Has anyone had any experience ghosting laptops. I want to use one image for several Compaq nc8000's. I thought I had an adapter that you could use to slave a hard drive to a desktop computer and ghost that way, but the connection was not right. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it...

I've got an old Compaq Deskpro 66M that I received in January 1993. It does not seem to allow for booting from CD-ROM. OK, that's fine. When did Compaq first release systems that could boot from CD-ROM? -- http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.

Hi, a friend of mine installed/uninstalled a Dazzle flash card reader in his Presario a while back, and ever since, the DVD drive won't play DVDs. No clue if the two things have anything to do with each other. Audio CDs play fine in the drive, data cds work, but the DVDs go to a black screen and...

Hello, can I install Windows 3.11 beside Windows 95b on this machine? How to do it? I want to be able to choose the OS from a bootmenue. Is this possible? The reason why i want to use Win 3.11 here, is that someone on the net told me that i can increase the operating-time. (Win 3.x consumes less...

Presario 5690 parts needed. Button board for front panel. Board No. 008308-001 Rev A, Assy No. 008306-001 Rev. Green circuit board 2 3/8 in width, 1 2/8 in high, three green lights, one button mechanism. Small connector on back side. Also need plastic button fixture for front panel that matches...

I bought one of thse computers as a spare and not now it is giving me a wierd problem.. I restored everything and it worked great for two days. I come up to the black screen and wants to restore it again. So I restore it. Everything is greast for a couple of days and then it comes up to the...

I bought the wrong memory on ebay. I got single sided 4 chip 128MB SODIMM instead of the low density 8 chip SODIMM. I tried installing it anyways figuring it's ok if it only recognized half the memory. It hung on the initial boot up after the install. My presario 1277 won't boot up any more. It...

Hello, I have a 12XL510 running ME, approx. 3 years old. Lately I can use it for 15-20 minutes and the screen fades to snow and machine locks up. It will come back for a few seconds once or twice, then permanent freeze. Only way to clear it is shutting down using power button, then wait a few...

I have a Presario 7PL290 that will not boot. It started off freezing up after a few minutes of running ME. After powering it off it would boot back up and immediately lockup again. Now it will not even boot to the first screen. All fans are running, the harddrive clicks for about two seconds...

Helpful Links: For drivers, software, manuals/docs http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/ For Quickrestore CDs: http://qrcons.orderz.com/page1.asp For Compaq spare parts http://vztxesppro3.cce.hp.com/hpparts/Default.asp?mscssid=035V7F6T9K0U9JCT3BQC64L4GC57AGB1

I am trying to help my daugther's nanny by upgrading her Presario to something better. I need to find out more details about the motherboard configuration but cannot find it anywhere, and compaq's website does not list that info. Basically, I need to know the fastest processor the mobo will...

I have this laptop with this card and if I try to download files of any size, it resets the card at the same exact point everytime time. This only happens under WindowsXP, it's find under Windows 2000 and Linux. Has anybody else seen this behavior? Jason

Hi! Does someone know why the file CPQDFWAG.exe is started automatically? It takes 48Mb on my notebook. TIA Fredrik

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...

I have tried a number of memory sticks in my Presario 4540 and the only one that works is the original Compaq memory supplied with it. But who can live with 32mb? Help! Does only Compaq memory work in this thing? Thanks -- Michael Abraham Toronto, Ontario Canada (416) 654-2272

Hi, A friends PC has got trashed and I am unable to install windows again. before I use the Restore CD I need to backup their data. Tried Laplink in DOS but this will not work. Compaq support suggested that I install another HD with an O/S on it and copy that way, but will not tell me how the...

Necesito saber si alguien tiene o de donde puedo obtener el disco de booteo del Presario 5220. El problema que tengo es que no puedo formatear el pc sin el disco de boot de este. Existe alguno standard???. Por favor, si alguien sabe de esto le agradecería muchisimo. Gracias ......

I have an Armada M700 with Win 2000. The built into the screen microphone doesn't seem to do anything: if I try to record, the sound recorder utility's "virbrating line" remains dead throughout the test. If, on the other hand, I use an external mic, it all works well. No volume controls are muted...

Hi to All, I have question what is maxium size od the HDD for Comapq Armada 1520 with the latest BIOS update from the year 1999. Does it fit any standard HDD drive or do i need to look for some special ones? Kind regards to all! max

My keyboard repeat delay is either too fast or too slow. The settings available via Control Panel, Keyboard don't give the delay I need. If I select the fastest speed (i.e. no delay), that's too fast because I get skips (unwanted spaces) when I'm doing ordinary typing. If I set the slider one notch...