Thousands???? Maybe 10 years ago. Not today, dude. Welcome to the new Millenium. HH "PcBuilder" wrote in message ... If You Can Read And Hold A Screwdriver, Do It Yourself & Save Thousands ! ...

I have a Compaq 5430 US with a geforce 4400ti graphics card and tried to upgrade to a geforce 6200 256 AGP. The card and drivers work but I get a 101- Option ROM Checksum Error (Add -in card not working properly) error upon bootup. I have the default 5430US motherboard, and a 250Watt power supply...

Hi all, I'm trying to install a USR wireless card (USR5410) in my Presario 1210 laptop (Pentium 150 Mhz, 128 Mb Ram, etc). According to USR, the minimum spec is a Pentium 100. The laptop won't detect the card being inserted but it does detect it being pulled out (beeps). I've done a fresh install...

Hello Wow, where has this website been? So glad I found it! I am having some problems with a Compaq Presario 7QSM11 (7000z series), Windows ME OS. Its my sisters computer and she brought it to me with a dead hard drive. I picked up a new WD 120GB Caviar (old drive was a WD 60GB). Set the jumpers...

"bobG" wrote in message ... I deleted my BIOS in my Compaq Deskpro 4000n 5233MMX. Oops. I know I can live without it, but I'd like to restore the BIOS partition if possible. I've done some searching in groups, and...

I had 256MB of DDR PC3200 installed and wanted more. I thought I found a good deal on ebay 2 sticks of 1GB DDR PC3200 made my NCP. Ad stated that it was new. I install either or both of the sticks in either or both of the slots and get a beep and the computer won't start. Online chat with...

Hello, This is more of an annoyance problem than anything else. I have a Compaq Presario 2550ca running Windows XP Professional, all the latest drivers from Microsoft and Compaq. After my computer falls asleep, when I wake it up, the wireless icon in the notification area says that I am not...

The Presario 7PL290 (Presario 7000) has two 9-pin cables with connectors from the front of the case. The computer has a firewire card with a keyed 9-pin connector and a similar 9-pin connector on the motherboard. I replaced the motherboard after determining that it was failing, but I did not take...

Anyone know where I can find one of these processor's fairly cheap? It is for my son's pc. Thanks Russ

I have an older box with a type 7 socket cpu running 350mhz in a Compaq presario 5150 desktop. I was told by compaq support that I could upgrade that to a 550mhz AMD-k6-2. What they couldn't tell me was what jumper settings that I would have to change to utilize the new processor. Can somebody...

I've installed a fast 7200rpm ATA 133 Maxtor disk in my Compaq Deskpro EP/SB Series, but the transfer is very slow. Will it help tom install a Promise Ultra ATA133 card to speed up the access? Afaik the Compaq Deskpro EP/SB Series is ATA 33. So I am under the impression it should make a...

Hi, I have a Compaq Presario 2266 desktop and the quick restore disk has been accidentally damaged and is no longer usable. Is there anyone out there that has one they would be willing to sell or make me a copy of. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would love to be able to restore this...

A friend's little used 5301RSH suddenly failed to come on at all. Since it would not fire up, the only thing I could check on the power supply is that it had 5 vdc standby voltage. An ohm meter seemed to indicate that front panel switch was not making contact. I figured out which pins to short...

Hi, Can anybody send me or help me with finding where to download a repair manual for a 2700 Presario laptop? The links at the Compaq site are broken. Thanks, NL email:

I have a Comaq Presario 2195 laptop that has a broken power jack. I went to a computer shop today inquiring as to how much it would cost to replace the broken power jack. The tech told me that they've had bad luck with replacing the power jacks, but that they'd put in a pig tail connector. The...

I have a Compaq T20 thin client with NTe and would like to Flash WinCE onto it, when I try to do it with netxfer I get and error that says "Security Key does not match" anyone know of a way to flash this thin client with WinCE? thanks

Got an 80-gigger in there. Would like to put in a 120, 200, 250, or 300 - depending on what's on sale. Anybody know how to tell if the BIOS will support the larger sizes? -- PeteCresswell

We've relaunched our WiFi Hotspot Directory which is accessible via PocketPCs, Palms, Laptops and even iPods. I can send you this months edition which are welcome to distribute freely to your members. I didn't include it with this email as given the rash of virus' many people don't even open emails...

Hi, I have a Presario 80XL4 laptop and it's time to switch out the hard drive. I just got a 40 gig hd but the auto-detect stalls during boot. I thought it might be the BIOS but it turns out the latest update is March 2001 and the laptop already has it. Is there a size limit? The unit comes with...

http://www.newgen.ca/content/product.taf?ContentID=134 Often the fan gets loud and annoying. Most of the time it is OK, but it is very annoying when it happens. I don't see any way to remove dust from the fan. The fan part appears covered completely in black plastic. Has anyone had luck cleaning...