A friend inherited a Compaq Presario 4409CL with dead power supply. It looks like a standard ATX power supply. Inside the case we found that the board is marked with Delta Electronics DPS-250KP-2B Neither of us is a "power supply expert" so would appreciate any help. Am thinking it would be most...

Watch NFL Games Online! For every one who wants to watch the games online because they dont live in the teams town or are at work i found a site that has basically every game covered. Its perfect if you have afford a monthly $70 direct tv nfl access subscription. they got a bunch of channels The...

Purchased a new Presario desktop 45 days ago big box store. DVD burner - lightscribe - is flaky. I'd like HP to send me new one. Anyone care to comment? As for social engineering, this I *can* do.

I was asked to setup email on a new pc for a friend and when I told him that it didn't have Outlook on the new PC , that he should return it to see if he could get Office installed from factory ( rather than spend $$$ to now go buy it at a store). He said he couldn't return it. I asked " why...

Looking for the riser board for one of the above systems. The one plugging vertically to the mainboard, providing PCI and ISA slots. Tried using one from DP 4000 but it doesn't work. Make offers, Europe, Germany preferred. Gereon

Anyone know if there is such a notebook computer? I've looked, via reviews on the web, at HP zd7000 and zd8000 and the Dell 9200. I want the 17" 1680x1050 wide-screen to run Photoshop. No interest in TV, nor movie making, nor in paying for such hardware and software. Do need two gigs of RAM and a...

I need a Compaq Presario 4800 series quickrestore CD... I would be interested in ANY 4800 series model Restore CD 4824, 4834, 4840, 4850, 4860, 4880 email me at I use Paypal. Thank you very much

I have a Compaq Prolinea 590 Desktop PC that I'd like to upgrade my Pentium 1 CPU from only 120MHz to whatever the fastest speed this model can support. I have already upgraded the BIOS to the latest version. Can someone please tell me the fastest speed CPU this model can handle? Can someone also...

I have Compag Laptop (P-IV). problem is that, system configuration not displaying on Control Panel System....is there any other way to see the sys configuration. And also please tell me that is it possible that some one can change the actual sys cofiguration with the fake configuration. please...

Hi, Installed a Dlink wireless (950) w/ router 614+ and my bloody standby mode is caput- Running on a compaq presario 2700t win XP home. Im suspecting issues with the ACPI - any suggestion would help Cheers Anthony

I just purchased an HP(Compaq) W8000 from Ebay. Once I received it, I plugged it in, and turned it on. The fan on the back turned on, and the light on the front turned on, but nothing else. 8 minutes later, I hear the typical beep, then the pc begins to boot and appeared fine. I've tried it a...

Hello. Has any owner of an Evo or Presario with a Multiport module on the lid ever modified it to accept a standard USB 2.0 device (i.e., a standard USB plug)? I've just been thinking that it might not be so hard to replace the W200 802.11b card with a newer 802.11g USB 2.0 key card and then...

I hope you don't mind my posting this, but it could be useful to someone: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3461183305 VRM 299306-001 for the following Compaq machines: product model PL5500 2 PIII Xeon 500 LVD Tower US 2PIIIX500LVDTWR

Has anyone succeeded in installing Vista BetaII in Hp (Compaq) Nx9010. I tried and installation hangs at first boot. After first boot result is black screen and blinking cursor.

i installed xp professional on my kids pc that came from compaq with a visioneer 5800 usb onetouch scanner. does anyone have one of these devises and know how to get them to work with xp professional on a compaq 5004us. i have been farting with this for two day and have run out of options. i...

I have a Compaq Presario s4000nx-cel and I get msgs about low virtual memory and I have not install any software any hints/ answers as to how to correct this and has anyone else run into this problem?.Casdon

Hi, I moved to a smaller home (the end of last year) and am liquidating most of my collection of working vintage computers and classic game consoles (http://stores.ebay.com/AmericanAuctionGallery) I am slow at getting it posted on eBay but you can drop me a line if you have a special interest...

After a re-partitioning, formatting, and reloading of the hard disk I am unable to change the video resolution above 640x480. The colors will display up to "True Color" however. All the drivers were downloaded from Compaq support site. The system: Presario 7470 Desktop WD 20GB HDD (single FAT32...

Has anyone else been having a problem with this model of laptop screen going black? I can be changing WebPages or just using windows explorer doing file work and the screen goes black and I then need to power it off and on again. It can happen 5 times in a row or maybe just once or not at all and...

I can use the tv out to display the desktop on my tv but when i try to watch a dvd, nothing but sound. Anyone know why? Something to do with Macrovision perhaps?