I have two computers on a 4 port (wired) router through a cable modem. The Presario 6420 will not maintain broadband connection if left idle, and sometimes even while surfing. The other system, a homebuilt, never loses connection through the same network. Any suggestions?

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...

Hello ! I'm trying to find an old Compaq Deskpro system. I think the model is Deskpro 5/60M Deskpro 5/66M XE 560 or similar Compaq with a Pentium 60 or 66 MHz CPU inside.

Is it possible to installa video caed in my preserio S4000nx? It has on board sound and on board video I have an extra card from an old computer but I dont see a slot where it will fit. Any comments will be appreciated . Thanks

bonjour, je souhaite installer une carte ethernet 10/100 sur mon Compaq 7474 acheté en 2000, pour pouvoir me brancher sur ADSL. quel marque et type de carte me recommendez vous ? merci pour votre réponse michel

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

Ive tried using the alt key followed by 3 digit numbers to type foreign characters while im writing, but it doesn't seem to work at all, even using 4 digit codes too. Ive put my num lock on and it still wont work. I don't have a seperate number key pad to the right, so I worry if thats why, but...

I have a presario 2200 laptop, 2months old, it will after being off a night reset the time to 12 am jan 1 2004. does this unit have a cmos battery or is the time onboard a chip. it certainly is too soon for a battery to fail. any other reasons for such a failure, the battery is kept...

Is this faster than a Pentium 2 equivalent at 3.2GHZ? - http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8adrh/news.html (profile) --Tim923 My email is valid.

I have a Maxtor model 90650U2 hard drive (6.4 GB) that I think has a defective logic board. This HD was used in a Compaq computer, and I think the parameters are slightly different from a standard Maxtor HD of this model. Listed below are the specs: CHS are listed as 13328-15-63 on the...

Recently purchased a Compaq 1700 Presario laptop used. When went to Compaq site to look up information on unit since came without books etc. there are multiple models listed. Unit has a 900 MHz Pentium III processor and win 98se running with 256 of ram and a 6 gig hd cannot read model or sn on...

I need more HD space and wanted to know whether I could delete the System_sav partition on my compaq and have no problems LATER considering that: 1) I am running Win XP and have my disc for reinstalltion 2) I hate ME and dont ever want to use it again Now If I run into trouble down the line, and...

System locks up after 20minutes to 2 hours if you run graphic related programs. Even the slide show in My Pictures. It will lock up on about anything but much quicker if running graphics. My son thought it was the graphics card he added so I took it out and ran the embbed board with the same...

I upgraded a Presario 1275 to W2K to get a wireless card to work. Windows found the correct display driver, and I manually installed drivers for the Easy Access keyboard and Synaptic touchpad. Per Compaq, I set the monitor to a standard 800x600 display. So far, so good. All of the Fn keys work...

Anyone know if the above is an NLX card that will fit into a Deskpro EN / anyone have one or something better NLX form factor that they could send me for max £ 4 to a UK postcode. -- And to all those opposed... Hmm...well *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com ***

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

I have a Presario 8000T and wanted to move the drive to my Promise controller. I first installed the controller and the drivers for it in Windows XP. I then moved the drive from the onboard IDE to the Promise card. The card is detected correctly in the BIOS. When booting to the hard drive the...

Hello again, I choosed the model above and i am suposed to buy it. The specs are the ones I need for my purpose. Is this a good machine and recomendable? Any experiences in the daily work life with it? Thanks! European

I'm getting ready to upgrade the memory in a Presario 5660 from 128 to 384. The system hasn't been formatted since it was purchased in December 1998. The system has Win98 on it now, but I will be upgrading it to XP. I will upgrade the BIOS, then format everything. I've formatted quite a few...

Hi gang, A guy at work has a Compaq Presario (possibly a 2247) and he's looking to upgrade the memory. Will a standard single side 128mb SDRAM do the job or does this use special memory? Ta in advance, SODA