I am trying to restore a presario 9234 (1996 vintage, its still has ISA slots!) The box has been through several owners and the recovery disks are not longer with the box. It quit working after the owner (not me!) went on line with out virus protection. I have wiped the windows partion and...

Please help me Because of the age (old) of my system Compaq/HP does not support my system no more. I have an old Presario 9548 that is running on Win95. Well, to be truthful, it is not running anything at all. My system came with a floppy and a CD in the QuickRestore package. I have lot/misplaced...

Hi Had to reinstall WinMe on my Presario 1200 but now the CD doesn't show in devices?? I have tried all the possible Hard Disk Drivers, what do I need?? Thanks for any help Mark

Has anyone bought that $500 Compaq Presario now on sale at Walmart (AMD Athlon XP 2400+)? Is it any good? We have a Compaq Presario 5245 that we bought new a few years ago (AMD-K6-2, 400MHz).

Hey, Can anyone tell me if the Presario CDS 524 is build by standar component (motherboard, screen.....) or if the motherboard is all-in-one. Does anyone know what the max resolution is on the screen, if it driven from another grafiqcard. I am thinking on getting one and put a new motherboard in...

I am the lucky owner of such antique PC, and i wondered WHERE to get a manual for it ? NOT what kind of memory etc, but something showing the motherboard etc...? Ehh, HP has bought up ALL Compaq i guess ?? Torbjørn.

Having problems with my 7110US which has been upgraded to WIN XP. Tonight I removed my G3 Card and put in a G4 TI4200 128MB Vivo Card. Worked fine using the latest detonator driver for about an hour. Then when I rebooted it would not boot into windows. It just gave me a blank screen. It also...

a friend dropped off his compaq presario desktop 5251 after wiping the harddrive by vaccuming out the case (got the vaccum to close to the hard drive). im attempting to reinstall his system for him but i dont have any of the original software. i have no problem installing xp pro on the machine. ...

Hi all, I'm trying to revive one of these which has been in storage after having had some rough (kids) use. Everything appears to work except the cd drive. The drive (E)is there, it just can't be read. No lights when cd is accessed. The door does open and close. The Quick Restore menu and...

I got one of these a few months ago, upgraded to a bigger hard drive and more RAM, and am happy with it now. The first one I got was a lemon (the computer), so I took it back and exchanged it. The second one (the computer) was OK, but the monitor konked out within a few days. I sent the...

Anyone know if there is any updated drivers for the GeForce 4 440 GO (32 or 64 MB)? I have a compaq presario R3000. My driver is from almost a year ago and was wondering if anyone found an update for it. Thanks.

Hi! I need help with a bad hard drive. I have a Compaq Presario that I bought in 1999 (2000??) whose hard drive is failing. It is a model 161494-002. A few months ago I got a message (that pops up when ever I boot) that the hard disk detects drive failure is imminent. I just kept hitting F1...

a friend gave me a presario 1277 laptop the other day and it wont turn on. the green light in the front is on, but it doesnt say the battery is charging and when i push the power button, nothing happens!! does anyone have a clue what i did wrong or could someone please tell me how to fix it??!!...

Please forgive me if I am asking in the wrong place or indeed if I am the only person not to know the answer to my problem! How do I get into the FULL BIOS for this computer? I can only see a very simple BIOS (pressing F10) and I have on order a new hard disk whih (I assume) I will need to set up....

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...

I have a 715US. I keep it plugged into the wall all the time. Recently the battery charging light is on at all times, it showed "97% remaining (charging) " and today is reads "96% remaining (charging)". Why isn't it fully charged?

I am new to this group, so if this question has been asked before - flame away!! I have a Compaq Presario 710US that continually locks up for no apparent reason - It runs XP Home edition 5.1.2600 SP1. It usually locks up when on the charger, although it has also locked up in AOL. Word, Excel and...

My laptop is a Compaq Presario 1700 17XL 461 model and originally has 128MB (64MB * 2 slots) on it. I was trying to upgrade memory and put 256MB memory on one slot. But the system would not boot and gave the message saying, "Invalid memory type, Serial Presence Detect, Invalid checksum, System...

I have tried a number of memory sticks in my Presario 4540 and the only one that works is the original Compaq memory supplied with it. But who can live with 32mb? Help! Does only Compaq memory work in this thing? Thanks -- Michael Abraham Toronto, Ontario Canada (416) 654-2272

Hi all. I bought my Compaq 1505US from Best Buy about 2 years ago. I suppose that was my first mistake. Anyway, it just came back from repair for the 4th time. I ran a diagnostic and it appears that they changed out the motherboard without informing me. What deception on their part. I brought...