I would like to do to make it work better. Replacing the 800 MHz AMD Athlon processor (slot). Any ideas of a processor I could install with minumal trouble? My mother board can go up to a 1...

I have a Compaq Presario 5695 which I just installed WinXP on. The PC will not shutdown. When I attemp to shut it down, it simply reboots. I have enabled and disabled APM several times but nothing seems to help. As soon as I plug up (power cord) the PC, it comes on. The switch on the front of the...

I have a Compaq Presario 6410NX. I just got a new ProView 19" Monitor for it that requires me to set the resolution to 1440 x 900. The video card in the computer doesn't offer that setting. Is there a way around this without getting a new video card?

How good are Compaq desktop machines now that they are a brand of HP? I had very good luck with them when they were a separate company but it's been several years since I purchased one. -- David

hello ppl, I have a compaq presario 1245 laptop (pentium2) and I used to be able to enter the euro sign by pressing the ctrl, alt and "5" keys at once, but now it doesn't work anymore. Any ideas on how to solve this or what the prblem might be? I am using windows ME. thanks in advance! E

Need QuickRestore CD numbers 2, 3 and 4 for the Compaq Presario 6350US. TIA Claude

I have a 5000 Model # 5301RSH I found the system whos user was dumping it saying it had a virus. When I tryed to boot all I would get is the CAMPAQ logo. I went into the setup and everything was disabled so I enabled all the devices, now when I try to boot it goes into the memory count-up and...

Compaq Presario SR1511NX Major Problems! PLEASE HELP! Reinstalling and no driverdiscs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey everyone I havehad this problem for quite some time now actually.. and the problem is that I have re-installed WINDOWS XP...

Hi, Compaq EVO N1020v the fan is too noisy and never stops. Is there anything i can do?? This is getting me crazy...i can't ear that noise again!!!! P L E A S E !! H E L P M E !!!

I bought a Compaq Presareo tower computer used and it has Windows ME on it. The problem is it did not come with any of the original disks. Can someone tell me where to get the restore disks? Remove from my email address the no spam. Ted

i installed xp professional on my kids pc that came from compaq with a visioneer 5800 usb onetouch scanner. does anyone have one of these devises and know how to get them to work with xp professional on a compaq 5004us. i have been farting with this for two day and have run out of options. i...

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Hi Everyone, I have a Presario 1240 that was on loan to someone and was returned dead. It is possible that it was accidentally plugged into the wrong power supply (the supply from a printer was returned with it instead of the Presario supply). I've disassembled it in hopes of finding a...

I canceled the System_sav partition on the hard disk (1.5 Gb) but I am not able to recovery and use that free space on the disk. Help me please. Frank

Was given an old computer system that I'd like to reinstall the original configuration into. Could someone post any and all disks/CDs for this computer. Are there any websites other than HP's? I posted to alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.old and got a reply that this compaq NG might be able to answer.

I need a HD Caddy for 7770DMT laptop. I have the plastic, but not the adapter board or cable or whatever it is that makes the connection. Is this unique to this model? Or can I also look for adapters for other model numbers? Which? In a pinch I could solder in 40 wires. The laptop is pretty...