I bought a Compaq Presario S4020WM at Walmart last summer for $495, complete with a 17" monitor. It has an AMD XP 2400+ processor at 2.0GHz. I had to put in more RAM to make it work right, but it's a good machine. They're currently selling the Compaq Presario S6020WM at Walmart for $495 with a...

Anyone got a link to a good source for pulled Compaq parts? (HH? Mr. Scales?) I still need a set of display hinges for a Presario 700 (722US) with the floppy display syndrome. I thought I had lucked into a set at www.thecompqstore.com, but they're for a 1700 series machine. Please don't suggest...

Hi I would like to know about the Compaq server. I am intersted to run oracle on it. Could some one tell me its serial no/model no. Which one is suitable for small running businness. requirement: Oracle 8i\win NT This will help me. Regards

Hi, When playing a game on our computer yesterday, my husband sneezed violently (don't laugh, he's very loud and literally ground-shaking) and the whole system powered off like a switch had been flipped. I can't turn the system back on. I tried a new power cord, plugged into a different power bar...

Does anyone have an ISO image of one these restore disks? I have a client that I could use this for. Thank you, PLK

I've gotten a Presario 1810 P2/300Mhz Laptop hand me down from someone. It originally came with Win98. I have installed Win2K which runs fine. I know about the Win2K restart problem that this particular model has with Win2K as well as WinXP and other newer OS. I am wondering if anyone found a fix...

I have in my Compaq Presario 5000 the program Microsoft Works. I deleted things and the program don't work anymore and other programs I have needs this one to work Microsoft Picture it). Can't even unistall it. I have to restore my computer with the recovery cd to be able to reinstall...

I have an windows 98se restore disk which I am selling. It came with my 5BW120 computer since I did a clean install winXP so i don't need it anymore.. make me an offer. you can e-mail me at

I'm trying to install an ethernet card in my 12XL212 but it will not recognise it? This is the second card it won't recognise, it wouldn't recognise one for my Minolta scanner. I don't have any other cards to try. Is this a common problem and is there a fix? Alan

Well, the Easy Access Keys worked before in Win98 ! The only path seems to be through Win95 then upgrade to 98SE. Thx for ur help. John7 "HH" wrote in message

you have to flash your ROM with ROMPAQ for the correct pc series found on the HP/Compaq site to accept large HD "Adam" wrote in message ... Hi All, I asked here a little while ago about upgrading my old...

Running PC setup is not particularly slow when run from a floppy disk, but I agree diags are. I agree. Doubt one would observe a difference between HDD or FDD for Setup. I am curious why the original poster wants to run Setup to change anything in the BIOS. HDDs are auto-detected, and manual...

"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message ... sure... at about 12KBps... running those tools from floppy is a nightmare. Great advice, there champ. Original Poster, Make sure that your dive does not have ANY partitions...

Hi, I am running XP Pro and have Easy Access Buttons on my case, but I cannot find the software on my system. Anyone know where I can find the software? TIA, Karl

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...

"Russell W. Barnes" wrote in message ... Hello, COMPAQ PRESARIO 5000 SERIES, 5WV254 Running WINME I have just replaced the 20Gb HDD (Quantum Fireball 3.5 series) with a Western Digital 80Gb drive. Everything...

Hello.. I am planning to install WinXP so I upgraded the BIOS to the latest that I could find (11/99, I think) and when I go to the BIOS setup (F12) there is no boot menu that I can find and of course it wont' boot from the CD. Is there another way to get to the boot menu??? Thanks! Dan O.

I have tried changing the fans on an ML370 server to some quieter ones, but it keeps saying that the CPU fan has failed and that the slot fan is not present. I rewired the connections from the originals onto the newer ones. The fans are running OK, so how is it detecting the failure etc? Is there...

Hi, I own a M300 and was wondering a) how much RAM the system can take max, b) how many slots I should have, and c) where can I find some cheap RAM? TIA, Karl

Hi I restored a old Presario 4550 with Windows 98 SE. Now at a sporadic point it wants to freeze. However the mouse still works. It just wont go any were. Sometimes if you wait a bit it will return to normal. Other times you can c/a/d/ and restart. It will list various program not responding. Not...