I was given an old Presario 1245 notebook with dual scan. I gave it to my daughter. She seems happy, but the battery is completely gone. I can get a million hits for companies that make replacement batteries, no problem. But, any objective answers for perhaps a 2nd hand one that ~will~ hold...

I have this inexpensive Presario desktop that came bundled with the OEM Lightscribe DVD burner. That lasted about a month. Piece of junk. HP-Compaq sent a replacement, a Samsung lightscribe DVD that is making a very weird but definitely bad, destructive noise. So, two in less than a...

Would a replacement cd-rw/dvd-rom that works in Presario 1700 also fit a Presario 1500? I am selling the 1700 drive on ebay and a potential buyer was wondering if it would work with his 1500.

Hi, Can anybody send me or help me with finding where to download a repair manual for a 2700 Presario laptop? The links at the Compaq site are broken. Thanks, NL email:

i have a proliant ML370 i restarted it and got the following message 1601 I/O SLOT FAN ERROR DETECTED then it counts down to restarting. no keyboard or mouse access also all fans seem to be working fine, what else could it be

I'm trying to access a couple of programs from my old Presario 7100 family quick restore cd. The system itself died a long time ago. I have tried 'PREDATORxxx'and 'SMDCOMSUMER' (which were supposed to work with older cds) but no success. Does anyone know what the zip passwords are? Thanks in...

Hi, I have problems with my Armada 3500 display. Its very temperamental and getting worse. Depending on the position of the screen (the laptop lid) the display is OK or at worst a horrible pink colour. There's either a loose plug connection or a break in the wire. Can anyone direct me to...

I have recently obtained a compaq deskpro 1.4 GHz (which I believe is an EXS) and I am trying to add a new video card which requires a more powerful power supply than the stock one. I purchased a new 500W PS, but quickly realized that compaq sucks and they use a proprietary power supply. I have...

I want my AP400 Compaq Workstation to automaticaly turn on again after the power failure. Currently, when the power comes back, the computer does not start - even if it was running before the failure. I have to manually press the power button to start it again. I have read in the manuals that it...

I continue with my Armada 3500 story and the keyboard problem :) So if i'm right, the keyboard are plugged on the motherboard with a large connector. But if i remove it, the continuous "beep" (like you run your notebook and stay press a key all time) are still here. Symptom now ... Notebook run...

Hi I have a problem with my armada 3500 When a power on i have to compaq logo but nothing else. Notebook make continuous beep, but seem to search something on diskette and hard drive ... If i power on with FN + F11, he don't beep for 5 secondes but does nothing too. Any tip for that ? Thanks

Hi, I moved to a smaller home (the end of last year) and am liquidating most of my collection of working vintage computers and classic game consoles (http://stores.ebay.com/AmericanAuctionGallery) I am slow at getting it posted on eBay but you can drop me a line if you have a special interest...

I have had the Presario 715 US for about a year and it has been working very well. This week I purchased a PNY PC133 256MB mem upgrade to give me a total of 512 (32 shared with video). Since I installed the update I have noticed that the laptop has been running very warm and crashes about...

Are there instructions any where for upgrading the hard drive on a Presario 1200 ( the XL106 version)?

I am having a known problem in an unknown area (or visa versa) : My Windows 2000 1.6 GHz AMD K6 Compaq machine is continuously rebooting. The new problem appears to be that it doesn't revolve in a continuous loop, the machine works for anything from a few seconds to a few minutes before...

I am having a boot problem with an old Armada 7800: 1. When I boot, I get the following message: "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready." If I just hit the Enter key, the system boots normally. But, I can only boot from the hard drive. I cannot...

For the last week or so, a Deskpro EXM/815/P1.0 running Win2K sp4 black screens and shuts down unexpectedly - 100% repeatable - during nightly Ghost 9.0 backup. Starts up again manually in the morning. I ran the Ghost job and babysat it during the daytime to see what happens and it does as...

Does anyone know or have a Win 98 product key for a Presario 5280 desktop? May

Deskpro EX/P3-1.4Ghz/120Gb/Win98SE ATI 9600XT AGP video One PCI slot occupied as noted below Replaced an Intel 12041 based 10TX PCI NIC with a Compaq 177454-001 (identifies as an Accton 1207D) 10/100TX Fast Ethernet PCI NIC which throws a 100% repeatable Windows Protection Error (no other error...

What are current business desktop/minitower Compaq/HP replacements for the old Deskpro EP/EP/EX series?