Hello, I have a Compaq Presario 6024US that came with an Intel Pentium 4 1.8Ghz processor (mPGA-478, 400Mhz FSB,Willamette core). I would like to know what my best case scenario would be for upgrading the processor. In other words, what's the fastest P4 processor I can hope to find to replace my...

There were some problems with the sound on the computer and the drive was lost? disabled? not working!!! Called HP/Compaq and their help desk is like not able to help. Why i the name of the Good Lord Jesus can they not tell me which driver need to download for the sound. I think it might be...

Hello. I have a 6030CA - I recently got a camera that connects via firewire, but it wont connect to my computer. I can plug it into my dads computer and it works just fine. I opened up the case and it looks like there is supposed to be a floppy power connector connected to the firewire PCI Card -...

I'm trying to find out what the maximum ram my 6195EA can use is. The motherboard is a model 07d0h. There's 2 memory slots, each of one bank, on the board. It came with 512MB (2 x 256MB modules). I tried taking out one 256MB and replacing it with a 512MB one, hoping to get 768MB, but the...

I have a Compaq Presario 6300 series desktop. I run many utitities to keep it safe. I use Zone Alarm Firewall/Spyware, Windows defender, Lavasoft Adaware Pro and Norton Antivirus. So far things have gone well. Until last night when adwatch detected some changes trying to be made to the registry and...

I had to replace a hard drive in a freinds pc, it is a compaq 6300us i have all there orginal disk except disk 3. doe's anyone know where i can download a copy of this disk i would greatly appreciate it.

Hi All...what memory chips, brands etc will interchange with this model...2.4 , P-4 533 FSB....I believe it came with PC2100 but not sure. Trying to resurect a second computer and having problems with the configuration of memory. Kingston PC2700 gives me a black screen Assistance is...

Need Compaq Presario 6350US Recovery disks. TIA

Need QuickRestore CD numbers 2, 3 and 4 for the Compaq Presario 6350US. TIA Claude

I just purchased a new CD ROM drive for my laptop. Can anyone point me in the right direction as where to find a website that can direct me how to install it. I found one a long time ago for the Compaq and it had great pictures and detailed steps. Thanks alot! Jim

Hi all, Like many others I bought a compaq presario laptop 700 series (729EA) and after a while I discovered it was prone to overheating (an understatement if ever I heard one!). I trawled through the newsgroups and google applying various patches etc, looking on the compaq website and applied...

I have replaced a motherboard for a friend on a Compaq Presario 7000 series. The new motherboard front panel pins do not match exactly the molex connector supplied by Compaq. I can extract the pins/wires from the molex, but i need to know what colors go to what on the motherboard. Thanks, -myk

A friend of mine gave me the above 7000 to work on. It is an ATX design with an Athlon 900MHZ CPU. It will not boot! On power-up, there is no video, but the hard drive and CD-ROM drive go through their power on sequence and halt. I removed both IDE cables, floppy cable, and all cards except the AGP...

I was trying to troubleshoot a friend's Compaq Presario 700UK notebook at the weekend. Apart from needing 44 Critical Windows Updates, 22 Windows Updates and 5 Driver Updates I also noticed that it was a bit light on memory for running Win XP Home. Looking at My Computer Properties at appeared to...

After reinstalling from the recovery discs, this new-to-me laptop has a few missing features. The four-way button between me and the mushpad doesn't seem to do anything but beep. Of the six buttons on the panel next to the hinges and "Presario 700" nameplate, only the power button is useful. How...

I have a Compaq Presario 732us Notebook computer....I'm trying to restore back to original. The battery is bad but I can run it plugged into the wall outlet. I have been able to get all 3 of the restore cd's installed...but computer is very slow. I have yet to install Applications/Drivers cd's. If...

Can this model of Compaq use ECC memory? I ask only because there is a lot of it about! Also, what CL should I use? CL2 or CL3? Thanks, Paul DS. -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

Locks on start up, no beep codes, no video and no keyboard lights. Any suggestions? KC

I have a Comapq Presario 7594. Completely standard with the 64Mb of Ram and Intel Celeron 544MHz. I upgraded the Disc drive to a CD-RW (PleXwriter) and Downgraded the Hard drive from a 10Gb Seagate to a 8.4GB Maxtor from a Hewlett-Packard. I had re-installed Windows XP onto the 8.4GB Maxtor drive...

Help! I have had this system for a couple of years now and have had intermittent problems over that time with the system hanging (cursor freezes). However, more recently the hanging has become more frequent to the point where it may only stay up for 5-30 minutes. Only a cycle of the power will...