Hello....my son and i have a program to refurbish older computers to give to kids who can't afford them...have problems with a nice 5452 presario donated to us... 2 problems == did not reformat the drive on this one, but cant get a good video driver. cant find a driver on the compq website...only...

Hi, I have a Presario 5150 K6-II 350 MHz with a hard disk of 6 Go which i would like to change. Anyone can you say to me what's the maximal size of tha hard disk allowed for this computer with Windows 98 and Windows 2000 please ? Thanks in advance.

Hello, it is really like pulling teeth to find drivers for this thing. i have been looking online, sitting on hold, hung up on, etc and still no drivers. I HAVE figured out that it is the ADI Soundmax AC97 intragated sound card. I still don't know which motherboard this pc has or anythihng...

Does anyone know how/where I can get thr UIABOMWR.EXE utility for Compaq? thanks for any help

For whatever reason out of the blue a couple days ago my browser keeps going to: http://presario.my.yahoo.com/ I can be on another page when all of a sudden it jumps to the above link on it's own. Sometimes it does it when I have browser closed. What the heck is this and is this a new tactic of...

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 POSTED THE TWO PROBLEMS BELOW YESTERDAY on THE COMPAQ SITE AND GOT SOME HELP, BUT NOTHING HAS HELPED.. Two real problems -- anything in the CD drive, after windows 98se has started causes blue screen of death and then a functional crash (tried turning off DMA, etc. as suggested) So I can't use...

Some Points: 1. The 4706 came with Win 95, not 98. 2. It has a software Winmodem and Windows will not see it, or most Winmodems for that matter, until the driver (.inf) file is loaded. 3. There are no Win 98 modem drivers listed on the Compaq site. You might try the Win 95 driver from...

just found this, maybe it's useful... Compaqsucks Forum http://www.compaqsucks.com/wwwboard//wwwboard.html -- Euc1id

Hi all, Recently I purchased an 850mhz (SL53L - 850/700mhz with speedstep) cpu for my laptop (three different technicians at Compaq assured me that my BIOS/Motherboard combo would accomodate this upgrade from 600mhz). I have several problems with the computer when running the new chip. First, the...

anyone have one hanging around getting dusty? tanya TACHANKA SIBERIANS "All Four Paws Rolling" Wenatchee, WA

Hi, Was going something wrong in here, so I have to send again. I have still two questions about a presario 2210, hope somebody can give some help. 1. At the moment my display runs on " high colour, 16 bits ". Is this the highest quality possible for the videocard on the

Case , Power supply , Motherboard , Memory must be changed , Cheaper to buy a new system without the monitor . On 23 Sep 2003 11:40:03 -0700, (Uche Uzor) wrote: I currently own a Compaq Presario 7478 PC. 533Mhz AMD K6-2, 184MB. I would like to upgrade to something in the range of...

Hi, I know next to nothing about hardware and drivers, so forgive any ignorance that comes across... I recently 'clean' installed Windows 2000 over my Win 98 Presario (5446). The installation I'm using at the minute is actually the third in 2 weeks, so I don't want to to do anything that will...

I already buyed a compaq machine, i have the choice to install windows 2 k pro, or windows xp What is the best shot that i could do? Thanks

I posted a message a month ago, asking help with regard to burning CD with the bundled CD burner and Roxio software. The problem was that it took 25 minutes to burn a music CD which seemed slow. Various tips were offered. I burned my first CD since then, and I noticed that there was an option in...

I am looking to buy a second backup battery for my laptop but am unsure of where to get them for the best price possible. I am in the uk and am looking at about GBP108 to get one from the hp website. anything cheaper!!!! thanx Matt

How do you accessthe hardware setup on a Deskpro 4000.. I tried holding the F10 key down but all i get is a continual beeping and a keyboard error message. I'm trying to get the irda port to work but I can't get in Got help?

Hello- I have a Compaq Presario 1525US notebook that has a slot/compartment on the right/bottom side of the notebook lid that supports a wireless network card...instead of having to use your PCMCIA slot. If you are confused you can check out the following...

I am repairing a computer for a freind, and need to know if there is a list of what upgradability is for a compaq presario 5106cl, specifically what is the range of supported cpus (the CPU dies due to the dreaded single-clip HSF failure). I tested it and it works fine with a 1.4 T-Bird, but I can't...