Hello there, I bought a used Evo N800V laptop recently and found a very annoying defect... The screen has got a vertical band where the image is not shown correctly, but "distorted". It doesn't seem to be a problem of dead pixels (and the LCD panel itself doesn't seem to have been hit). The...

A friend has a Compaq Evo desktop computer (circa 2002) that won't boot up. It gives the beep sequence, 1 short, 2 long and also the Num-Lock LED blinks continuously. According to the documentation for this particular computer, these symptoms indicate it's probably something to do with mixing ECC...

i installed xp professional on my kids pc that came from compaq with a visioneer 5800 usb onetouch scanner. does anyone have one of these devises and know how to get them to work with xp professional on a compaq 5004us. i have been farting with this for two day and have run out of options. i...

Hi,have one of these with a smashed glass.The actual display is undamaged.Is it possible to remove/replace the glass? TIA Mick

I was given an old Presario 1245 notebook with dual scan. I gave it to my daughter. She seems happy, but the battery is completely gone. I can get a million hits for companies that make replacement batteries, no problem. But, any objective answers for perhaps a 2nd hand one that ~will~ hold...

Can the video module on the Presario desktop 5240 be upgraded? XP Home, AMD K6 3D processor 395 Mhz, 384 MB RAM, 80 GB HD Thanks in advance, tele64

It is a built in phone modem right? If you don't know what kind it is, then the only way to find out is to open up your tower (hopefully not a laptop, those get tricky) and look on the card. Then google for the manufacturer's website and see if they offer the driver online. Good luck!

First of all check that the power unit is ok... this ought to be the first step, You can either try a new power unit or try the suspect on another computer, there is that possibility you have just blown the power unit. davy

Currently, all slots filed with 128K sticks. Is this the max or can I use one of those adapters that lets you stack more than one chip in a memory slot?

Hi.... will any basic laptop harddrive fit this computer or do I need one especially from compaq? Newfdog

I recently had a Presario 2297 follow me home. It's kind of a cute thing and makes an excellent 'smart typewriter'. Now that I've sorted out the modem issue, it's a handy backup for 'net work. My question is - how do you make it recognize more than 64 meg of memory? Thanks, John...

Compaq Presario SR1511NX Major Problems! PLEASE HELP! Reinstalling and no driverdiscs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey everyone I havehad this problem for quite some time now actually.. and the problem is that I have re-installed WINDOWS XP...

hi gang, i hope this is the right forum for this problem. whenever i start up my puter i receive an error message saying RBA has encountered a problem. i then have the option to send or not send the report. can someone please tell me what RBA stands for, what it does and can i solve this problem....

been having posting probs as of late....

Is there an easy to see all sofpaqs that have been released pretaining to a ceartin model number?

Added 512MB to this machine. BIOS counts up to 128MB then red COMPAQ logo on screen goes awry and machine locks up. Any suggestions? Memory seems to match Compaq specifications (although they're vage on their website!). Paul DS. -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

Hello, This is my first compaq laptop I try to repair. The problem is, I can not go into the bios to look for de external cd-rom. When I use a diskette, I never come to the cd-rom drive. The cd rom drive is conected by a pcmcia-card. But when I have the bootcd in it, it will not go to the...

I've got a Compaq Presario X1007EA and after reinstalling Windows XP HE everything works fine except 4 irritating bugs(?): 1/ When Windows starts, the Taskbar only shows wwhat it feels like showing. It happends (rarely!) that every program/service that starts with Windows shows an icon in the...

I bought a Compaq Presareo tower computer used and it has Windows ME on it. The problem is it did not come with any of the original disks. Can someone tell me where to get the restore disks? Remove from my email address the no spam. Ted

We have been going crazy to solve this problem. The machine every once in a while skips its power on password, and goes to the novell login screen. The mouse and keyboard are locked up and the keyboard lights light from left to right in a rotation pattern continuously. We have to shut it down,...