I've got two sticks of 128 MB ram and have room for one more. If I add a stick of 256 MB, does the order in which the three sticks are installed make any difference? Can I just put the 256 stick in the third slot or must I put it in the first slot and move a 128 stick to the third slot? Compaq...

Q) I'm having a problem with my Compaq PC. What information should I include in my post that might help others offer possible solutions. A) Include the following: 1. The model of Compaq PC/notebook in question, i.e., Presario 4090US. 2. Detail the problem. Be specific. Saying "it stopped working"...

I need a driver for a 3dfx video card. There is no model on it and the FCC ID is 210-0383-001. There is a chip in the center that says 3dfx 355-0025-001. It looks like a 16 MB card. I need the driver for Windows 98. I pulled the card from a Compaq Presario 5900Z. Any help you can provide...

I've misplaced my recovery disks for my Compaq Presario. I want to sell the computer but the buyer wants a set of recovery disks - unfortunately the software wont allow me to make a second set - can i hack the software to make this work again ??? Cheers.

I recently purchased a Compaq Presario 2100 Laptop. The processor is an Athlon XP Mobile 2400+. I know the actual readout of Mhz is not going to be 2400 Mhz, but I know for sure that the 518 Mhz read out that I am getting is definatley wrong. I am not sure if the problem lies in the readout, or...

Today while surfing the net with my Windows 98SE Compaq Armada 1700 laptop, I encountered a website that displayed a popup add, that asked me a question with two possible answers. I foolishly clicked one of the answers instead of clicking away. After of which my computer screen turned blank, and...

This photo shows the Synergy II card with the NLX bracket http://members.lycos.co.uk/venus/v1557.jpg doesn't it ? -- And to all those opposed... Hmm...well *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com ***

The RA4000 and RA4100 fibre array software warns you that you cannot expand drives when they run under Windows 2000. What is the observed behavior for such cases? I tried to do it with a small sample NTFS volume I created, and it worked without any problems at all. -- Will Internet: westes at...

My notebook is Compaq Presario 3017cl. I have a battery charging problem. It appeared a few months ago. My laptop couldn't run on battery power, even if it was indicating a 100% charge level. I mean it would boot and run on DC for about a few minutes, and then turned off. It was driving me crazy,...

I have a compaq armada 3500. I would like to go to the BIOS Settings. But clicking F10, Del or other keys doesn't work. Can someone help me? Thanks.

hello all, My daughter and me are disappointed by the display resolution for games like Happyland Adventures (http://www.freelunchdesign.com/) or Santa Klaus in trouble (http://www.cdvspiel.de/ostern/index.htm). Funny and nice free games for kids. But on our Compaq Presario R3117EA, Happyland...

Bought a new Compaq Presario last month and because of some problems, I am told I need to do a complete Restoration. Problem is, I never got any Restoration CD or OS CD with this system. Was I suppose to???? Got the system at Orifice Depot. Regards and thanks in advance.... LS

I'm interested in installing Linux on my old Deskpro XL 6200. I have downloaded the configuration utility, but it won't start from the floppy. I get the following message: 172 EISA Configuration Nonvolatile Memory Invalid Initialization aborted Run Configuration Utility 1782-Disk Controller...

Hello All, I'm new here. I have a compaq presario 1500 laptop. It's 2 years old. The problem I have now is that there are blue vertical lines everywhere on the monitor. I tried to reboot the computer and turned it off and on, but the lines remained there. Sometimes red lines also appear on the...

Hi, My new system will be arriving shortly and although this question is a little on the generic side I'm sure some will have suggestions that I hadn't thought of. Basically, I'm polling to see which softwares people use to secure the ship and keep it running smoothly. So far, it seems that the...

Mine are damaged and won't work, anyone have them?

Hello, I was given a presario to use and I want to see if I can get XP on there so I can use it as my everyday computer. When I try to use "quick" restore, it gives me error xxx.xx and says I need to contact compaq (which i WON'T do). The other option is to do a manual reinstall. I've done this...

Helpful Links: For drivers, software, manuals/docs http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/ For Quickrestore CDs: http://qrcons.orderz.com/page1.asp For Compaq spare parts http://vztxesppro3.cce.hp.com/hpparts/Default.asp?mscssid=035V7F6T9K0U9JCT3BQC64L4GC57AGB1 For Compaq...

After I upgrade from win98 to win xp the keyboard easy access don't run. Why ? I have a Presario7461. Thank you. Frank

Hi all, I have bought for testing purposes a refurbed Compaq EVO T30 thin client device with Win XPe, unfortunately it hasnt came with any CDs and I think it should come with some management software so I can install patches and reset to factory etc. At the moment any configs I make are reset on...