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Presario 1700 (17XL365) upgrade ignorance... by Mike
I have a Presario 1700 (17XL365) that came with ME. 2 partitions, C and D, (D must be the restore) ME stinks and I want to put XP Pro (or W2K) on this machine. Right now the machine barely runs and I don't want to go spend $2000 on a new one if I don't have to. I have saved all my drivers using the...
February 20th 05 02:26 PM
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2 questions about an Armada E500 by me again
Hi, I have a friend who bought an E500 from a friend of his. I know nothing about the machine but I'm asking these questions for him since he doesn't have internet access with it. It appears that the machine originally had Win98 but the friend put XP Pro on it and made it a dual boot system and...
February 20th 05 05:27 PM
by me again Go to last post
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My M700 Battery by Ron
My battery was good for 45 minutes until I downloaded the compaq power management from the compaq xp drivers site. When I hit the calibrate button the battery started to charge for about 5 minutes then my laptop shut down. Now it only boots on AC. The battery indicator shows a 100% charge but will...
February 22nd 05 02:33 PM
by HH Go to last post
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compaq armada 3500 - how to go to BIOS by Carmen Mendoza
I have a compaq armada 3500. I would like to go to the BIOS Settings. But clicking F10, Del or other keys doesn't work. Can someone help me? Thanks.
February 22nd 05 08:22 PM
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Compaq Presario 5204 maximum upgrade by bobodeb
Hello, I bought my computer in 99, it came with a 4gb HD, by Maxtor, a k6-2 350 mhz processor, and 64mb of memory, I have just purchased a K6-2 550 mhz processor and am looking at a Maxtor 20gb ide HD, will my present system board a socket 7 be ok or should I replace it with a super 7 for the new...
February 23rd 05 02:11 PM
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Problem Upgrading HDD on Presario M700 by Maria Ripanykhazova
Anyone know what two flashing lights at the front means on installing a blank HDD on an Armada M700? (Nothing else, not on pressing the power button or on pressing sideways the other button) There is nothing on the drive and I wanted to install an OS. It wont even think about looking at the...
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February 23rd 05 08:18 PM
by Maria Ripanykhazova Go to last post
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Computer beeping by DJ75
Hey friends, I'm desperate for answers to my problem. I've had this Compaq Presari R3000T laptop for 6 months now and have had the worst problems with i which has been driving me nuts. I've called Compaq Tech Support, bu they keep referring me to the driver CD's or reinstalling the OS whic I've...
February 24th 05 01:06 PM
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Replace hard drive in a Presario 2700T laptop? by David Casey
I did some searching of the 'net and Google and read the FAQ here in the group, but so far have been unable to find any mention of my topic. I have a Compaq Presario 2700T laptop with a 20GB hard drive in it and I'd like to know if it's possible to replace the hard drive with something bigger. ...
February 24th 05 04:51 PM
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Problems with Compaq laptop by John
It is running Windows 98SE with 96MB of RAM 1) Standby no longer works. I hear the sound when I press the button, but thats it 2) Its become unreliable- I ran Norton Win Doctor and the problems have remained, and as far as I know all viruses and spyware are off (I have NAV and McAfee Anti...
February 24th 05 05:53 PM
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Upgrading a Compaq PII-450 by Tracy
An out-of-town family member has a Compaq Presario purchased in December 1998. It's a tower and includes a Pentium II 450 processor. It has the standard 128 meg of RAM the system came with. Everything is standard as it was installed by Compaq at the factory. I don't have the exact system model...
February 24th 05 10:09 PM
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Restore Disk question by JJO
I am going to be buying an SR 1300NX and am curious about the recovery disks. If I want to format and reinstall XP, can I do a selective install such as Windows XP only or do I have to do a full recovery install. And keeping with that subject, I have a Windows XP Home CD and understand that I can...
February 24th 05 10:17 PM
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Armada 100S power problem by [email protected]
Hello everybody, I have been using an Armada 100S model laptop for quite some time. I have been using a proprietary AC/DC converter (not the original one from Compaq fanufacturer) and as I was working the other day the Windows system froze. This is something that happens often with Windows 98. In...
February 25th 05 06:34 PM
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sr1300nx by vulcan
any experts out there know what mother board this has and possible prossesor upgrade path there is it has sempron 3000 works ok with memory and video upgrade but is a prossesor upgrade posible. dont know what socket it is? help thanks in advance
February 26th 05 12:14 AM
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Compaq FAQ by HH
Helpful Links: For drivers, software, manuals/docs http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/ For Quickrestore CDs: http://qrcons.orderz.com/page1.asp For Compaq spare parts http://vztxesppro3.cce.hp.com/hpparts/Default.asp?mscssid=035V7F6T9K0U9JCT3BQC64L4GC57AGB1
February 27th 05 02:56 PM
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Compaq 3000R not booting by Michael Calwell
Hi Folks, Am reaquainting myself with compaq servers after some years - need some help! Have picked up a compaq 3000R 450Mhz server with twin 9.1 GB disks. It is in an unknown state - though I was told by the seller that it used to run FreeBSD. When I boots It spends five mins in the "Option...
February 27th 05 06:25 PM
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Amazing Experience . . . by Kevin Childers
I recently had two most amazing experiences at the HP/Compaq web site. Using their direct chat system, I communicated with two very knowledgeable and extremely techs. I got the answers I needed in depth and without any BS in under 5 minutes each. When the one didn't have the answer right at...
February 27th 05 06:45 PM
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presario 4220 audio Driver by Robert M
Any source for the audio driver for a Compaq presario 4220. Thanks
February 28th 05 02:47 AM
by Robert M Go to last post
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now you must call MS to activate by Echy
skydiver wrote: "As of February 28, Microsoft will disable Internet activation for all Windows XP product keys..." http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1769531,00.asp What does this mean? Well, activation used to be quick and automatic via an internet connection for OEM Windows XP....
February 28th 05 10:25 AM
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No video on Compaq Deskpro SFF by Jonathan Eales
I had traded-in a non-working Compaq Deskpro Small Form Factor system. 800MHz P3/128Mb/15GB/CD-ROM. This does not give a video signal from either the integrated video card or a PCI graphics card that I inserted. No sound beeps but green LEDs on the motherboard, fans working, floppy seek and hard...
February 28th 05 07:25 PM
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Compaq Deskpro EN Model/BIOS/Drivers by JoeC
Entry was duplicated. Remove this one. Sorry. -- JoeC
February 28th 05 08:46 PM
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