I have a armada notebook model V300 that has a xircom realport cardbus ethernet 10/100 card. I can not get the card to use dhcp provided my my router on my home network. The card has an autoconfigured IP address that I can not seem to get rid of. I would really appreciate any and all comments or...

What is the max HDD size for an Armada 1500c ? Paul. Paul Roberts Email : Web Page : http://freddiemercury.no-ip.org PGP Public Key : http://freddiemercury.no-ip.org/pgp.html

Running Windows XP 64Bit Looking for video, Sound, and display drivers for Windows XP 64BIT Thanks in advance Paul J. Klein

I have an old Presario 9232 that I wish to consign to a different task. To do that, I need to be able to boot from CD. To date, I have not managed to find a key combination that will let me access the Setup ROM to see if a boot from CD option is available. Can anyone advise me how to do...

Anyone with one of these able to tell me whether the two fans (one back left, one back right) are always on together or are they independent? Thanks, Paul DS -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

All, I've just replaced the motherboard of my 1GHz presario laptop with a similar board from a 900MHz machine. I am using the same 1GHz processor. Is there anything I must/can do to get 1GHz performance from this new system or am I stuck at 900MHz from now on? And before anyone asks, I'm a...

Added 512MB to this machine. BIOS counts up to 128MB then red COMPAQ logo on screen goes awry and machine locks up. Any suggestions? Memory seems to match Compaq specifications (although they're vage on their website!). Paul DS. -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

Compaq Presario 7461 - what is this BIOS setting and what does it do? Cheers, Paul DS. -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

This is a post to document problems I had installing Windows XP on an old Compaq Presario 7461 (but probably applies to other models). 1. Install Windows XP goes through first stage (copy from CD to hard-disk) the fails to reboot. Basically both the hard-drive and the CD-ROM were wired to the...

Can this model of Compaq use ECC memory? I ask only because there is a lot of it about! Also, what CL should I use? CL2 or CL3? Thanks, Paul DS. -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

Anyone seen this? The backlight on my 705EA has gone out but it doesn't seem to be the backlight/power board. Swapping the complete screen for a working screen (from another 705) makes no difference and I can actually put the "broken" screen into the other PC and it works - so the...

Anyone fitted a miniPCI wireless card to a Presario 700? Was it easy and is there an inbuild antenna or did you need to install one? Cheers, Paul DS. -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

I have just bought two EN P-550's. They work fine but I need to install a wireless lan card in them. I am trying to use a new belkin 54g card. The BIOS does not list the wireless card and neither W2K nor XP lists the card. It's not a driver issue. It's as if I simply have not installed the...

I have just acquired an old Compaq Armada E500 notebook through work for free. The machine itself is in good working order but it has obviously been dropped as there is damage to one of the screen hinges and the power connector socket has snapped off. I'm not spending hundreds on a new...

I am trying to create a partition using "Phdisk.exe" on a clients Presario 1650. The partition is crated at the end of the hard disk (as seen by Partition Magic 2003). However, when I go into the BIOS, I'm told that the partition doesn't exist. Note: I do not have a restore disk, nor does the...

I am having a boot problem with an old Armada 7800: 1. I cannot boot from anyplace but the hard drive. After I've booted, the system recognizes the floppy and/or the CD. But, during the boot process, only the hard drive is recognized. 2. When I boot, I get the following message:...

Hi all, I have just obtained a very old computer that was previously used in a university lab. I have several questions about it. I have trawled postings here, but I am still very confused about the computer and its behaviour. a) The computers' exterior panel reads Compaq Deskpro 5100. Does...

Hi, I have transplanted the Compaq PC into a tower case. Now the only problem I have is that I don't know where to connect the power switch lead on the motherboard. There doesn't appear to be any sort of indication on the mobo itself and I've Googled for a while now and have come up with...

When I turn off the AC adapter to my Presario 2500 the display goes slightly dimmer. Anyone know how to stop this happening? -- Paul Charlton www.paulcharlton.org.uk

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