http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2785167311 Compaq Fibre Channel Connection Kit. This is new in the box and contains the two Fibre Channel patch cables, and two GBICs. The GBICs alone are worth allot of money. They are IBM Serial Optical Converters. (SOC-1063N PN 21H9872 ...

My daughter, who lives in a different town, was just given a used Presario 1247 Notebook. She is very much a newbie and would like to get a copy of the original instruction/installation/operating manual that probably came with the machine. I checked on-line at Compaq (HP) and have not found a...

I know this is an old post, but for any other readers, I just successfully installed w2k on a 1260, without any magic keypresses to disable ACPI.. every time a reboot happened I had to switch off the machine and let it cold-start, however, otherwise the screen would corrupt and the machine...

Hi all, Been offered a Presario 1260. Was wondering if it's possible to get the system to use more than 160MB - I know the limit is quoted everywhere on Compaq materials, but was wondering if it's an issue with official support, BIOS reporting (which you can force some OSs to ignore), or a...

A compaq presario 710us was only working with the ac. the battery seemed dead and would not charge. we purchased a brand new battery and it will not work. when the ac is plugged in the battery charge light blinks for a moment and the goes staedy orange. The laptop will boot up and run fine...

I am helping a friend who had a flat battery on a Presario 710us. We dropped in a new battery and the system sees the battery but is not charging it. The power meter shows 0% charge and 0% charging. Thanks

My daugther has a Compaq Presario R3000 notebook. It came with an integrated Broadcom based mini-pci wireless-G card. Because I use an Atheros based router (DLink Di-624) I would prefer an Atheros card. The speed is much higher when Atheros to Atheros rather than Broadcom to Atheros. I have...

Hi. I have just aquired a free 7350. It needs some TLC. I would like to know how to get to the BIOS setup. I have heard references to F10 at logo screen, but no logo screen appears on this one. The first thing I see at boot is 65XXXX free, then, "Starting Windows98". That's it. F10 doesn't do a...

Just having my very first hands-on with a Compaq 5070. OS (Win98) was full of holes, so time to use the Quick Restore disk. All went as planned right thru the final boot of the Windows. Only problem is the Win Explorer doesn't seem to be working. Click on "My Computer", or any of the desktop...

Have a Compaq deckpro EP/SB,win98,pentiumlll 600 megahertz,128 ram. Can anyone tell me about ram or a site that is eazy to understand about types of ram and how to buy. I have Belarc and showes 3 slots, 2 with 64 dimm. Do they need to be pc100?. I have 6 used computers i picked up and theres a...

hey there i am a very happy compaq customer after many years using dell. I only paid £999 at a local PC world, i would never usually buy from there as in the past they used to over price and sell trash, how PC world has changed over the 10 years. lol anyway, i managed to get a great bargin the...

Hi, I have a PIII 1GHz Compaq Deskpro EN (ENS/P1.0e/6/128cn). It's a Small Form Factor (SFF) type case, and the microATX boards that I thought might replace it don't seem to have things in the right place (if you know what I mean) to fit the case. I would like to upgrade this to a P4 motherboard...

Newbie at this and do not know how to buy a bigger drive. Compaq deckpro EP/SB,win98,pentiumlll 600 megahertz,128 ram,quantum fireball st3.2a (3.23GB) harddrive. Are drives all the same and fit any tower ?. Think i want about 40G. And if i replace the drive i have now how do i save whats on it...

Hi, The message ""msgsrv32 has caused and error in SETUPX.DLL" appeared last time I started my Compaq Presario 5000US with Win ME. I did a search on Google and someone mentioned Ctrl-D to get the details of the error message, but the computer did not response. Matter of fact, it did not response...

The documentation that comes with this, even on line, is laughable. 1) It has one 512MB module. Can I add a 256MB for a total of 768MB, or must I add a 512MB? 2) Will any DDR2 work, or is there something special required? Thanks.

A few questions any one know how to get into the bios setup for this pc? where can I down load any setup disks/drivers etc? anyone replaced the 1.2g processor with a faster one? This came with pc 100 memory, 100 mhz fsb, any one able to run it faster say 133 mhz fsb using pc133 memory?

I would like to increase my hard drive space on my 5bw284. What should I buy and where can I get it. Todd Smalley

I'm considering upgrading anything I can on an old Presario 4704. Any info on the motherboard type, what m/b would fit into the case , what I might need to consider in deciding to upgrade? I'd like to upgrade the motherboard, and the processor.

Hi, My name is Todd, and I have a used Compaq Armada 3500. A friend of mine gave it to me almost a year ago, and I have been using it for quite a lot ever since then. Just today, I was typing some papers this morning, and then I went to put it into Stand-By, but I didn't bother to see if it went...

I have a Compaq Presario 12XL401 Laptop, upgraded to WXP Home. Whenever I plug in my Linksys Wireless Internet card, it locks up the computer. Does anyone know how to fix this. Thanks