Presario 8000 (8LSXE1) Win XP, 256MB RAM The computer is clean: no virus, worm, spyware, malware, etc. The primary HD has 42GB of defragmented space. The problem started a few months ago, when, occasionally, upon being powered on, the computer would not detect the external Iomega HDD. The...

Hi: My friends son purchased her a Compaq system running Windows ME with the MV720 monitor about 4 or 5 years ago. Yesterday she finally let me turn it on for her. The control panel shows 640 x 480 with 16 colors. I cannot change (move) the arrow up the scale for higher resolution and...

Hi! Does someone know why the file CPQDFWAG.exe is started automatically? It takes 48Mb on my notebook. TIA Fredrik

I'm having problems entering bios on my friends Presario. When the Compaq logo is displayed during boot, I press F10. Then a small window is displayed where I can select language. Here I select the default (English) by pressing return. Then nothing happens, just a black screen. It just stands there...

I have a WL400 from compaq and need to change som internal parameters as I read some bug fixing around performance and speed. Solution customer care N° 4203 On customer care HP.( solution cutomer care N° 4203 ) there is a fix , but is there somebody who knows whare i can find that software ...

System: Compaq Presario 5000 series, 5BW251 Problem: It came with ME installed. I tried to upgrade to XP Pro by booting from the XP install disk. It booted ok and started the install. It formated the harddrive to fat32, copied files and tried to reboot to continue the install. But when it...

What is the lowest presario cpu....thanks

I have the Compaq 5170. Until yesterday, my sound was working fine. I have checked both the keyboard and onscreen volume controls. The sound is turned on. The sound card shows up in the device manager and says it is working fine. I have rebooted the computer, but that didn't help. I haven't...

Hi, Compaq EVO N1020v the fan is too noisy and never stops. Is there anything i can do?? This is getting me crazy...i can't ear that noise again!!!! P L E A S E !! H E L P M E !!!

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...

Considering buying a compaq 8000 series desktop P4 3.0 GHz, 1GB RAM, 160 HD. A couple of questions... First, has anyone bought a machine from Compaq/HP recently... IF so what do you think of the service and quality etc etc.... Second, does anyone know if they're going to offer the ATI Radeon All

Hi, I have a friends fairly old compaq amada 300 to look at (I think the name is correct), A message saying '1872 hard drive controller is not working' is appearing Question ; Is this motherboard related, ie, needing to be replaced. or is there another explanation. This will save me taking...

Time to dust off older desktop. Came with 128mb - with 2 open slots - want to increase Some sites say Max 384mb Can I add 256mb or 512mb sticks or would the world come to a skidding halt? Inquiring minds want to know....

Hello, I am having a problem with an Armada 7800. When I apply power the three LED's on the top come on ('A','arrow down',and '1'). The speakers make a slight 'turn on noise'. Nothing else happens, no HDD spinning, no display flicker, no POST beeps. When notebook power is off the battery charging...

Is there anywhere to get the schematic for an S6300NX? I could not find this at the HP site and the manual is generic. The Gamester Gamester's Homepage http://members.aol.com/wergames (I am not a commie merely a Trotskyite revisionist)

Posting to c.o.l.s because machine runs only Linux, to a.s.p.c because it's clearly a Compaq firmware issue, and to c.o.l.h because the firmware might as well be hardware, since I don't (yet) know how to change it. This problem is not for the faint of heart. I have read the manuals on the...

Hi, I have a Compaq 5225 power supply which needs repalcement. Compaq PRESARIO 110W POWER SUPPLY PN: 319235-001, it seems like the only way you can get this power supply is by buying a reburbished unit. For a $100 and a 30 day guranntee no thanks I do not love the computer that much maybe $25 and...

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...

Hi I'm temporarily using a Deskpro EN PIII/866/128 while replacing the motherboard on my main system and have succesfully installed my HD, SCSI, modem and sound cards into the small form case. However, there is no AGP socket on the motherboard so I can't install my video card and with the on board...

Is there a way to stop the tablet from automatically changing orientation. I want it to stay in landscape mode...