I have bought but not yet received a Compaq Armada 7792 Laptop PC (Windows 98) with HD and floppy drive but no CD drive fitted. I would like to Wifi this machine with my desktop PC (Windows XP Pro). I wish to share Internet access/email (PCI ADSL on board Desktop PC) with the Laptop unit and...

I want to add a SCSI adapter for tape backup unit on RH9.0 system. I can't get the system to recognize the card. Booting with grub to a pretty vanilla system. Haven't found any useful tidbits in the docs nor have I found anything specific on the net. I am currently running the same card on another...

I have not seen any activity in this group for some days. Anyone here?

I'm looking for a new laptop - probably used for a year or two - I need something with a longer battery life than 2 hrs, and also retains it's charge while sitting on the shelf - I've found the various Toshiba laptops we have loose their charge just sitting around - Any specific models to look...

Hello, I want to run the system restore disk. However my keyboard is not powered during bootup to make the proper selection to start the process. That also makes me unable to enter the bios. I've reset the bios by moving the jumper pin and also replaced the battery. Any suggestions?

hey there, my friend has a Compaw Presario 5000 5WV model, with a 7 button internet keyboard... the problem is he just installed Windows XP Pro, and all the buttons r confused. To turn caps lock on your press control, you cant press number keys etc... Can anyone help me please, ive searched...

Does anyone know why both my Compaq and My daughters Advent both refuse to write to dvd+rs, even though mine is dvd+rw and daughter's is +/-? Both machines see new discs as full with zero information on them. Thanks in advance, Phil.

I have just installed a Remote Insight Board (RILOE) in my Compaq ML70 server, now the LCD continues to display 'LCD error 3FF' . The RILOE card is running firmware version 2.53 02/10/2004 I have updated the firmware for the LCD and RIB card bu still no luck... This has only happened since I...

DaveJohnson12@nospam. wrote: I'm using Windows 95b. I'm planning to buy a new CRT, maybe an HP-mx705. The computer is a Dell PII 300 MHz Dimension. The HP monitor has drivers for Windows 98 and above only. Is this going to be a problem? What is the purpose of the monitor drivers? Do I...

I am adding a 20G Maxtor drive to a 4824 (rev A). I have installed it, the bios recognizes it, but the machine won't boot. (It is booting from the original hard drive. The machine gives the Compaq splash screen, then says "OS Loading", then hangs.) The old drive is set as the master, the new drive...

Hey, Tom, Thanks for the reply. I find it odd, though, that the drive was pulled from an even older Presario 4712, where it worked fine. (I should have mentioned that it is partitioned into 5G partitions. Would that make a difference?) Setting it to cable select is no big deal, I've just always...

That's one reason that I've decided to go with a card. There is data on the drive, which I would like to salvage. MaxBlast software wants to reformat and repartition the drive. The instructions say that it can be used to make a slave data drive, but what the instructions say and what the program...

I am adding a 20G Maxtor drive to a 4824 (rev A). I have installed it, the bios recognizes it, but the machine won't boot. (It is booting from the original hard drive. The machine gives the Compaq splash screen, then says "OS Loading", then hangs.) The old drive is set as the master, the new drive...

I own a Compaq Presario 1505US. The problem appears to be with the lcd display. It randomly displays several rows of either blue or pink horizontal lines each formed of this small lines; something like this |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| I connected it to a different monitor and had the same...

I have just found out that we have an old computer running Compag web based management. How do you turn this off on W98, do you just uninstall it from add remove programs? I would prefer a method where I don't reboot, but it is running on a system with W98, so my guess a reboot is inevitable.

Hello All, I have an age old Compaq Deskpro En series (PII, 128MB, 6GB, S3 vision986, 686T3 bios) computer. I have a couple of queries:: 1) I would like to change my existing PCI video card (S3 vision 986) with a new Radeon based PCI graphics card that has on board DDR ram and TV / DVI out. Would...

try this PCI Latency patch... make sure you have the qualifying VIA chipset first though (KT133 or KT400).. download cpu-z tool. http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/#PCI

Hi. I could really use some advice from some folks familiar with Compaqs. I have a Compaq Presario 5150 with a few problems. I got it from my brother-in-law and it does not have any recovery disks. I just use it for a few odds and ends and I have other machines as well. This thing takes about...

i hope someone here can help.. i have a 7800, the hardrive died on me, it has a dvd rom and no floppy i have got a new hardrive but i cannot get it to boot off the xp cd as it is set to boot of the hardrive. and doesnt go beyond that, it says no system drive..etc.. ok , how can i install the...

Heya all, I have a Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 machine lying around collecting dust, I decided that I'd put it to work and turn it into a gateway/firewall/print server, but I've run into a problem. Whenever I start up the machine I get this 'boooup' sound that lasts about 1 second, it...