Does anyone have one of these vintage Presario's currently running? I have one that will not post. I have run through the options of taking all the cards out, swapping ram, checking the power supply, etc..and am now suspecting either the CPU (Athlon 900MHZ) or the motherboard. I would like to...

The hard drives are probably compatible. It depends on what the motherboard and bios will recognize (look in your bios). Windows XP machines probably accept up to 120GB hard drives without a problem. Older machines, maybe not. I had a W98se HP Pavilion purchased in 1999 that would only recognize up...

Hello- I have a Compaq Presario 1525US notebook that has a slot/compartment on the right/bottom side of the notebook lid that supports a wireless network card...instead of having to use your PCMCIA slot. If you are confused you can check out the following...

Well looks like I am out of luck. Compaq is refusing to replace the item for me so I have to buy it all over again. For some reason nobody at Compaq knows how I can order this yet it is listed right on their website on hpshopping.com. I can order it from their website but I have to use a credit...

HH Wrote: You got Fast Page Mode SIMMs, right? Not EDO. 8MB of EDO is soldered on the motherboard, but the added SIMMs must be Fast Page Mode RAM. Did you try reseating the new SIMMs? Try just 2 of them? HH "The Ghost" wrote in message ...

thank you for your input on the parts my daughter was very excited that we could do this on Her pc . i spent the 30 bucks to get a 166 intel chip and 4 32meg sticks of memory from http://www.isellsurplus.com/ . i need to get thermal compound before i can add the 166 , but the memory is causing a...

My Compaq Presario 7360 running Win98se crashed. I wouldn't start in SAFE MODE. I kept getting the no O/S on any system. I went through all 3 Start Up Options on the Boot Disk. Went through everything in the Help Menu. ie SYS C: and SCANDISK, and SCANDISK /ALL and SCANDISK /ALL...

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Want to buy the follwing processors Xeon 700 Mhz 1 Mb cache 5/12 V sl4xv / sl49q ( 174448-b21 ) any brand Xeon 700 Mhz 2 Mb cache 5/12 V sl49s / sl4xx ( 174449-b21 ) any brand Xeon 900 Mhz 2 Mb cache 5/12 V sl4xz ( 222627-b21 ) any brand Xeon Dp 2.0 Ghz 400 FBS sl6em ( or any other step ) Xeon Dp...

Hello THe I have a Presario 1247 laptop which I believe it has a Trident Cyberblade 3d graphic card. I cannot find a driver for either windows 98 or Me. Any help in the subject would be appreciated. Thank you,

that you folks here provided me over the past few weeks to help with an upgrade to my kids compaq pc. id really like to say thank you to everyone for the outstanding help provided to me. all the answers were very helpful. the upgrade went very smoothly. i had one minor issue with no video being...

I have a Compaq Presario 5000, with the original mother board that came with it. Also, I just got a brand new Seagate 40 GB Barracuda ATA HD. So, I don't know if my problem is the HD or the mother board Since I was having problems getting the computer to boot (problem that originated with a nasty...

Anyone here have any suggestions on this? It has already been suggested that the CMOS battery might be dead, but it appears to hold the correct date and time. Additionally, can anyone think of a way to automatically include them in post to this group and their post from that group in this one? ...

I just reinstalled my Compaq XP Home op system on a new hard drive on my Compaq Presario, a fairly recent model purchased last year. Then I installed all of the updates which have been published at the HP website, then SP2, and finally the latest windows updates. All seems OK, but somehow in...

Somehow, I mis-placed my power adaptor for my notebook. When trying to replace it, I only find the HWP/CPQ model at $70.00 (plus shipping) direct from HWP. If I knew the output voltage and amperage..I'm hoping I could buy one I see on the net for $25.00 or less. Can anyone help with the power...

Minulta on monelta suunnalta tiedusteltu, että ketkä on ne asiattomuuksia tänne nettiin kirjoittavat kaverit, joista on tullut valtavasti valituksia heidän ökyillessään asiattomia ydinaiheisia materiaalejaan tänne? No koska olen asian aina tienyt, niin voin kysyjille valaista pikkasen. Eli kyse on...

I plan to install a new Maxtor 80G HD as a second drive in my Compaq Presario 5000T Tuesday afternoon. I plan to use the Maxtor install software that came with the drive since my Partition Magic is long out of date - I hope I can use it to make multiple partitions. Anything I should plan ahead for...

All of a sudden when I remove the AC cord from the computer it goes dead instantly. I bought a new battery thinking that may be the problem but still the same. The charge light stays on and when I click on the AC icon it says charging 68% with one battery and 98% with the other but it never goes...

Hi there, Anyone tell me please what keys (or combination) to press to enter the bios on a Compaq Presario 8714, the F10 key didn't work .... Again thanks --

hi everyone, I got an old Deskpro4000. The system is not booting from CD and I want to change that to install an new OS. With which keys can I enter the BIOS setup? I tried all F-keys but no key is getting me into the BIOS. I hope some smart brain can help me.