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i installed xp professional on my kids pc that came from compaq with a visioneer 5800 usb onetouch scanner. does anyone have one of these devises and know how to get them to work with xp professional on a compaq 5004us. i have been farting with this for two day and have run out of options. i...

that you folks here provided me over the past few weeks to help with an upgrade to my kids compaq pc. id really like to say thank you to everyone for the outstanding help provided to me. all the answers were very helpful. the upgrade went very smoothly. i had one minor issue with no video being...

I have what I can only describe a small 'shadow' which has appeared in the bottom corner of my screen. I don't believe its a pixel problem. What I want to do is reduce the size of the display area by about 3mm to try and remove the 'shadow' - it is easily done on CRT monitor but I don't know...

Anyone have a source for a replacement motherboard for a Presario 1800T laptop (part numer 199192-001)? The last time I checked HP they wanted nearly $1,000 for one. Given the high failure rate of these units (3 out of the 4 I have direct knowledge of) and the advances in features and drop in price...

I am looking for a laptop that can run everything smoothly. So, it has to have a Ati 9700 or better, a very fast processor,1gb of ram, dvd burner,17 inch display.... Can anyone recommend a notebook that matches these requirements? Thank you X

I recently got a refubrished Compaq Presario X1050US (the label reads X1000, so it depends on how you look at it). It's a very nice unit, except for the CDROM behaviour: 1. Access time is verry long... 20s for original CDs, more for CD-R's. 2. That drive is LOUD... I'm talking about motor noise,...

I recently bought a used Compaq Deskpro EN. It came with Win 2000 loaded and a recovery disk (not a full operating system.) I bought the computer with the intent to partition the drive and load Mandrake Linux 10. I'm not familiar with Win 2000 and I have a full install of Win 98 SE so I took the...

DEJ57 Wrote: Ah, something for me to still comment about.....here's my "infoo"... You didn't ask, but I have some advice for you. Don't do a BIOS flas of any type unless you have an over whelming need for a fix that the BIO update states it fixes. If the BIOS update flash fails, it...

I have a Compaq Presario 5225 computer. It came with an AMD K6-2 38 processor. Recently I replaced the processor with an AMD K6-2 53 processor I obtained off of EBay. It works except that the compute still thinks it is a 380. From reading other posts, it seems I need to change the jumpe settings....

I have a S5000NX that was purchased last Christmas, with 128 megs RAM, PC2100, according to specs. If I want to upgrade and throw in a 512 DDR stick, is there any special ram brand I need, or can any generic PC2100 stick work? This thing needs something. Also, how can I check or find out what...

I have a compaq Deskpro EN. I recenty did a system restore, but it did not restore the video drivers for this system. How do i fine out what video controller is in this system. I went out to compaq, but it had a long list of drivers for this type of system. the system is out of warranty...

Has anyone an answer to my problem? Hello, I have a Compaq Presario notebook 1230. OS W 95. I want to put it into my network.using a silicom USB ethernet adapter. I also want to connect a laserprinter XEROX 4510 to that laptop The silicom USB ethernet adapter only runs on W 98 (SE?) When I try...

I've got a compaq presario r3000z laptop, purchased in september 2004. It won't read 1GB SD&MMC cards in the integrated card slots. Smaller cards are fine, up to 256MB. I don't know about 512MB, as I haven't got one that size to try. So far as I know I have the latest driver for the card reader,...

I just got a NEW COMPAQ Presario 2200 I Need Help Setting Up & Connecting Where can I Get The Help To Start Up Im Using MSN.com as my Provider. I Tried Eveything I Think I Know of but Will Not Connect??? The "Start up Guide Book" is of No Use for Me Thanks

hi, can some please, please help me. i just installed a new video card (sapphire atlantis 128se) into my kids pc. i uninstalled the nvdia drivers then shutdown the system,removed the old card, put in the new card in. i turn the machine on and there is no display, nothing, just a black screen. i...

My daughter-in-law has an S6000CL with integrated video. I am installing an AGP video card to improve performance and just want to be sure of the process. I have read conflicting information about disabling the onboard video. Some have said that it will be disabled automatically with the AGP card...

hi folks, how can i tell if the bios for a persario 5004us is partial stored on a non dos partition. does ant know of a link that i can look at. im searching hp/compaq's web site now. tia, bob brozewicz.

Anyone have a copy of the latest BIOS or any infoo? The one available on the Compaq site won't update on my computer. get: PhoenixPlash Error "File does not conform to same BIOS part number Press any key to reboot I suspect file on Compaq is the wrong file. I've contacted Tech Suppor

hi all, yet another question. i want to put windows xp on a compaq 5000 that has a amd athlon 1.1 ghz processor and the via kt133a apollo chip set. can this be done easily. do i have to reinstall the apollo kt133 apollo chipset driver afters i install xp professional. any tips (besides buying a...