This is a post to document problems I had installing Windows XP on an old Compaq Presario 7461 (but probably applies to other models). 1. Install Windows XP goes through first stage (copy from CD to hard-disk) the fails to reboot. Basically both the hard-drive and the CD-ROM were wired to the...

I am looking for drivers for a compaq SD-612B DVD-ROM for Windows ME. I have looked in a number of driver sites and also the Compaq website. The only driver I can find is for XP. if anyone knows where it find this I would be grateful. Papa

Hi all. Anyone know how to open up an Armada 1520d so I can change the fan? Regards Jonas B

I'm the lucky (?) owner of one of these units. AFAIK, it didn't come with a 5.25 floppy installed. But I need to install one to read some 1.2 mb floppies I have. I've got a floppy, but I need a mounting kit. Does anyone know where I might try to find a kit? An antique Compaq club or antique...

Hi, I have an *old* Compaq LTE 5280 that I'm trying to set up for a friend. Nothing fancy...load up 95 or 98 and get it on the net. (preferably 98 so I don't have to worry about partition size issues) This laptop has interchangeable floppy and CD-ROM drives. I can only have one in at a time....

Hi, I have a Presario 80XL4 laptop and it's time to switch out the hard drive. I just got a 40 gig hd but the auto-detect stalls during boot. I thought it might be the BIOS but it turns out the latest update is March 2001 and the laptop already has it. Is there a size limit? The unit comes with...

Yes there is a cmos battery and it surely does sound like it's dead. KC From: "Billy Radio" Subject: presario 2200 laptop time loss Date: Sunday, February 06, 2005 6:20 PM I have a presario 2200 laptop, 2months old, it will after being off a night reset the time to 12 am jan...

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...

Hi all, I'm trying to install a USR wireless card (USR5410) in my Presario 1210 laptop (Pentium 150 Mhz, 128 Mb Ram, etc). According to USR, the minimum spec is a Pentium 100. The laptop won't detect the card being inserted but it does detect it being pulled out (beeps). I've done a fresh install...

Yes they were correct. I'll just save the money for a new comp! -- Lupuss

I have an older Pavillion XL766. I want to upgrade the memory. The documentation online says there are three memory banks - each capbable of taking 256mb of ram for a total of 768mb. I'm sure this documentation was published before 512 and larger modules were even made. My question is will the...

I found a presario 7360 (Via Chipset, K6-2 500)on the street, but it does not have a power supply. I notice that it may use micro power supply. i want to move the board to another case and the motherboard does fit a standard 20 pin atx connector. My question is Does a standard atx power supply...

I'm thinking of getting an old Presario 5000 (5WV254) and installing a new motherboard, CPU and RAM - keeping the drives, the PSU etc. and installing '98 Is this doable? I'd be happy to have something running at around 2GHz, and drive transfer speed isn't that important. Can anybody suggest...

Hi All, not sure if this is going to make sense, but here goes, I have 3500 running win2k fully s/packed and h/fixed (according to microsoft) it has an external ps2 mouse bu th eproble occcours equally on the internal pointer or a USB mouse, and here is the problem: The mouse clicks randomly,...

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Well turned out the upgrade didn't work. :-/ The comp wouldn't start up with the new Processor. Blasted compaqs and their no upgrades policy -- Lupuss

Anyone with one of these able to tell me whether the two fans (one back left, one back right) are always on together or are they independent? Thanks, Paul DS -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

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I currently have a Compaq Presario running Windows Me with 850Mhz processor, 128 ram, and 40 GB hard drive. I think I might have a virus or maybe Me is just screwed up. I can't use system restore, I can't open Windows Media Player, and I cant' view some pages on amazon.com (music cd pages, I...

OK I was in the process of reformatting my computer with the recovery cd's. I was half way through the first one. Now my cd rom drive is shot. I try to start my computer but its saying operating system not found. What can I do?? I do have a USB cd-rom drive if that's any help. Right now my laptop...