Hallo can someone tell me which version of windows is best to run on this dinosaur although is has more to do with an airplane when starting up ... (hehe) note to the professionals amoung us : what is best for simple internetsurfing and some music - word stuff ? Windows NT 3.51 ? , windows nt 4.0...

Hitachi travelstar and compaq presario r3000z HD compatibility problems....?? I purchased a HItachi Travelstar 80gb 5,400 HD and there appears to be a compatiblity problem. The strange thing is that the HD will work in other laptops, but not mine... I tried both the jumperless and the other jumper...

I have a Compaq 5204, went to format the drive and it would not let me do both partitions, so i hooked the drive up to my other computer and formated the second partition. now i cant get the computer to boot from cd, trying to install windows xp on the machine. Any ideas of how to get the computer...

Recently purchased a Compaq 1700 Presario laptop used. When went to Compaq site to look up information on unit since came without books etc. there are multiple models listed. Unit has a 900 MHz Pentium III processor and win 98se running with 256 of ram and a 6 gig hd cannot read model or sn on...

You have noticed, I hope, that no "blamed" the jerks that ORIGINATE the viruses, or the jerks that KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY spread the viruses. "Bruno R" wrote in message ... Rocky, I didn't blame anyone!! ...

I am looking for a laptop that can run everything smoothly. So, it has to have a Ati 9700 or better, a very fast processor,1gb of ram, dvd burner,17 inch display.... Can anyone recommend a notebook that matches these requirements? Thank you X

Anyone have a source for a replacement motherboard for a Presario 1800T laptop (part numer 199192-001)? The last time I checked HP they wanted nearly $1,000 for one. Given the high failure rate of these units (3 out of the 4 I have direct knowledge of) and the advances in features and drop in price...

Hi, Am looking for help with my Pre. 1200. The left button on the pad quit last night. To many clicks I am afraid. And the hinge cover on right side has "not me'd" off somewhere. Kids don't know how it happened! Oh well maybe someone knows where I can get one. The broken button, is that a service...

Hi, When I reformatted the E drive didn't work. It was working great until I reformatted. It says the E drive isn't ready even when a cd that is unused or even if there is a used cd in it. It worked perfectly before I reformatted and I checked for conflicts and stuff like that. I even went to...

I found a presario 7360 (Via Chipset, K6-2 500)on the street, but it does not have a power supply. I notice that it may use micro power supply. i want to move the board to another case and the motherboard does fit a standard 20 pin atx connector. My question is Does a standard atx power supply...

Is there an instruction manual anywhere showing how on earth you get an additional memory chip easily into a Presario 4508? Mine has 16 meg onboard and a 16 meg DIMM in it. I am trying to run 98 for my 6 year old son who needs a computer which can run programs all of which seem to be set up for...

What are current business desktop/minitower Compaq/HP replacements for the old Deskpro EP/EP/EX series?

Can the video module on the Presario desktop 5240 be upgraded? XP Home, AMD K6 3D processor 395 Mhz, 384 MB RAM, 80 GB HD Thanks in advance, tele64

I upgraded a Compaq Presario 1693 to Windows 98. Now the pcmcia slot doesn't recognize the network card. Anyone know how I can fix this? I've been unable to find any info on Compaq's site. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1...

I read that this module uses USB to connect. Does it use the resources of one of two my external USB ports, so that I would have only one operable one remaining?

I have a Compaq laptop and about every 10 minutes or so the NUM LOCK button turns itself on and I have to manually shut it off. Also, I have an external keyboard hooked-up to the laptop and the NUM LOCK key on it does the same thing. I it does it periodically even if no keys were touched. I am...

I have a 715US. I keep it plugged into the wall all the time. Recently the battery charging light is on at all times, it showed "97% remaining (charging) " and today is reads "96% remaining (charging)". Why isn't it fully charged?

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I recently aquired a Compaq EP/p500 (ex Corporate) It had Windows 98 on it, so i formatted it and, when i went to install XP i was informed that "an operating system is already in the folder you are trying to install XP on" or some such guff. I proceeded with the install and it installed fine,...

"InsomniaKev" wrote in message ... Got a DeskPro En. The bios has numlock on but the light does not come on when booting. Guesses? -- Remove the _ when replying directly