Hi, I've recently been geetting a strange clicking sound from my 4 year-old Presario (like something switching on and off -- much like the sound you get coming out of standby mode). I'm pretty familiar with the noises it makes, and this is new and ominous. :-) Anyone got any...

I am looking for sound and video drivers for a 1700T Presario for win98se. The page for the sound drivers gives me a message that the page can't be found. Perhaps some one knows where I could pick up a cd of 98SE drivers for that? Thanks

Hi, a friend of mine installed/uninstalled a Dazzle flash card reader in his Presario a while back, and ever since, the DVD drive won't play DVDs. No clue if the two things have anything to do with each other. Audio CDs play fine in the drive, data cds work, but the DVDs go to a black screen and...

I'm upgrading my Presario 5838. Does this standard pc100 128mhz 16M memory by Kingston work in my model? http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/PartsInfo.asp? ktcpartno=KVR100X64C2/128 Or does it have to be specifically made for Compaq? The guy at the local store wasn't sure. Thanks TT

Will this work? I'm thinking of buying a second HD for my 5838, perhaps a Seagate Barracuda. BTW, does anyone know the rpm of the standard 5838 HD? TT

Hi, What's the maximum size for a hard drive in Presario 5838? Thanks TT

I recent acquired a Proliant 2500 which had a 35/70 Quantum 7000 DLT drive, I tried it with a new Quantum cartridge and after running a backup the Cleaning Tape light came on. I've now got hold of a new cleaning tape and ran it this morning, and the light went off. I've run another backup today...

Hello - I have an old Compaq Presario 4540 I'm trying to set for the kids to surf on. It will not recongize the hard drive because, I think, it is too large. the West Digital Lifeguard tools finds it but with a Win98 startup diskette its not recongized so I can't fdisk or format it. Any thoughts?

I just bought a used EVO D51S and need to add more memory (going from 256 MB to 512), but I get a diagnostic to the effect that the PC is missing a microcode patch and I have to hit F1 to continue. I've never updated a BIOS and I'm not even sure if my D51S is part of the D310 or D510 series. (I've...

Hello I have a problem ... my machine won't boot up .. it shows only the screen where in the right bottom corner shows the type of the machine (Deskpro 2000) and in the upper left corner shows the ammount of RAM installed.What can I do?? Thank you Sorry for my English

i have a old compaq uwave motherboard spinoff from the fic az11when i install my agp card i get a blank screen after running everest and wincpuid they both told me my agp was disabled ive upgraded to the latest bios from compaq but theres no options to set agp to primary or to enable or disable it....

Hi everyone According to http://www.igs.net/~ndaines/Qfiles/bmw-r.html the motherboard in my Compaq 5006US should have jumpers for changing the FSB frequency. However, either I have a different motherboard, or Compaq modified the OEM board without jumpers, or I just can't find them. Does anyone...

Does anyone have unlisted numbers or email addresses of people at HP who can actually help me get my computer fixed or replaced? My presario x1360 has just died for the fourth time and i can't bare going through the rigamerole again. Please email me at if you have any...

I have just been through a nightmare with HP getting my computer fixed and replaced. I lost an amount of time and money that... the right hyperbole escapes me. If you've dealt with "customer care", you know what I mean. I thought I would try to find some good in all this, and make a little guide...

I had to replace the HDD in a Compaq EVO W4000 and now I can't get into the CMOS. We've misplaced the Diagnostic-Setup disks, does anybody have a copy they can image for me? I've asked Compaq but they are being slack...

Hey all , Fisrt post here. I am planning on putting a 260GB harddrive in my tower and removing the 40GB that's in there. I just bought windowsXP full with sp2. I've just heard some people say that my presario would not run right with a hard drive that large. Any ideas about this ???

I'm proposed to buy a brand new COMPAQ EVO N620c which production is discontinued. Do you think that will be possible to find replacement parts after say 2005 ? How about robustness of Compag batteries and notebook keyboard ? What should be the fair price ?

I have an old Deskpro 2000, with a PII 266, I have found the serial number but no luck with the model number. Need this be able to get the right softpaq to upgrade the BIOS. Can anybody help? Thanks

An out-of-town family member has a Compaq Presario purchased in December 1998. It's a tower and includes a Pentium II 450 processor. It has the standard 128 meg of RAM the system came with. Everything is standard as it was installed by Compaq at the factory. I don't have the exact system model...

I have a Presario 1700t laptop model 1711cl and it only has 3 pages in the bios and I'm wondering if this is correct. The pages are a basic setup, boot sequence, and exit. Does this unit support ACPI or APM? I may have installed the wrong BIOS update. The battery suddenly stopped charging and it...