Hello All, I have a compaq Armada M700 with XP Pro installed on it and a separate partition with Gentoo Linux installed on it. Now all was working fine until I had to install windows Messaging to remotly assist a friend of mine, after that my function key seems to be backwards, if I hit any...

Hello ! I have an old Compaq Computer, is there any BIOS Setup to run this Computer without a Keyboard ??? I find nothing in the BIOS and when i started the Computer it will halt and say Keyboard Error... Thanks for a answer !!! Ulrich Koch

I am working on a presario 2246 win 95. It doesnt see the CD-rom. I checked the device manager and noticed that the intel 82731 ide controller had an exclamation point. I tried updating the drivers. All that did was add multiple instances of it. None correctly. I decided to just slave the CD... It...

Another reason I would never buy a Compaq again. Microsoft Word was included with my computer. I've had two crashes (another reason I would never buy it again.) After the first crash Compaq gave me the code numbers I needed to resintall Word; after the second crash they told me to "take it up...

Hello, What type of Cell phone are you trying to connect to you PC. If you can tell us that, we can help you further. JLA ENTERPRISES TECH SUPPORT TEAM

i was just given a compaq presario 5185, i want to upgrade th processor but i dont know what the motherboard will support. its running with an amd k6 2 processor with 256mb of ram

the ventilator doesn't turn permanently. It seem to work, but from time to time only. Is that normal operation ?

I have a broken Compaq Presario Laptop and I was wondering if anybody was good with these and could answer some questions I have? :?:

Hi there. I have been trying to get USB on my presario 1020. (it's got a 120Mhz proc). I just wiped the drive and installed Win98SE. HP Compac support said I could do it with a PCMCIA card, which I purchased. But it does not recognize the card at all, even though I used the installation disk...

I just got a NEW COMPAQ Presario 2200 I Need Help Setting Up & Connecting Where can I Get The Help To Start Up Im Using MSN.com as my Provider. I Tried Eveything I Think I Know of but Will Not Connect??? The "Start up Guide Book" is of No Use for Me Thanks

Hello ! I will start an Older Compaq Computer without a Tastatur, but I don't find any BIOS Point to disable this. Have anyone an answer ?? Thanks ! Ulrich Koch

Try alt.binaries.cd.image or other groups like it. Just post to appropriate group.

Hi, my notebook is labeled =844/25=93. nothing more. It has no PCMCIA, no trackball, no expansion port connector. It has: internal floppy, hard disk, color display, German keyboard. Finally, I am looking for infos about the parallel port. I want to=20 connect a Freecom PowerCD external CD-ROM...

JLAwrote: Ok, lets see if we understand this correctly. You turn the machine on and nothing will appear on the screen ...AT ALL??.. But you are observing the CD-Rom drive attempting to read? Do you hear any Hard Disk noise? Like the disk is booting, etc?

I have a 5430US and I can see where I can download a self extracting file on Compaq's site to fix the problem, but if I can't even boot the computer then how am I supposed to install the patch to repair it? Also is this a good indication that the HD is failing or is it simply a bad sector...

Does anyone know what the approximate battery life is supposed to be on this unit? I get about one hour on a fully charged 18 month old battery.

I have a Compaq R3120US that came with XP Home. I already own the XP Pro upgrade and would like to install it on the laptop. Compaq says I can't do it because the drivers they provide are for XP Home only. Is their claim possible? Thanks in advance... Bob

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How do I change the password of a Presario 1270 notebook? I've been pressing F8 during bootup, but it just takes me to the password screen then it boots intomWindows. Thanks, Michael

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