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

So i turn on my computer today, and it loks normal, then right when it starts to load, it asks what i want to start it in... safe mod, reg mode ect.. ive tried all of them, and everytime a blue screen comes up that says something like it cant find the file, unmountable_boot_volume then it says to...

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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

I am thinking of changing my busted 30gb harddrive for Presario 2715US ( 2700 series) with a 60gb harddrive. The only problem is that the original harddrive was 9.5mm but the new 60gb harddrive is 12.5 mm. Now I am not sure if Presario 2700 series support hard drives which are 12.5 mm thick? Has...

Try Shift+Enter. Works in Word. Tom "naitsirch79" wrote in message ... I am using Photoshop 7 and number pad enter and enter aren't all the same thing. You see number pad enter is a "true" enter. The enter on the ...

Help, does anyone know how to release the TFT5600? It is a 1u combo keyboard/mouse/TFT display and it is stuck in the closed position. Thank you!

I have a 4000s I want to run without a keyboard or monitor. Things is, on every other computer i've seen, the bios had a setting for halt on error which if set to "none" would allow the machine to boot whether keyboard or monitor was present or not. Is it possible to get one of these to be setup in...

Hello. Is there anything unusual about replacing the hard drive on this laptop? Is part of the bios on the hard drive? I don't have the restore cds so if there are any files necessary that aren't on the window install disks I'd like to know. Thanks. Chuck

I was looking at the www.compaq.com website for a SoundMax driver for a COMPAQ Deskpro sb series, P733, i815. The only sound driver that appears for that model is a Windows 2000 DOS driver and I need a W98 driver. The W2000 driver doesn't work, and I've tried a number of soundmax drivers for...

I have a Linksys 802.1B wireless router and a cable modem. It works fine because I have two other notebooks at home with PC Card Wireless that works fine. My wife's new Presario is not working quite right. I have the button pushed and have set up the connection and enabled TCP/IP. But I can't...

The internal keyboard just up and quit working, leaving me brother with only a, x, caps lock, and 1 keys working. Using external keyboard works fine but it's a PITA to lug around extra keyboard. I've taken it apart and cleaned and reseated the keyboard connector but it made no difference. I...

The hd that came with my prsarios is toast. I popped in my home hd with windows xp pro on it. Everything works fine except the disk drives don't work. Have been looking for drivers etc. with no luck. How do you get those drives to work? Thanks John

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I bought an Compaq Presario 5003r a little over 2 years ago and it is not holding up to some newer games and it is a bit slow. So I thought I bite the bullet and try to upgrade the processor. I don't know much about this compaq but I did find a site that has the info for...

Hi: I have a 5320 bought in Nov 2001. It recently started performing sluggishly and I thought of doing a factory restore using the recovery CD. However, the hard drive crashed during tis procee. My question is, if I buy a generic hard drive and install on this machine, will it be possible to use...

I´m looking for a hard drive multibay adapter for the notebook : Compaq LTE 5100, any hint where I can get it ? Peter

I'm having problems booting a Armada 1750. I downloaded the diagnostic disks from the HP/Compaq website and it reports problems writing to the HD. I tried fdisking drive (removing both the C: drive's partition and that tiny non-dos partition at the beginning) and just reformating it but...

I have a compaq presario 5150. I've upgraded it to a dvd-rom drive, cd-r drive and more memory. Now I need more hard drive space. I can't find 5.25 hard drives but I can get and adapter and just use a 3.5? I want to get 80 gb and put Windows2000 on it. Would it be able to handle those upgrades?

Hi, i have an old Compaq Professional WS 5100 dual PII-300 with no bios and without f10 partition. The problems it's related to the setup's diskettes: "F10 Setup and Diagnostics for Compaq Workstations / version 1.15 A (8 Oct 98)". When i try to run setup.exe, after booting from the diskettes,...