I'm attempting to rejuvenate a non-booting Presario, 5423 US. The hints of life include *the green power light *one quick flash of the keyboard lights when the power is first tuned on *the spinning CPU fan *a few seconds of CD drives flashing, although when there is a CD in the drive, nothing...

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,

Hi, I am planning to buy a new laptop for my development related needs. I already have a 4 year old Dell Inspiron and the new one will replace it for my technical needs. I plan to put a Sizable linux partition (Ubuntu) on the system. Before buying, I am looking for user comments.. People who...

lovemorewrote: I do have a Compaq Evo with a motherboard with the following code number : MS-6541 VER :1.0. It has an onboard sound card, I'm looking for the drivers of this onboard sound card. looking forward to your response. You can download the driver at the following link

I got problem with my Presario 5722. It founds a "PCI controller Device" when i start my win98 and therefor the computer doesn't find the network card. I cant find any help on the compaq website. The driver for 5722 network doesn't seems to work. It tells me that the installation are finished but...

Hello, Me and another guy are looking for a rom upgrade for the portable II which allows you to use a 1.44m 3 1/2 floppy drive. The manual says that rom N3 or greater will do this. I have an eprom burner so we only need the image. Thanks a lot and hope to hear good news soon. Ralph

Hi Experts, I have a compaq presario desktop. Recently my system is acting wierdo. The system doesn't send signal to monitor, even though everything else (harddisk, drives, keyboard) are all powered up. The monitor stays Stand By. Sometimes it does start, but then there is a different problem. ...

Dear Group, I have a Compaq PC clone running Windows 2000 with an HL-DT-ST CDROM model GCR-8408B. I have had no problems with it - plays CDRs and audio CDs. As birthday present for my son, have bought (second hand) 'Battle For Middle Earth' CD Rom, in original box - not a copy. (In fact, I have...

The original hard drive on this machine crapped out. I replaced the hard drive and then ran the QuickRestore program which ran to completion. However, once all 3 of the disks have been run through and it kicks out the last to do the reboot, the machine still does not work. It comes up with...

Hi I have just bought a Compaq EVO D150 e-PC computer and I´m trying to reinstall the operation system. I´ve just updated de BIOS to the last revision. The problem is that, even I set the correct option in BIOS (first boot device CD/DVD) the computer boots from HDD. I have just tried...

My sis has one of these boxes, and she asked me to take it home and clean it up - spyware, adware, all the nasty stuff that four kids and limewire can bring home. She thought she was doing me a favor by disconnecting everything before I got there, and she didn't realize that there were two...

I have a Evo D310v computer with a MS-6541 motherboard. I recently upgraded processor from a p4 1.8 to a p4 2.8. I need to find a bios update so the processor steps properly. Please help.

I´m looking for a hard drive multibay adapter for the notebook : Compaq LTE 5100, any hint where I can get it ? Peter

hi... serviced this machine then did a restore of the os ... get back to set up at the clients site and i cant get the vista software to recognise the scanner...i pulled the usb cable out and plugged into another port and XP recognises it but vistascan still wont...put the printer into the port...

i need the color to pin assignment of the power button on a presario 5600i on the motherboard side and the button side. 5 wire cable. thanks for any help. ray

hi all, having trouble disabling devices in bios setup.. devices are disabled, ie integrated sound and LAN but when XP loads it is still picking up the devices and installing them the machines exact model is presario 5640AU anyone seen this before?? any tips or resources gratefully rec'd thanks...

Iv got no sound anymore i'v downloaded the latest drivers, and also checked my bios for failers, but i can not find the solutions. Does anyone has any idea what the problem could be Raymond

Hi, I have got an M300. I was happily surfing on it about 10 minutes ago, plugged into the mains, when I had to take the laptop downstairs to print out a document. As I unplugged the cord, the laptop just blacked out! Anyone know why? Has it screwed up from a Power Surge (Nasty...

I have the above 7000 and am looking for some help. Does anyone know what motherboard is in this PC? I believe it to be a Compaq 062CH, which appears to translate to an OEM version of the FIC AZ-11. It has an Athlon 900MHZ in it now, but I would like to replace it with something faster. Does...

Does anyone have one of these vintage Presario's currently running? I have one that will not post. I have run through the options of taking all the cards out, swapping ram, checking the power supply, etc..and am now suspecting either the CPU (Athlon 900MHZ) or the motherboard. I would like to...