I have a Compaq 5430US running Windows XP and I'm having problems with my Multimedia USB Keyboard model# KUS0060 with smart card reader. I had to rig the keyboard to work and I'm wondering if it will give me problems down the road. Here's the story. My main hard drive failed so I bought a new...

Hi I have a friend who wishes to upgrade the performance of his Compaq Presario 6000 (128Mb RAM Celeron processor). Would replacing the motherboard be a viable option? Is it possible to replace Intel motherboards with an AMD compatible motherboard? Any views would be greatly appreciated.

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I recently bought some eBay RAM from someone with a good rep there, 100%. I've had the chip in for about 10 days and I thought everything was fine. It seems to show up, i.e from when I first put it in and the BIOS amended itself. And it shows up as having gone from 256 mb to 512 when I look at...

Hello all, I need help with my compaq 7599 presario. My computer does not recognize my cd\rw drive. I have a cd rom and c burner. My cd rom works fine but the cd burner is not recognized by an programs. This statted about 2 weeks ago. Let me also say that the cd\r will still open and close when you...

What's the maximum size for a hard drive in Compaq Deskpro ENS/P800 ? Thanks, Hans

i have searched hp's site and comes up with a dead link that won't load on my system. Could be a firewall or av issue on my end. But would really like to see and have a copy of this manual. Not sure why this type of info isn't shipped with unit! Thanks everyone

I have a Presario 5116EA that will not restore from the recovery disk. The OS is ME and is totally screwed, lots of blue screens of death, freezes up etc. I did swap the hard drive and loaded W2K and the PC behaves normally so no hardware problems. I have swapped back the hard...

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A friend inherited a Compaq Presario 4409CL with dead power supply. It looks like a standard ATX power supply. Inside the case we found that the board is marked with Delta Electronics DPS-250KP-2B Neither of us is a "power supply expert" so would appreciate any help. Am thinking it would be most...

Hey People, I need help for a compaq 4409CL pc. It's running Win Xp home edition. I can get to the Desktop but there is no taskbar, no icons nothing except the wallpaper. I cannot right click on the desktop. I have tried the restore CD nothing happens. the only way to get to anything is by doing a...

Reposting to other groups too. Technically not a "recall" but it is. Do not toss that Compaq/ HP laptop or batter nor pay anyone to fix the PC until you READ THIS: While at the HP site checking my battery issue: ...

Try asking in alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq.server, probably more expertise there on the server side hardware. KC From: "karol" Subject: Proliant 2500 how to configure array ? Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 1:48 PM Hi everybody.

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Okay, this is weird. I don't know if my kids did something or what. Suddenly, whenever windows goes into graphics mode, the screen goes completely blank. Let me describe the scenarios...... I couldn't figure out why the display would go completely blank, so I reloaded the OS (Windows XP). The...

Beginner question i guess : Is it possible to upgrade my videocard on my compaq armada 700 ? If yes where can i find a place to do it, is it easy to do alone ? thank you Julien

My Presario S4020WM Recovery Tools CD offers to make a new data partition once from the unused space. No details are given. Questions: 1) Is this space taken from the C-partition? 2) Is it contiguous space? 3) Is it taken from the start, middle, or end of the disk? 4) Is it non-destructive? (so...

Hi, My new system will be arriving shortly and although this question is a little on the generic side I'm sure some will have suggestions that I hadn't thought of. Basically, I'm polling to see which softwares people use to secure the ship and keep it running smoothly. So far, it seems that the...

I have been having problems with my desktop a Presario 54200nx refusing to shut down for about 6 months now.... And yesterday and again today my laptop (Presario 2900us) also refused to shut down... BOTH will hibrinate or go on standby.... but will not shut down... Going into DOS ... and typing...

Does anyone have the HP spare number for the filler blank that goes into the MSA 60 storage enclosure? HP support gave me 389015-001, but when I order this I get something totally incorrect for the MSA 60...wrong size wrong style, not hotswappable. I downloaded the MSA 60 maintenance manual,...