Hi I had a working machine with a 3.2gb IDE hard drive on the primary and a Sony DVD rom on the secondary. I removed the Sony drive and since then I've been getting the error 1790 Disk 0 error. The BIOS now detects it as a 2110mb drive and if I tried booting to DOS from floppy fdisk says it can't...

I have a problem with booting my laptop. Sometimes is startes normal and goes to windows 98SE and somtimes it's get stuck at the compaq screen in the beginning. But now the strangest he wont start at al. What i did: I screwed it open en removed the cpu and cleared the cmos. There is no extra...

Hello ! I'm trying to find an old Compaq Deskpro system. I think the model is Deskpro 5/60M Deskpro 5/66M XE 560 or similar Compaq with a Pentium 60 or 66 MHz CPU inside.

I have a Deskpro ENC P866 that won't recognize my hard drive anymore. It started when it wouldn't recognize the Memorex DVD R/W drive. It had been working but just quit working. I took everything apart and checked all the cables and connections. Everything looked ok so I put every thing back...

I have been told to password-protect the office computer, which is a Compaq Deskpro Pentium II running Win 98. The front panel isn't more specific about the model. I expect I can use a BIOS password before the OS boots. But I cannot get into the BIOS setup (HD parameters, A20 switch, boot device...

Hello all, since my last posting didn´t appear here for some reason: My above Website is online again. I hope that some users will find useful informations and help there about this old laptop series from Compaq: http://ltelite.cybton.com

Hello, i installed on my Contura Aero (12MB Ram) WIN95. Now under Equipment manager/Other components i found Question mark infront of "PCMCIA-Cardservices". Where can i found a driver for this servies? greetings from germany heiko

Hi I have a Compaq N610c with a modem installed in the Mini PCI slot. I have bought a Dell truemobile Wireless G Mini PCI card to replace the modem. According to the spec it is compatible with the N610c. However although the card fits OK there does not appear to be an aerial fitted inside my...

Hello everybody, after a long time i put the site online again: http://ltelite.cybton.com It´s all about the old LTE Lite Laptop Series from Compaq. Maybe some users will find some useful information and help there. Thanks for your attention!

I am looking for a way to disable the redundant feature of the Proliant 5500 server I have. I used to run only two Fans in it, CPU and I/O, but few days ago I installed some more fans into it. After installing the redundant fans I realized that the system is way too loud with 4 fans :( So I...

hello i intend to install an ethernet card 10/100 on my 7474 running under windows ME , in order to connect my PC to a cable modem. apparently some cards are not compatible with the 7474. which type of card made by Netgear, 3com or other would be convenient ? thanks for your advice martin

Greetings all. I am wanting to know if anyone in this NG has had any experience, positive or negative, with the Compaq Presario V2405US Widescreen Notebook. I have found this particular model offered at a local Office Depot for $549.99 (with NO rebate) and am wondering if this is a good investment...

Hello everyone, This is my problem: 1. DC power jack broken (this one is pretty explanatory). 2. LCD screen is dark Even at the maximum brightness and contrast the LCD screen is darker compared to other laptops (like my R3000). If you compare the white color of the screen and any white paper –...

I have a 2175us and the power connector is loose from the motherboard. I have been told by a few repair places that it would be cheaper to buy a new computer. Please help.

I have a Compaq 5330us desktop and the onboard graphics card is going bad. I also want to add a DVD Recorder. As this computer is about 4 years old, is it worth getting a different graphics card and recorder or just buying a new computer?

I have a Compaq Presario desktop 5834. I want to upgrade it the best I can. I know nothing about upgrading motherboards and processors, but I have added memory (128 for a total of 196), a PCI video card, an Ethernet card, and a TV tuner/capture card. This is what I would like to do and if you...

I just purchased an HP(Compaq) W8000 from Ebay. Once I received it, I plugged it in, and turned it on. The fan on the back turned on, and the light on the front turned on, but nothing else. 8 minutes later, I hear the typical beep, then the pc begins to boot and appeared fine. I've tried it a...

Hi, I've a Compaq P4 1.7Ghz with the Spider-S motherboard. I run WinXP pro. Recently, I bought a new graphics card, a HIS ATI Radeon 9550 (AGP). Problem is that it's impossible to have it installed. Windows says that the card isn't installed properly and won't be able to use it correctly. Greatful...

I just used the system restore cd that came with my computer (Compaq Presario 5000 Series.) I used it to restore my computer to it's "as shipped" condition. Anyway, this computer is five years old. It has a dvd rom drive and a cd rw drive. After re-installing Windows I put in a couple of dvd's...

Hi, I have a compaq presario 1688 with a screen that has lines on the upper part of the screen. I also have 1200 with a good screen that I can use for parts to replace the screen and was just wondering if the 1200 parts comatible with the 1688. Just wondering if anybody replaced a 1688 screen with...