I have a Compaq Presario 5000 5WV254 that I bought four years ago. The keyboard is Compaq Model # SDM4540UL (Compaq P/N 179355-007). Can the keys on this keyboard be removed? I don't have a tool for removing the keys but, if the keys on this keyboard can be removed, I'll try to find a key-puller...

My wifes computer was having a problem in that it would go to the sign on (XP Professional), and then reboot after you sign on. I took the 40Gig Drive and put it in slot 2, and bought a new 80Gig Seagate Drive and put it in slot 1. I then used the 3 disk CD recovery set and loaded it on the...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i've a problem where i can reboot the recovery cd. there been an error on the screen. then i've been ask to go to the desktop where i need to click the compaq helper(i think) and there is no icon about it there and...

My wife purchased these speakers at a garage sale and of course didn't get the power supply. Radio Shack has a 12volt/1Amp replacement. I've got the plug narrowed down to Radio Shack's "M", but need to know the polarity of the speakers. It isn't stamped anywhere on them. I assume it is - ---C...

I have blocked Hyper-Threading! Please help! (HP Compaq nx9010; Mobile Pentium 4 3,06GHZ HT; ATI IGP 345M; DDR 333) BIOS isn't have option to enable/disable Hyper-Threading.

I have a Compaq Presario 12XL401 Laptop, upgraded to WXP Home. Whenever I plug in my Linksys Wireless Internet card, it locks up the computer. Does anyone know how to fix this. Thanks

Hello- I have a Compaq Presario 1525US notebook that has a slot/compartment on the right/bottom side of the notebook lid that supports a wireless network card...instead of having to use your PCMCIA slot. If you are confused you can check out the following...

The internal keyboard just up and quit working, leaving me brother with only a, x, caps lock, and 1 keys working. Using external keyboard works fine but it's a PITA to lug around extra keyboard. I've taken it apart and cleaned and reseated the keyboard connector but it made no difference. I...

What kind of company takes 80 minutes to complete an order for a hard drive? One of the transfers passed me on to a daycare. After talking to their customer service department, the purchase order I tried to place wasn't a valid purchase. What is going on? After 3 days and no hard drive, I...

I was setting up a Compaq Presario SR1012 for someone whose old Compaq 5301RSH (both from Radio Shack) had died, and I thought I would put the hard drive from their old PC in the new tower. But the tower has no spare drive bay or anywhere else to mount another hard drive, and the cable is just a...

Hi there, I've just got a handheld unit, the Compaq Aero 2100. I would like to install Excel & Word onto it. Can I download those applications from the Net, or do I have to purchase them? Are there any general tips that you could give me. This is my first handheld. Thanks,

Help Please, I have two older units and have had nothing but problems 1: How do I find out what model they are, all I know is that they a P III CPU 1Gig mhz 2: Bios: 686P2 Ver 2.11 I have tried a number of options including working drives but can only get a single error when ever the PC...

Hi there, My M700 has an intermittent problem resuming from standby (waking from s3 suspend to RAM) in Windows XP SP2. It will always suspend happily, and the little power light flashes on and off, but it will only wake up about 2/3 of the time. Very frustrating. I have tried: - Installing all...

Any help with these bugs, either causes or solutions? 1610 Presario 80mb ram. system freezes requiring hard reboot when touchpad cursor is moved at same time as keystroke. win98se system reports no conflicts. hardware acceleration already set to lowest. battery and system interaction very...

Wanting to upgrade my Presario 7594. I have the latest ROM upgrades to install. On Compaqs site it only lists the RAM limitations, 512mb. I assume the bios updates don't change this since it wasn't listed in the Fixes. It does say it ands support for larger drives but doesn't say how much larger....

How do you accessthe hardware setup on a Deskpro 4000.. I tried holding the F10 key down but all i get is a continual beeping and a keyboard error message. I'm trying to get the irda port to work but I can't get in Got help?

For Presario 5240. XP Home, AMD K6 3D processor 395 Mhz, 384 MB RAM, 80 GB HD Thanks in advance, tele64

Hi, The problem with the LCD on my Presario 2100 is that it has a lot of green color. Apparently my display can’t show some color(s) and instead it’s showing green. It’s not like the display has stable patches that are green or green pixel/lines. As the picture on the display moves the green parts...

One of the nice features of the 4000 series fibre channel arrays was that you could get away with using generic hotswap SCSI drives in the arrays, as long as you had Compaq trays for them. Do the newer SATA RAID arrays have the ability to use generic SATA drives in Compaq hotswap trays? -- Will

Ok, thanks for your help Tom. "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... If they just look like thin boards without any chips on them, then yes. Tom "Jen" wrote in message ... ...