My Compaq Presario 1275 notebook does have a internal Compaq Presario 56K-DF modem. Windows 98 SE does not detect the modem. And Windows XP does detect the modem but gives me the following error message: This device is disabled because the firmware of the device did not give it the required...

I have a presario 6450nx with XP home edition with all the update from windows update site. I used to be able to use the standby mode but I can`t anymore and I don`t exactly remember when that has started. Everytime I try to put in standby mode, the computer stop for 5 seconds and then restart. I...

i tried both the retailed vcds and burned vcd cdrs and both stalled when i put the discs in the drive. any firmware to fix it? sam

Howdy, I am adding a PCI sound card to a Presario 5WV260, do I need to disable the on board sound card ?? Or is it automatically disabled when I insert the new card ?? Thanks Mr D

Do any of the following Compaq systems support 48-bit LBA addressing for ATA133 hard drives? (48-bit LBA allows ATA drives over 137GB in size.) Proliant 1850R Proliant 6400R Professional Workstation SP750 Professional Workstation W8000 -- Will

I just read a message from an end user who successfully upgraded his Compaq W8000 to dual 3.0 GHz Xeon processors. He says that he gets a BIOS error message at startup regarding the steppings on the CPU not matching what the BIOS wants to see, but after you go past that message everything works...

EFFECTIVE ON SERVERS BOUGHT AFTER JULY 30 2003 ENJOY !!!!! Software is now only 90 days from purchase Warranties are no longer transferrable (forget about Ebay folks) ATA drives only have a 1 year warranty regardless of the server you bought them for , get your options at BestBuy , 1/3 the price...

I have an Armada 7360 with a 4 gig hard drive and would like to get up to about 12 gig but the HP site does not give the maximum hard drive size. I'd just replace it but my employees who are mechanics use it and I don't want them ruining something newer.

I'm missing the bios battery cover for a Comapq Armada M300. Anyone have one from a parts machine available? Please email me: Thanks in advance...

I'm trying to work on this laptop for a friend. I tried to load win2k, and I got an error about non-compliant BIOS for APCI. It suggested updating the BIOS. I checked the website, downloaded and ran the flash update - same error. Will this thing just not run win2000? But...in windows 98,...

(sorry it's a long post but if you read on you may be amused at my stupidity and you may be able to help me - I hope!) I bought a 2nd hand pw5100 with a single PII 333. I added another PII 333 and the relevant VRM, and got a replacement 18.2GB Wide-Ultra SCSI drive. During my building of the...

I have a Compaq Presario s4000nx-cel and I get msgs about low virtual memory and I have not install any software any hints/ answers as to how to correct this and has anyone else run into this problem?.Casdon

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Has anyone ever tried to put in a 512 meg module into this laptop. Did it work? I have a 1200XL530

I tried to find drivers for the PD1005, but the interface on http://www3.compaq.com/support/home/selectproduct.asp?destination=reflib doesn't show a PD1005. Can anyone help me out finding the software for this type Deskpro? Thanks in advance !

OK, I had to change the system BIOS settings in order to upgrade my sound card - and now the damn video card doesn't work. It's an AGP GeForce 5600 - and no matter what I do, I can't get it to use it. It's nothing to do with the sound card, either - it does this same degree of nothing, even when...

I recently aquired a Compaq EP/p500 (ex Corporate) It had Windows 98 on it, so i formatted it and, when i went to install XP i was informed that "an operating system is already in the folder you are trying to install XP on" or some such guff. I proceeded with the install and it installed fine,...

Hello everybody, concerning to my thread from 5. October the CMOS error message (WARNING - CMOS CHECKSUM INVALID - LOADING USER DEFAULTS) of this Laptop occurs because of an empty Resume Battery (I didn´t know that there are 2 internal batteries in the LTE 5xxx). Now i want to open the Laptop and...

I have a Presario 5070 that is about 4 years old and it has started doing some weird things. I have already gotten a new puter but I would like to try to fix the old one if possible. Most of the time when I hit the power on switch it does nothing, won't boot up. But after I pull the AC cable out...

I have a Compaq Presario 1270 running Windows 98 as it was shipped. I need Win 98 SE for the improved USB stuff so it can support a CD burner since the CD burners I have looked at say Win 98 SE is required. How do I update it from a Win 98 to a Win 98 SE? Where do I get Win 98 SE and is this an...