I have a Compaq Presario 6000 here that I am working with and it only has 128mb ram ( I really thought the base systems had more than this) but that is what the system resources say. I cannot be sure that at one time this machine had more than this, just that this is what it has now. I also...

My Compaq Presario 5000 Series is having it's first major hardware problem since I got the thing five years ago. A few days ago I booted it up in the morning and I heard a strange noise. It did not stop. It was kind of a grinding noise. Like something was stuck on. This was early in the...

I bought a very nice used monitor for $10. It is a Compaq Presario 1410 Monitor. But I don't know how to adjust picture width or height. At 640 by 480 24 true bit color everything is OK. When I try to go to 800 by 600, the picture is slightly larger than the screen. I can't figure out how to...

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Hi All, Just bought a non working system which needed a new HDD. I picked up a nice 40GB on eBay and installed it in the bay. I don't really know much about the restore disc's or how to use one and because I didn't get one with the system I was trying to boot an OEM copy from the CD drive....

Hi, I have a Presario 2197CA and equipped originnally with 2X 256MB pc2700 cl 2.5 ram. I thought I could get a 1.3GB ram laptop buy replcaing one of the ram with a new 1gb chip. Now I just bought a 1G DDR333 pc2100 cl2.5 ram chip and the bios won't recognize the new ram at all. I thought the new...

I just used the system restore cd that came with my computer (Compaq Presario 5000 Series.) I used it to restore my computer to it's "as shipped" condition. Anyway, this computer is five years old. It has a dvd rom drive and a cd rw drive. After re-installing Windows I put in a couple of dvd's...

Greetings all. I am wanting to know if anyone in this NG has had any experience, positive or negative, with the Compaq Presario V2405US Widescreen Notebook. I have found this particular model offered at a local Office Depot for $549.99 (with NO rebate) and am wondering if this is a good investment...

hello i intend to install an ethernet card 10/100 on my 7474 running under windows ME , in order to connect my PC to a cable modem. apparently some cards are not compatible with the 7474. which type of card made by Netgear, 3com or other would be convenient ? thanks for your advice martin

Hello everyone. I had a friend who wanting me to format his computer and reinstall his Win OS. I did and now I can't get the sound to work. There is no yellow or red sign in front of the sound in device Manger. If you go into the sounds and audio device the volume control pointer move all the way...

Hi. I could really use some advice from some folks familiar with Compaqs. I have a Compaq Presario 5150 with a few problems. I got it from my brother-in-law and it does not have any recovery disks. I just use it for a few odds and ends and I have other machines as well. This thing takes about...

I have a Compaq Armada 1700 6300/T/5000/D/0/1, which has worked well, apart from the original 5GB hard disk drive which failed, so I replaced it with a Fujitsu 10GB 2.5 inch HDD and jumpered it as Cable Select like the original, and it worked fine in conjunction with the original UJDA150 CDROM...

All of a sudden I do not have sound on my Compaq Presario 500. I am running Windows XP. I ran the Windows troubleshooter which said that the device was working properly. I checked all connections and uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers but still have no sound. Any ideas? When I "play" a CD...

I have this system with a Duron 900, 512MB RAM, and a BFG Ti4200. I want to put an Athlon XP 1800+ that I have in it, but I am not sure if it will work in this board or not, and Compaq's site doesn't list voltages for the chipset, or what possible upgrades it will take. I can live if it doesn't...

Hi all, have one question: it is possible to install "nec 6550'' in a notebook presario 18XL381? (18xx Series) Thx -- qu (elimina per scrivermi) ''se la gente che inculatasi reciprocamente formasse un anello, la Terra sarebbe Saturno"

I'm thinking about getting a new graphics card for the Presario 5000 5WV254 with Windows ME that I purchased in November 2000. There are two of the card's requirements that I'm not sure my PC meets and I'm wondering if anyone can tell me: (1) How to determine the wattage of my PC's power supply? ...

The battery shows a full charge on the indicator on the battery, but pull the AC out and the computer goes dead. ????????? Help! Jim

it works fine with a charged battery , but my battery is dead and the ac adaptor doesnt charge it or power up the laptop,with or without the battery., can someone give me some advice , could it only be that i need a new battery,is the laptop suppose to work with the ac adaptor alone. thanks in...

I have a 5000 Model # 5301RSH I found the system whos user was dumping it saying it had a virus. When I tryed to boot all I would get is the CAMPAQ logo. I went into the setup and everything was disabled so I enabled all the devices, now when I try to boot it goes into the memory count-up and...

I have a five year old Compaq Presario 5000 Series desk top. The floppy drive is screwed up. I want to turn the floppy completely off. I don't want Windows or whatever to check the floppy drive when I start it up. So, how do I go about this? Do I need to access the bios? How do I do that? ...