Hi I have just bought a Compaq EVO D150 e-PC computer and I´m trying to reinstall the operation system. I´ve just updated de BIOS to the last revision. The problem is that, even I set the correct option in BIOS (first boot device CD/DVD) the computer boots from HDD. I have just tried...

When I turn off the AC adapter to my Presario 2500 the display goes slightly dimmer. Anyone know how to stop this happening? -- Paul Charlton www.paulcharlton.org.uk

"InsomniaKev" wrote in message ... Got a DeskPro En. The bios has numlock on but the light does not come on when booting. Guesses? -- Remove the _ when replying directly

Hello again, I choosed the model above and i am suposed to buy it. The specs are the ones I need for my purpose. Is this a good machine and recomendable? Any experiences in the daily work life with it? Thanks! European

I just reinstalled my Compaq XP Home op system on a new hard drive on my Compaq Presario, a fairly recent model purchased last year. Then I installed all of the updates which have been published at the HP website, then SP2, and finally the latest windows updates. All seems OK, but somehow in...

I'm getting ready to upgrade the memory in a Presario 5660 from 128 to 384. The system hasn't been formatted since it was purchased in December 1998. The system has Win98 on it now, but I will be upgrading it to XP. I will upgrade the BIOS, then format everything. I've formatted quite a few...

Hallo Ik probeer voor een kennis een compaq presario 1635 te her-installeren. Maar ik kom niet verder dan een beschermingsfout van windows (98) Wie heeft ervaring met installeren van zo'n apparaat zonder recoverydisks? en kan me op weg helpen??? I try to re-install a een compaq presario 1635...

Anyone really good with Windows XP professional? I am not, having only been using it for a few weeks. However my laptop(compaq) normally opens to the desktop. The other day, being stupid ( I am being that alot lately) I was fiddling with something in Windows and the next time I turned on the laptop...

Hey kids: When I got my laptop, I immediately upgraded to XP Pro. I cannot get the Broadcom wireless NIC to enable the radio. Compaq won't help me because they only support XP Home, and apparently the GUI is quite different for networking. Has anybody "out there" enabled their...

I have a Compaq 5204, went to format the drive and it would not let me do both partitions, so i hooked the drive up to my other computer and formated the second partition. now i cant get the computer to boot from cd, trying to install windows xp on the machine. Any ideas of how to get the computer...

Hi gang, A guy at work has a Compaq Presario (possibly a 2247) and he's looking to upgrade the memory. Will a standard single side 128mb SDRAM do the job or does this use special memory? Ta in advance, SODA

Anyone know if the above is an NLX card that will fit into a Deskpro EN / anyone have one or something better NLX form factor that they could send me for max £ 4 to a UK postcode. -- And to all those opposed... Hmm...well *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com ***

I have a presario 2200 laptop, 2months old, it will after being off a night reset the time to 12 am jan 1 2004. does this unit have a cmos battery or is the time onboard a chip. it certainly is too soon for a battery to fail. any other reasons for such a failure, the battery is kept...

I need more HD space and wanted to know whether I could delete the System_sav partition on my compaq and have no problems LATER considering that: 1) I am running Win XP and have my disc for reinstalltion 2) I hate ME and dont ever want to use it again Now If I run into trouble down the line, and...

Is this faster than a Pentium 2 equivalent at 3.2GHZ? - http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8adrh/news.html (profile) --Tim923 My email is valid.

I upgraded a Presario 1275 to W2K to get a wireless card to work. Windows found the correct display driver, and I manually installed drivers for the Easy Access keyboard and Synaptic touchpad. Per Compaq, I set the monitor to a standard 800x600 display. So far, so good. All of the Fn keys work...

I have a 715US. I keep it plugged into the wall all the time. Recently the battery charging light is on at all times, it showed "97% remaining (charging) " and today is reads "96% remaining (charging)". Why isn't it fully charged?

Recently purchased a Compaq 1700 Presario laptop used. When went to Compaq site to look up information on unit since came without books etc. there are multiple models listed. Unit has a 900 MHz Pentium III processor and win 98se running with 256 of ram and a 6 gig hd cannot read model or sn on...

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System locks up after 20minutes to 2 hours if you run graphic related programs. Even the slide show in My Pictures. It will lock up on about anything but much quicker if running graphics. My son thought it was the graphics card he added so I took it out and ran the embbed board with the same...