How can I make games run full-screen? I'm using a Armada M700 laptop. In some games you can adjust the resolution higher to use full-screen, but then the game runs slower. - not good.. ex: Soldier of fortune 2, runs fine with 640x480 but does not use the whole screen.. --

My Presario desktop, windows xp, crashed last week. To make a long story short, I had what data wasn't wiped out backed up to disks, then formatted and replaced the operating system with Compaq disks. Now I find that I can't defrag the hard drive and figure I need to get a new one. What do I...

How do I enter the bios settings on this system? I was given one from a friend and know nothing about it. Thanks

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I've just recently been afflicted with a problem concerning the Compaq FS740 model. I'm as surprised as can be when it happened, as I have no idea how it occurred. I was browsing the internet when the screen just suddenly changed the magnitude of its concavity (the screen took on a concave shape,...

I've got a problem sending the video signal out to a tv via svideo connection. I have the cable and my notebook (win XP) has a svideo out. My TV has a svideo in. When i try to send the video signal out, changing xp configurations, the tv flashes just for a second and then it cames black as...

HI!!! I HAVE AN OLD COMPAQ ARMADA 7400 AND I CANT GET THE KEYBOARD OFF TO REPAIR IT ALSO THERE ARE SEVERAL STRIPPED SCREWS THAT I CANT GET OFF??? CAN ANYONE HELP ME I WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE THANK YOU

I have a presario 6450nx with XP home edition with all the update from windows update site. I used to be able to use the standby mode but I can`t anymore and I don`t exactly remember when that has started. Everytime I try to put in standby mode, the computer stop for 5 seconds and then restart. I...

Can a DVD+R/DVD+-RW drive read a DVD-R disk? - http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8adrh/news.html (profile) --Tim923 My email is valid.

I have a Compaq Armada E500 (PIII/600mhz/10Gb) with the ATI Rage Mobility graphics chip, running WinXP Prof.. I can't get the (composite) TV-out to work... well it does, but it's only in black and white. Does anyone have any ideas what's going wrong? Have software that i received with the Compaq...

Thanks for reply, it is indeed a Canadian model, but it has an AMD 850mhz not an 800mhz and doesnt have onboard VGA. It has an 8mb nvidia tnt. I am trying to get an Abit Siluro GF2 64MB to work in it but it won't boot. Can't even get to BIOS. The card is good cause I tryied it in 2 other pcs. Any...

Hi, My daughter was given the old compaq pc for free, so I decided to upgrade the hard drive for her. I replaced the original 1.2GB, with a 40GB maxtor and then my troubles began! Everytime I try to install win me, the computer hangs at the point after the initial scandisk (black screen - copying...

My mouse scrool-wheel has stopped working properly. Mouse-over events are ok. But mouse wheel will not affect scrolling as it used to. In OE all I had to do was rest cursor over the different panes and wheel would cause the pane to scroll. Nice. But now I have to grab scrollbar to scroll up or...

Looking for a sound driver for a compaq presario 7200/7600 series pc...anyone know of where I can find one..I don't seem to be able to locate...

I would like to know if someone have the same problem . can't adjust the amount of memory for the video card. with 256mb it goes to 32mb , 512mb to 64mb , 1gig is still 64mb and 2gig is still 64mb i can't adjust in bios using f 1 at startup or using f 11 .got frustrated and call them the pc is...

If I replace my hard disk, can I simply use the restore CD's kit to reinstall everything or do I need to pass trhough a special process because of a tatooed disk or anything else?

Compaq Presario 5140 Anybody hear of this one. I do a normal shutdown sequence, Start-Shut Down-Wait for Ok-Then press button on front for about 3 seconds. Everything is off, no lights on front panel, computer quiet. Then for no apparent reason it starts up on its own after 30 minutes. I checked...

Hi, I have some questions witch concern my notebook (Intel Mobile Celeron 2ghz, 256 Mb DDR pc2100) - is it possible to change my CPU to something faster (for example P4 - question of overheating),

I posted a message a month ago, asking help with regard to burning CD with the bundled CD burner and Roxio software. The problem was that it took 25 minutes to burn a music CD which seemed slow. Various tips were offered. I burned my first CD since then, and I noticed that there was an option in...

I am having a LCD problem on my Compaq Presario R3240 laptop. The screen acts as if the lid is shut and is very dark. The desktop can be seen faintly. If you continously tap the lid sensor button (the button that sensons the lid has been shut), the LCD tries to lighten up. Eventually it will...