I have a Compaq Presario 6000 here that I am working with and it only has 128mb ram ( I really thought the base systems had more than this) but that is what the system resources say. I cannot be sure that at one time this machine had more than this, just that this is what it has now. I also...

I need to put more memory in my Proliant ML330 server, but I want to shop around. The memory that is listed on the HP web site is $500, but I seem to find others under $100. Am I missing something important that would make the cheap ones unacceptable? The HP one is here...

Can I put my 1 GHz-100MHz Slot1 CPU in a Presario 5716, which is now equipped with a 450MHz-100MHz Slot1 CPU? SiSoft Sandra says the mobo is a VIA Apollo Pro. It seems, however, that this is no "official" VIA board. The North bridge(VT82C691) is the same as for Apollo Pro, but the South Bridge is...

Is someone here familiar with what is the difference between the original MSA1000 controller part number 218231-B21 and the newer version 218231-B22? Are there any reasons to avoid the older model? Are they functionally identical parts? -- Will

I want my AP400 Compaq Workstation to automaticaly turn on again after the power failure. Currently, when the power comes back, the computer does not start - even if it was running before the failure. I have to manually press the power button to start it again. I have read in the manuals that it...

Hi guys, I was wandering if someone can help me out here. I have a compaq presario 900z laptop and course of time it has some dirt in the keyboard. I would like to remove the keys and clean it. Is it possible to do this? Thanks a lot!!!!.

My son's W98 Pavilion computer just went totally dead, it won't turn on, nothing happens. My first guess is the power supply, because the power supply fan had been extremely noisy recently and cleaning it didn't help. I've got a multimeter around here somewhere and suppose I can figure out how to...

I'm looking for a storage consultant in the South San Francisco Bay Area to do occasional short jobs testing storage arrays, bringing them up to latest firmware, etc. I'm very flexible on hours, and this could even be done by someone with a regular job during off hours. Time would not exceed...

Hi, Someone in this group gave me some good instruction on upgrading the Armada 1750 that someone had given me. I upgraded the memory and now have 192 mb. That was easy, but I'm not confident enough in getting the right hard drive, say from eBay, or elsewhere because I'm not familiar with...

windows xp pro manualy installed on this machine which went badly wrong....in the process the user partition was formatted..... pressing f10 now won't start the restore procedure from the hard disk...the resovery partition is still there but files there are hidden so i cant see what is...

I have a Compaq 5430 US with a geforce 4400ti graphics card and tried to upgrade to a geforce 6200 256 AGP. The card and drivers work but I get a 101- Option ROM Checksum Error (Add -in card not working properly) error upon bootup. I have the default 5430US motherboard, and a 250Watt power supply...

Greetings all. I am wanting to know if anyone in this NG has had any experience, positive or negative, with the Compaq Presario V2405US Widescreen Notebook. I have found this particular model offered at a local Office Depot for $549.99 (with NO rebate) and am wondering if this is a good investment...

hello i intend to install an ethernet card 10/100 on my 7474 running under windows ME , in order to connect my PC to a cable modem. apparently some cards are not compatible with the 7474. which type of card made by Netgear, 3com or other would be convenient ? thanks for your advice martin

I have a five year old Compaq Presario 5000 Series desk top. The floppy drive is screwed up. I want to turn the floppy completely off. I don't want Windows or whatever to check the floppy drive when I start it up. So, how do I go about this? Do I need to access the bios? How do I do that? ...

Hi, I have a big problem with my Compaq Presario R3000 laptop. First when I bought it, it worked perfectly. Then after few months, it started to shut off by itself without giving a warning or anything. It was happening everytime (or nearly everytime) I opened a program: excel, word, MSN, Mozilla,...

Hi, The problem with the LCD on my Presario 2100 is that it has a lot of green color. Apparently my display can’t show some color(s) and instead it’s showing green. It’s not like the display has stable patches that are green or green pixel/lines. As the picture on the display moves the green parts...

Hi I was given an old presario 1600s which was in a terrible state so I decided to wipe it clean and start again with just windows 98se using the cab files on the computer. Only windows 98se is re installed except for the sound driver which I and the computer cannot find. Any ideas? I do not...

Whenever I turn on my computer, I can here the hard drive running but the LCD stays black. I ordered a new hard drive because I wanted more space anyway and thought it might help the problem. It didn't. What's up with my computer? Thanks.

i have a old compaq uwave motherboard spinoff from the fic az11when i install my agp card i get a blank screen after running everest and wincpuid they both told me my agp was disabled ive upgraded to the latest bios from compaq but theres no options to set agp to primary or to enable or disable it....

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...