I have an old deskpro, don't no what model but it is 133mhz P1 64ram utp and I changed the old with a new one and now I can't enter the bios. I searched the compaq site but I didn't find anything... anyone can help ??

Hi, I have a Compaq Armada 1540DM laptop. I purchased an Ethernet PC card for it about a month ago. I used it that day and it worked fine. A week later, I noticed a strong smell coming from the laptop, and when the screen comes on, in the right hand corner, the display area is brighter than the...

A while back I posted about a buggy presario I was using, a 1610 to be exact. Problem was system would freeze each time u moved touchpad and pressed key as same time, require hard reboot. Despite my skepticism, everyone here was so sure the firmware/drivers at the Compuke , now HP website would...

I have a Compaq Evo and would like to upgrade the power supply to 420W or more. Is this possible or are the power supplies proprietary? Thanks Pete

I got a used Compaq Presario SX4300NX for cheap, the hard drive is going bad. It has XP Home on old hard drive. I would like to restore XP home back to original, but I do not have the restore cd's. IF I can recover the data of the old drive, and copy to a new working hard drive can I make a set of...

The documentation that comes with this, even on line, is laughable. 1) It has one 512MB module. Can I add a 256MB for a total of 768MB, or must I add a 512MB? 2) Will any DDR2 work, or is there something special required? Thanks.

Had a power surge during an electrical storm and it got the PSU in my Presario s6010v (hopefully that's all). Looking for a replacement for this. The one that came with the system is a Bestec ATX-250-12z. I have a Bestec ATX-250-12e that I had taken out of a spare emachine T2040 that I have....

HI , I have a compaq v2000 and i've been scouring the internet for audio drivers. I got he http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=500508&lang=en Got both the audio drivers , they dont work. I still cant hear anything , if i try to play something...

Hi Guys & Gals; I have fallen air (?) to a Compaq Presario (desktop) "519J". It is mot working absoloutly nothing, not even fans or a beep. There is however, a small greem light on the power supply that continualy blinks (continualy) whenever the unit is pluged in. I am assuming that there is a...

Some time ago I posted a question on the feasibilty of getting the QuickRestore disk for this 7-year old Compaq 5460. It came installed with Windows 98, 96 RAM memory, 8 gig hard drive, & I forget what processor(Pentium II or equivalent?). Turned out I could no longer order a QuickRestore disk...

Original 6.0GB HD is dying in Compaq Presario 1694 laptop. Need to replace but don't know Max size HD the BIOS will accept. Current BIOS is Pheonix Bios Version 4.0 release 6.0 . No joy searching Compaq site for HDD limitation info, nor BIOS upgrade. Can anyone help me find most recent BIOS ? (or...

I'm looking for parts for a Compaq Presario 4824 does anybody know a site were I can purchase parts for this particular computer... Titus Francoeur

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I received a new in box HP 286776-B22 unit whose internal drive was marked as spare 404714-001. I can't find any technical documentation that shows what option numbers are sold using that spare number, and this is not the spare I have seen used for this option number in the past. Does...

Any ways of either running the fans at lower speeds (I was thinking about lowering voltage, since stopping the fans would cause a shutdown) That machine will be in a rack, along with my switch, UPS and a home-made disk array. So it doesn't need jet-engine fans to cool those 4 poor...

Just got a replacement mobo for a Compaq Deskpro EN P33. When attempting to boot, I get an 1801 - Microcode Patch Error message with an F1 To Boot in a blue box at the bottom left corner. When I hit F1 it doesn't successfully boot, it just goes through the same process over again. Any...

I have a Deskpro EP and i need memory for it. I have a 512mb memory module, but at the time, i was running win98se and for some reason it wouldn't recognize the memory. I am now running win2k, and was told that it would recognize the memory but am not sure. I will try, but if it doesn't work, i...

Hello, We have recieved 2 Companq DeskPro's (64 and 96 MB of RAM and 166 MHz Pentium) in a donation from a company and of course they have blanked the harddrives before sending them out, thus the DIAG partitions are gone and there is no way to configure BIOS. I would like to install Windows 98...

I have been searching for drivers for the compaq presario 2100 desktop for 2 weeks. What I need is the IDE / Hard Drive Controller driver for windows 95. The compaq presario 2100 desktop had the Cyrix MediaGX chip that controlled everything. But I cant find the IDE driver. There is a driver...

Machine is old Presario 7599 desktop. Milk was spilled on keyboard while computer was running. Plugged in new keyboard and system was locked up. After powering off and attempting to restart, the Compaq splash screen shows up on the monitor, and a flashing cursor in upper left corner. This stays...