Inherited a Compaq Presario with Bad Motherboard Capacitors. Did not realize that the Bad Caps were probably causing problems for a long time. Was blaming Windows! Am wondering how may other Compaq owners are having or have had this problem? Hard to believe I am the only one! Did a search but...

Hi,have one of these with a smashed glass.The actual display is undamaged.Is it possible to remove/replace the glass? TIA Mick

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...

Need QuickRestore CD numbers 2, 3 and 4 for the Compaq Presario 6350US. TIA Claude

Currently, all slots filed with 128K sticks. Is this the max or can I use one of those adapters that lets you stack more than one chip in a memory slot?

I have got an old and outdated "Compaq LTE 5100" portable, with Windows 95 PLUS on it. Machine works OK, but when I connect to my printer "HP Deskjet 600" I get nothing out on the printer. When I connect the same printer to an even older "Toshiba" portable I also have, then printing functions as...

I'm trying to open the case of a Compaq Presario 1456VQLN laptop. Have removed some screws from bottom of case but it still doesn't open. Mel Levine

First of all check that the power unit is ok... this ought to be the first step, You can either try a new power unit or try the suspect on another computer, there is that possibility you have just blown the power unit. davy

Hi, I need a replacement motherboard for a presario laptop 1210us with an AMD processor (about 800mhz). So as to broaden my search, does anyone know about compatibility with other models in the 1200 series, or any other series? Thanks

Looking for help - my Compaq armada e500 currently has 256MB memory but I want to upgrade to 512MB. How do I install? Advice on how to do this would be appreciated! -- Cal2006

Hi, I recently got a Presario 2700. I installed XP pro, and everything is fine, except that the buttons at the top don't work. (For instance the volume control buttons don't do anything and even the power button can't be reprogrammed, it just shuts right off.) I've looked all over but can't...

hi gang, i hope this is the right forum for this problem. whenever i start up my puter i receive an error message saying RBA has encountered a problem. i then have the option to send or not send the report. can someone please tell me what RBA stands for, what it does and can i solve this problem....

Was given an old computer system that I'd like to reinstall the original configuration into. Could someone post any and all disks/CDs for this computer. Are there any websites other than HP's? I posted to alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.old and got a reply that this compaq NG might be able to answer.

Can anybody help a newbie, to work out how to upgrade my AMD K6 380mhz? I have replaced the CPU with a AMD 500mhz but the computer still recognises it as a 380! The Bios is of no help, so are there any jumpers that need to be changed. Also what is the Max amount of RAM the computer will take and...

I was given a presario 1800T with no documentation and a bad battery. The new battery is on it's way but if anyone has the user guide on pdf or know where to download it I'd appreciate. I got the service manual from HP already. I would just like the original user guide if possible. Thanks. DH

bought a PCI video board to extend the life of 7594. it has on board video now. is there a jumper for disabling the builtin video like there is for audio? if so where is it. or is it done thru the bios? any help is appreciated. thanks in advance

Hello, This is my first compaq laptop I try to repair. The problem is, I can not go into the bios to look for de external cd-rom. When I use a diskette, I never come to the cd-rom drive. The cd rom drive is conected by a pcmcia-card. But when I have the bootcd in it, it will not go to the...

When I bought my Compaq Presario 5000T desktop with XP Home almost two years ago it came with a Recovery CD with a Compaq logo and a three-CD set labeled QuickRestore, again with a Compaq logo. What's the difference and what should these be used for? From the names I hope I never have need for...

I just got a Compaq Dell Evo n410c on Ebay. I like the laptop but the screen (especiallly in battery mode) is darker than my old Dell Inspiron 2100. I don't think it is broken...it was just the way it was made. Does anyone know how to adjust the screen so it can be brighter. I can't find a...

Hi, When I reformatted the E drive didn't work. It was working great until I reformatted. It says the E drive isn't ready even when a cd that is unused or even if there is a used cd in it. It worked perfectly before I reformatted and I checked for conflicts and stuff like that. I even went to...