Wilco wrote: I have a Sitecom wireless networkcard (WL-100-i), but the Presario 1220 does'nt find this pcmcia card. A other LAN card (NOT wireless) works wel. What could be te problem? Please advise. Wilco. Install the driver?

Tina and Mac wrote: I recently installed new cartridges (black & color) into my Presario 5410US. After printing only a half a dozen (or so) pages of text, I consistently get the message that the ink supply is 'low'. The printer will not print any more pages. I find it difficult to ...

Recently, I just received about 10 dead Compaq presario v2000 series from different customers. Power connector is OK, Power goes to some chips but not all, must be a bad IC somewhere. If anyone has experience with this, please share, thank you.

I works at computer repair shop. Recently within a week, I received 3 Presario 2200 laptops from differrent customers. They all have the same problem! Just dead. If you plug the power adaptor in and push the power button. The battery light will flash once (or sometime three). I've opened and...

Hi all, have one question: it is possible to install "nec 6550'' in a notebook presario 18XL381? (18xx Series) Thx -- qu (elimina per scrivermi) ''se la gente che inculatasi reciprocamente formasse un anello, la Terra sarebbe Saturno"

X-no-archive: yes archive:no I am trying help a friend with her computer. It is a Presario 5000 w/Windows ME. It randomly locks up cold, and CTRL-ALT-DEl does nothing. Have to turn it off and back on. When I first looked at it, there was no firewall, no antivirus (and she is using...

I have a compaq presssario 4716 and whenever i get past the compaq logo.. it just says "missing operating system" I have a installation cd and everything, just i dunno how to install it.. I tried pressing f10 and got into the set up.. but nothing about bios was ever in there. if anyone has any...

My Compaq Presario 5106 is infected with a vx2 virus that absolutely refuses to be removed and I guess the only option left, after two weeks of trying to clean out the computer, is to re-format the hdd, then re-install everything. But when I went to use the Restore cd, the screen went red and...

Hi Would appreciate info on upgrading this desktop. 1) Memory looks like 2 slots, up to 1 GB ok. 2) It has a 2w.4 Ghz Celereon. Can't tell if 428 pin. Does anyone have an idea what CPU this board can take? Any other upgrade info, such as adding video card,

My son is the proud (?) owner of a Desktop EP5000 that i gave him for his first forage into computing. While i used it i had no need to insert any new hardware, so never had the need to lift the cover. However, on trying to fit a CD burner to it i hit a problem Its the model that you can have,...

I have a Compaq Prolinea 590 Desktop PC that I'd like to upgrade my Pentium 1 CPU from only 120MHz to whatever the fastest speed this model can support. I have already upgraded the BIOS to the latest version. Can someone please tell me the fastest speed CPU this model can handle? Can someone also...

Okay.. here goes. Had windows 95 on the PC.. FDISK'd and formatted. Want to install full versuion of WIndows 98 for friend. What is the key combo to get at the CMOS settings.. or what shall I do to get the system to see the CDROM for a WIndows 98 install? Get 'disk unusable' at the moment.....

I bought an Compaq Presario 5003r a little over 2 years ago and it is not holding up to some newer games and it is a bit slow. So I thought I bite the bullet and try to upgrade the processor. I don't know much about this compaq but I did find a site that has the info for...

I'm trying to replace the HDD in a Presario 2715US notebook: with the new drive installed, how the hell do you boot to BIOS and format the drive? From factory Compaq put BIOS in the boot sector of the factory HD, which of course if not present prevents you from booting from floppy, CD, etc. I've...

Hi Everyone, I have a Presario 1240 that was on loan to someone and was returned dead. It is possible that it was accidentally plugged into the wrong power supply (the supply from a printer was returned with it instead of the Presario supply). I've disassembled it in hopes of finding a...

x-posting to compaq/hp Our nephew's girlfriend had a problem with her internal WiFi card on her Compaq V6000 laptop. We all went to Best Buy and bought a Linksys PCMCIA card. The store didn't have any internal mini-pci type cards, guess the install would be too hard for mainstream...

Any help would be appreciated!!! Needing help with recreating the non-dos partition for the bios gui & diag's partition. Main HD crashed. Have 2nd drive set @ System_save Drive and used Quick Restore to recreate the last know system save profile...Now I am not able to access bios setting...I...

OK I was in the process of reformatting my computer with the recovery cd's. I was half way through the first one. Now my cd rom drive is shot. I try to start my computer but its saying operating system not found. What can I do?? I do have a USB cd-rom drive if that's any help. Right now my laptop...

I Need A Restore Disk For This Model For Xp Home Or Millium

Hi, This battered and valiant little machine has become something of a personal project/challenge so bear with me. Obviously stored for a very long time not connected to battery, with no hard drive. It has expansion base.