AFAIK, Compaq Presarios do not come with a restore CD, altho some computers with CD burners do give you the option to burn a restore CD or a Windows XP Home CD from data stored in a hidden partition on the drive. I've cross-posted your inquiry to an older pre-HPaq Compaq-specific newsgroup where...

I would like to get an old Compaq prolinea 4100 working again.So that my 7 year old can play games etc. I need Win 95 diskettes or... Does anyone have tips/advice, Cynthia

I have a Compaq motherboard (P.N 2159770002 from a Pressario 7003us or 7006us) which is an OEM version of Intel's D850GB. I have tried to devine the pin asignments of Compaq's frontpanel connector. I have compared it to another Compaq Pressario (5BW250 5000 series) but only the PWR Switch is in...

G,day. I have a Presario 2276, it has been functioning well. I did post a message here in about Feb. 2003 about looking how to upgrade the PC, I did a few things to it, placed a 4 USB 2.0 card, and placed 256 & 64 MB memory cards in. This all worked well, and it has worked well. The problem I...

Had this problem, and saw I wasn't the first. "My M700 no longer powers up, with or without the battery. The battery led flashes 8 times and then the system switches off. The power led does not come on at all. Even with the laptop closed (ie screen down) and the AC plugged in with no battery...

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Hi! Re.: Compaq Evo D330v; Celeron 1.1 GHz, o.s. MS Win 98SE (Norwegian). Due to system faults I had to perform a full o.s. restore from the original Quick Restore disks. In the process I've "lost" the InterVideo Win DVD Player; it doesn't seem to be part of the recovery or drivers disk set.

Hi, Perhaps someone might be able to help... I'm trying to find a 128mb graphics card for an HP Compaq d530 small form factor. The official offering is an nVidia GeForceFX for £300, which is a bit steep! I've looked elsewhere but the problem appears to be that the d530 only has room for...

What is the latest BIOS for the Armada 7400 (6366/T14/10.0/V/M/1)? For that matter, can the laptop's BIOS be upgraded? Thanks in advance e.

Help Please, I have two older units and have had nothing but problems 1: How do I find out what model they are, all I know is that they a P III CPU 1Gig mhz 2: Bios: 686P2 Ver 2.11 I have tried a number of options including working drives but can only get a single error when ever the PC...

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 For Compaq...

Hi, everyone. I just bought a Refurbished Compaq Deskpro EN 1.0Ghz machine and I'm wondering how to get the front off so that I can add a DVD drive. The front bezel seems impossible to remove! Please respond ASAP. Much obliged,

Anyone know if there is such a notebook computer? I've looked, via reviews on the web, at HP zd7000 and zd8000 and the Dell 9200. I want the 17" 1680x1050 wide-screen to run Photoshop. No interest in TV, nor movie making, nor in paying for such hardware and software. Do need two gigs of RAM and a...

Hey- I noticed today on my desk where my notebook sits 99.9 percent of the time that there is some kind of black residue on the desk which is directly behind where the rear vent is on my notebook and I'm puzzled as to what it is or why it's coming out of the fan vent. Can anyone give me some...

I need to give everyone an update. I had also posted my original quer in AMD's forums at www.amd.com in their Older Products Troubleshootin forum. Someone there had posted that link to my motherboard diagra before it was posted here at computerbanter.com. It is indeed m motherboard, although...

Does anyone know of a HP newsgroup where technical questions can be posted for feedback?

I have an old Compaq (7596) that until yesterday evening worked fine BUT I have noticed that the floppy dirve was making some strange sounds the last few days.... Anyhow now the word compaq flashes on the screen and I get a blinking white mark on the top left of the screen and thats as far as...

Hi! I want to install winxp on a 20 GB hitachi travelstar put into a compaq armada 1560d notebook (166Mhz, 80mb ram). Problem: cannot boot xp, 8GB lock from bios; winxp detects 20 GB, How can I get my notebook booting from this 20 GB HD? Tanks for info an greetings Wolfram!

Hi, I have a Compaq ENS P450 with Windows98SE - where to finde the lastest Windows 98SE driver for Compaq NC3161 Fast Ethernet NIC ? The driver I have at the moment is from 5-5-1999 !! Is it a Intel network adapter?

Could anyone give me advise on whether I can upgrade my present M700 Laptop without having to buy a new machine. 1) It only have 600 MHz, I would like to increase this if possible. Is this possible and if so, how do I go about it? 2) It has only 5.5 GB Hard Drive, I know it is ok to upgrade this...