After upgrading my Compaq Armada 1700 to Windows Xp the sound card does not work and downloading drivers does not help. I can't even get into the Bios to change the plug and play settings. What can I do? Compaq Armada 1700 6300/T/5000/D/M/3 160 Mb RAM 40 Gb HHD

I have a Compaq Presario 5000, that I traded a busted laptop to my dad for. As far as I'm aware he did not do any kind of overclocking (mobo is locked if memory serves me), and everything left in the system is standard issue. My question is what is the fastest speed of Ram I can throw in there,...

I have a drive which is not original to a compaq. I put the drive into a Presario 5000 series (circa autumn 2000). The sound is onboard. The chip is Via AC'97. I took the directory c:\cpqdrv from a running compaq hd, with working sound, and copied it to the new drive. I tried to use the inf file...

can anyone advise me on how to buy ram from ebay .. There's getting to be all kind of different types IE. SIMMS DIMMS SDRAM and I'm a bit in the dark in terms of things like bus speed downward compatability. Can I buy a higher bus speed thtn I need so that I can use it in a machine I might...

Had this problem, and saw I wasn't the first. "My M700 no longer powers up, with or without the battery. The battery led flashes 8 times and then the system switches off. The power led does not come on at all. Even with the laptop closed (ie screen down) and the AC plugged in with no battery...

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,...

I currently have Window Media Player 9 installed on my computer. No matter what I try it will not open up tho. So, can I just go to the Microsoft website and download Windows Media Player 9 again? Or do I need to uninstall media player 9 first? When I go to the install/uninstall program I...

Sirs, i have an Armada 7790 dmt that i put windows Xp on and after witch i find thats its not a supported system, So I will have to use windows 2000 pro or 98 How do I install either Operating sys.with Xp Installed already. And what kind of modem was used in this Computer?I mean the Make of...

Hi, I'm an user o old laptop Armada 1592 DT. It's OK for the things I do (Word,Excel etc.) but I've lately thought about uprading its memory and HDD so I've got some questions: 1. What it's the biggest supported HDD by this model (now it's 3,4 GB)? 2. Is the hdd upgrading proccess very difficult?

I have a Compaq nx6115 laptop. When I press the power button, the fan whirs for about a second, and the hard drive access light comes on. Then it cuts out (fan shuts down) and then this is repeated about fifteen times. Eventually it stops doing this and the fan stays on, but no hard drive...

I have a Presario 5834 which was given to me free by a friend who no longer had use for it. I am having problems with the CD burner making coasters. The system came with system restore disks that load the factory installed software. These disks install the CeQuadrat program for creating...

I have a Compaq Armada 7800. With the power cord connected the laptop runs fine and power management reports only 3% of the battery is full and that it is still charging when in fact its not. I have a new battery and external charger so I know the battery is good and fully charged, also the...

My son has an old computer, a Compaq Presario 4716. We are going to upgrade the memory and also need to upgrade for the games he plays. I have read that many have problems with new cards with this particular model, or updating old Compaq computers in general. Can someone point me in the right...

Bought a new Compaq Presario last month and because of some problems, I am told I need to do a complete Restoration. Problem is, I never got any Restoration CD or OS CD with this system. Was I suppose to???? Got the system at Orifice Depot. Regards and thanks in advance.... LS

I just bought a used 7800. I have 2 questions: 1.There are 2 volume control keys above the power switch on the chassis. How are they controlled? Is it software? I cannot find software on the HP/Compaq site that controls them, and they do not appear to adjust the volume. 2. It has an internal...

Hi everybody. I have a Compaq Proliant 2500 server with Compaq 221 Smart Array. The array is NOT configured. I have two SCSI disc's. I don't have original SmartStart CD. I'm unable to setup the array. I've tried several SoftPack, including SP6263, which claims to be bootable, but it is NOT. While...

No,it all depends on the processor and equipment installed,though most seem terribly underpowered.My 5423US is a Pentium 4 model,and only has a 235 watt psu,barely enough to do the job.Since most decent graphics cards require at least 300 watts these days,you'll probably need a bigger...

Could someone tell me which motherboard Compaq 5BW160 has? Would it be possible to change the BIOS to one provided by the motherboard manufacturer instead of using the Compaq's BIOS? Thank you!

I've got two sticks of 128 MB ram and have room for one more. If I add a stick of 256 MB, does the order in which the three sticks are installed make any difference? Can I just put the 256 stick in the third slot or must I put it in the first slot and move a 128 stick to the third slot? Compaq...

I'm trying to get a file off an old Compaq Presario 425, which has a floppy drive so dirty or otherwise wrecked that I can't write to it. I'm not in a position to do anything heroic like replace the drive or do any serious monkeying with the machine. It is running DR-DOS 7.0.2 and not connected to...