Can anyone help me with a lost product key for WIN98. I have a Compaq Presario 5340. I bought it second hand and the restore disk keeps asking me for the product key. Help??

I am using it to play midi files thru a sequencer programme {cakewalk}via a sound module to an amplifier and speakers. When using power supply there is loud RF noise. Just using internal battery no RF noise. Works okay with a borrowed Toshiba. I noticed the Toshiba has a bigger transformer and...

I have a Compaq Presario 5282 Desktop that has a AMD K6-2, 450MHz processor currently installed. I'm trying to upgrade to a faster CPU. I have 384 megs of RAM. What are my options? I'd like to speed it up a couple notches so that I can utilize the computer for a basic audio recording studio. ...

I have been reading posts on this forum and find it to be a wealth of information. I will freely admit that I'm a total neophyte when it comes to the internal working of a computer, but I'd love to learn as it fasinates me. Anywho, I was given a couple of older Compaq's recently and I'd like some...

My laptop just started making a helicopter type sound. It is coming from under the keypad. Could the fan be seizing up? Has anyone had a similiar problem?

I am running a compaq deskpro en Pen III 833 win2k sp4. I am attempting to install a couple of pci cards(firewire, pci to pcmcia adapter) in the expansion riser. The machine turns on but will not go to post with the firewire card. The boot sequence is cdrom,a,c. With the pcmcia card the cdrom...

Hello Norton Anti-Virus bundled with Compaq 700 Laptop's seems to have a incompatibly issue with SP1 and SP2... NAVSHEXT.DLL conflicts with system services.

If I replace my hard disk, can I simply use the restore CD's kit to reinstall everything or do I need to pass trhough a special process because of a tatooed disk or anything else?

Hello ! I'm trying to find an old Compaq Deskpro system. I think the model is Deskpro 5/60M Deskpro 5/66M XE 560 or similar Compaq with a Pentium 60 or 66 MHz CPU inside.

I am trying to upgrade an older Compaq Deskpro EP/SB Series machine. I have a 500mhz P3 on there and I was wondering how much more I could upgrade as far as a processor goes.

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...

Ok, I posted here about a month or so ago about my Compaq (running Windows ME)not being able to use system restore and also not being able to open up Windows Media Player anymore. Well, I haven't fixed that yet. I've been happy with Real Audio player for the most part. Now I have another...

I installed a Diamond Stealth 500 card in a 7360 running Win200Pro. Other than there's no configuration software the card seems to running fine. The problem is using games such as Star Wars:Pod Racer. The intros look fine but when it gets to the games the screen flickers making it useless to play ...

As I want to replace the hard disc in my Compaq Presario 2700, anybody has any info on how to reach the hard disc in that laptop model ? Thanks in advance

Now that I've made the move from dial-up to high speed (DSL) I'm ready to ditch my five year old Compaq very soon. The main problem I have with this computer is that it has always crashed a lot and seems to crash more and more. It's running Windows ME, 850MHz Pentium III, 128MB ram. Now that I'm...

Are the third party 2.5 inch hard drives that I've found on the internet that say they are suitable replacements for the 6.4 GB hard drive that died in my 1920 laptop telling me the truth? Looking in old, dead laptops, I've found, gone through, and rejected three or four spare 2.5 inch hard drives...

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...

Is there any way to force drives that are inserted into a 4214R drive array to autostart? Apparently the host is sending the start unit to these drives by default. I have an application exposing drives through fibre channel where the start unit is not sent by the host, and I need the drive to...

I have a Presario 6000 (6rpxe1) with a 220 watt psu. The fan is gone on my ti4200 graphics card and was considering upgrading it. I'd like to go with a second tier type card (6800 or x700) but have been told I'll need a better psu. Anyone know a psu that will fit and handle any proprietary needs...

Hi, Can anybody send me or help me with finding where to download a repair manual for a 2700 Presario laptop? The links at the Compaq site are broken. Thanks, NL email: