I am trying to refurbish a Compaq Presario 1650 laptop. It came to me secondhand with crashed hard drive and no Compaq software. Got it running well with a generic Win 98SE, though screen resolution was only VGA. To get decent screen resolution I had to use the MAGICGRAPH128XD (6.16) DRIVER...

I'm currently running Windows ME on a Compaq Presario (128 ram, 40gb hard drive, 21 gb used and 17 free.) Over the summer I downloaded theWindows Media player that comes with XP (the one that lets you rate the songs). It's been running perfectly and hasn't given me any problems up to now. A few...

hello, i have a very big problem.... If someone have a compaq armada m300 battery, please can tell me the output voltage of every connecting terminal? Thanks

Office Max has the R3000Z for $399.99 after rebates. It comes with a DVD drive. My 906US has a DVD/CD-RW combo unit. Can I take the combo DVD-CD/RW from the 906US and put it in place of the DVD unit in my new R3000Z. Thanks

I have the motherboard only no power supply. The main connector P1 looks like a AT 12pin connector, J14 (aka cd/dvd inline jack, bad doc ?) looks like a 3.3v aux connector. Need the pinouts to rig a power supply. stuff to help id board: Slot 1 p3 jumpers to set cpu clock...

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...

There is an 8gig hidden partition at the back of my HD? What is it or? --L

I just did a factory restore on my Compaq Presario after four or five years since getting it. It originally came with McAfee but I never installed it. I decided instead to buy and use Norton anti-virus. After four years of being on the net I sure have read a lot about Norton slowing down...

I have a compaq motherboard in a different case than in was originally installed in and no manuals forit. Is there any place i can go to find out what the specs are on this board. Mainly cpu suppoert and integrated sound support . It is a fast board. Thanks in advance

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...

If the Device Manager doesn't list a version number for the computer's (Compaq Presario 5000T) USB ports then it's 1.0? TIA -- Untie the two knots to email me "Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty, but of certainty." Nietzche

Hi there Anybody knows how large hdd. i can mount in my defective armada m700 . They were earlier sold with up to 30 Gb. of hdd space, but is this the limit when renewing it... ? Bye bye...

I have a Compaq Presario 2100 notebook with built-in HP wireless. I have trouble getting it to lock onto a wireless router at home and the local coffee shop. I also have an older Pentium 233 generic notebook with a PCMCIA wireless adapter that works perfectly at home, so I know the wireless...

ok i just got a p3 1000 deskpro en 256mb ram ive installed an older harddrive (maxtor 40gig) win98se on board sound, lan, video everything is fine for about 2 minutes work time then i get a insufficient memory error ive downloaded the lan driver but it says it isnt the right one. tried several in...

Have been given a laptop to 'look' at by a relative who suspects his daughter may have dropped it though there is no obvious outward sign of damage. Appears to boot OK but screen is blank. Adding an external monitor confirms that it seems to run OK. However, I have also noticed if machine is tilted...

Hi, I have transplanted the Compaq PC into a tower case. Now the only problem I have is that I don't know where to connect the power switch lead on the motherboard. There doesn't appear to be any sort of indication on the mobo itself and I've Googled for a while now and have come up with...

I understand that the Compaq Deskpro 6400 series with the BX440 chipset motherboard only take up to a 500MHz processor. Does anyone know if this limit is imposed by the bios? Are there earlier bioses, as on some Dell systems, where such limitations weren't put in place and where higher speed...

Hi Everyone, My Compaq Presario 1701AP Notebook has a 30GB Toshiba MK3017GAP HDD and came with Win ME 4.90.3000 pre-installed. When I tried to use this HDD as a USB mass storage device in a 2.5" HD External Case (USB to IDE case), the drive is not recognized by a host system using Win XP Pro....

The Control Panel's Device Manager says the USB on my Compaq Presario 5000T is Intel 82801BA/BAM. I tried searching this with Google but can't find the matching USB version number. I wish to purchase a USB flash memory storage unit but need to know the USB version to be sure it's supported. Can...

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