Unless the 5002US was built within the last 9 months or so, it is USB1.1. The symptom of the CD drive has, in my experience, been blank related. For example, TDK blanks, in my drive at work, are LOUSY, but cheap off-brand work fine. What software are you using and what brand of blanks? Tom "EZ"...

In HH's temporary absence, he asked me to occasionally post the FAQs. Helpful Links: For drivers, software, manuals/docs http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/ For Compaq spare parts http://sparesstore.compaq.com/sparesstore/default.asp? For the Presario Customer Communities...

98 didn't really have much of a speed hit, but if 95b is working, why change? Tom "European" wrote in message ... Hi all! I have a nice LTE 5400 with 80 MB RAM, a CD-ROM, FDD, 2,1 GB HDD and all the other extras....

Your computer does not have ACPI, it has APM for power management. I don't remember the exact steps, but go into the Power applet in Control Panel. There should be an APM tab. On that should be a check box you have to check. It might not be there, might be in System. I'm doing this from memory...

Hi group. I'm concidering flashing 'up' the BIOS in my Presario 5030 using a non- compaq one. (YES, I know this is no-no, and immoral etc) But I imagine this will give me greater control over the PC. However, as you can imagine, I wonder what motherboard this model has. What I know: It has an...

Hello again! I still have problems with the Compaq EVO D310 and ASUS V9180 Magic/Geforce 4. You have suggested me to look for a jumper which I did from the start. It looks like our compaq's is some kind of modified version? We don't have any jumpers on the board that can help us. We have flashed...

After almost two weeks after my last post about this junk we have been bought I now realize that I am the only one in the -world- that have this kind of problem with SUBJECT. There is noone out there except us that used this combination of video card and computer because after my last post I...

When I tried to add a spare Maxtor HDD that I have laying around, I got the message "1720 - Hard Drive detects imminent failure" during bootup. I tred to confirm the problem with Maxtor's diagnostic software, Powermax, and it did not find any problems. I also tried switching from primary IDE to...

Hi! I have a big problem with a Compaq EVO D310 and a ASUS V9180 Magic/Geforce 4 MX440 (AGP). There's an integrated graphics interface at the motherboard of the Compaq that probably refuses me to install anything new cards. I have tried to plug in the new graphics card to the compaq but it does...

I have a Compaq Presario 2100 notebook with built-in HP wireless. I have trouble getting it to lock onto a wireless router at home and the local coffee shop. I also have an older Pentium 233 generic notebook with a PCMCIA wireless adapter that works perfectly at home, so I know the wireless...

A friend gave me 10 Compaq modem pulls from donated PCs. They didn't need the modems so he yanked them. I am putting together some of our office machines to donate and want to use these modems. I can't find the driver anywhere. Details SupraExpress 56i LT2070 on the front XP56i RAM LT on the...

I have blocked Hyper-Threading! Please help! (HP Compaq nx9010; Mobile Pentium 4 3,06GHZ HT; ATI IGP 345M; DDR 333) BIOS isn't have option to enable/disable Hyper-Threading.

I was blocked Hyper-Threading on my HP Compaq nx9010 (BIOS isn't have option to enable this). I have Mobile Pentium 4 3,06 Ghz with HT, ATI IGP 345M, DDR333.

my computer has recently crashed and I lost most of the software on my C Drive. I tried to restore the details using the Recovery CD that was supplied with the compaq 5-250 computer but I understand from the PC World helpline that the software that is needed to run the CD rom is on the C...

Trying to figure out how to remove bad cd rw drive & replace. Support would like me to send to an "Authorized Support Provider" & I'm not interested. How the heck does this case come apart for drive removal/replacement? Thanks!

I have the Presario SR1115CL and I am trying to figure out what I need to connect my vcr to the pc. I would like to upload a vhs video tape to my hard drive so I can use a non-linear editor to create a dvd. The vcr is an Emerson with only two lines out, video and audio. Is there something I...

I'm having problems booting a Armada 1750. I downloaded the diagnostic disks from the HP/Compaq website and it reports problems writing to the HD. I tried fdisking drive (removing both the C: drive's partition and that tiny non-dos partition at the beginning) and just reformating it but...

Can someone (probably HH?) point me in the direction of instructions on how to install a new hard drive in a Desktop 4000. Following my previous post I downloaded the softpaq and diagnostics discs but the diagnostics don't seem to work I keep getting message saying cant find NTdll and asking to...

I am trying to add a new drive to a friends old desktop 4000. I tried hitting F10 to get to the BIOS but nothing happened. I downloaded the Softpaq as suggested in the FAQ posted by HH and tried to create a boot disk but running the program gave me a blue screen and asked me to insert a disc with a...

Dear group, I am trying to upgrade a friend of mine's computer from a Pentium II 266 MHz Slot-1 to a Pentium III 450 MHz slot-1 processor. I have a processor that works, and have already run into the SDRAMs only being PC66 DIMMs, rather than PC100 for the 100 MHz FSB. However, I don't know what...