i have a compaq presario 1277 notebook and it wont trun on. when i plug it in, the green light in the front of it comes on, but that is it. the battery light does not and when i press the power button, nothing happens. can anyone help me??!!! PLEASE!!! blake haley

I've got a Compaq AP500 professional Workstation with the following specs: Dual PII 400Mhz processors 512MB RAM Two 4.3GB Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 drives ELSA Synergy II AGP video + onboard video 32X IDE CD-ROM 325 watt Compaq proprietary power supply (1 year old) One honkin' huge, heavy tower case

Just bought the s5080an model and reinstalled my own Windows XP Pro cd i bought with it. It now has a hardware problem in Windows. In Device Manager, is says there is a problem with my 'SM Bus Controller'. If anyone know how I can correct this problem your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hey- I noticed today on my desk where my notebook sits 99.9 percent of the time that there is some kind of black residue on the desk which is directly behind where the rear vent is on my notebook and I'm puzzled as to what it is or why it's coming out of the fan vent. Can anyone give me some...

Is it possible to use a minipci wireless card in the Evo620c Presently I've got a minipci modem, but it's no use for me. The question is, if there is an antenna to connect to the wireless card - or is the only optimal sollution to use the multiport ? regards, LL

Hello, I received an Compaq Proliant an I want upgrade it. My question was this one: is it possible to put a new motherboard in the compaq and by witch vendor i can find such motherboard?? It must be not neccesairly a Compaq motherboard, asus or tyan is quite good also.( but it must be compatibel...

I have a new Gateway 506GR 3.2 computer with onboard sound. I would like to use my soundblaster sound card and sub woofer/speakers from my previous computer for a better sound system. I disabled the sound card in the bios and removed the drivers from the onboard card and installed the new card with...

Office Max has the R3000Z for $399.99 after rebates. It comes with a DVD drive. My 906US has a DVD/CD-RW combo unit. Can I take the combo DVD-CD/RW from the 906US and put it in place of the DVD unit in my new R3000Z. Thanks

Hey All... :D ...having major USB headaches..hope you can HELP!...I recently purchased a new mobile which can sync with a pc...so tried to do so but there is no device being detected by the USB port! I have checked the device Manager for the USB controller which says 'This Device cannot start....

Hi all, does anyine have any experience of replacing a cmos battery on an older compaq board, the type that is held in a retaining clip and seems to be welded to it. I know you can purchase a replacement 4.5v battery pack and attatch it via separate jumpers on the board but these are expensive...

Got out a Deskpro XE466 that had been working perfectly only to find that it now performs a memory check then stops and goes no further. Could it be the CMOS battery and, if so, how do you change it? A lame question I know but the battery appears to have a lug fitted to it that connects to the...

My original Seagate 10G is damaged, so I am trying to replace it with WD 120G drive as a master. However, regardless of various permutations of jumper settings, when I try to install any OS, it fails on a blue screen error. I haven't upgraded any BIOS s/w or anything. Can somebody please point me...

I have tried to use either a PNY Geforce 6600 GT AGP8X or an EVGA Geforce 6600 AGP8X card with this PC. Both of these card would not allow the PC to boot up (I have an optional installed 400 watts power supply). I then tried a PNY 6200 AGP8X card, it worked. It has performance similar to the...

I upgrade from W98 to W XP. I want to change the boot device from hard disk to floppy disk. In W98 during the boot I press the function key F8 to enter in set up. In W XP is not possible. Anyone can help me ? I have a Presario 7461. Thank you . Frank.

Greetings... I have a relatively straightforward set of questions. I own a Compaq Presario 7000US (Athlon 1.2 GHz CPU, preinstalled 80GB Ultra-DMA HD) and have recently started to have the sorts of problems one expects when a hard disk is nearing the end of its life. I was just wondering what...

A Linux install gone bad reformatted the drive before I got an indication that it wouldn't work. The computer didn't come with a CD capable of reinstalling the system (Win 98 SE) from a clean drive. I managed to get almost everything working by using a Win 98 SE CD from a dead computer then...

Iv got no sound anymore i'v downloaded the latest drivers, and also checked my bios for failers, but i can not find the solutions. Does anyone has any idea what the problem could be Raymond

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Help. I just wiped ME and clean installed 2000 on a Presario 1247 laptop, now my PCMCIA slot is not recognising my card. I need to know where and what to look for. I seen other sites saying i may need a driver for the laptop system but cannot not find such an animal. Bo Harris

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