Hi everyone, This might sound like a strange request, but I am looking for a couple of keyboard keys for a compaq laptop. The usual, I rang Compaq spare parts and was informed that I needed to get the whole keyboard ( $50.00) I was told also I would have to get someone to put it in.. I guess it is...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if this newsgroup has an archive.. If it does where do I go to find it? regards Felicity

Hi, Is it possible to replace a CDRom in a laptop with a CDRW?, and where can you get one from if you can.. Many thanks Flic

Anyone really good with Windows XP professional? I am not, having only been using it for a few weeks. However my laptop(compaq) normally opens to the desktop. The other day, being stupid ( I am being that alot lately) I was fiddling with something in Windows and the next time I turned on the laptop...

Hi Wanting to Buy: recovery disks for a Compaq 800AP notebook, copies will do unless someone says they won't! regards felicity

Okay, I have this Compaq notebook 800, it just wont start! I dont remember doing anything to it. any help, appreciated thanks felicity

The Presario m2007us is on sale by me. Looking to buy a laptop for my college bound child. Any thoughts on this model with the following specs? It does not say it has a wirless card but is that not a given since it has the Centrino Technology? Presario m2007us Notebook, Intel Pentium M...

Other than the slot on the bottom under the dvd (where I put a 128b sodimm, are there any internal slots? TIA

hi i just bought a compaq armada 4150 off ebay. i was wondering how i would go about installing windows xp on it. :? i currently have a 6gb hard drive (crappy, i know). would upgrading to 20gb get the job done? thanks. ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to...

Hello, I am a very new owner of a Compaq 2178 laptop which on the case is named as a Presario 2100. Is this normal? Also when the battery is fully charged does it go on cooking (or over charging) by being connected to the mains? Would it be best once the battery is charged up to remove it and just...

I have a Compaq 5204, went to format the drive and it would not let me do both partitions, so i hooked the drive up to my other computer and formated the second partition. now i cant get the computer to boot from cd, trying to install windows xp on the machine. Any ideas of how to get the computer...

I have an old Deskpro 4000 (5133) and I'm wondering if a PCI USB adapter will work in this machine. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

Ben Myers Wrote: Not exactly a governor. We have a governor in Massachusetts to limit the speed of OUR progress. The motherboard BIOS has a built-in limitation on hard disk capacity, just like the BIOSes of motherboards before and motherboards of the future. They all have some sort...

terry_b17 Wrote: hi, try using western digital data lifeguard to fdisk and format the drive if you didn't get a cd with the drive you can download the utility at http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n hope this helps , terry

Quaoar Wrote: You were creating a Primary DOS partition? The last step is Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a primary DOS partition and make the partition active (Y/N) What did you choose? Q Well if you choose no, it asks you how much you want use for primary.

Hello Wow, where has this website been? So glad I found it! I am having some problems with a Compaq Presario 7QSM11 (7000z series), Windows ME OS. Its my sisters computer and she brought it to me with a dead hard drive. I picked up a new WD 120GB Caviar (old drive was a WD 60GB). Set the jumpers...

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Following the great post on the original HTFC bb forum on the presario 2100's common DC Power Jack fault i managed to completely dismantle my wifes laptop to find that as with most people the middle pin from the jack was loose. I cleaned 2 of the pins up and resoldered them and reassembled...

Where can I find (download) a setup disk for a Presario 2254?

Hi All The Screen Light On My ipaq 3870 Will Not Brighten Any Info Please Regards JB