I have a compaq presario 7360. I ran the quick recovery disc and now I have no sound so I went to the website and downloaded the audio files and went back to install them and I tried to double click on my computer and it doesn't do anything. I tried all icons but it doesn't do...

Hi Everyone, I have a Presario 1240 that was on loan to someone and was returned dead. It is possible that it was accidentally plugged into the wrong power supply (the supply from a printer was returned with it instead of the Presario supply). I've disassembled it in hopes of finding a...

I canceled the System_sav partition on the hard disk (1.5 Gb) but I am not able to recovery and use that free space on the disk. Help me please. Frank

I have a compaq prosignia 300 (pentium 75). I've added a pci IDE raid controller in it because I will use IDE drives. Is it possible to disable the intern Embedded SCSI controller? How can I do that. I will boot from a IDE drive and not from a SCSI drive.... Best regards, Gerrit

How do we determine the multiplier? I have installed an AMD K6- 300 MHz from a 2256 presario into a 5304 presario- 133 MHz. When I go to turn the computer on - nothing happens, just a blank screen, except for a blinking cursor. I've located most of the infor- mation but unsure about two things. ...

I have a compaq laptop which has a problem. I have a cheap headphones to listen to my Dell at work. The headphones work fine. If I put in a DVD from the Teaching Company on the laptop it works fine. However when I plug in the headphones, I only get the right hand side sound. I tried various...

Wanting to upgrade my Presario 7594. I have the latest ROM upgrades to install. On Compaqs site it only lists the RAM limitations, 512mb. I assume the bios updates don't change this since it wasn't listed in the Fixes. It does say it ands support for larger drives but doesn't say how much larger....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2785167311 Compaq Fibre Channel Connection Kit. This is new in the box and contains the two Fibre Channel patch cables, and two GBICs. The GBICs alone are worth allot of money. They are IBM Serial Optical Converters. (SOC-1063N PN 21H9872 ...

Got this system from a friend. Was all OEM, 566 Celeron, 64 mg ram, ESS Allero onboard audio, modem has part number MDM 56K 2076-001. The monitor jack was sheared off at the board (broken clean like it was never put there, never seen any thing like it before). I replaced the jack and plug on the...

I have a Presario Laptop 12XL510A, running WIN ME. Best Buy service replaced MB and card slot carriage (?) under warranty. Just got it back today, found that it won't notice that a card is engaged in the slot. Was wondering if there's a software switch or something to turn on. I know I can take it...

I have a prosignia 300 compaq with a pentium 75. The prosignia have a embedded ethernet controller. When I watch the bios I see a strange address. Such like Port address: 0xC0000 - 0xEE000. I will load a driver but it doesn't work. I will install lantastic 6.0 and load the following driver:...

I recently added the 802.11b multiport module to my N600c (Windows XP SP1). I'm using the HP Odyssey client to control the module. The module works fine when WEP is disabled, but I can't get it to work with WEP turned on. I've tried both 64 and 128 bit mode (turning it on and off in my router to...

Want to upgrade memory in Presario 2172us notebook. Want to use same brand. Would prefer to buy memory before opening machine. Does Compaq use one brand . Is there a way to find out Thanks

I am trying to update a Presario 4712, and donate it to a worthy group. I want to reformat and reinstall the following: 1. Windows (I have a Legal copy). 2. Sound driver: ESS ES1888. 3. Video adapter: Compaq Presario S3 Trio 64V+ 4. Modem: Compaq Presario 336-VSC I do not know if this unit had a...

Where can I find out how much memory this with take? This box has ME can I upgrade to XP? The cpu is a Athlon 900mhz Any help would be appreciated Jim

My laptop is a Compaq Presario 1700 17XL 461 model and originally has 128MB (64MB * 2 slots) on it. I was trying to upgrade memory and put 256MB memory on one slot. But the system would not boot and gave the message saying, "Invalid memory type, Serial Presence Detect, Invalid checksum, System...

I've bought a prosignia 300 from a friend. The prosignia has 16 Mb intern memory. I will use it for a linux router. First I install DOS on it. When I type the dos command MEM I see: Conventional: 638k Upper: 0 Reservation: 0 Extended (XMS): 15,360k Where's my Upper memory? Must I change something...

I"am using a compaq presario type/model 5BW154 In my system there are two mouldings for memory. In one bank i've 256 mb and in the other i've 64mb. What i want is to replace the 64 mb with 512kb. However the system does not allow such an increase and sticks to a value of 256kb. Is my system limited...

Can any one help ????? Every time I boot - I keep getting a 1790 - boot error - I tried installing a new hd but machine will not even see it - doesn't seen to even see the old drive .... any hints or sugestions ???? thanks in advance

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