How do I get into BIOS Setup on a Presario 4712 to change boot order? Tried F1 & F10 and got message saying "no diagnostics partition". Original HD failed so replaced and need to install Win98 from CD. Compaq/HP site no help at all. Googled, but no joy. Thanks for any help! -- Be seeing...

I have been searching for drivers for the compaq presario 2100 desktop for 2 weeks. What I need is the IDE / Hard Drive Controller driver for windows 95. The compaq presario 2100 desktop had the Cyrix MediaGX chip that controlled everything. But I cant find the IDE driver. There is a driver...

My LCD just died, out of warranty. I would like to get at the connectors to see if just a loose connection. If not,buy one from ebay. Does anyone know how to get inside the cover? Took both rubber plugs out & screws behind them, still won't budge. Thanks, Norm Btw, email address actually ends in...

OS: Windows XP RAM: 120MB (detetcted...even tho theres 128) PROC: 1.2GHz Celeron the computer is old, i know. its also on all the time and i use it all the time, thats why i got it (i'm a college student). lately, however, as soon as i turn it on the lag is unbeleiveable. windows close by slowly...

Tty this link, https://store.separts.com/OA_HTML_SEI/seiItemBom.jsp?item=13196 It appears to be your system,the motherboard is $91.00. RedWingFan wrote in message ... I am looking to find a new motherboard for a Compaq Presario 5070 It seems as...

I have tried changing the fans on an ML370 server to some quieter ones, but it keeps saying that the CPU fan has failed and that the slot fan is not present. I rewired the connections from the originals onto the newer ones. The fans are running OK, so how is it detecting the failure etc? Is there...

What kind of company takes 80 minutes to complete an order for a hard drive? One of the transfers passed me on to a daycare. After talking to their customer service department, the purchase order I tried to place wasn't a valid purchase. What is going on? After 3 days and no hard drive, I...

My wifes computer was having a problem in that it would go to the sign on (XP Professional), and then reboot after you sign on. I took the 40Gig Drive and put it in slot 2, and bought a new 80Gig Seagate Drive and put it in slot 1. I then used the 3 disk CD recovery set and loaded it on the...

I just purchased an SR2050NX. Thing look OK so far. I do have a question. I would like to install an additional hard drive to write backups to. I would like to use an EIDE drive because they are cheap. Best buy has a Seagate 120Gb drive for $50 this week. Speed is not an issue, since it will...

I have a Compaq Presario 5000 5WV254 that I bought four years ago. The keyboard is Compaq Model # SDM4540UL (Compaq P/N 179355-007). Can the keys on this keyboard be removed? I don't have a tool for removing the keys but, if the keys on this keyboard can be removed, I'll try to find a key-puller...

My wife purchased these speakers at a garage sale and of course didn't get the power supply. Radio Shack has a 12volt/1Amp replacement. I've got the plug narrowed down to Radio Shack's "M", but need to know the polarity of the speakers. It isn't stamped anywhere on them. I assume it is - ---C...

Just my views on upgrades. 1. Bang to bucks, RAM has about the biggest pay off followed by CPUs 2. Know the motherboard and it's limits and you won't need to ask if it's worth upgrading. 3. Little hole in the wall shops carrying used machines often have the best prices on used CPUs that no...

Hello- I have a Compaq Presario 1525US notebook that has a slot/compartment on the right/bottom side of the notebook lid that supports a wireless network card...instead of having to use your PCMCIA slot. If you are confused you can check out the following...

I have gotten a Compaq Deskpro 386s From what I can see on this picture http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebras/images/r0015149.jpg it must be the 2530 model. The first issue is that I don't know how to have more memory. The operating system I'm planning to run requires at least 8MB, and would...

Hi there, My M700 has an intermittent problem resuming from standby (waking from s3 suspend to RAM) in Windows XP SP2. It will always suspend happily, and the little power light flashes on and off, but it will only wake up about 2/3 of the time. Very frustrating. I have tried: - Installing all...

Hello: Hopefully someone can help me with this: I can't find the solution to this problem. I have a Compaq 2800T that won't turn on when the AC power is unplugged (battery only) but if I plug in the ac adapter for just enough time to press the power button and then unplug it , it starts fine and...

Hi all, I have an Armada M300 600Mhz P3, 192 ram, 12Gb HDD, DVD+Floppy (DVD and Floppy drives in Mobile Expansion Unit.), 4Mb Ati Rage LT Pro. I may soon have the opportunity to upgrade to an Omnibook 6000 800Mhz P3, 256 ram, 20Gb HDD, DVD (Internal), 16Mb Ati Rage Mobility Pro (I think that is...

I have a Compaq Presario 12XL401 Laptop, upgraded to WXP Home. Whenever I plug in my Linksys Wireless Internet card, it locks up the computer. Does anyone know how to fix this. Thanks

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Hi. I'm trying to install W2K on this server but it refuses to boot from the SmartStart CD. Any ideas? It's an IDE CD-ROM. Thanks. Ed.