I just wiped my HardDrive and am installing Win95 from scratch on a Compaq Presario 4640. I have found a few drivers on Compaqs site for win95. BUT... I still need the PCI bus driver. But most important of all.... How do I get the four buttons on the top of the tower to work?

I'm considering upgrading anything I can on an old Presario 4704. Any info on the motherboard type, what m/b would fit into the case , what I might need to consider in deciding to upgrade? I'd like to upgrade the motherboard, and the processor.

I was recently given a Presario 4704. The specs are pretty lousy by today's standards, only 16 megs RAM and a 1.5 gig hard drive and a 200 MHz Pentium 1. I'd like to use it to play back VCD's. Is this feasible? If so, where can I find the proper codecs and a video player for this machine?...

I am trying to update a Presario 4712, and donate it to a worthy group. I want to reformat and reinstall the following: 1. Windows (I have a Legal copy). 2. Sound driver: ESS ES1888. 3. Video adapter: Compaq Presario S3 Trio 64V+ 4. Modem: Compaq Presario 336-VSC I do not know if this unit had a...

How do I get into BIOS Setup on a Presario 4712 to change boot order? Tried F1 & F10 and got message saying "no diagnostics partition". Original HD failed so replaced and need to install Win98 from CD. Compaq/HP site no help at all. Googled, but no joy. Thanks for any help! -- Be seeing...

Does anyone have this driver? Thanks. -- Herb Stein

how much is the maximum memory i can install in a compaq presario 4764? and also should i upgrade the bios? what is the maximum hard drive space it will recognize?

I was just given a presario 4764 that had been working but then just quit.. no fan, no boot up, nothing. I installed a new power supply and still nothing. I'm told the power supply will not come on without a signal from the MB. Anyone know if perhaps a dead battery supply on the MB would prevent...

i recently acquired a Compaq Presario 4770 200MHz. First I could not enter the BIOS setup by pressing F10 or anything else. I wanted the machine to boot the floppy first but the floppy seems to be bad as disabling the hard drive forces a different floppy drive to boot. After getting the new floppy...

I've DL the SP2824.EXE (I had to use a Mac w OS 9 to access the internet) I've tired using the file on a flopy with the 4770 during boot up -- no joy. I've tried copying the file to a flopy then executing on a pc in the DOS mode -- no joy. I've also tried to copy the file to the C:\ drive on a...

I cant get an Abit Siluro T400 64MB AGP to even post on Presario 5000. Nothing wrong with card as it works fine in two other pcs. I can get to work: ATI Xpert@play 8MB AGP, Aopen Ti4200 128MB AGP, and a Matrox 8MB AGP but not the Siluro. Any ideas? Cant find bios update.

Where can i get a recovery disc. can somebody please post it. also looking for bios upgrade.

I have recently upgraded the OS on the above mentioned to Win2K SP4. I have also maxed the ram out at 512MB and upgraded the CPU to a PIII 1GHZ. It is as stable as a rock unless I try to load the Lexmark X73 AIO printer driver along with a Kodak CX4320 camera driver--but that is another story....

Hi! I got brave enough today (after almost 4 years!) to look at my BIOS settings. I was looking to see if I could change my AGP aperture size. It is currently 64MB and I want reduce it to 32MB per reading old posts from various newsgroups and also because AIDA32 says my aperture size is too high....

Has anyone got this combination working? Im not impressed with ATI, the install is abysmall and the computer will only boot into safe mode, a boot into normal mode results in random graphics and lockups. The 5000 has a VIA 82C586A chipset and AMP CPU, possibly not the best match in the computing...

I have a Presario 5000 that seems to lock up for no apparent reason. The lock ups occur anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes after booting (when it boots). List of things I've tried; Removed all unnecessary peripherals, tried different OSs (98SE and XP), swapped RAM (all PC100), cover removed to prevent...

Hi, I have a Compaq Presario desktop PC (5WV250) that I've installed Windows 98 on. The drivers that I have tried from modem-drivers.com and driverguide.com haven't worked. A bootable linux distro identified it as a: 'Conexant HCF 56k Data/Fax GVC Corporation Compaq Scooter'. Any Presario 5000...

The Presario 5000 I left on overnight suddenly died completely. Nothing on screen, LEDs on monitor show no computer even connected and nothing appears on boot-up, no BIOS check, no cursor, no Compaq ID: Nothing except a functioning on/off switch. I e-mailed Compaq who had no idea what even...

I have a Compaq Presario 5000 and was trying to see if i could get a faster processor for it. Been looking all over the net and couldn't find anything. I opened the case but couldn't get much info on any of those numbers. Here is some of my info, can get more if needed..thanks for any...

What's the fastest processor I can fit into my Presario 5000 PC (Model No: 5WV254, currently fitted with an AMD Duron 700 MHz processor, and 448 Mb of RAM)? Would a more up-to-date processor enhance performance to any appreciable degree? I don't do games, just office stuff, photo-editing, audio...