System locks up after 20minutes to 2 hours if you run graphic related programs. Even the slide show in My Pictures. It will lock up on about anything but much quicker if running graphics. My son thought it was the graphics card he added so I took it out and ran the embbed board with the same...

ever tried a Samsung harddrive, thoughts?

Where can i get a recovery disc. can somebody please post it. also looking for bios upgrade.

Hi to the group.. A friend of mine bought one of these computers and she complained that it was slow. It has a P4- 2.4 Gig processor, 512 ram and a 80 Gig drive. After checking the computer over, I too find the computer to be very slow...slow in Defrag and not real responsive overall. I have...

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Hi, I've installed Win 98 in an Armada M700 and got a display with an awkward solution and only 16 colours. Can anyone give me a hint what to do? Roger

I have a Compaq Presario 5000, with the original mother board that came with it. Also, I just got a brand new Seagate 40 GB Barracuda ATA HD. So, I don't know if my problem is the HD or the mother board Since I was having problems getting the computer to boot (problem that originated with a nasty...

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On my Compaq Deskpro, Microsoft XP has become unstable 3 times now. Keyboard and mouse become so sluggish that the only way I can shutdown is by pulling the plug, and a high-pitch whine is emitted. The event viewer found that it was an ACPI_ERR_AMLI_ILLEGAL_IO_READ_FATAL error, as found in this MS...

Currently I have a burnt out armads M300 around the front audio jack U40 and C148. The ic was so badly charred that I cannot identify the part number. I am pretty sure that the burnt ic is the problem but to replace a mother board would be too expensive. Please advice U40 partnumber

Hi, I have a Compaq Presario desktop PC (5WV250) that I've installed Windows 98 on. The drivers that I have tried from modem-drivers.com and driverguide.com haven't worked. A bootable linux distro identified it as a: 'Conexant HCF 56k Data/Fax GVC Corporation Compaq Scooter'. Any Presario 5000...

I am looking for a couple of the blank-off plates for the drive bays and the door for the front. Also, The mouse is not being detected. I am using an USB mouse but will be using the computer primarily in DOS mode and would like to fix it. I suspect the connector on the motherboard. The computer...

I purchased a sealed carton fron a national chain store. Two labels on outside (about 4x6 inches) describe contents as S4100NX while contents actually were S4000NX with half the RAN and HAlf the size HD. I also noticed a small (about 3x3 inch lable on top of same box) with CPQ S4000NX (among...

I just bought 'used' 1275 laptop- hd was replaced - I have no restore cd. I partitioned the 4 gig hd for 2 parts. Am trying to load win98 from retail cd. All seemed ok, BUT I cannot find the proper driver for the lcd / adapter. I config display for 600x800 - but cannot change 'adapter type '...

I "inherited" a Compaq Presario but am unable to find a model number on it. It has a curved front panel with an oval Plexiglass? door which slides up to reveal a couple of UPS ports and what I believe is a Fire wire port (marked with 1394) It has a Aspen2 motherboard with an AMD Athlon k7 900...

thanks for the info it looks like this may work

i have been helping a family member with a compaq 7596 the restore disk is damaged so i intalled windows 98 from upgrade disk and i found all the drivers except the driver for th motherboard so i get the error "pci system management bus" in the device manager are the diver on the web or hidden on...