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BIOS 5000us by Paulbass76
How can I update my BIOS on a Compaq 5000us. The question is should I? I've since upgraded to WinXP, 448 ram, lite-on 52X burner, I also wanted to upgrade the original videocard it came with to a radeon 9000 but a few people told me that the agp arpeture size is not set right. can you...
August 20th 03 05:25 PM
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Can't find SSD's (need 1.17) by Michael Grigoni
Greetings: After many head-banging hours of frustration drilling through hp/compaq's confusing tiers of web pages and searching an ls -alR of ftp.compaq.com I can't find any SSDs. Also ftp searched the 'Net. We desperately need NT 3.51 SSD 1.17 (or at least the uniprocessor HAL 'uphal.dll' and...
August 20th 03 12:13 PM
by Gereon Wenzel Go to last post
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Keyboard Removal for an Armada 1750 laptop by steve
I am trying to help a friend fix his laptop and I need to get the laptop off to get inside. I have removed the hard drive, any accessory cards I could find. I removed the screws inside the bays and all I could find looking at the bottom of the device. It still appears the middle of the keyboard is...
August 20th 03 12:56 AM
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Presario 5030 BIOS replacement? by Toman
Hi group. I'm concidering flashing 'up' the BIOS in my Presario 5030 using a non- compaq one. (YES, I know this is no-no, and immoral etc) But I imagine this will give me greater control over the PC. However, as you can imagine, I wonder what motherboard this model has. What I know: It has an...
August 19th 03 11:35 PM
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COMPAQ LTE 5400 & Win98SE: Recommendable? by Tom Scales
98 didn't really have much of a speed hit, but if 95b is working, why change? Tom "European" wrote in message ... Hi all! I have a nice LTE 5400 with 80 MB RAM, a CD-ROM, FDD, 2,1 GB HDD and all the other extras....
August 19th 03 06:56 PM
by European Go to last post
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XP Drivers for Presario 5000Z CTO Model by Mike
Im trying to find the required XP drivers for a clean install of XP Home that im doing on a Presario 5000Z. I haven't been able to determine the actual model number yet, but did get the original system configuration by doing a search with the serial number he...
August 19th 03 05:40 PM
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Erratic CD - Time to replace? by Neil Day
Hi all, I have a Presario 5008CA that's almost 2 years old. No problems with it with the exception that it never kept the proper hour time, but the minutes yes. Anyway about a week ago the BIOS started giving the message that it's detecting the hard disk, then detecting the CD. So then the CD...
August 19th 03 03:01 PM
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Change Drive Positions on Deskpro EN by BRG
(Jere Moore) wrote in : This computer has what is apparently a quick release mechanism so that the floppy and CD rom drive positions can be quickly changed in order to allow the unit to be used upright as a tower or flat as a...
August 19th 03 12:51 PM
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Presario S4200NX - drag & drop problem by Euc1id
When I drag & drop files with Windows Explorer (XP Home) on my new Compaq S4200NX computer (just had it a few days), frequently they go into the wrong folder. It's always one folder above or below the intended folder on the screen. In one case when I dragged a group of files, it transferred...
August 19th 03 09:17 AM
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Fastest cpu for this Deskpro? by InsomniaKev
Got a P400/6939($1 to anyone who can find an online manual for it) and i'm wondering how fast a cpu it would take? It's a BX mb with no soft bios. the jumpers on the board only go as high as 6x100mhz. P2's look like they stop at 450mhz & P3's start at 450. P2's run at 2.05/2v and I know that some...
August 19th 03 07:46 AM
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Replacing CD Rom drive on Presario 1247 by Mark Borgerson
The CDROM drive on my Presario 1247 laptop seems to have gone bad. Any attempt to access the drive results in "E:\ is not accessible. The drive is not ready" I've checked cables and drivers and drive controller settings. It seems that the disk never spins up--- at least that I can hear. It does...
August 19th 03 07:28 AM
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Eov n800v by Dan
Hi We got around 12 Evo n800v in our Company and we are not to happy with these machines first of they sometimes just reboot or if they go in save mode and u come back u need to reboot, it more like turns of the machine then going into standby. Second funny thing with these machines is they...
August 19th 03 07:05 AM
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Compaq 68 pin ide connector by kelswood
Hi, can anyone tell me the pinout for this cd-rom connector. I can't find the info anywhere. Thanks
August 19th 03 12:34 AM
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Compaq Power Supply 319235 by metronid
If anyone has a compaq power supply Part # 319235 Presario Models 5000 and others Mitac 110 I can show them how to modify the original unit to 250 Watts No soldering 3 dollars cheaper if you solder About 1 hr
August 18th 03 11:48 AM
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Formating Presario 1681 by Miss Jo Anne CD
Hello..I have a friend who has a Compaq Presario 1681 someone gave him and he wishes to format it and do a clean install of Windows XP onto it...How would one format the hard drive of this particular computer and how does one start it in MS-DOS mode?..Thank you ever so much
August 18th 03 01:01 AM
by David B. Go to last post
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Hold Times 41min & Counting! by SCW
Once again tonight I have been on HOLD trying to get thru to tech support. 41 minutes later I still am on HOLD! WTF is going on with Compaq's tech support lines? It has been like this all damn week long. Yesterday was the longest I held for...2 fugging hours!...still on hold when I finally gave...
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August 18th 03 12:59 AM
by David B. Go to last post
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Installing Fast Ethernet 10/100 PC Card by Voodoo
I'm trying to install a Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 PC Card Model No: NP100 in a Compaq Presario Notebook model 1200-XL118 running Windows 2000 Professional with service pack 3. When Win2K starts up, the new hardward wizard detects the pc card but under the wrong name. Then when I try...
August 18th 03 12:05 AM
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0 for 2 by Tom Scales
Without more specific model numbers it is going to be virtually impossible to help. Tom "JohnF" wrote in message ... Hi all... Computer 1: Bought 2 Compaq's at a BOCES school auction. Didn't get any disks or...
August 17th 03 08:22 PM
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Problem with Power Management by Markstar
Hi, (useless questions here) I have a Presario 1500 and when I watch a DVD, everything works fine until I unplug the AC. After that the playback is messed up, eg. the sound is sloppy and the picture hangs sometimes. My guess is that the power management kicks in, thus slowing down the CPU and...
August 17th 03 12:54 PM
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Highest processor in 5423US? by MICHAEL
Compaq says the highest the 5423US can go is 2.0,but Sandra reports 2.3 or better.I've seen reports by other owners who successfully installed 2.4 P4's,and been told it can go as high as 2.6,with the newest bios update.And speaking of bios updates,just how reliable are Compaq's?Since the chip is...
August 17th 03 05:00 AM
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