I have a Compaq n610c notebook running XP. It has a 40 gig HDD in tow partitions. I bought a new 60 gig HD and I am trying to copy the old drive to the new. I am using a desktop to copy the drives. Ghost runs with no errors, but when I install the new drive in the notebook it will not...

Hi Can anyone point me in the direction of a download for a VIA AC97 audio driver that will work under win98se on a presario 724ea? I've tried contacting compaq, but they basically refused to answer my question. TIA Liam

I have intalled Ghost 9.0 on three PCs on a network. One of the PCs functions as a PC/Server. It is the installation of Ghost 9.0 on this PC/Server which is causing a problem. Once it is installed it does not allow the other two PCs to access it over the network. They "see" the icon of the...

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Hi I have a question regarding the power supply. My powersupply blew there is a negative 5 wire in the harness no longer working according to the test result. I bought a 350wat power supply just a generic one the salesman said that sometimes the white wire included in the power supply may or may...

I just recently installed windows 98se on my compaq armada 7790 DM and when i was trying to install some software, the was no "windows/options/cabs" folder for the drivers to be copied into.I also had to reinstall the DIAGS partition. Are there any solutions?..thanks, Mark in kansas...

Greetings! This one has got me beat. :-) I've got a out-of-the-box Compaq Presario 5340 CA, which differs from the specs on the Compaq page in that it has a GeForce 2 MX video cards (it came with it; don't know why it has a different card listed on the Compaq site). Anyway it has 512 memory and a...

I have a Compaq laptop (R3120US) with a high speed wireless connection. XP says I have an excellent signal and am logged on. When I start IE6, OE6 (for newsgroups), or Outlook2000 that all tell me they can't connect. Any ideas? PS I'm sure this has something to do with it (can't be a...

I've just acquired one and I'd like to defenestrate it. Knoppix 3.2 won't boot, and Partition Magic 8 fails when I try to shrink the Windows XP partition to open some space for a distro that expects an empty partition.

Hi everyone! Can someone tell me which Campaq Model this is? Where can I find detailed informations about memory and harddisks? http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=77191&item=5132905949&rd=1 I want to use it for a firewall pc. Hope someone can help me!

ANYBODY HAVE A RECOVERY DISK FOR COMPAQ ARMADA 7790 DMT? mark -- CHIEFS KICK DOWN THE DOOR IN 2004

hi, I've got an old Armada 7710mt laptop. It's worked without problem for the last year or more. Until now that is. The screen appears to only now semi-work. The external display connector works fine. I've managed to get a display on the screen, it stays on and then turns

Please I need some help here...My Compaq PC doesnt work anymore and to fix it I need to do a Boot disket and put in it the file UIAUMP.EXE. I've search everywhere but I dont find it!!! Please, if somebody knows how to get it send me a message.... tanx...=/

Someone donated a Compaq Deskpro 4000 to our church. I am the unofficial tech volunteer trying to get it working. The video appears to be out. We tried it with a known working monitor and all we get is a blank screen. No video even though system appears to power on and hard drive lights up. My...

Dear group, I am trying to upgrade a friend of mine's computer from a Pentium II 266 MHz Slot-1 to a Pentium III 450 MHz slot-1 processor. I have a processor that works, and have already run into the SDRAMs only being PC66 DIMMs, rather than PC100 for the 100 MHz FSB. However, I don't know what...

Here goes: Does anyone know how to switch a Compaq Deskpro 8086 from IBM-compatible 4.77Mz mode to the "turbo" 7Mz mode? I recently picked up one of these puppies -without OS- and I can't figure the keystrokes, nor are there any DIP switches to adjust this. I've already tried the old XT-clone...

I have acquired one of these computers (I renovate computers for the disadvantaged) that appears to be in fine working order except that I don't know where to connect the front panel wires to - I think a user guide would provide the answer but I can't find one anywhere on the Compaq sites. I...

Can anybody help a newbie, to work out how to upgrade my AMD K6 380mhz? I have replaced the CPU with a AMD 500mhz but the computer still recognises it as a 380! The Bios is of no help, so are there any jumpers that need to be changed. Also what is the Max amount of RAM the computer will take and...

Too late, I realized that I should have set a "restore point" before I attempted to install a Fedora Linux as a dual boot with Windows XP on my Compaq Presario desktop. I did back up all my data files, for whatever good that did. The Fedora install went very nicely, but when I shut down and tried...

Can I change the mother board on one of these pc ? And replace it with a clone ?