How can I stop the mail and constant hard drive activity? Everytime the Presario 5170, running Windows 98 is booted up, the computer tries to send an email. I can see this activity on my router's log file. No mail programs are running. Nothing is queued to be sent. This began yesterday, (I think,...

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LMAO, I didn't think message forum boards could get confusing but geeze, they should win a prize for theirs. Why don't they have regular forum designs like any other website has that has forums? Whom can you suggest this to over at compaq.com?

Hi, I recently inherited a Compaq LTE 5380 laptop (old I know but it does the job I want it for), when I got it, the battery was charged to 100%. Great, lasted the full charge time OK. When I go to charge it now, it says "Battery 6%, Charging" - and doesn't move. The 6% charge doesn't have...

Does anyone know how much hard drive space the bios in this puppy can address? The standard disk is 255MB, a bit too small for my needs. I am thinking to put in a 6GB if the bios is up to at least seeing half of it. Thanks in advance.

HI I have a 5240 that I would like to upgrade with a low power version of a k6 III . Does anyone one know how to set the CPU voltage on this motherboard ? I have not been able to find and jumpers with lables for CPU voltage. thanks in advance, mpm

Does anyone know which motherboard is used in this box? And if going from a single stick of RAM (512) to 2 sticks will boost the performance? Other than keeping out of swapspace? Running WinXP-Home. Thanks!

COMPAQ PRESARIO 5320US 20 or 24 pin PS?

Compaq Armada 1700 4gb HD I have run scandisk with MS-dos 6.2 and no errors have been found on the HD. I have Fdisked and formated the harddrive, was told to SYS C: it too, but am unable to install Win98, the boot disk loads, it gets to "copying files needed for windows setup". "Please remove...

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...

I have tried to boot into Windows Me on my 1200 presario laptop without luck. I keep getting the message that the registry can't be found. I tried the recovery CD which came with the laptop, but it don't work as expected. My IBM desktop came with a similar cd, and it works as expected to erase the...

all attempts to turn on my 2 1/2 year old Pressario 6010US result only in blinking red led. Replaced lithium ion battery on motherboard (is this the cmos battery?) but still no start. tried different outlets, etc. but no go. problem occurred out of the blue. any suggestions?

Hello, Using my 4/66 as server , I'd like tu remove everything not useful:mouse,keyboard and screen. For mouse and screen , it works , but by removing keyboard , I get an error message. What can I do? -- Emmanuel - http://ebgy.free.fr

Hello, Machine is Compaq 2570US, P4 XP Pro. Started up other day with error messages from ZA and Palm Hotsync "failed to initialize", then "NAV auto-protect encountering problem and needs to close". That day I had DL'd ZA 5 update, also Live update for NAV. Now I can't access Internet most of the...

Someone gave me a compaq computer. I think it's a compaq 5340, not sure of that model number, but it's got a 400mhz processor with 3D Now. Can someone please tell me how I can get to the bios screen? I've tried F1, but it doesn't take me to setup/bios screen. And what's 3D Now? The graphics on...

Hi all, I need to get a new computer and am looking for something decent, but inexpensive. I know there's trade offs involved. I read the reviews of the eMachines T3085 which costs $670 before a $50 rebate. At staples the other day, I saw the Compaq Presario SR1030NX ($665 before $50...

Hi All, I've just bought a new PCI IDE controller card in order to skip the 8GB limit on the size of my hard drive. Unfortunately the card is not recognised. It doesn't show up in the device list in the Compaq BIOS :-( (I've tried it in two different PCI slots) Any ideas why? My computer is a:...

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Does anyone know where I can view GOOD images of both of these models on the net? I don't know what Compaq's problem is but for some reason they still don't get the fact that people want to see detailed pictures before they spend thousands of dollars on a computer. I can't find either model in...

I have a Compaq Presario 732us Notebook computer....I'm trying to restore back to original. The battery is bad but I can run it plugged into the wall outlet. I have been able to get all 3 of the restore cd's installed...but computer is very slow. I have yet to install Applications/Drivers cd's. If...