I have 2 Compaq Presario 2710US laptops, both with the same symptom. When I power on, the fans kick on high speed almost immediately (well before windows loads) then the system shuts off. I'm guessing heat problems, both systems have been cleaned with pressurized air. I contacted Compaq but they...

Circuit City has a 3 day sale 12/15/05 - 12/17/05 onthe following laptap. Would appreciate any comments on it's reliability and performance. Thanks. Compaq Presario Notebook PC (M2305NR) Great for school and office: The AMD Mobile Sempron™ 2800+ processor (1.6GHz) and 512MB of DDR memory...

Please help a newbie ...I have a CP 700 which had Widows XP.. ..hard drive went bad a month after warranty expired.. bought a hitachi HD and installed it.. it checks as good via scandisk and it partitions and formats ok with downloaded boot disks from web. The problem is that the 3 Quick Restore...

a few months ago, I bought a used Presario 1925 laptop, with the detachable DVD/floppy drive wedge. Other than the battery only giving about 5 minutes of operating time, and the DVD only playing about 10-15 minutes before it starts skipping and finally locks up, I've been pleased with it, and...

i.e. compaq junk ... without incurring any problems? thank you in advance!

Not if your SCART connector is only composite compatible... Should be RGB compatible (usually on recent tvs, not on old ones...) Second thing, just check, if you can have access to a TV with a s-video input connector, if everything works ok frst... My 2 cents :) Serge

There are a few others out there using them. Initially sold as the 3020, and a bit ahead of it's time, later completed units were the 3060. I think there was an ES model, (education series) as well. was a little pricey, and while a work of art, I believe that the manufacturer underestimated...

Hi there, I'm having problems with my wheel. I've recently upgraded my machine from NT to XP and can't get the wheel to work in some situations including the Outlook 2000 contacts window (old gripe I know!). The thing is, under NT when I was running mouseware 8.35 I had no problem but this isn't...

For whatever reason out of the blue a couple days ago my browser keeps going to: http://presario.my.yahoo.com/ I can be on another page when all of a sudden it jumps to the above link on it's own. Sometimes it does it when I have browser closed. What the heck is this and is this a new tactic of...

I'm getting very very dim display on my 1270. I've now put in 3 different LCD, 3 inverters and am getting the same result. The display is actually so dim that it is almost not able to be seen. Does anyone have any idea of what is wrong and what I need to do to fix the problem? Thanks, Michael

Does anyone have the system recovery CD's for the SR1710nx? I installed linux for a test on the system before I realized that I had to make the CD's myself becuase they didn't come with the system. Does anyone have a set of recovery CD's they'd be willing to share with me? thanks, mike

I wrote an earlier message regarding overclocking this machine. Thanks for the suggestions. This machine runs XP very well and since there is no chance of overclocking this is there a way to put a faster Celeron processor in it, would it recognize it and run at the new speed? There doesn't seem...

Hi i have the thing but do u all readdy have try it the mini pci wifi? because i have order one and im waiting to test and see if's going to work.

I just did a factory restore on my Compaq Presario after four or five years since getting it. It originally came with McAfee but I never installed it. I decided instead to buy and use Norton anti-virus. After four years of being on the net I sure have read a lot about Norton slowing down...

I wiped the hard drive due to corruption, and did fdisk. At restart, the system shut off and now I can't get it to power back on. I even tried clearing the cmos to no avail. The system gets no power at all. The power cord is o.k., I've got another machine working at the location, and everything is...

From: "Kevin" Subject: Help required for ap400 USB drivers Date: Friday, February 18, 2005 1:45 PM need drivers for ap400 USB on board can't find them on hp web site and windows wont see download any drivers thank you for any help Who makes it? Have you gone there for...

I need the smartstart CD for my old prosignia 300. I have looked all over HP`s web-site to see if it was there, but no luck until now. Can anybody help me and telle where to get the CD, and I will be very happy.

I have a Compaq Presario 2700 laptop 1.13ghz that shuts down almost constantly with no warning. You can hear the fan speed up and then it just shuts completely down. I took it to a local shop and they said it was too extensive of a hardware problem for them to fix! PLEASE HELP... -- Dale A...

I am looking for the PCI Serial Controller drivers for my Compaq Presario 5660. I've re-installed W98 SE, and the only drivers I am missing is that and the modem driver (which I have since found). Any help would be appreciated – I have a serial device that I need to hook up to this machine and I...

I have a Deskpro En PIII733. Whether using the onboard sound or a separate soundcard the sound is played fast, approximately 1.5 times normal speed. I have replaced the CD drive with a CDRW unit and replaced IDE and audio cables. I cannot find any mention of this on Compaq support or elsewhere...