I have a Presario 5834 which was given to me free by a friend who no longer had use for it. I am having problems with the CD burner making coasters. The system came with system restore disks that load the factory installed software. These disks install the CeQuadrat program for creating...

Maybe it's a conflict with something else on my pc - not sure - but if you're having random issues with IE errors ...here's a heads-up. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&softwareitem=dj-56929-3&os=228&product=3551212&lang=en& I installed it a few months ago...

Mine are damaged and won't work, anyone have them?

Could someone tell me which motherboard Compaq 5BW160 has? Would it be possible to change the BIOS to one provided by the motherboard manufacturer instead of using the Compaq's BIOS? Thank you!

I've misplaced my recovery disks for my Compaq Presario. I want to sell the computer but the buyer wants a set of recovery disks - unfortunately the software wont allow me to make a second set - can i hack the software to make this work again ??? Cheers.

I have a 5140 that I used complete restore on. Back to original. However not paying attention it did it's magic and now it is ask ing for the W98 key number and in several moves I lost it. Is there any way to recover it (the W98 key number) from the restore disk?

Hi everybody. I have a Compaq Proliant 2500 server with Compaq 221 Smart Array. The array is NOT configured. I have two SCSI disc's. I don't have original SmartStart CD. I'm unable to setup the array. I've tried several SoftPack, including SP6263, which claims to be bootable, but it is NOT. While...

I acquired an old Presario 5184 recently. It had Win2000 installed on it. The OS has become corrupt and I'm trying to install Win98 on it, after repartitioning and reformatting the HD to get rid of all the old stuff. I'm seeing a couple of messages during boot-up that make me think there is...

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Hello, I was given a presario to use and I want to see if I can get XP on there so I can use it as my everyday computer. When I try to use "quick" restore, it gives me error xxx.xx and says I need to contact compaq (which i WON'T do). The other option is to do a manual reinstall. I've done this...

I'm trying to get a file off an old Compaq Presario 425, which has a floppy drive so dirty or otherwise wrecked that I can't write to it. I'm not in a position to do anything heroic like replace the drive or do any serious monkeying with the machine. It is running DR-DOS 7.0.2 and not connected to...

I recently purchased a Compaq Presario 2100 Laptop. The processor is an Athlon XP Mobile 2400+. I know the actual readout of Mhz is not going to be 2400 Mhz, but I know for sure that the 518 Mhz read out that I am getting is definatley wrong. I am not sure if the problem lies in the readout, or...

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade the processor in my Presario (currently a 1.7GHz Celeron) and was wondering if anyone else had done this? As I understand it the best I can get is a Pentium 4 with a 400MHz bus speed because of the i845 Intel chipset, this seems to limit me to a 2GHz processor. There...

I'm looking to replace my 5700N motherboard. Anyone have one please let me know price etc. Thanks Dkline

Howdy: I've got a neighbors Compaq Presario here that just plain refused to let me repair it. I put the Compaq Operating System CD into the drive and go through the repair process just fine until it gets to the "Installing Devices" window at about 34 minutes left and it stalls there for about five...

Today while surfing the net with my Windows 98SE Compaq Armada 1700 laptop, I encountered a website that displayed a popup add, that asked me a question with two possible answers. I foolishly clicked one of the answers instead of clicking away. After of which my computer screen turned blank, and...

Dumped Vista and reloaded XP which works, but need XP Drivers.... Wehre can I get them ? -- --------------------------------- --- -- - Posted with NewsLeecher v3.9 Beta 1 Web @ http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet ------------------- ----- ---- -- -

Q) I'm having a problem with my Compaq PC. What information should I include in my post that might help others offer possible solutions. A) Include the following: 1. The model of Compaq PC/notebook in question, i.e., Presario 4090US. 2. Detail the problem. Be specific. Saying "it stopped working"...

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

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