I am having a known problem in an unknown area (or visa versa) : My Windows 2000 1.6 GHz AMD K6 Compaq machine is continuously rebooting. The new problem appears to be that it doesn't revolve in a continuous loop, the machine works for anything from a few seconds to a few minutes before...

I have had the Presario 715 US for about a year and it has been working very well. This week I purchased a PNY PC133 256MB mem upgrade to give me a total of 512 (32 shared with video). Since I installed the update I have noticed that the laptop has been running very warm and crashes about...

Hi, I moved to a smaller home (the end of last year) and am liquidating most of my collection of working vintage computers and classic game consoles (http://stores.ebay.com/AmericanAuctionGallery) I am slow at getting it posted on eBay but you can drop me a line if you have a special interest...

Hi I have a problem with my armada 3500 When a power on i have to compaq logo but nothing else. Notebook make continuous beep, but seem to search something on diskette and hard drive ... If i power on with FN + F11, he don't beep for 5 secondes but does nothing too. Any tip for that ? Thanks

I continue with my Armada 3500 story and the keyboard problem :) So if i'm right, the keyboard are plugged on the motherboard with a large connector. But if i remove it, the continuous "beep" (like you run your notebook and stay press a key all time) are still here. Symptom now ... Notebook run...

I want my AP400 Compaq Workstation to automaticaly turn on again after the power failure. Currently, when the power comes back, the computer does not start - even if it was running before the failure. I have to manually press the power button to start it again. I have read in the manuals that it...

I have recently obtained a compaq deskpro 1.4 GHz (which I believe is an EXS) and I am trying to add a new video card which requires a more powerful power supply than the stock one. I purchased a new 500W PS, but quickly realized that compaq sucks and they use a proprietary power supply. I have...

Hi, I have problems with my Armada 3500 display. Its very temperamental and getting worse. Depending on the position of the screen (the laptop lid) the display is OK or at worst a horrible pink colour. There's either a loose plug connection or a break in the wire. Can anyone direct me to...

i have a proliant ML370 i restarted it and got the following message 1601 I/O SLOT FAN ERROR DETECTED then it counts down to restarting. no keyboard or mouse access also all fans seem to be working fine, what else could it be

I'm trying to access a couple of programs from my old Presario 7100 family quick restore cd. The system itself died a long time ago. I have tried 'PREDATORxxx'and 'SMDCOMSUMER' (which were supposed to work with older cds) but no success. Does anyone know what the zip passwords are? Thanks in...

Hi, Can anybody send me or help me with finding where to download a repair manual for a 2700 Presario laptop? The links at the Compaq site are broken. Thanks, NL email:

Would a replacement cd-rw/dvd-rom that works in Presario 1700 also fit a Presario 1500? I am selling the 1700 drive on ebay and a potential buyer was wondering if it would work with his 1500.

Purchased a new Presario desktop 45 days ago big box store. DVD burner - lightscribe - is flaky. I'd like HP to send me new one. Anyone care to comment? As for social engineering, this I *can* do.

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 this inexpensive Presario desktop that came bundled with the OEM Lightscribe DVD burner. That lasted about a month. Piece of junk. HP-Compaq sent a replacement, a Samsung lightscribe DVD that is making a very weird but definitely bad, destructive noise. So, two in less than a...

In article , Brian writes Has anyone managed to get a Presario 5330 or similar to boot from a drive connected to an ATA/133 card? Win 2K installs to the drives OK up until the first time it needs to reboot, and I've...

Hi, I have a Compaq Presario 1200 XL110 with standard 6.4GB hard drive that needs replacement due to increasing bad sectors. Is there a relatively painless way to upgrade this notebook to a 20 or 40GB HDD? Any help and info is appreciated. Thanks. Nick BIOS: PhoenixBios 4.0 Release 6.

I`m thinking about putting a cheap PII450 Slot 1 CPU upgrade in this machine it is possible. I had a quick look at the current CPU a few weeks back and it doesn't look like a Slot 1 CPU although it must be - its mounted flat instead of upright. I haven't bothered to take a closer inspection but...

Hi a friend found this NIC I searched the FCC ID and it is Intel - on the Intel site it says it was OEM by Compaq and to get the drivers there. Anyone know which Compaq would've had this NIC and therefore where to go on hp site for drivers. Thanks. -- Jersey, Channel Islands

Hi I had a working machine with a 3.2gb IDE hard drive on the primary and a Sony DVD rom on the secondary. I removed the Sony drive and since then I've been getting the error 1790 Disk 0 error. The BIOS now detects it as a 2110mb drive and if I tried booting to DOS from floppy fdisk says it can't...