I`ve used the Quick Restore disks on just about every Compaq I`ve ever owned..You should have no problem..But at one point it will ask you for the product code that came with your computer..If you don`t have that you will be lost

Hello again. With the RAM replaced, and tests checking out, the Compaq is working fine and I'm sure noticeably smoother. I just wanted, though, to check something about the RAM I was sent. It says SFRAM - usually it's SDRAM isn't it? Is this okay? The chip is about 1/8 of an inch bigger but...

I have a Presario 710 US on which the battery or the charger has gone south. Unit works fine on AC. But battery life is about 5 minutes. Charging the battery only restores it to about 5 minutes. Have had the machine for two years and when new I could get maybe 90 minutes out of a charge, and...

a few months ago, I bought a used Presario 1925 laptop, with the detachable DVD/floppy drive wedge. Other than the battery only giving about 5 minutes of operating time, and the DVD only playing about 10-15 minutes before it starts skipping and finally locks up, I've been pleased with it, and...

Graphics work on an armada??? Isn't that kinda like racing lawnmowers? "Louis de Stoutz" wrote in message ... Hi Folks, I have the following problem with the screen on my Compaq Armada E500:

Can someone help. I bought a Compaq Presario with the above DVD-R . I cannot seem to get the DVD-R to recognise recordable DVD media when trying to record to DVD. Thanks

Well, it wasn't 3x256. Looks like the 3x128 or 384 is the max. Bought 3 256 sticks and no luck. I think I have the latest BIOS, but have you ever tried to find an update? Impossible. $280 down the drain unless I can return.

I have a Compaq Presario 5900Z with Athlon 750 processor running Win98. It appears my original video card is dying, I'm getting large vertical lines of garbage down the screen in all modes, including the Compaq splash screen. Moving the cursor effectively obliterates anything it passes over. If...

Helpful Links: For drivers, software, manuals/docs http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/ For Quickrestore CDs: http://qrcons.orderz.com/page1.asp For Compaq spare parts http://vztxesppro3.cce.hp.com/hpparts/Default.asp?mscssid=035V7F6T9K0U9JCT3BQC64L4GC57AGB1

Helpful Links: For drivers, software, manuals/docs http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/ For Compaq spare parts http://sparesstore.compaq.com/sparesstore/default.asp? For the Presario Customer Communities (Forums) http://communities.compaq.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=121&RPAGEID=0

My Compaq Laptop with a one bay floppydrive/cdrom, one day, will not boot up to windows 2000 Pro. It will not boot up to the install CD when trying to reinstall window 2000. The laptop was originally Windows 95, then later upgraded to 98 and now 2000. Even after I set the BOIS to allow the CD-ROM...

Presario CDS 954 tower --------------------------------------- Back when my only PC was a pokey Dell 486sx33 I wanted a 486dx4-100 badly but could never quite swing it. Well, someone gave me a Presario CDS 954 the other day, and it sports the dx4-100. I would love to play around with it, but the...

HP marketed the Adaptec 2610SA as the HP 6 Port SATA RAID Controller. I looked on HP Downloads, but the Windows 2003 "driver" for this controller isn't a driver at all. The controller works under Windows XP but doesn't show up in Device Manager except as an uninstalled "RAID...

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...

Hi all, I have a Compaq Armada M700. It currently has 2 64mb memory modules installed, and I have just got a 128mb module off a friend who has just upgraded their laptop. Now their laptop is a no name clone and so is the memory. Will this memory work in my laptop at all? or do I need to...

What are the opinions here on purchasing the Cyberlink PowerDVD 6 Essential Suite software to replace the PowerDVD 7 that got wiped off a new computer after using a restore disk, versus the other choices available? Meaning the various Roxio, Sony, Pinnacle, etc. softwares for DVD & CD viewing &...

I bought a CD/DVD drive to replace the CD drive in my 5000T Presario. Removing the side panel was no problem but it looks the the other parts of the cabinet are riveted to the chassis. I can see no way to remove and replace the CD drive. Can someone please help? I'm afraid to get too ambitious...

I have been having problems with my desktop a Presario 54200nx refusing to shut down for about 6 months now.... And yesterday and again today my laptop (Presario 2900us) also refused to shut down... BOTH will hibrinate or go on standby.... but will not shut down... Going into DOS ... and typing...

Keith wrote: I am currently setting up a Compaq deskpro 1000 for a non-profit and the video card that is installed is displayed as a PCI VGA card by windows hardware set up, however it has s-video and a TV-out connector. Does anyone know what type of video card is installed in the Compaq...

(Chris Simeone) wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me the correct Power Supply pinouts for a Compaq Presario 5204. J15 on the mainboard is a 6-pin connector. J12 on the mainboard is a 12-pin connector. The power...