Compaq Presario 1692 I believe is the model (I know it's old LOL)

Just my views on upgrades. 1. Bang to bucks, RAM has about the biggest pay off followed by CPUs 2. Know the motherboard and it's limits and you won't need to ask if it's worth upgrading. 3. Little hole in the wall shops carrying used machines often have the best prices on used CPUs that no...

How do I get into BIOS Setup on a Presario 4712 to change boot order? Tried F1 & F10 and got message saying "no diagnostics partition". Original HD failed so replaced and need to install Win98 from CD. Compaq/HP site no help at all. Googled, but no joy. Thanks for any help! -- Be seeing...

Hello, I am trying to salvage some data from a Compaq 5192 hdd . I put the hdd into another PC, and BIOS checks the drive ok. Windows on the other hand does not recognize the parition. I guess its because of the compaq paritition on the hdd ? What I would like to do is to get access to the DATA...

My wife purchased these speakers at a garage sale and of course didn't get the power supply. Radio Shack has a 12volt/1Amp replacement. I've got the plug narrowed down to Radio Shack's "M", but need to know the polarity of the speakers. It isn't stamped anywhere on them. I assume it is - ---C...

Got an 80-gigger in there. Would like to put in a 120, 200, 250, or 300 - depending on what's on sale. Anybody know how to tell if the BIOS will support the larger sizes? -- PeteCresswell

I was setting up a Compaq Presario SR1012 for someone whose old Compaq 5301RSH (both from Radio Shack) had died, and I thought I would put the hard drive from their old PC in the new tower. But the tower has no spare drive bay or anywhere else to mount another hard drive, and the cable is just a...

What kind of company takes 80 minutes to complete an order for a hard drive? One of the transfers passed me on to a daycare. After talking to their customer service department, the purchase order I tried to place wasn't a valid purchase. What is going on? After 3 days and no hard drive, I...

One of the nice features of the 4000 series fibre channel arrays was that you could get away with using generic hotswap SCSI drives in the arrays, as long as you had Compaq trays for them. Do the newer SATA RAID arrays have the ability to use generic SATA drives in Compaq hotswap trays? -- Will

I have blocked Hyper-Threading! Please help! (HP Compaq nx9010; Mobile Pentium 4 3,06GHZ HT; ATI IGP 345M; DDR 333) BIOS isn't have option to enable/disable Hyper-Threading.

For Presario 5240. XP Home, AMD K6 3D processor 395 Mhz, 384 MB RAM, 80 GB HD Thanks in advance, tele64

Hi there, I've just got a handheld unit, the Compaq Aero 2100. I would like to install Excel & Word onto it. Can I download those applications from the Net, or do I have to purchase them? Are there any general tips that you could give me. This is my first handheld. Thanks,

I have a Compaq Presario 5000 5WV254 that I bought four years ago. The keyboard is Compaq Model # SDM4540UL (Compaq P/N 179355-007). Can the keys on this keyboard be removed? I don't have a tool for removing the keys but, if the keys on this keyboard can be removed, I'll try to find a key-puller...

Tty this link, https://store.separts.com/OA_HTML_SEI/seiItemBom.jsp?item=13196 It appears to be your system,the motherboard is $91.00. RedWingFan wrote in message ... I am looking to find a new motherboard for a Compaq Presario 5070 It seems as...

My wifes computer was having a problem in that it would go to the sign on (XP Professional), and then reboot after you sign on. I took the 40Gig Drive and put it in slot 2, and bought a new 80Gig Seagate Drive and put it in slot 1. I then used the 3 disk CD recovery set and loaded it on the...

Any help with these bugs, either causes or solutions? 1610 Presario 80mb ram. system freezes requiring hard reboot when touchpad cursor is moved at same time as keystroke. win98se system reports no conflicts. hardware acceleration already set to lowest. battery and system interaction very...

I have a Compaq Presario 12XL401 Laptop, upgraded to WXP Home. Whenever I plug in my Linksys Wireless Internet card, it locks up the computer. Does anyone know how to fix this. Thanks

Ok, thanks for your help Tom. "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... If they just look like thin boards without any chips on them, then yes. Tom "Jen" wrote in message ... ...

Try Shift+Enter. Works in Word. Tom "naitsirch79" wrote in message ... I am using Photoshop 7 and number pad enter and enter aren't all the same thing. You see number pad enter is a "true" enter. The enter on the ...

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...