Hi, It spits out a 'keyboard error, press F1 to boot' if I boot without a keyboard plugged into the keyboard PS2 port. It doesn't seem to recognise the USB keyboard that is attached, so I plug a board back into the PS2 and press F1 and it boots up as normal. Is there a way to get it to recognise...

Just got a Compaq deskpro, has windows 98 se. Have gone to start and my computer, looked all over the tower but can not fine a model number. Is there a way to fine out ?. Have no books on it, it's 1 years old but seems to work fine.

My daughter-in-law has an S6000CL with integrated video. I am installing an AGP video card to improve performance and just want to be sure of the process. I have read conflicting information about disabling the onboard video. Some have said that it will be disabled automatically with the AGP card...

Hi! I want to install winxp on a 20 GB hitachi travelstar put into a compaq armada 1560d notebook (166Mhz, 80mb ram). Problem: cannot boot xp, 8GB lock from bios; winxp detects 20 GB, How can I get my notebook booting from this 20 GB HD? Tanks for info an greetings Wolfram!

I have a Compaq Presario 5225 computer. It came with an AMD K6-2 38 processor. Recently I replaced the processor with an AMD K6-2 53 processor I obtained off of EBay. It works except that the compute still thinks it is a 380. From reading other posts, it seems I need to change the jumpe settings....

I have a compaq Deskpro EN. I recenty did a system restore, but it did not restore the video drivers for this system. How do i fine out what video controller is in this system. I went out to compaq, but it had a long list of drivers for this type of system. the system is out of warranty...

Hi, I have a Compaq ENS P450 with Windows98SE - where to finde the lastest Windows 98SE driver for Compaq NC3161 Fast Ethernet NIC ? The driver I have at the moment is from 5-5-1999 !! Is it a Intel network adapter?

SR1030nx....randomly hangs up for 5-15 seconds. No ryhme or reason to when or why this happens. Doesn't matter what apps are running or no apps running at all. pc will hang as if something is consuming the processor completely and every app currently running will slow way down or lock up till...

If I take a hard drive from a Gateway (Essentials, running ME), and put it into a Presario 5000, it apparently might or might not run. BUT, is there any danger to the hd in trying? Could anything on the hd become overwritten, or would the bootup just fail? Thanks. (I'm waiting for delivery of new...

Hi Everyone, I have a Compaq Presario PC Model 5BW285. Pentium III 866 Mhz with 128 MB RAM I have noticed that the PC is very sluggish with lots of disk thrashing. Upon checking the available RAM using the MS System Information utility, there is very little left! 384 KB out of 128 MB. The...

hello all, My daughter and me are disappointed by the display resolution for games like Happyland Adventures (http://www.freelunchdesign.com/) or Santa Klaus in trouble (http://www.cdvspiel.de/ostern/index.htm). Funny and nice free games for kids. But on our Compaq Presario R3117EA, Happyland...

My 1245 laptop has a few issues. The floppy drive has died and the battery is dead too. I can live with that (I use the 110 plug all the time anyway, probably what killed the battery anyway). I figure that a PCMCIA driven floppy will care for the drive problem.... will it???? Or should I use a USB...

i need to install win2k from a non bootable cdrom drive... i believe i have installed the cd driver.. how do start win2k from the cd rom? i tried setup and cant do that from dos(im sure you already know), but i dont know what to do next. thx in advance

I hope someone here can help me out - I've searched the net for a few days to no avail. I have a Presario 7360 that I bought a new video card for (Radeon 7000 PCI 64MB) along with a TV Wonder Pro tuner card. I am having trouble with the new video card however; when I install the card and plug the...

I have a 1200 power problem. When I plug in the adapter the a/c light comes on, does not show the battery being charged and will not power up. I bought a new voltage regulator board and have the same problem. I t did, however, charge the battery once, but still did not boot. All constructive input...

Hi, I've just purchased a Proliant 3000 with no processors, VRMs etc. On Ebay I've found a couple of P3-600 MHz Katmai SL3JM with VRMs ripped from a couple of Proliant 1850R servers (~100 USD, is that fair?). I'm not entirely sure that the Processors and VRMs will fit into the 3000, so I *really*...

Hello all: I have a Compaq Presario R3060CA laptop I bought May/June 2004. It comes with a Hitachi Travelstar 60GB hard disk. I also bought a similar 2.5" hard disk, a Hitachi Travelstar 40GB, for use in an external casing (USB2.0). Now the HT 60GB has failed on me after weeks of...

Dear all, Your assistance is required once again... When I tried to 'wake up' my PC last night (Compaq Presario 5000 with MV540 monitor), the PC burst into life, but the monitor remained on stand-by. after switching both PC and monitor on and off repeatedly (I can ususally hear a relay clicking...

Hi, I have a Presario 1692. It was last shutdown safely (from Windows 98) 2 days ago. Since yesterday though, it refuses to turn on. When powered on, I can see the power lights come on, the CPU fan starts up, and I hear 4 medium (all the same length) beeps, and then nothing. Screen remains...

Hi all, I'm trying to install a USR wireless card (USR5410) in my Presario 1210 laptop (Pentium 150 Mhz, 128 Mb Ram, etc). According to USR, the minimum spec is a Pentium 100. The laptop won't detect the card being inserted but it does detect it being pulled out (beeps). I've done a fresh install...