"Searcher7" wrote in message ... On Jan 29, 7:53 am, "BillW50" wrote: I picked up aCompaqPresario 1200 Laptop that someone threw out. ...

Hi, I am trying to download drivers and a diagnostic diskette, but I don't know what exact model I do own. It is, however a small form factor model with the following specifications: - PIII, 450 MHz - 64 MB SDRAM

What can I say? I saved it from an untimely end at a computer recyclers. It's completely alive but unhappy about the state of its CMOS battery. Specifically, it asks me for a configuration disk. I can "press F1 to continue" and it will boot, but...I'd like to configure it if I could. Amazingly...

I need to make a Boot Disk so I can get to the command prompt. However, I do not have a floppy drive on my Compaq like I do on my older Dell. I just have a Pioneer DVR110. Is there anyway to create a boot disk with a CD?

I put an IBM 10 gig drive on a Compaq and loaded winXP home. I then put the hard drive in a clone pc and it wont boot. If I put the drive back in the compaq machine it boot just fine? Is there some kind of boot record on it or something telling it to boot from a compaq bios only? I need to use the...

Hi, I've recently been geetting a strange clicking sound from my 4 year-old Presario (like something switching on and off -- much like the sound you get coming out of standby mode). I'm pretty familiar with the noises it makes, and this is new and ominous. :-) Anyone got any...

Anyone know what two flashing lights at the front means on installing a blank HDD on an Armada M700? (Nothing else, not on pressing the power button or on pressing sideways the other button) There is nothing on the drive and I wanted to install an OS. It wont even think about looking at the...

I am looking for a couple of the blank-off plates for the drive bays and the door for the front. Also, The mouse is not being detected. I am using an USB mouse but will be using the computer primarily in DOS mode and would like to fix it. I suspect the connector on the motherboard. The computer...

My sister has a Presario 5852 with all the original hardware except for a new PCI Ethernet card I installed. Her husband installed Windows XP on it & it choked--it couldn't handle it. I have wiped the hard drive & am trying to reinstall Windows 98. The display now has a bluish tint to everything...

Not happy with Nero--any other shareware or good but cheap cd burning software out there that anyone could recommend? Making a lot of coasters with Nero--hoping to find something else that works better (either that or I have a mystery problem with my PC and burner. Getting a lot of SCSI/ATAPI...

Hi, A friend has a S5000nx (I believe) and wants to reformat and reload Win98SE on it. How can I get all the drivers that I will need? Has anyone here done this? thanks, George

Hi, What benchmarking utilities would give me a good overview of my computers performance level and alert me to sub-par operation for the given hardware configuration? My system is as follows: Pentium 4 Processor at 2.8GHz with 800MHz front side bus 1 GB DDR 400MHz SDRAM (2 DIMMs)

i am installing a 256 mb 133hz sdram, and i get a error 164-memory size error. when i put the 64mb 100hz sdram in it is ok. i have tried 2 different sdrams and they both will not work..is the speed the problem or the size and also do i need to update the bios. thanks for any help...

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 got a Compaq PD1005. I can't find this model on the HP/Compaq-site. And nobody in this group seems to recognise the type. So I ran Aida32 http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32, a system information tool. I found out it is a Compaq EN series. Now I want to know what EN series it...

Hi, After a new install on a new HD of win 98 SE , in the Device Manager I find under other devices an unknown device, both with yellow question marks. I have installed the drivers for sound, display, mouse, keyboard etc. etc. all working fine, and I now wonder which device causes the a.m. entry in...

A family member in a far away state, who is not at all even close to being tech savy, has a Compaq Presario 5240. The PC has all of the original components it came with(in 1998?) still installed, but I am not sure whether Compaq remained consistant with the hardware when producing these...

I just rescued a DeskPro 2000 from a skip and it appears to be working fine except for a problem which occurred when I tried to add some cards to the machine. Basically as long as only the three slots (2 x ISA and one ISA/PCI) on the outside of the riser are used all is well. If either of the PCI...

Thanks alot for the responses, but I relayed the wrong problem..so I'm starting a new thread..First off, the pc I am trying to fix, I formatted the hard drive, not knowing that I wouldn't be able to access the bios afterwards....now, I want to reinstall Windows 2000, but I'm having a problem,...

A request for advice if I may: I recently acquired a Deskpro that I'm trying to clean up and set up for friends. No manuals, no diskettes, no CDs, etc. I planned to start fresh by wiping the disk clean and re-loading an OS. If I boot with a Win98 boot floppy the C: drive isn't seen, though the...