Beginner question i guess : Is it possible to upgrade my videocard on my compaq armada 700 ? If yes where can i find a place to do it, is it easy to do alone ? thank you Julien

I have a Compaq Presario 4090us with Windows Xp.... the problem I am having lately involves scrolling through pages at a time in whatever program I am using at the moment.. whether it be microsoft word, Forte Agent, Eudora, Internet Explorer... all of a sudden the screen will drop to the...

Hi NG, I copy the original disk drive (IBM Travelstar IC25N030ATCS04-0) of the Evo N1020v to a second backup HDD (12GB) with Ghost 7.5. THe copy was made on a Compaq Armada E500, because I have an adapter for the second HDD. Booting of the copied HDD in the Evo failed! - I get only a blinking...

Hi, my notebook is labeled =844/25=93. nothing more. It has no PCMCIA, no trackball, no expansion port connector. It has: internal floppy, hard disk, color display, German keyboard. Finally, I am looking for infos about the parallel port. I want to=20 connect a Freecom PowerCD external CD-ROM...

I have just acquired an old Compaq Armada E500 notebook through work for free. The machine itself is in good working order but it has obviously been dropped as there is damage to one of the screen hinges and the power connector socket has snapped off. I'm not spending hundreds on a new...

Hi.. I have a Presario 7000US which came with a 1.2Ghz AMD Athlon Processor. The mainboard is a Compaq 062CH and I would like to upgrade to a faster CPU without changing the mainboard or anything else (if possible). Can anyone tell me, the largest CPU I can use with my existing system and which...

hello ppl, I have a compaq presario 1245 laptop (pentium2) and I used to be able to enter the euro sign by pressing the ctrl, alt and "5" keys at once, but now it doesn't work anymore. Any ideas on how to solve this or what the prblem might be? I am using windows ME. thanks in advance! E

I'm trying to help a neighbor get his Compaq Presario 5151 running. Will someone please tell me how to get into the setup screen. This is the first Compaq computer that I've tried working on. On most computers that I've worked on, hitting the F8 key or Del key on boot-up will get me into the...

Can someone help. I bought a Compaq Presario with the above DVD-R . I cannot seem to get the DVD-R to recognise recordable DVD media when trying to record to DVD. Thanks

can anyone tell me where I might be able to get some drivers for a Presario S4030NX. for the on board devices video, audio, also modem? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

anyone have one to dl or sell

I have a Compaq Presario 1525US notebook and I have a fan question. Not sure if I ever noticed this before lastnight but here goes. My damn fan is always coming on like every 5 minutes when the computer is just idle, not using it. No apps are open except the basics like my firewall...

Hi ! I have Compaq Presario notebook 9xx, can insert dvd burner (slim) in my notebook ? Thank's Powermax

Upgraded a Presario 4814 from Windows 95 to Windows 98. Everything works OK except there is no sound. Sound worked fine under Win 95. Any help would be appreciated. Location of drivers would also be appreciated. Hoby in Idaho please reply to the newsgroup

I have a Presario 5420US. At random times, the power shuts down, and the power light flashes. I can't find any sources on Compaq's website or any other website documenting anyone ever having this problem!!!!!!!!! Has anyone any ideas? I've eliminated the possibilty of power supply problems and...

Hiya Anyone know if the modem on a US imported Presario will work in the UK ? Regards Trev

Hi: I'm under the impression that my PC is not USB 2.0 compatible. Assuming I'm right, how does one upgrade USB? I'd like to be able to use an iPod as well as other stuff. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ok, here is what I want to do: you know that you can pick any web page for a home page in Internet Explorer or leave it blank. Well I want my hope page to be a picture on my hard drive. Is that possible? Whenever I open Internet Explorer I want a picture from the My Pictures folder to pop up. Can...

Hello, I have a old cumputer :compaq presario 2274. But I have I lost the Quick Restore CD. But today I need it ! Do you know where I can find it the net? Thank you.

Can anyone tell me what the Dip switches on the motherboard of the Presario 1270 are for? Thanks, Michael