I have a couple of AC adapters for Compaq Laptops - Compaq Series 2812 18V 2.5A Mail me if interested MG UK **REMOVE** 'myhat' from my return email address before sending!!

I have 2 Compaq Desktops #1 Compaq Presario S3010CL-B (Sam's Club 7/3/2003) AMD Athlon XP 2200+ #2 Compaq Presario S5000J (Compaq Direct 9/13/2003) AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Both use S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR video. While nosing around...

System: Compaq Presario 5000 series, 5BW251 Problem: It came with ME installed. I tried to upgrade to XP Pro by booting from the XP install disk. It booted ok and started the install. It formated the harddrive to fat32, copied files and tried to reboot to continue the install. But when it...

Hi all. Anyone know how to open up an Armada 1520d so I can change the fan? Regards Jonas B

I was given a dead Presario 7478 (no disks) that I revived with an eBay motherboard. It boots to a W-98 screen, tells me the display driver is wrong (the display is readable, but out of proportion), and will not recognize the CD and CDRW drives. The lights light up on the drives, so I have reason...

Greetings, I've been with Compaq/HP online chat for almost an hour.. with no success. I have a compaq presario 5660. I have the latest bios (1999 ver). I get into the Bios by clicking F10. I cannot find anywhere in the Bios how to change the boot sequence. I don't want it to boot to floppy, I...

Hi, this laptop ships with a P3 with a 100 mhz bus speed. Would that be the limit for the motherboard (which I am buying separately) or would it take 133mhz? Thanks again....

Where can I get one of these cheaper than directly from hp? TIA.

I have a Presario 1266 notebook and I want to reconfigure the Bios. Does anyone know which keys will get me into the Bios at boot-time. Regards Louis

compaq deskpro 2000 M5133/1080 GER I want to install a new HDD, becouse the old one is broken. I think I had to install a new Partition on the knew HDD using the two created Disk's "F10 Setup and Personal Computer Diagnostics" SP4704, but the Comp didn't boot from the created disk. Another...

If anyone is interested in a used 6.4gb Toshiba MK6411MAT with a caddy to fit a Prosignia 160 or Armada 1700 plus others.. Contact: I am interested in packaging & shipping charges plus whatever you think it is worth??? Willard

allright i have a laptop presario 1700 , 600 cpu, i thought of upgrading the cpu, i pulled out a working 800 mhz from another presario 1700, i swapped cpu's , the laptop boots , but i do not see anything on the screen , no sound, simply nothing i powered up the 2nd laptop , same results. i...

Card is an Aopen Aeolus GF4 Ti4200S 8X DVC128(N8). It is an 8X AGP card (or better be!). You said you had a problem with a Ti4200 also? Was it Aopen? This is the second one I got. The first one cooked almost immediatley brand new. PC didn't even finish post. Entire PC was built brand new. I am now...

i have been helping a family member with a compaq 7596 the restore disk is damaged so i intalled windows 98 from upgrade disk and i found all the drivers except the driver for th motherboard so i get the error "pci system management bus" in the device manager are the diver on the web or hidden on...

How do I change the password of a Presario 1270 notebook? I've been pressing F8 during bootup, but it just takes me to the password screen then it boots intomWindows. Thanks, Michael

anyone have one hanging around getting dusty? tanya TACHANKA SIBERIANS "All Four Paws Rolling" Wenatchee, WA

I have a Compaq R3120US that came with XP Home. I already own the XP Pro upgrade and would like to install it on the laptop. Compaq says I can't do it because the drivers they provide are for XP Home only. Is their claim possible? Thanks in advance... Bob

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I have a 5430US and I can see where I can download a self extracting file on Compaq's site to fix the problem, but if I can't even boot the computer then how am I supposed to install the patch to repair it? Also is this a good indication that the HD is failing or is it simply a bad sector...

Hi, my notebook is labeled =844/25=93. nothing more. It has no PCMCIA, no trackball, no expansion port connector. It has: internal floppy, hard disk, color display, German keyboard. Finally, I am looking for infos about the parallel port. I want to=20 connect a Freecom PowerCD external CD-ROM...