Hi Guys & Gals; I have fallen air (?) to a Compaq Presario (desktop) "519J". It is mot working absoloutly nothing, not even fans or a beep. There is however, a small greem light on the power supply that continualy blinks (continualy) whenever the unit is pluged in. I am assuming that there is a...

My 5005 sr with Windows Me is attempting to boot up. I hit the power button I get the options 1 2 3 for normal, safe, and one other option. Whn I choose normal it says SUREG failed. Then I get some error message such as run SCAnReg. Of course the computer goes to safe mode ( complete...

Upgraded an old 5340 with a 20 gig drive and some compaq ram from ebay... used the quick restore cd to start fresh... boots fine, but after loading the compaq Win 98 SE disc will boot and run a few times but then gives a registry error message, then says win explorer has caused a fault and windows...

Does anyone know where I can view GOOD images of both of these models on the net? I don't know what Compaq's problem is but for some reason they still don't get the fact that people want to see detailed pictures before they spend thousands of dollars on a computer. I can't find either model in...

Purchased From PC World (Poole, Dorset in England) Usage: Used as a PC on a flat clean stable surface Never moved when on. After 10 months the Hard Disk Fails!! He takes it back to PC World, they send it out to PC Service Call. The customer gets it back, but it is running slow, only when he...

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've got a compaq presario r3000z laptop, purchased in september 2004. It won't read 1GB SD&MMC cards in the integrated card slots. Smaller cards are fine, up to 256MB. I don't know about 512MB, as I haven't got one that size to try. So far as I know I have the latest driver for the card reader,...

I am having a LCD problem on my Compaq Presario R3240 laptop. The screen acts as if the lid is shut and is very dark. The desktop can be seen faintly. If you continously tap the lid sensor button (the button that sensons the lid has been shut), the LCD tries to lighten up. Eventually it will...

I am looking at a new CP R3360US laptop from Best Buy. I would like to wipe out the hard drive and clean install XP Pro. Does anyone know if XP will be able to produce the drivers for this laptop?? Any other reasons not to do this?? I don't want all of the preloaded garbage.

I've got presario R3430US I have a big problem. When I tried to turn it on I can't and when I removed the battery and plug the charger in its come a sound like the clock's arrows make Sometimes the system goes halfway and then turns off by itself. I need your help please --...

this unit has been working well since i got it a few years ago but now I'm getting these messages: Hp Wireless Assistant not supported on this machine Windows Media Player can't open low memory (hard drive is only half full) It also seems like my audio has totally disappeared. (sound mute button...

I picked up a Compaq Presario 1200 Laptop that someone threw out. http://www.amazon.com/Compaq-Presario-Notebook-700-MHz-Pentium/dp/B00005O03A It seems to work ok, except that there are stationary horizontal lines going across the screen. I was told that possibly some of the wiring that connects...

We have an old Compaq Presario S3010CL DF250A-ABA (purchased from Sam's Club in July of 2003) that came with a 256MB module in one slot and we immediately added a 512MB module in the second slot. I am curious whether I can replace the 256MB module with a 1GB module. According to the Compaq...

I received this error message after in not booting for the first time in a year and a half. After working on it I found the hard drive was corrupted. I need to reinstall the OS But I get this error. Can anyone help me? If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your...

I have compaq Presario s4000nx I am attempting to install windows 2000 I am unable to locate the video driver (Intel Extreme Graphics) for this PC Nor am I abble to locate the sound card driver can any one assist

I was wondering if Someone might have the recovery disk for this sytem. I am trying to help someone bring life back to their virus infected computer. When the computer boots, it says that it cannot start because the following file is missing or corrupt : \WINDOWS\system32\config\SYSTEM then goes...

Just bought the s5080an model and reinstalled my own Windows XP Pro cd i bought with it. It now has a hardware problem in Windows. In Device Manager, is says there is a problem with my 'SM Bus Controller'. If anyone know how I can correct this problem your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Had a power surge during an electrical storm and it got the PSU in my Presario s6010v (hopefully that's all). Looking for a replacement for this. The one that came with the system is a Bestec ATX-250-12z. I have a Bestec ATX-250-12e that I had taken out of a spare emachine T2040 that I have....

Hi All, I have just purchased a Compaq Presario, model S7390UK, over the first weekend I decided to try another operating system (formatting the drive) and now I have lost my F10 recovery option. I have been told it will cost me to buy cd's. Why can't I find any drivers on the net to recover my...

I have a compaq presario model no. SR.5160 and my processor is core 2 duo and my operating system is xp professional My problem is I have a software which supports only win 95. In this situation how to slove my problem.. Kindly adivice in this regard Thanking you