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

Card is an Aopen Aeolus GF4 Ti4200S 8X DVC128(N8). It is an 8X AGP card (or better be!). You said you had a problem with a Ti4200 also? Was it Aopen? This is the second one I got. The first one cooked almost immediatley brand new. PC didn't even finish post. Entire PC was built brand new. I am now...

i have been helping a family member with a compaq 7596 the restore disk is damaged so i intalled windows 98 from upgrade disk and i found all the drivers except the driver for th motherboard so i get the error "pci system management bus" in the device manager are the diver on the web or hidden on...

I have a Presario 1266 notebook and I want to reconfigure the Bios. Does anyone know which keys will get me into the Bios at boot-time. Regards Louis

Greetings, I've been with Compaq/HP online chat for almost an hour.. with no success. I have a compaq presario 5660. I have the latest bios (1999 ver). I get into the Bios by clicking F10. I cannot find anywhere in the Bios how to change the boot sequence. I don't want it to boot to floppy, I...

Hi all. Anyone know how to open up an Armada 1520d so I can change the fan? Regards Jonas B

I was given a dead Presario 7478 (no disks) that I revived with an eBay motherboard. It boots to a W-98 screen, tells me the display driver is wrong (the display is readable, but out of proportion), and will not recognize the CD and CDRW drives. The lights light up on the drives, so I have reason...

Hi, this laptop ships with a P3 with a 100 mhz bus speed. Would that be the limit for the motherboard (which I am buying separately) or would it take 133mhz? Thanks again....

Where can I get one of these cheaper than directly from hp? TIA.

compaq deskpro 2000 M5133/1080 GER I want to install a new HDD, becouse the old one is broken. I think I had to install a new Partition on the knew HDD using the two created Disk's "F10 Setup and Personal Computer Diagnostics" SP4704, but the Comp didn't boot from the created disk. Another...

System: Compaq Presario 5000 series, 5BW251 Problem: It came with ME installed. I tried to upgrade to XP Pro by booting from the XP install disk. It booted ok and started the install. It formated the harddrive to fat32, copied files and tried to reboot to continue the install. But when it...

Hi Need power supply board for me Compaq Armada M700, can any one help. will pay good price for it, thx Saleem

Hi, Installed a Dlink wireless (950) w/ router 614+ and my bloody standby mode is caput- Running on a compaq presario 2700t win XP home. Im suspecting issues with the ACPI - any suggestion would help Cheers Anthony

I have a couple of AC adapters for Compaq Laptops - Compaq Series 2812 18V 2.5A Mail me if interested MG UK **REMOVE** 'myhat' from my return email address before sending!!

I have 2 Compaq Desktops #1 Compaq Presario S3010CL-B (Sam's Club 7/3/2003) AMD Athlon XP 2200+ #2 Compaq Presario S5000J (Compaq Direct 9/13/2003) AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Both use S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR video. While nosing around...

I think the reboot is due to weak power supply, it came with 300w and the video card spec suggest 350w recommanded. what should i do now? upgrade power supply? where can i find a replacement with the same plug? i do have two nec dvd writer, if i take out one of them will it help the situation?...

Hi, I've just been given a Compaq Deskpro. All I know is that it is a PIII 600Mhz, 256Mb RAM, 10Gb HD and 52x CD-ROM. How do I find out the model number? I want to see if I can download some docs. or manuals for it but I don't know what it's proper name is. Also, how do I get the top off the...

I'm planning to add a second processor to a Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 (Dual PII) According to Compaq's guide I need to put a heatsink bridge between the 2 processors. Is this necessary? Or just compaq trying to get more money out of me? If so where can I get one and what do I need to...

Am using a microsoft cordless mouse connected to the PS/2 port with my compaq presario 2175US. Question is that I am using the touchpad driver with it & have not installed the mouse driver since it is working correctly. Should I install the correct driver for it or leave it alone?