I was given an old Presario 1245 notebook with dual scan. I gave it to my daughter. She seems happy, but the battery is completely gone. I can get a million hits for companies that make replacement batteries, no problem. But, any objective answers for perhaps a 2nd hand one that ~will~ hold...

I have a compaq deskpro ep/sb series which is a pentium 2 350 and I was wondering how to find out the model number and also I can't get a operating system to load properly, can anyone help thanks

Try www.crucial.com or www.kingston.com KC From: "Sam" Subject: SDRAM Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:39 PM anyone know a good source for cheap RAM. I am looking for 2each 128M sticks, P/N 323013-001. for my old 5700T which I am rebuilding/upgrading.

Can anyone tell me how to get PPC 2002 or 2003 on my compaq Ipaq 3630 with Win CE on it?

I have an older Compaq Presario. Don't have the number handy, but it's a 7 somthing. 7240 perhaps... It has a power on password set (which I have), but I would like to eliminate it. The computer used to be in my wife's office, as an accountant, she used as much security as was available, and...

I am having a boot problem with an old Armada 7800: 1. When I boot, I get the following message: "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready." If I just hit the Enter key, the system boots normally. But, I can only boot from the hard drive. I cannot...

I have compaq presario 5wv285 with Windows ME. recently, I restored the pc back to the original manafacture settings. But now the windows did not recongize the cd and dvd. The cd and dvd info was in bio. What should I do next? Please help!

I have a Presario 8000T and wanted to move the drive to my Promise controller. I first installed the controller and the drivers for it in Windows XP. I then moved the drive from the onboard IDE to the Promise card. The card is detected correctly in the BIOS. When booting to the hard drive the...

Currently, all slots filed with 128K sticks. Is this the max or can I use one of those adapters that lets you stack more than one chip in a memory slot?

When I press the power button it lights up blue for about one second and then goes out. Even when plugged into an outlet the same thing happens. No fans, no hard drive nor even the screen works. The power button light just goes out. Can anyone help me with this issue as I cannot afford another...

Hi.... will any basic laptop harddrive fit this computer or do I need one especially from compaq? Newfdog

How can I update my BIOS on a Compaq 5000us. The question is should I? I've since upgraded to WinXP, 448 ram, lite-on 52X burner, I also wanted to upgrade the original videocard it came with to a radeon 9000 but a few people told me that the agp arpeture size is not set right. can you...

I can't get into the BIOS setup in any way. No F10 F2 or any F. No boot floppy images with diagnostic tools (I use Linux) Does anybody know the right solution for this?

I've been looking at the computers on the Compaq and Dell web sites more and more. Also been looking at the computers being sold on amazon.com. I've been looking at new computers for the last six months. Once I upgrade to DSL I would like to take my main computer (my Compaq Presario) and...

Is there a way through the bios (or other non-destructive means) to increase the ram memory capacity of a Compaq Presario 1255? In other words can a 256mb ram expansion be made to work? The manufacturer's stated max is 160mb. Thanks Wayne

Not sure if your model is the same,but my 5423US uses an Intel ethernet interface.There have been numerous driver updates for it in Windows Update. "Brian" wrote in message ... I've just got a second-hand Presario...

I'm looking for a new system,and considering switching from Intel to the new Athlon64.I'm not into building a system,and from what I've found,having one built at one of the local shops cost just as much if not more than the name brands.Since Dell doesn't use AMD's,and every Gateway owner I've know...

Can anyone supply me with the jumpers to upgrade the CPU on an old Compaq Presario 2266? I cannot find what jumpers to use to upgrade FSB and Voltage. Anyone know max cpu this presario can take? I would like to add an AMD K6-2 if possible. -- ----------------------------------------------

Added 512MB to this machine. BIOS counts up to 128MB then red COMPAQ logo on screen goes awry and machine locks up. Any suggestions? Memory seems to match Compaq specifications (although they're vage on their website!). Paul DS. -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

Can someone tell me what the NIC (LAN) in a 6016US is? I can't seem to find this info on the compaq site. I need to install the drivers for it, as I am running Win2K Pro and not XP. I've already tried the generic drivers with no luck. Thanks for any assistance, Michael