I have a problem with this drive, in Windows 2000 I cannot read any DVD+RW disk, but I can read DVD+R fine. Does anybody know if it's supposed to be like this from hardware or will a software driver update fix it? THANKS!!!

I am looking for the side panels of the Presario 4400US Desktop case, might anyone have blemish free examples they might have in the closet of stockroom? Or a case that is missing the front bezel/panel. Looked on ebay, this old computer is not...

Compaq Presairo SR2050NX Motherboard died, and e-bay had a RC410-M rev:1.1 listed for $34 US Dollars... Just got it today, installed the CPU, Heat Sink/Fan applying a bit of Arctic 5. Booted up WinXP after checking the hardware with SimplyMepis 8. The only anomaly was two dialog boxes...

Lots of restore disks are avaiable from HP, but this www site seems to good to be true... Has anyone used them? www.restoredisks.com/index.asp JR

I am trying to move a HP Pavilion 540n to a Gateway LPmini Tower (GP6-350) I am doing this because the small HP case does not allow enough ambient air movement and the gateway is a large case... It will also be a performance sleeper of sorts using the Pent 11 Gateway Housing, as I want to...

The pins have pulled out of the motherboard, where the springs were holding the northbridge heatsink down... Is there any repair possible, or what motherboard might be a decent replacement? I have used Biostar motherboards as drop in replacements in Emachines. Wondering if anyone might have...

I understand Asus has delayed the well received USB3 motherboard shown in Tiawan, but where are the PCI USB3 cards? The moment the card is available to the consumer I am certain we will see a few venture into the Peripheral business, and the external USB3 hard drive should appear rapidly if...

Today my local computer shop has a Computer with Win7 for $250... And Linux is free to download... Yes it has a lightweight single core CPU, running 2GB of memory with a DVD burner and a 250GB hard drive... Not the greatest specifications for a computer, but one we would have loved in 5 years...

Having horrid time trying to restore a crashed Vista in this system. Have three Recovery disks from HP (2 sets first set did not work): 1of2, and 2of2, and a driver disk. I have tried to use the recovery disks almost a dozen times but the install always fails. Yet I can install a 32 or...

After removing the Bestec ATX-250-12z Rev D2R (HP P/N: *5188-2622*)and replacing it with a Antec 350 the system boots. Unfortunately I have no working PS2 Keyboard or Mouse. Hangs at the Compaq screen for just over 20 seconds. I have changed the non working input devices for usb 2.0 units...

One of the donated computer I have on my work bench a HP XE783, the donator removed the hard drive and the hard drive holder/carrier. If you have an older HP in your parts bin I would like to aqquire the hard drive holder/carrier part, so I can complete the repair of this Linux revived computer...

Need some assistance on a Saturday afternoon Can not find the front panel pinout diagram on the website - http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument? docname=c00783614&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN USB & Audio - are also needed JR the postman

Got an old iPaq Legacy-free Celeron 500 810e chipset unit here and the durn thing just won't die! Anyone know anything about upgrading the CPU? This chipset supports 66 100 133 speeds and has a socket 370. There are still some new or gently used CPUs out there for maybe $40 but any help on...

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Hi, This battered and valiant little machine has become something of a personal project/challenge so bear with me. Obviously stored for a very long time not connected to battery, with no hard drive. It has expansion base.

I Need A Restore Disk For This Model For Xp Home Or Millium

OK I was in the process of reformatting my computer with the recovery cd's. I was half way through the first one. Now my cd rom drive is shot. I try to start my computer but its saying operating system not found. What can I do?? I do have a USB cd-rom drive if that's any help. Right now my laptop...

Any help would be appreciated!!! Needing help with recreating the non-dos partition for the bios gui & diag's partition. Main HD crashed. Have 2nd drive set @ System_save Drive and used Quick Restore to recreate the last know system save profile...Now I am not able to access bios setting...I...

x-posting to compaq/hp Our nephew's girlfriend had a problem with her internal WiFi card on her Compaq V6000 laptop. We all went to Best Buy and bought a Linksys PCMCIA card. The store didn't have any internal mini-pci type cards, guess the install would be too hard for mainstream...

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...