Remote location. Family member's Presario 5000 just bit the big one. Over the phone, it sounds like the power supply. I've got a couple of ATX power supplies laying around and I drive down there for other reasons periodically. How proprietary is the Compaq unit?

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

Hi I have an old 4400US with a celeron 1.3; I had previously upgraded it to 512mb RAM & a 250 GB hdd & I was wondering what would be the best option if I want to upgrade the processor as frugaly as possible. I recently saw a combo deal at newegg for a AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 San Diego 2.6GHz Socket...

What's the fastest processor I can fit into my Presario 5000 PC (Model No: 5WV254, currently fitted with an AMD Duron 700 MHz processor, and 448 Mb of RAM)? Would a more up-to-date processor enhance performance to any appreciable degree? I don't do games, just office stuff, photo-editing, audio...

Sounds like you installed the OS in one machine and then moved the drive to another machine. No wonder it won't boot the OS. Try installing the OS on the machine you want to use it on.

Tina and Mac wrote: | I recently installed new cartridges (black & color) into my Presario | 5410US. After printing only a half a dozen (or so) pages of text, I | consistently get the message that the ink supply is 'low'. The | printer will not print any more pages. I find it difficult to |...

I have three (3) sets of Compaq Restore CD's . 1st CD: Compaq Deskpro EN and EP series with Intel 810/810a Chipsets. Intel Celeron 500, Pentium III 733 MHz processors and eariler versions. Version 4.4. Requires Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 CD. Part # 138602-005 2nd CD: Compaq CD For Microsoft...

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

I had to perform a "quickrestore" on my 5834 Presario. For some reason, the DVD and CD Rom drives do not show up in device manager. They open and close and when media is placed in them the drives spin, it's just that windows does not seem to be recognizing them. I checked the connections and...

I am shortly going to need to replace a Dell laptop and am thinking of the Compq nc8230. It is one of the business line laptops. I have grown disappointed with Dell service, but haven't used a Compaq for about five years and wondered if their has also declined badly. Any comments on the nc8230...

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...

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 need help with a bad hard drive. I have a Compaq Presario that I bought in 1999 (2000??) whose hard drive is failing. It is a model 161494-002. A few months ago I got a message (that pops up when ever I boot) that the hard disk detects drive failure is imminent. I just kept hitting F1...

hello, i need the PASSWORD for the FACTORY.PQI etc drive image files that are on the recovery cd for my laptop. i want to have a good look inside the image with drive image 2002 and maybe be able to restore individual files etc via image explorer in drive image program. many thanks oostrich

Hi, I've got a refurb 6325cl presario. It has a bad habit of locking up. When this happens the screen shrinks to ~80% of normal size and oscillates wildly. The PC becomes totally locked up - no inputs allowed at all - keyboard mouse - nothing. I can reset by holding the power button for...

Can you confirm that the card in this auction is an NLX card. It looks like it to me but I would like your opinion. http://makeashorterlink.com/?X56F227AC -- And to all those opposed... Hmm...well

I know it's there for a reason, but I have my computer in my bedroom, and that power light is simply annoying, especially at night! Maybe if it weren't so bright... Anyway, I have a Compaq Presario SR1020NX, and I was wondering if there was any setting I could change to turn the lights out on...

Hi All: I have a Compact Presario desktop, and I just purchased Nortons anti-spyware 2005. The problem is when I try to install it, a window keeps coming up which says that I still have NIT 2004 still installed and I need to un-install it before I can continue. I have taken out everything which...

Hello I have a problem ... my machine won't boot up .. it shows only the screen where in the right bottom corner shows the type of the machine (Deskpro 2000) and in the upper left corner shows the ammount of RAM installed.What can I do?? Thank you Sorry for my English

Hi, I have a Presario 5150 K6-II 350 MHz with a hard disk of 6 Go which i would like to change. Anyone can you say to me what's the maximal size of tha hard disk allowed for this computer with Windows 98 and Windows 2000 please ? Thanks in advance.