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power supply..... by bob brozewicz
hi all, can anyone tell me the name of a 350 watt power supply that is compatible with a compac presario 5000. i have an antec 350 watt power in my intel/gateway pc. i was going to but this same one for my kids presario 500 and was told by antec that it will not work in a comapq. antec is not...
December 17th 04 05:47 PM
by Gojira Go to last post
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Presario 2701US overheating, heatsink and fan problems by Bob Fleischer
I have a year and a half old Presario 2701US laptop running Windows XP Home. Over the past few weeks the system has been just shutting down (needing a complete reboot) with increasing frequency. It got to the point where I could rarely get it to start up completely, and doing something...
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August 14th 03 01:53 PM
by Bob Fleischer Go to last post
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SHUTDOWN problems? by Bob G.
I have been having problems with my desktop a Presario 54200nx refusing to shut down for about 6 months now.... And yesterday and again today my laptop (Presario 2900us) also refused to shut down... BOTH will hibrinate or go on standby.... but will not shut down... Going into DOS ... and typing...
January 20th 05 10:23 PM
by Bob G. Go to last post
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7596 refuses to boot... by Bob G.
I have an old Compaq (7596) that until yesterday evening worked fine BUT I have noticed that the floppy dirve was making some strange sounds the last few days.... Anyhow now the word compaq flashes on the screen and I get a blinking white mark on the top left of the screen and thats as far as...
December 31st 04 04:55 PM
by Patscga Go to last post
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Compaq 12XL401 Touchpad Problem by Bob Johns
Friend of my wife brought over her older notebook where the touchpad no longer works. It seems her husband installed an external USB mouse and since the touchpad stopped working. Anyway I have tried all I know - which is not much... :-). The machine is running WinME. Under device drivers the...
April 21st 04 11:21 PM
by Bob Johns Go to last post
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Presario 5000 RAM by Bob Levine
I've got a neighbor who owns a Presario 5000, model 5003US. I just upgraded the machine to XP from ME with a clean install. Runs much better now, but he also bought a 128 meg PNY memory module for it at Staples to upgrade the RAM from 128 to 256. When I installed it, the machine started to boot...
October 22nd 04 10:31 PM
by Bob Levine Go to last post
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Some DVDs Won't play by Bob Newman
I have 2 Compaq computers (desktop & laptop) the DVD players usually work fine. Occasionally when I try & play a DVD I get an error message saying no compatible DVD player is found. It does it on either machine but plays fine on a stand alone DVD player. Some main stream movies have done this. ...
March 12th 05 06:12 PM
by skydiver Go to last post
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Can't get on the web by Bob Newman
I have a Compaq laptop (R3120US) with a high speed wireless connection. XP says I have an excellent signal and am logged on. When I start IE6, OE6 (for newsgroups), or Outlook2000 that all tell me they can't connect. Any ideas? PS I'm sure this has something to do with it (can't be a...
October 28th 04 10:53 PM
by Patscga Go to last post
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Upgrade Laptop to XP Pro? by Bob Newman
I have a Compaq R3120US that came with XP Home. I already own the XP Pro upgrade and would like to install it on the laptop. Compaq says I can't do it because the drivers they provide are for XP Home only. Is their claim possible? Thanks in advance... Bob
October 13th 04 01:54 PM
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Could this be a virus? by Bob Newman
I have a Compaq laptop and about every 10 minutes or so the NUM LOCK button turns itself on and I have to manually shut it off. Also, I have an external keyboard hooked-up to the laptop and the NUM LOCK key on it does the same thing. I it does it periodically even if no keys were touched. I am...
September 17th 04 11:53 AM
by HH Go to last post
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R3120US Question by Bob Newman
Anyone familiar with this laptop, I'm considering the purchase. Price/value seems to be pretty good. Any comments on the units speed (I have a 3 yr. old 1.2 Ghz desktop now) and battery life? General impressions? -- Thanks in advance... Bob
May 26th 04 10:25 PM
by Tweek Go to last post
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F10 Diagnostics by bobG
"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message ... sure... at about 12KBps... running those tools from floppy is a nightmare. Great advice, there champ. Original Poster, Make sure that your dive does not have ANY partitions...
April 1st 04 11:49 PM
by bobG Go to last post
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Compaq Presario 5204 maximum upgrade by bobodeb
Hello, I bought my computer in 99, it came with a 4gb HD, by Maxtor, a k6-2 350 mhz processor, and 64mb of memory, I have just purchased a K6-2 550 mhz processor and am looking at a Maxtor 20gb ide HD, will my present system board a socket 7 be ok or should I replace it with a super 7 for the new...
February 23rd 05 02:11 PM
by HH Go to last post
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wireless connection by BobT
Hi .. I have an internal wireless connection. Lately, occasionally, it disconnects for 10 or 15 minutes and then reconnects. Is this the computer or the router? When its disconnected I can plug the laptop into a hard wire and it works fine. Then a while later the wireless connection starts...
April 30th 04 01:59 AM
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Can I add a 160Gb harddrive? by Boenospam
to a 7000US system and of course get the full 160Gb (beyond the 137Gb 37 bit limit)? I understand a system needs to have LBA Addressing support, but I cannot determine if mine has that or not. I've looked at all the diagnostic reporting tools I could find and went through all the BIOS settings...
August 24th 04 12:55 PM
by DEJ57 Go to last post
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Presario 2700 (2701US) Wont Start!! by [email protected]
I have a Presario 2700 series that my uncle said he couldnt get to start up. I plugged in the cord and the when i press the power button the two leds on the Right side blink green and shut off and a Orange LED on the right side near the mouse pad with a Battery Icon symbol flashes for about 2...
June 4th 06 01:54 AM
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ENS P450 by Bolooser10
Good evening, My neighbor heard me coming in and she came out saying : " Hey, how are you ? I've got this old machine I'd like to fix and don't know how to do it, just to do some internet and games ..." I thought " ???" I said : " Why not, sure, I like old computers and smiled ;-) (I'm single) So I...
September 17th 06 09:07 PM
by Bolooser10 Go to last post
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Notebook Presario X1000 by Bolooser11
Good day, I want to install Win ME on this machine for a friend of mine and found, I think, all the drivers I need (inf, sound, video). The last thing is the 15.4 " WXGA screen which I cannot find any driver for and which I don't know if it will be supported by ME or not. Any help would be greatly...
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June 13th 04 07:38 PM
by Bolooser11 Go to last post
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Compaq S6020wm modem problems by Bond 007
Anyone else had problems with this modem being very slow (Agere Win Modem)and have latest drivers installed? Anyone have any idea's to help me out? Thanks for any help
April 9th 04 04:15 PM
by Quaoar Go to last post
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compaq notebook battery button by boon
I bought a cheap compaq notebook second hand. What is the purpose of what looks like a meter with 25 50 75 100 and the button underneath it on the bottom of the battery with an LED?
February 12th 04 05:18 AM
by Ronald Griffing Go to last post
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