I've got a Presario 5008sr and I just added a dvd/cd burner. The player seems to work ok and the reader loaded the software fine but when I tried to burn a short dvd with some clips I had it ended in error. I also added 256 memory to the 128 that I already had. I was using Nero 3 that came with...

Have Compaq 5868, Windows 98. Came with Just Burn and works fine with CD-Rs. Purchased Memorex CD-RWs and everytime I put the cd in the drive and close the drive it makes a clicking sound about every 4 seconds. And that is all that it does. It doesn't write anything. Sometime in the past...

I need an AGP slot for my video card. Do compaqs all have AGP video card slots? http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CC2440-4 Thanks for your help

Gday All I am about to buy a Compaq Evo N160. I am just curious to know if there are any known problems with this model ?? Thanks for all your Help Mucko

I want to upgrade the video card in my Presario 5BW120, however, I have baffled by the cards available. From the specs on my machine, it states that it doesn't have any AGP slots, however, all the cards I am looking at have the following: Compatible Slots 1 x AGP Am I able to get video cards...

can anybody tell me how to bypass the compaq splash at post?? i have a machine here for service that some bright spark built up using a compaq mobo ...i have no idea what compaq model it is from...there are no options to disable onboard sound or video in bios...and no indication whatsoever of...

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.

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

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...

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...

I am looking for a cable ribbon VGA for a Compaq Presario 1200 computer (for the integrated screen LCD) Thanks, Henri

I just purchased an SR2050NX. Thing look OK so far. I do have a question. I would like to install an additional hard drive to write backups to. I would like to use an EIDE drive because they are cheap. Best buy has a Seagate 120Gb drive for $50 this week. Speed is not an issue, since it will...

I've been trying to call 800-652-6672 for about a week now. After listening to about 5 minutes of prompts and information about the blaster virus, I go into the support queue and am disconnected after about a minute. I need to get in touch with Compaq ASAP to order a quick restore CD. I've...

I have a older compaq presario 7360 and recently I had to do quick restore from the CD Compaq sent me . I have no sound and I get nothing when I click on anything except run.Nothing opens. Can anyone help me PLEASE??? I am running win98. Ron

to a 7000US system and of course get the full 160Gb (beyond the 137Gb 37 bit limit)? I understand a system needs to have LBA Addressing support, but I cannot determine if mine has that or not. I've looked at all the diagnostic reporting tools I could find and went through all the BIOS settings...

I got a "good" deal on a Armada 1130T from the Goodwill, but there is a power-on password that I cannot seem to get around. I have tried removing CMOS and main batteries for extended periods, but that leads me back to the password screen. I can boot with a floppy to an A: prompt, but it seems...

A friend has a Presario 5630. I am trying to d/l it for her but don't have her serial number. I am trying to get a hold of her to get it. In the mean time, are there alternative locations other than http://www.dewaldsr.com ? I can't get enough bandwidth there. TIA Dr....

without losing all of my other programs/software? i have a damaged win.ini file (on boot up Windows tells me to reinstall Win98SE) and my Canon BJC-2100 printer will not work-error-cannot communicate with lpt1 port. I really do not want to have to lose everything and do a "system restore" as I...

Hi, I know next to nothing about hardware and drivers, so forgive any ignorance that comes across... I recently 'clean' installed Windows 2000 over my Win 98 Presario (5446). The installation I'm using at the minute is actually the third in 2 weeks, so I don't want to to do anything that will...

Hello, I have a Compaq Persario 5009R with an AMD Athlon 900MHZ. I have read in places I can upgrade it all the way up to 1400MHZ. My question is what do I need for the upgrade? The BIOS doesn't have any CPU settings, nor the MOBO has jumpers, and not much documentation on the net. THanks for any...