Hi all, remember my posting from 10.03.2003? I described there, that when starting the Aero it just counts the RAM and that´s it... Well I didn´t touch the Aero since them, and yesterday i turned it on and everythign worked! Strange. I really don´t understand this machine.......................

Guys look at this: http://ulihansen.kicks-ass.net/aero/server/index.htm

My friend has a Compaq desktop that has no USB. It's old and has a floppy drive and cd player, but not a cd burner. She wants to get files off the computer to send to someone else, but they don't have a floppy drive. Is there a product out there that she can get to make a USB attach to her computer...

I have a Compaq Plus with a floppy and hard drive. I have floppies and dos. I can't seem to get to the hard drive. Is there a special floppy I need to boot with? configuring the bios ? Thanks .

I am trying to get my sisters 700US laptop to turn on. There are no signs of life whatsoever. No lights anywhere, no fans... nothing. The power cord and supply are new and known to work. We do not know about the battery, even though the little window is at 100% on it. How can I get this bugger...

I am currently fixing a compaq for my sister and run into a problem. The drive was formatted with 2 partitions, one for OS and one for system recovery. I have put windows 2000 on the recovery partiton and it boots up fine. Now when I try and read the other partition, only some files/folders show...

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...

I have a Compaq 1200 laptop computer with Windows ME and the computer works fine, but there is cracks which formed on the outside cover near the hinges. This formed after a year of ownership and the computer was handled carefully. There is another compaq laptop at work which is newer, and...

Hi i need the cpqtag utility to change the miss match serial number of my new replacement motherboard. That cause waranty problem and hp service center is a long way from here. If anyone can help me reply please. Thank's of send the prog to my e-mail to

I have a Deskpro EN SFF P III 933MHz. Running XP Pro with 512mb RAM. When I do a bunch of CPU-intensive tasks, the CPU fan sounds like it ratchets up to a high-pitched whine that never goes away. I think I want to replace it, but the case size has be concerned. Is it a Socket 370 CPU? Does anyone...

In the 2 months I've had this laptop, I've NEVER heard of seen the little fan (located on the side of the upper left corner of the keyboard) run. The keyboard gets fairly warm, but even after using the laptop for an hour or so, the fan still hasn't kicked in. I did try poking it with a...

If this message has been previously posted, please excuse me. I've been looking for an answer to this dilemma for a couple weeks now. I have a Compaq Presario 2700US notebook that I purchased in November of 2001. It has a 1.0 gig cpu,and 384 mb RAM. No new hardware. The problem is that the...

Hi all, Recently I purchased an 850mhz (SL53L - 850/700mhz with speedstep) cpu for my laptop (three different technicians at Compaq assured me that my BIOS/Motherboard combo would accomodate this upgrade from 600mhz). I have several problems with the computer when running the new chip. First, the...

Hi all, after a bit of help. my dad has a Compaq Armada 110 with a Celeron 700 cpu (socket 370) (100 MHz bus). all the info we have found for the 110 shows that model could be shipped with a p3/cel 850. what we would like to know is will his computer take a P3 850 (socket 370) (100 MHz bus) chip?...

Can someone give me the lowdown on the CPU and heatsink in the Presario 5423US?Is it true that the heatsink is glued shut,and has a non-standard connector?I presently have a 1.6 Pentium 4,and I'll be damned if I'll pay over $800 for the 2.0 upgrade that Compaq wants,especially when a 2.4,which the...

Hi, I tried to find the CPUs the subject PC would support on the COMPAQ site. They played HIDE better than I played SEEK. Can anyone provide this info or a link to the page where its located? Thank You, in advance, for any help.

Can anybody help a newbie, to work out how to upgrade my AMD K6 380mhz? I have replaced the CPU with a AMD 500mhz but the computer still recognises it as a 380! The Bios is of no help, so are there any jumpers that need to be changed. Also what is the Max amount of RAM the computer will take and...

The 1610 laptop has an upgradeble cpu. Anyone know whats its upgradeble to? Currently it has a P150. Thanks Bob

I have a Compaq Presario S3300NX,1024 MB DDR PC3200 RAM,2-100GB Maxtor HD's,AGP NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256 MB video card. Today the system would not boot up.When powered on the monitor was black and the computer started to beep.I shut it down ,removed the cover and checked to make sure the memory and...

I see that Tom's Hardware has released it's annual CPU comparison list. If your wondering how they stack up side by side before you upgrade you might want to check it out. From my perspective the AMDs don't overclock as well as Intel's, but dollars to Mhz, they offer more bang for the buck. --...