Since Compaq/HP no longer has a quick restore CD set for my Armada 1750 does anyone have one they can sell/copy Thanks, Ed

Hi, I got this small,old but fine maschine. In the default configuratoin it works fine, but when I insert a PCI-card in the extension-slot I get a system crash. Now I would like to try a BIOS-Update, but I could not find my system on the compaq/hp website So how could I get the right ROMPaq ? I...

Hi All, I have just purchased a Compaq Presario, model S7390UK, over the first weekend I decided to try another operating system (formatting the drive) and now I have lost my F10 recovery option. I have been told it will cost me to buy cd's. Why can't I find any drivers on the net to recover my...

Compaq is EVIL, it's the work of the devil, made to collect your souls and to turn you into brainless slaves of hell. If you like Compaq, you will lose your soul to be damned for eternal torment in hell.Demons and devils will feast on your soul for all eternity. So stop supporting this evil now...

I have a armada notebook model V300 that has a xircom realport cardbus ethernet 10/100 card. I can not get the card to use dhcp provided my my router on my home network. The card has an autoconfigured IP address that I can not seem to get rid of. I would really appreciate any and all comments or...

System locks up after 20minutes to 2 hours if you run graphic related programs. Even the slide show in My Pictures. It will lock up on about anything but much quicker if running graphics. My son thought it was the graphics card he added so I took it out and ran the embbed board with the same...

Hi all; a friend of mine has an ex works Deskpro EP desktop model, with a 500 MHz Pentium III processor and Intel 810e chipset. Can anyone advise if I can fit a faster processor and tell me what the max memory is. I have had a good look at the HP site and downloaded some of the manuals, but can't...

I have an old Deskpro 2000, with a PII 266, I have found the serial number but no luck with the model number. Need this be able to get the right softpaq to upgrade the BIOS. Can anybody help? Thanks

Mumbato wrote: Hello again, folks. I think I have determined that I need to install the F-10 System Partition on my new hard drive, for the system to boot, and to recognize the new HD. I have gone to the HP site, and downloaded the SP9962 file, and made the floppy disk from that...

Compaq Armada 1700 4gb HD I have run scandisk with MS-dos 6.2 and no errors have been found on the HD. I have Fdisked and formated the harddrive, was told to SYS C: it too, but am unable to install Win98, the boot disk loads, it gets to "copying files needed for windows setup". "Please remove...

Someone gave me a compaq computer. I think it's a compaq 5340, not sure of that model number, but it's got a 400mhz processor with 3D Now. Can someone please tell me how I can get to the bios screen? I've tried F1, but it doesn't take me to setup/bios screen. And what's 3D Now? The graphics on...

The hard drives are probably compatible. It depends on what the motherboard and bios will recognize (look in your bios). Windows XP machines probably accept up to 120GB hard drives without a problem. Older machines, maybe not. I had a W98se HP Pavilion purchased in 1999 that would only recognize up...

Hi I've resurrected an old Compaq Armada M700. Finally got all the drivers up and running with Win98SE. I was pondering upgrading to XP but wasn't sure if the machine could hack it (or if I'd be able to find all the drivers). Spec is:-

I tried to boot on Freesco and knoppix floppies , but the system crashed. Does it mean that prolinea and Linux aren't possible? -- Emmanuel - http://ebgy.free.fr

Hi, since some weeks I own a Compaq Armada 1750 notebook. When I bought it, the service partition of the hard disk was missing. So there is no BIOS access for me in the moment. On the HP/Compaq website, I found a tool which created a bootdisk to setup the service partition again but while...

OS: Windows XP RAM: 120MB (detetcted...even tho theres 128) PROC: 1.2GHz Celeron the computer is old, i know. its also on all the time and i use it all the time, thats why i got it (i'm a college student). lately, however, as soon as i turn it on the lag is unbeleiveable. windows close by slowly...

Hi, What's the maximum size for a hard drive in Presario 5838? Thanks TT

"Roxanne" wrote in message ... How does compaq justify Wild Tangent/ aka Spyware (among others) in their products? Just wondering. Because this is just one reason I would not own one. Or anything other hp product. RX That should...

Does anyone know which motherboard is used in this box? And if going from a single stick of RAM (512) to 2 sticks will boost the performance? Other than keeping out of swapspace? Running WinXP-Home. Thanks!

I am looking for a replacement motherboard for my computer,prefably a used one that I cam afford.It currently has a 266mhz processor but the onboard audio quit working and has no sound. Janko ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting...