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...

I have an old Deskpro 4000 (5133) and I'm wondering if a PCI USB adapter will work in this machine. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

hello ! I am not commonly in these newsgroups, but i was wondering something After I installed ram on my two compaq armada m700 laptops, something weird happen, first. the battery stopped working on both the armadas, computer finds the batteries, but when i unplug the power, it imediately shuts...

Hello to all How to enter on the bios when start up with compaq proliant 800. Nothing on compaq (hp) web site. Thanks in adavnce

Well, my mom comes home and dumps a Preasrio laptop on my desk and told me to fix it. The whole thing is hosed so I reformatted. There's no modem, and no NIC, and Compaq doesn't have the display drivers on its website. Where am I supposed to get them?

Hi There, I wonder if anyone can help me... I've got an old Deskpro and sometimes when I'm using it, the keyboard (and sometimes the mouse) freezes, the num-lock/caps-lock go out and there a loud, repetitive beeping from somewhere inside the machine. Usually, after a minute of so the beeping...

Guys, I have an old 7360 that I am trying to restore (or possible put Linux on it :). I ordered the 2 CD QuickRestore disks from Compaq, but they don't boot and there wasent a boot floppy in the package. The instructions say to boot into Windows, put in Disk #1, and hit ctrl-alt-delete...

I have a Compaq Presario 1200 1456VQLIN notebook that is having problems powering up. It will work occasionally, but most of the time not. When you plug the power supply into the notebook the power supply light will come on, but the battery light will not. I have been able to get it to power up,...

How do you remove the password at boot-up and how do you get into the bios on these laptops please. Bruce

I am trying to find out what cpu will work in this model. Right now it has an 800 mhz amd duron with 200mhz fsb. I beleive it can go as high as a 1.4 gig cpu but I am not sure if I should use a athlon or thunderbird chip. Any help would be appreciated.

I just bought an 802.11b multiport wireless lan for my Presario 1525US notebook, it was delivered today. In the instructional manual it says there are TWO different types of 'Network Modes': 1.) Peer 2 Peer or 2.) Base Station I don't understand which one I'm suppose to choose when running...

is it possible to set the parallel port to epp in these things? I can't seem to get into the bios to try it. Can you only get to the computer set up page? TIA Julz

I'm in the market for a new notebook and the Presario 2568AP would suit my purposes (I think)... I need the parallel port to be able to be set in BIOS to fully EPP Compliant to run some sound recording hardware (Soundscape) but no one (not even compaq/HP) seem to be able to tell me if it can! ...

Does anyone have a Presario 1800 laptop in the home or office? I just need the dimensions of the case. It would sure help if you could measure and post the dimensions here or email them to me. I have decided to make a dustcover for a laptop that is usually left open, and want to make one for this...

I have one of these Camaro motherboards (PWA-PWA),I am going to build up from scratch - 550MHz, Just cause I am board I guess. Anyway, is the floppy drive or any other components proprietary to Compaq? Or can I use any generic floppy drive?

Just got a Powerleap adapter (PL-iP3/T) + Celeron 1400 (Tualatin) package in the mail today, and found out it that it does indeed work in my Deskpro EN SFF. I wasn't sure it would, since Powerleap's compatibility database did not have a listing for this adapter on the SFF Deskpro. Quite an...

Currently, all slots filed with 128K sticks. Is this the max or can I use one of those adapters that lets you stack more than one chip in a memory slot?

When installing WIN 2000 on my Presario I (of course) lost my CD R/W software. The Compaq/HP web site are not wery informative and I wonder if really need to buy commercial software like Easy CD Creator. (That was the software that was pre-installed when I bought the PC) Any ideas on how to get a...

I have a heavily modified 5000US (replaced drive, filled ram, replaced chip, replaced videocard, etc) and would like to keep it for a while, but the power supply noise is killing me. It has this horrible whine to it. A quick look at it suggests its ATX sized, but can anyone confirm this? Yeah, I...

X-No-Archive: Yes Presario laptop 705US - I think that I bent a pin in my cardbus slot and I'd like to remove the case to get a clear shot at the connector to straighten the pin. I can't reach it from the outside. I am trying a T-8 (I think) Torx wrench on the case, but there are a few...