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HP DV6936us - dead 29 days after warranty expires by Justin[_8_]
http://tinypic.com/r/246vo6v/6 http://tinypic.com/r/n69r46/6 HP wanted $104 just to troubleshoot. Of course I talked to "Linda" whose real name is Deependra Guptda Mukkalukkafukkachucka. I plug the god damn thing in, and I get a blue pulsating light as seen above. I bought this for my mom last...
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December 28th 09 03:06 PM
by Maurice[_2_] Go to last post
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Presario 2100 broken power connector by BillyBA
The 'power connector' of my laptop (Compaq Presario 2100US) is broken off inside the case. The male jack that you plug the power supply into in the back of the machine is now inside the machine broken off the motherboard. So there is not way to recharge the battery or get any kind of power. I...
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March 2nd 07 03:20 PM
by stargazer257 Go to last post
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would you buy a Compaq again? by Irene
And the thought police rear their ugly heads, yet again! "HH" wrote in message ... 7100s were not even designed by Compaq. They were Mitec boxes from start to finish and were real turkeys. Also, half your post makes no...
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July 8th 03 05:15 AM
by Ugly Go to last post
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How do I get "Administrator Privileges"? by [email protected]
There are things that I cannot uninstall from my system. One in particular is P2P Networking(Kazaa Media Desktop). I get the following pop-up: "Sorry, you do not have enough access rights for this operation" "Please log on with administrator privileges and repeat uninstallation process" Can...
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March 5th 05 11:53 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Presario 1800 reformat/update? by Whelan
I've just been handed down my son's Compaq Presario 1800 laptop. (I bought him a replacement.) This Presario has never been able to tap into our home network for printing or file sharing (since I installed Win XPPro on it summer 2002. However it can use DSL through our router. This last week I...
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January 10th 04 11:19 PM
by Trai' La Trash Go to last post
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Mail sent at each startup and constant disk access? by Dennis Kessler
How can I stop the mail and constant hard drive activity? Everytime the Presario 5170, running Windows 98 is booted up, the computer tries to send an email. I can see this activity on my router's log file. No mail programs are running. Nothing is queued to be sent. This began yesterday, (I think,...
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June 13th 04 06:48 PM
by Dennis Kessler Go to last post
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COMPAQ QUICK RESTORE DISKS FOR SALE!! by markymark
I just recently purchased a whole lot of different Compaq restore disks. I will sell them for $10.00 each. Email me if you need one... Mark -- CHIEFS KICK DOWN THE DOOR IN 2004
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March 31st 06 08:33 PM
by plovag4546 Go to last post
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Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 & 1790 by Nick Le Lievre
Hi I had a working machine with a 3.2gb IDE hard drive on the primary and a Sony DVD rom on the secondary. I removed the Sony drive and since then I've been getting the error 1790 Disk 0 error. The BIOS now detects it as a 2110mb drive and if I tried booting to DOS from floppy fdisk says it can't...
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January 12th 06 04:07 PM
by Nick Le Lievre Go to last post
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need 3 drive ribbon cable by tele64
Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable? thanks in advance, tele64
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May 16th 04 06:44 PM
by Herb Stein Go to last post
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New hard drive will not load, help Compaq Maxtor by Ricky Spartacus
My new used Maxtor 5T020H2 20G HD arrived today and when loading the Compaq full restore software into this hard drive it says, "Error, out of memory" halfway into the loading process. The loading process is halted. I notice the hard drive light in front of the computer rarely comes on as quick...
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November 10th 03 12:42 AM
by HH Go to last post
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will a 200gb hd work in Compaq S4020WM ? by Euclid
Staples has some 200GB hard drives on sale, but will it work in my Compaq S4020WM purchased at Walmart a little over a year ago? -E
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October 21st 04 01:12 PM
by HH Go to last post
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Unable to access Setup/BIOS by Mike Calkins
follow-up from previous answer (posted at 1644 CST 2Sep03) SP2141 & SP2373 are the correct Setup and Diags for this model. Create the floppies from the softpaq files (by executing SP2141.EXE and executing SP2373.EXE), and with the new hard drive blank, boot the SP2141 floppy disk. This will...
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September 6th 03 02:25 PM
by HH Go to last post
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Compaq Laptop - delete System Save Partition? by JCH
I have a Compaq 1800XL1 with two partitions; Local Disk (C:) and System Save (D:). The D: partition takes up about 2.3G of HD space. Can I safely delete the D: partition and thus free up more HD space?
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October 22nd 03 03:05 PM
by Alinator Go to last post
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Compaq EN P600 w/i820 chipset upgrade questions by Eddie Crismond
Hi A relative has been given a Compaq EN Series. The case is not a vertical 'tower', but horizontal. The case is meant to be placed right on top of a desk, with the monitor placed on top of it. There is a sticker on the top-front-right hand side of the case that reads: Compaq END/P600/13d/4/128c...
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November 26th 04 10:17 PM
by Eddie Crismond Go to last post
21 1,676
Getting old Compaq 5100 to work. Please help by Paul
Hi all, I have just obtained a very old computer that was previously used in a university lab. I have several questions about it. I have trawled postings here, but I am still very confused about the computer and its behaviour. a) The computers' exterior panel reads Compaq Deskpro 5100. Does...
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November 1st 03 09:23 PM
by Kevin Childers Go to last post
21 1,269
New Compaq - No Restoration/OS CD????? by LS
Bought a new Compaq Presario last month and because of some problems, I am told I need to do a complete Restoration. Problem is, I never got any Restoration CD or OS CD with this system. Was I suppose to???? Got the system at Orifice Depot. Regards and thanks in advance.... LS
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July 11th 04 12:32 PM
by HH Go to last post
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Maybe a Dumb Question by JLP20
Planning on getting a new computer, my old Compaq is 5 years old. I want a DVD-R drive, my plan is to transfer my old VHS home movies to DVD. IF the computer had a DVD-R drive AND audio video connections, what do I have to look for to know BEFORE I buy that the machine will do the...
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January 11th 04 02:00 PM
by DEJ57 Go to last post
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Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 CPU Upgrade by Nick Le Lievre
I`m thinking about putting a cheap PII450 Slot 1 CPU upgrade in this machine it is possible. I had a quick look at the current CPU a few weeks back and it doesn't look like a Slot 1 CPU although it must be - its mounted flat instead of upright. I haven't bothered to take a closer inspection but...
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February 9th 06 08:54 PM
by Nick Le Lievre Go to last post
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power on password is on by ted
i have a compaq 6027us and the power on password is on and has locked me out how do i unlock the pc. i need the hp secret password to reset it. thanks
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January 24th 08 04:07 PM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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Modem Problems with Presario 4504 by Bill W
My daughter was given a Compaq Presario 4504 for school. She could not get on the internet with AOL. In troubleshooting the problem, I found that no modem was listed in device manager. An internal modem card is installed. When I go to install the modem and choose the Compaq, I am faced...
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October 1st 03 05:42 AM
by HH Go to last post
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