Inherited a Compaq Presario with Bad Motherboard Capacitors. Did not realize that the Bad Caps were probably causing problems for a long time. Was blaming Windows! Am wondering how may other Compaq owners are having or have had this problem? Hard to believe I am the only one! Did a search but...

Hello, This is my first compaq laptop I try to repair. The problem is, I can not go into the bios to look for de external cd-rom. When I use a diskette, I never come to the cd-rom drive. The cd rom drive is conected by a pcmcia-card. But when I have the bootcd in it, it will not go to the...

I was given a presario 1800T with no documentation and a bad battery. The new battery is on it's way but if anyone has the user guide on pdf or know where to download it I'd appreciate. I got the service manual from HP already. I would just like the original user guide if possible. Thanks. DH

Hi, I recently got a Presario 2700. I installed XP pro, and everything is fine, except that the buttons at the top don't work. (For instance the volume control buttons don't do anything and even the power button can't be reprogrammed, it just shuts right off.) I've looked all over but can't...

I have got an old and outdated "Compaq LTE 5100" portable, with Windows 95 PLUS on it. Machine works OK, but when I connect to my printer "HP Deskjet 600" I get nothing out on the printer. When I connect the same printer to an even older "Toshiba" portable I also have, then printing functions as...

I just got a Compaq Dell Evo n410c on Ebay. I like the laptop but the screen (especiallly in battery mode) is darker than my old Dell Inspiron 2100. I don't think it is broken...it was just the way it was made. Does anyone know how to adjust the screen so it can be brighter. I can't find a...

We are using several Compaq Deskpro EN866 Small Form Factor PC and looking for memory upgrade. Does anyone know whether Kingston's ValueRam 256MB (Part no: KVR133X64C3Q/256) work for Compaq PC? Thanks.

Looking for help - my Compaq armada e500 currently has 256MB memory but I want to upgrade to 512MB. How do I install? Advice on how to do this would be appreciated! -- Cal2006

Hi all, have one question: it is possible to install "nec 6550'' in a notebook presario 18XL381? (18xx Series) Thx -- qu (elimina per scrivermi) ''se la gente che inculatasi reciprocamente formasse un anello, la Terra sarebbe Saturno"

Can anybody help a newbie, to work out how to upgrade my AMD K6 380mhz? I have replaced the CPU with a AMD 500mhz but the computer still recognises it as a 380! The Bios is of no help, so are there any jumpers that need to be changed. Also what is the Max amount of RAM the computer will take and...

I've been researching this for two days, but still have no real answers. I have the Presario SR1511NX. I'd like to know whether I should invest in the Dell 2405 monitor or an Apple Cinema 23", which run a native resolution of 1920 x 1200. This would require an upgrade to the video capabilities...

When I tried to add a spare Maxtor HDD that I have laying around, I got the message "1720 - Hard Drive detects imminent failure" during bootup. I tred to confirm the problem with Maxtor's diagnostic software, Powermax, and it did not find any problems. I also tried switching from primary IDE to...

I have a Deskpro ENC P866 that won't recognize my hard drive anymore. It started when it wouldn't recognize the Memorex DVD R/W drive. It had been working but just quit working. I took everything apart and checked all the cables and connections. Everything looked ok so I put every thing back...

Hi a friend found this NIC I searched the FCC ID and it is Intel - on the Intel site it says it was OEM by Compaq and to get the drivers there. Anyone know which Compaq would've had this NIC and therefore where to go on hp site for drivers. Thanks. -- Jersey, Channel Islands

When I bought my Compaq Presario 5000T desktop with XP Home almost two years ago it came with a Recovery CD with a Compaq logo and a three-CD set labeled QuickRestore, again with a Compaq logo. What's the difference and what should these be used for? From the names I hope I never have need for...

I want to replace the motherboard in my Presario 5BW131 with a new one that can take a Pentium IV processor. But the Compaq board seems to be configured in a non-standard way, and I don't know where to find a board that will fit in the case. Any suggestions?

Hello, I have a Compaq Persario 5009R with an AMD Athlon 900MHZ. I have read in places I can upgrade it all the way up to 1400MHZ. My question is what do I need for the upgrade? The BIOS doesn't have any CPU settings, nor the MOBO has jumpers, and not much documentation on the net. THanks for any...

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.

Yep. as shipped there is one open PCI slot, 2 if you remove the installed network card. HH "Joan" wrote in message ... Hi all, I was just wondering if it is possible to add a wireless pci card to this puter. There have been...

bought a PCI video board to extend the life of 7594. it has on board video now. is there a jumper for disabling the builtin video like there is for audio? if so where is it. or is it done thru the bios? any help is appreciated. thanks in advance