Why doesn't HP and Compaq have tours of their systems anymore? I am interested in buing one of the new 3000 units with the 15.4" screen but they only have one picture of it. What is up with them?

My new used Maxtor 5T020H2 20G HD arrived today and when loading the Compaq full restore software into this hard drive it says, "Error, out of memory" halfway into the loading process. The loading process is halted. I notice the hard drive light in front of the computer rarely comes on as quick...

What's the purpose of this option in the bios. I have a Rage Pro 2x agp in my Deskpro EN. If i update the system by putting a 32meg RAGE 128 PCI card in here do i need this enable in the bios?

I have a Compaq Presario 1525US notebook and I have a fan question. Not sure if I ever noticed this before lastnight but here goes. My damn fan is always coming on like every 5 minutes when the computer is just idle, not using it. No apps are open except the basics like my firewall...

I have a Presario 5000T Quickrestore CD #2 which is defective and is unreadable. Anyone have a copy? Thanks, Bob

I have just gotten a Compaq Presario 7360 Desktop and I noticed that when I disable all my start-up items Ptsnoop and Country Selection are rechecked when I reboot, I have found that there is a trojan called ptsnoop but there also a ptsnoop program for modems with the same name, Which I have a...

Beginner question i guess : Is it possible to upgrade my videocard on my compaq armada 700 ? If yes where can i find a place to do it, is it easy to do alone ? thank you Julien

Why in the hell did Compaq put audio ports in the FRONT of the damn notebook? This has to be the stupidest thing they have ever done.

Hi My friend has a compaq presario 5000. Don't have complete model number but has 80GB hard drive and a 1.3 athlon processor. Hard drive died and I replaced for him. He then had to order quickrestore disk. He got computer up and running. Set up his dial up account and now when he connects it...

I have a Presario 1266 notebook and I want to reconfigure the Bios. Does anyone know which keys will get me into the Bios at boot-time. Regards Louis

Hello All, I am hoping that someone out there may have some experience with the following issue: I maintain several Compaq Presario 4540's at my place of employment. Two of them now have completely "died"... There is absolutely no video display. You cannot boot at all, even from a diskette. You...

Hi, I have an old Deskpro 4000/5133 16Mb Ram Win95a In Windows it shows dual channel and dual fifo. Bios shows IDE controller (embedded) If I connect 12V and 5V connector-it will boot. When I connect to secondary channel-it will not even start BIOS screen, just some chatter from the HDD. Thanks...

Hello, This is more of an annoyance problem than anything else. I have a Compaq Presario 2550ca running Windows XP Professional, all the latest drivers from Microsoft and Compaq. After my computer falls asleep, when I wake it up, the wireless icon in the notification area says that I am not...

Hello. Got tft8020 monitor with a broken power supply, and i really dont wanna spend a fortune on buying a new one. Anyone who can help me with the output on each of the 4 pins on the power ? Ive tried searching the internet for a tech manual for this monitor, but noone tells anything about the...

Helpful Links: For drivers, software, manuals/docs http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/ For Compaq spare parts http://sparesstore.compaq.com/sparesstore/default.asp? For the Presario Customer Communities (Forums) http://communities.compaq.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=121&RPAGEID=0

I've been looking at the presario 2100Z I've read good/bad things about it. System specifics are the AMD Athlon-M 1.87 ghz processor with 512 mb ram,dvd/cdrw, and 30 gb hd and sxga+ video. I went with the ehanced video in lieu of a 40 gb 5400 rpm drive as I'd rather have the better video than...

Anyone else have problems with A compaq notebook with lid cracking near the hinges? under normal usage?

I am in need of the complete bios image for my Compaq Contura Aero 4/33c The HP/Compaq site only offers an upgrade . Does anyone have an image they can send me? or know where I can find it. Thank you, Jim -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com...

Hello again! I still have problems with the Compaq EVO D310 and ASUS V9180 Magic/Geforce 4. You have suggested me to look for a jumper which I did from the start. It looks like our compaq's is some kind of modified version? We don't have any jumpers on the board that can help us. We have flashed...

I am working on a presario 2246 win 95. It doesnt see the CD-rom. I checked the device manager and noticed that the intel 82731 ide controller had an exclamation point. I tried updating the drivers. All that did was add multiple instances of it. None correctly. I decided to just slave the CD... It...