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Hi there. I have been trying to get USB on my presario 1020. (it's got a 120Mhz proc). I just wiped the drive and installed Win98SE. HP Compac support said I could do it with a PCMCIA card, which I purchased. But it does not recognize the card at all, even though I used the installation disk...

I have a 5430US and I can see where I can download a self extracting file on Compaq's site to fix the problem, but if I can't even boot the computer then how am I supposed to install the patch to repair it? Also is this a good indication that the HD is failing or is it simply a bad sector...

Try alt.binaries.cd.image or other groups like it. Just post to appropriate group.

Hi, my notebook is labeled =844/25=93. nothing more. It has no PCMCIA, no trackball, no expansion port connector. It has: internal floppy, hard disk, color display, German keyboard. Finally, I am looking for infos about the parallel port. I want to=20 connect a Freecom PowerCD external CD-ROM...

JLAwrote: Ok, lets see if we understand this correctly. You turn the machine on and nothing will appear on the screen ...AT ALL??.. But you are observing the CD-Rom drive attempting to read? Do you hear any Hard Disk noise? Like the disk is booting, etc?

Hello. I have a compaq presario 5630La. I was using it normally, and suddenly it just turn of...Just before that happen I was hearing some noise, I believe from the processor ventilation. So. After the pc turned off, I tried to turn it on. It shows the compaq logo, the floppy disk led starts up,...

Hello All, I have a compaq Armada M700 with XP Pro installed on it and a separate partition with Gentoo Linux installed on it. Now all was working fine until I had to install windows Messaging to remotly assist a friend of mine, after that my function key seems to be backwards, if I hit any...

i was just given a compaq presario 5185, i want to upgrade th processor but i dont know what the motherboard will support. its running with an amd k6 2 processor with 256mb of ram

Hello ! I will start an Older Compaq Computer without a Tastatur, but I don't find any BIOS Point to disable this. Have anyone an answer ?? Thanks ! Ulrich Koch

I am working on a presario 2246 win 95. It doesnt see the CD-rom. I checked the device manager and noticed that the intel 82731 ide controller had an exclamation point. I tried updating the drivers. All that did was add multiple instances of it. None correctly. I decided to just slave the CD... It...

Hello, What type of Cell phone are you trying to connect to you PC. If you can tell us that, we can help you further. JLA ENTERPRISES TECH SUPPORT TEAM

the ventilator doesn't turn permanently. It seem to work, but from time to time only. Is that normal operation ?

Anyone with one of these able to tell me whether the two fans (one back left, one back right) are always on together or are they independent? Thanks, Paul DS -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

I have a Compaq Armada 3point AC connector for sale $30 + postage...pls email me if interested....... J

Another reason I would never buy a Compaq again. Microsoft Word was included with my computer. I've had two crashes (another reason I would never buy it again.) After the first crash Compaq gave me the code numbers I needed to resintall Word; after the second crash they told me to "take it up...

Hello ! I have an old Compaq Computer, is there any BIOS Setup to run this Computer without a Keyboard ??? I find nothing in the BIOS and when i started the Computer it will halt and say Keyboard Error... Thanks for a answer !!! Ulrich Koch

I have a 2570US I purchased as an open box model at BB, no manual, etc. Just received 4 QR disks and XP Pro disk from HP/Compaq, which I wished to use to fix some problems. What is the procedure for use? Are these disks initiated from Control Panel or somewhere else? Bill W

I am new to this group, so if this question has been asked before - flame away!! I have a Compaq Presario 710US that continually locks up for no apparent reason - It runs XP Home edition 5.1.2600 SP1. It usually locks up when on the charger, although it has also locked up in AOL. Word, Excel and...