Anyone here have any suggestions on this? It has already been suggested that the CMOS battery might be dead, but it appears to hold the correct date and time. Additionally, can anyone think of a way to automatically include them in post to this group and their post from that group in this one? ...

I just bought a IPAQ C800 from a surplus auction. How do I open the case?? I cannot find any latches. There is a plastic brace on the back held by two screws (torx with a pin in the middle) I don't have the right bit to get this brack off. Is this how the case disassembles?

Hi, I have scoured the internet for advice on this matter, but have so far failed to find a resolution. My M700 no longer powers up, with or without the battery. The battery led flashes 8 times and then the system switches off. The power led does not come on at all. Even with the laptop closed...

I have the above computer as a P350. Had to format the 4 gig drive, put W98 se in all went well except that now it will only boot as a new install ex= then after CD Rom drivers are loaded I get abort retry fail. When I hit .. it will then start w98. any ideas ?? I dont have a restore disk. and...

I have been asked to look at a 7400 for a friend. This, because of age, didn't land in my lap with OS or REstore disks (if it ever had any). I did notice that the Win98Se files are stored in c:\windows\options dir. There was no setup.exe I am thinking that the 7400 probably came with a floppy...

every time i power up my presario 700z i have to reload soundmax driver. why? why it keeps losing it?

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...

Today while surfing the net with my Windows 98SE Compaq Armada 1700 laptop, I encountered a website that displayed a popup add, that asked me a question with two possible answers. I foolishly clicked one of the answers instead of clicking away. After of which my computer screen turned blank, and...

I have compaq presario 5wv285 with Windows ME. recently, I restored the pc back to the original manafacture settings. But now the windows did not recongize the cd and dvd. The cd and dvd info was in bio. What should I do next? Please help!

A friend's little used 5301RSH suddenly failed to come on at all. Since it would not fire up, the only thing I could check on the power supply is that it had 5 vdc standby voltage. An ohm meter seemed to indicate that front panel switch was not making contact. I figured out which pins to short...

I have a Compaq Presario model 7110US. How do I find out what kind of RAM is in it? I want to add more RAM to my system. Thanks. ----- Kim/Dreamspinner3 Visit My Homepage: http://members.tripod.com/dreamspinner3/

I have a 2188CL Notebook. I am wondering if it is possible to use 200 pin 1Gig SoDimms. The specs say maximum memory 1Gig. But I have found that sometimes specs are wrong. Thanks.

Hi All, I have just purchased a Compaq Presario, model S7390UK, over the first weekend I decided to try another operating system (formatting the drive) and now I have lost my F10 recovery option. I have been told it will cost me to buy cd's. Why can't I find any drivers on the net to recover my...

Hi, A friend has a S5000nx (I believe) and wants to reformat and reload Win98SE on it. How can I get all the drivers that I will need? Has anyone here done this? thanks, George

I have a Deskpro EN running Windows 98SE and tried to install a faster CPU but just got a blank screen.The processor I am using now is model No. SL3XY which is 733mhz/133mhz bus with 256kb cache,1.65volts and 370 pin socket.The stepping is cBO and the bus/core ratio is 5.5. The processor I am...

School I work for has some Deskpro 2000s donated. In one that had W95, I reformatted the the hard drive and put W98 on it. Couplee of things. 1) I get this line across the screen. Shall I assume that the video card may be on its way out? 2) After installing the Ethernet Controller I can get...

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I have a Compaq Presario 1600 XL-145 running Windows XP Pro. This may seem quite odd, but it shutsdown whenever I use the T or the Y buttons on the keyboard. It doesn't do this when I hook up an external keyboard though. Would this mean that the keyboard is going bad or is there something...

Trying to replace 20 gig with 60gig but drive is not recognized. Tried differ jumper setting but no go. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks Vince

That shouldn't cause any issues that I am aware of. KC The original WINDOWS XP HOME is installed, but I had to Quick Restore recently. Also, I've downloaded updates from Microsoft site. MC --- In , "Kevin Childers"