I have a friend who did a dumb-a** thing and bought a Compaq Presario SR1503WM a little over a year ago. He never created the back-up/rescue CD's and now the PC crashed (I believe the registry became corrupted, and I may be able to fix that). However, he called HP/Compaq to order the CD(s). They...

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Hello all... I have a number of Compaq Deskpro 686P2, 686P3 and Evo D500, 510 series (686O2) systems. All of these seem to be pretty closely related, and all of them have a setting in the BIOS known as the "UUID". This setting is disabled by default, and Compaq's in-setup help isn't very helpful,...

I have a bit of a problem with a DL385 server using two P600s and would like some advice. The initial installation was done in error putting the boot device on an internal P600 SAS RAID controller in slot 3. Later on another P600 was added in slot 1 that connects to an external array on an...

Good afternoon I own an old Compaq Presario 1200-XL 109 Notebook since 2000. I intend to buy a Netgear WG111 adapter in order to hane a link with another PC already fitted with a modern Wifi terminal. the 1200 XL-109 is operating under Windows 98SE. Has anyone already tested a WG111 on a 1200...

After encountering many BSOD (and trying all possible remedies - new HD checking RAM etc etc. I re installed Win XP Pro SP2. During install I had to use the F7 bypass - I don't recall having to do that before. However The unit seems a bit more reliable but one BIG problem... The OS doesn't...

I'm having quite a time trying to network my new netbook to my desktop. I run Network setup on both machines but always come up with a limited connectivity error. I'm missing a setting somewhere along the way because I even had the desktop networked with a Mac at one point. It'd be nice to be...

First excuse my poor English. I have a Compaq 6820S. The Hard Drive went out of the fixed Nap. I found the problem and I fix the HDD but....Windows Vista Home Basic did not work anymore. I call HP to have a copy in order to reinstall Windows Vista Home Basic. The answer is "Sir You warranty...

Gudday all, I recently purchased a Compaq CQ5110F desktop. I did so for two reasons. First, PC Mag gave it an Editor's Choice tag for entry level desktops and two, I have a certain brand loyalty, having worked for Compaq tech support for 6 years. The unit also seemed to offer a lot for...

hi all.by default this model pc displays utilities such as adaware,spy bot etc in very small (i think it could be described as) type size.i know i can increase the dpi size for the desktop icons,which i have done,but this does not make the "type size" any larger in the utility programs.is there a...

I have a Compaq Presario S3300NX,1024 MB DDR PC3200 RAM,2-100GB Maxtor HD's,AGP NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256 MB video card. Today the system would not boot up.When powered on the monitor was black and the computer started to beep.I shut it down ,removed the cover and checked to make sure the memory and...

I've got two sticks of 128 MB ram and have room for one more. If I add a stick of 256 MB, does the order in which the three sticks are installed make any difference? Can I just put the 256 stick in the third slot or must I put it in the first slot and move a 128 stick to the third slot? Compaq...

I replaced the CD drive in my Presario 5000T desktop yesterday with a Philips DVD8301/44 I got from a friend without documentation or box. From what I can find on Google it should read both CDs and DVDs. However, it reads only DVDs. This happens under both Windows XP Home and Ubuntu Linux 7.10....

So I recently installed a new graphics card (GeForce 8600 GT) and a power supply. Everything was working great. I installed the new drivers for the graphics card. Then there was no sound. Re-installed the sound drivers and everything was dandy again. Computer restarted and booted fine so I turned...

Hello, i have a compaq NC6000 and it does not workk any more. I would like to repair it. It seems to be the hard drive (i can launch Windows XP and after 2 or 3 minutes, it freeze. :-) Herre are my questions : how can I be sure that the prob comes from the hard drive? if this is the hard drive,...

Need some assistance on a Saturday afternoon Can not find the front panel pinout diagram on the website - http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument? docname=c00783614&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN USB & Audio - are also needed JR the postman

I have a power supply that the testing shows the P8 4 pin plug has no power, can this be patched from a molex? Is this one of the non-standard power supplys, and was there a later issue with more than 200 Watts, to run two faster larger hard drives and two CD units... 200 watts may have been...

Hi ~ Wondering if anyone can define the meanings of the suffix letters at the end of Presario model numbers.... for example: SR1417CL ...what does CL stand for? Can anyone define these suffixes ? so, far I've discovered exactly ONE definition... (see below) CL

Dumped Vista and reloaded XP which works, but need XP Drivers.... Wehre can I get them ? -- --------------------------------- --- -- - Posted with NewsLeecher v3.9 Beta 1 Web @ http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet ------------------- ----- ---- -- -

I was installing windows xp on my laptop. The CD gave error and the setup was interuprted and finshed. However the hard disk was formatted. Now i am trying to do new installation with another cd. As soon as the setup starts it gives error that 'Windows didnot found any removable hard disks' and...