When I bought my extended warranty, they said everything except the battery was cover. Now there is a crack in the laptop case which is spreading and there help line says that it is cosmetic and not cover. Is this normal? Can I do anything about his?

Just bought a new Compaq Presario 2172 Ahtlon that is advertised as 2500+ and is supposed to go at 1.87 GHz. When I go into System Information, it says 519 MHz. Why is that happeneing and what can I do about it. I have had the machine about a week. -- Nate Rosenthal

Hi all... I have a Compaq Presario 1500 notebook, P4, 2.4 GHz, and it spontaneously powers off when using certain programs. Before it shuts down the fan gets pretty loud, so I'm assuming it has to do with heat? Any suggestions on what to do or how to solve this? Thanks! Jeff

I started experiencing total system shutdowns about 3 months after installing the Aquarium screen saver on my Presario notebook. This would happen about 10 minutes after the fish started swimming. I took it be a power management problem and played with the settings... no change from what I could...

Hi, Where is the free slot for upgrading memory in Compaq Armada 100S? Thanks

Hello... I need to reset my CMOS and can't find the E50 jumper referenced in the documentation, none of the systemboard diagram's I have found show it either. Please help if you can. Thanks em

I own a brand new Compaq presario 700 and it recently stopped working all together. Nothing shows up on screen. There are no sounds. Nothing! I know some hardware inside must have died. Anyone know what could be wrong? Thanks for any help BTW. I live in the Netherlands. Any suggestions who may be...

Hi All, I'm using a Compaq Presario 2100 serie, model 2104EA notebook with the pre-installed Windows XP Home. The notebook ships with a ATI IGP 340M video card. I'm trying to use the integrated TV-out port with my TV but I cannot get anywhere. Here follows the sequence of actions. Please note that...

Sorry for the OT, but this is an odd question at best and I looking to solicit an answer from the best sources I know of. For business reasons, I am looking for an adapter so that a VGA monitor (15 Pin) can be connected to an older PC using EGA Video (9 Pin). Not sure such an item exist, but I...

Anyone out there have experience with a CompUSA extended warranty? I want to bring my laptop back - see my posting on "Presario 1500 powers off spontaneously"

######### ORIGINAL PROBLEM REPORT ######### I am looking at this PC, as a favor for someone, so I don't know anything about its history. I would like to know which hardware component is the likely cause. When the PC is plugged in, here is what happens: The fan under the power connector comes on...

I used to have this program, but threw it away in a fit of housecleaning. I found I needed it again today, and that HP has removed any links or traces of it. Well, after about a half hour of searching, I found it and downloaded it again. It might be prudent to get it and save it if you don't have...

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I am trying to get my sisters 700US laptop to turn on. There are no signs of life whatsoever. No lights anywhere, no fans... nothing. The power cord and supply are new and known to work. We do not know about the battery, even though the little window is at 100% on it. How can I get this bugger...

I am thinking of changing my busted 30gb harddrive for Presario 2715US ( 2700 series) with a 60gb harddrive. The only problem is that the original harddrive was 9.5mm but the new 60gb harddrive is 12.5 mm. Now I am not sure if Presario 2700 series support hard drives which are 12.5 mm thick? Has...

Hi: I have a Presario 5002US with Win ME. Whenever I try to boot up, I get the Startup menu. No matter what I select, I end up in a loop where the machine boots up and gets as far as the Windows spalsh screen before going back to the startup menu. After picking the bootlog option a few times,...

Just installing a new server with W2k3. The server has a smart array 641 controller with a raid 5 setup. I have also installed the management tools that came with the server, and setup the notification agent to email me with any problems that might arise. There does not seem to be any event that...

I need a CD image of the system recovery CD for this desktop machine. Thank you in advance. :) -- "To conquer the world, we must be as meticulus and calculating as a colony of ants on the march." --Julius Caesar /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant @ The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx | |o ...

Hi all, I have a compaq SP700 professional workstation with a Intense 3d 3600 video adapter. It took me quite a while to find the correct drivers. Until recently, I 've never noticed that the only settings available for it are 32bit (true color). I cannot change it to 16 bit or 256 colors . I...

My HD crashed and I lost the restore image.. I have the XP Home Upgrade CD but it needs to read a prior OS to upgrade. This is for a Presario 7110US.. Will I have to buy a Win 98 CD or does Compaq provide restore CDs?