I am going for a good notebook. The only real difference between the two that I can see, is the 128 vs 256 mb of video ram for the graphic card, plus the zd 8000 comes shipped with a tv tuner(external). Everything else can be customised, so I am not worried. Am I overlooking anything? Is there a...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i've a problem where i can reboot the recovery cd. there been an error on the screen. then i've been ask to go to the desktop where i need to click the compaq helper(i think) and there is no icon about it there and...

My laptop won't boot. I've been everywhere trying to solve this problem. I have a 1200XLxxx with 320Meg Ram and a K6 500Mhz CPU and has a DVD and I think about a 6Gig HD. I can't even ascertain which model it is, i.e.xxx. There seemed to be about a million configurations to that model. I...

Try this location, you will have to hunt around unless you know exactly which product you have. http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/deskpro/us/index.html Bill "Wilfried Verbert" wrote in message ... Hi group

cant seem to id the model i have any ideas... have a armada 7400 6366t13x.... has internal modem... cannot get into bios with F10 as per man... also NO OS works with modem... maybe off in bios... can anyone point the way?

Last night I hurriedly went to connect the psu cable to my 2178ea and put it in another port by mistake. There was a slight crackle and the computer is now dead with none of the power indicator lights on. I want to salvage the contents of the hard drive and assume it wont be affected. Do I need to...

Yes there is a cmos battery and it surely does sound like it's dead. KC From: "Billy Radio" Subject: presario 2200 laptop time loss Date: Sunday, February 06, 2005 6:20 PM I have a presario 2200 laptop, 2months old, it will after being off a night reset the time to 12 am jan...

I have a 12-year-old Compaq Presario CDS 520 desktop machine that (astonishingly) is still running after all these years - however, it's recently become highly tempramental as to whether it wants to power up or not, and I suspect the cause of this is that the CMOS battery needs replacing. The...

I've just bought a new touchpad to install onto my Armada M700, but I can't get the thing to work. I downloaded the driver from the Compaq site but for some reason it isn't picking uo the touchpad when I boot the laptop. Can anyone please help with any suggestions. Thanks Martin

Greetings, I have added 2 new sticks of ram ea 128mb to my Presario 100P. Now it has 320Mb but it will not see more than 192 Mb. I can put each stick into the DIMM1 slot and it will see it ok singularly but when I fill all 3 slots I get 192Mb. All help greatly appreciated. TIA

Ok, thanks for your help Tom. "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... If they just look like thin boards without any chips on them, then yes. Tom "Jen" wrote in message ... ...

Hi to the group.. A friend of mine bought one of these computers and she complained that it was slow. It has a P4- 2.4 Gig processor, 512 ram and a 80 Gig drive. After checking the computer over, I too find the computer to be very slow...slow in Defrag and not real responsive overall. I have...

Hi, When playing a game on our computer yesterday, my husband sneezed violently (don't laugh, he's very loud and literally ground-shaking) and the whole system powered off like a switch had been flipped. I can't turn the system back on. I tried a new power cord, plugged into a different power bar...

For Presario 5240. XP Home, AMD K6 3D processor 395 Mhz, 384 MB RAM, 80 GB HD Thanks in advance, tele64

Does anyone have a Presario 1800 laptop in the home or office? I just need the dimensions of the case. It would sure help if you could measure and post the dimensions here or email them to me. I have decided to make a dustcover for a laptop that is usually left open, and want to make one for this...

Hi, I am having trouble sourcing a power supply in the UK for my old Compaq Armada 1750. Does anybody know where I can get one? Cheers Lenny

Hi All: I received a Compaq Presario desktop as a gift and would appreciate some suggestions. The computer has the following: 3000+ AMD Sempron Processor 512 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM memory 120 GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA Hard drive

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Hello again! I still have problems with the Compaq EVO D310 and ASUS V9180 Magic/Geforce 4. You have suggested me to look for a jumper which I did from the start. It looks like our compaq's is some kind of modified version? We don't have any jumpers on the board that can help us. We have flashed...

Finally I managed to get my iPAQ synchronize with ActiveSync on my desktop via Bluetooth. Read about how I did it at http://www.logodesignworks.com/iPAQ-activesync-bluetooth-synchronization.htm Best of luck! Jeff