I recently adopted a 866 MHz Compaq Deskpro EN, sans hard disk and spent last weekend souping it up as a gift for my folks. Installed a 40 Gb hard disk, replaced a broken floppy drive, added a modem, more memory, and a HP CD-Writer Plus (in addition to the CD-ROM drive it already had). Purchased...

Hi, I have “acquired” an old Compaq P3 motherboard. This has a 1 GHz processor but, sadly, no manual. The board is labeled with “Assembly no. 213855-101” and “Spare no. 203966-001” and it's the P5 connector I'm have problems with. I have a very in depth look at the HP website, but can't find any...

I have replaced a motherboard for a friend on a Compaq Presario 7000 series. The new motherboard front panel pins do not match exactly the molex connector supplied by Compaq. I can extract the pins/wires from the molex, but i need to know what colors go to what on the motherboard. Thanks, -myk

Hello, one question, how can I open the Presario to change the harddisk for a bigger one. Maybe through the keyboard ?? A picture would be nice. And how big could it be 32Gbytes ? I bought the 1200 second hand in usa. Thanks for answers. -- Gruß

Hi, I have a wierd problem .After replacing the battery and harddrive ,When I switch on the battery ,multibay ,h/d and power lights come on for 1 second then go out and the num lock,capslock and scroll lock lights come on and stay on. The fan doesn't come on and there is no activity from the...

Hi All: I received a Compaq Presario desktop as a gift and would appreciate some suggestions. The computer has the following: 3000+ AMD Sempron Processor 512 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM memory 120 GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA Hard drive

Hi, I have an Armada M300. When I power it on, (using the Power on Button on the side of the system), all four LEDs (the Hard Drive, the NumLock, ScrollLock and the CapsLock) come on, and they STAY on. After that, nothing. During all this, there is nothing on the display. I've tried everything....

Would a replacement cd-rw/dvd-rom that works in Presario 1700 also fit a Presario 1500? I am selling the 1700 drive on ebay and a potential buyer was wondering if it would work with his 1500.

I have a Compaq Presario 5695 which I just installed WinXP on. The PC will not shutdown. When I attemp to shut it down, it simply reboots. I have enabled and disabled APM several times but nothing seems to help. As soon as I plug up (power cord) the PC, it comes on. The switch on the front of the...

Am looking for dock to use with Armada 7330. HP/Compaq site is no help. The "armadastations" said to be for the 7300 series are part number 220680-001. But advertised as model 2895 and said to be for Compaq models 2890. Can anyone help with this information. Will the Armadastation (1) model...

Iffy at best. 95b had only the barest of USB support. Best bet would be an upgrade to 98 or better still 98SE. HH "netaddikt" wrote in message ... Has anyone gotten USB to work reliably for say external hard drive support on a...

My old MV740 is probably showing it's age but I think the focus needs a little turn. There are three black presets built into the Line O/P Trx. These seem to be deliberatly gummed up. Does anyone know which is the focus? Any comments welcome Ted

Greetings! I am trying to make a Presario 2100 to see a floppy drive, but using Windows XP, somehow, it can't find it. Any ideas? I am trying to upgrade the BIOS, but somehow, the plug and play system is not seeing. Thanks, jos=E9

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...

Hi, I was just given a Compaq Presario 5020 by a friend who wanted to clear out his apartment. It's got everything it needs to work except memory, and the case is a bit beat up. I was thinking of doing a couple things (after getting memory, of course): first getting a new case for it. It seems...

I am using it to play midi files thru a sequencer programme {cakewalk}via a sound module to an amplifier and speakers. When using power supply there is loud RF noise. Just using internal battery no RF noise. Works okay with a borrowed Toshiba. I noticed the Toshiba has a bigger transformer and...

How do you update the firmware on the AIT50 Hotswap tape drive? I would prefer a Windows-based utility for doing this if one exists. The Compaq tape drive floppy set of seven floppies is just hanging on our Proliant 6400R, and I don't see a way to get it to do the upgrade correctly. -- Will

I am going for a good notebook. The only real difference between the two that I can see, is the 128 vs 256 mb of video ram for the graphic card, plus the zd 8000 comes shipped with a tv tuner(external). Everything else can be customised, so I am not worried. Am I overlooking anything? Is there a...

I have an issue that I've never heard of before. My laptop was dropped and stopped booting. The power light came on but nothing else happened. I checked it out till I gave up on the pulling batteries.,plugs and pushing the power button. I put it away a few months ago, last weekend I was going to...

Hi, I was hoping to upgrade to Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005! Anyone knows where I can get an upgrade CD for my m380n? I was deployed in Iraq and I missed the upgrade offered by HP! I talked to them on the phone today and the ****ers refused to honor the upgrade. I am not mad...