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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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 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...

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...

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...

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"

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...

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 ...

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?

I have a Presario 5600s I had Win 98 installed and the USB ports worked fine under that OS. I wiped and installed XP home and now the USB ports will not work. Any idea how to fix this or work around it? The weird thing is that the Root hub shows in Device manager but nothing else. I have...

I have a Compaq scanner keyboard that I got a few years back it came with win95 drivers but worked fine in 98se. I have recently switched to XP and it will not find the keyboard. I put it in compatibility mode first in 95 then 98 the program seems to work ok but it will not find the keyboard I was...

Hi there Anybody knows how large hdd. i can mount in my defective armada m700 . They were earlier sold with up to 30 Gb. of hdd space, but is this the limit when renewing it... ? Bye bye...

Hello i have a old notepad but i can't enter in the BIOS-SETUP because i don't know what is the key on keyboard. Can you help me ? thanks.

I'm looking at this Compaq 5190 Presario I've inherited. I checked out its primitive BIOS by doing an f10 and I'm wondering: Does anyone know; if I put a larger (13G) drive in it, will it autodetect and run? If not, is there any kind of BIOS upgrade for the thing? Thanks, Mike

hi the usb suplies power when the main power is off what current (ma) does it supply?