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

I am looking for a dvd drive for my Compaq 1688 laptop. It has a cd drive in it now. Does anyone know which part # will work in a 1688? I have replaced the AMD K2-400 mhz processor with a AMD K2+ 475 mhz, replaced the 4.3 gig hard drive wth a 30 gig hard drive and maxed the memory at 192 meg. If I...

Got an old iPaq Legacy-free Celeron 500 810e chipset unit here and the durn thing just won't die! Anyone know anything about upgrading the CPU? This chipset supports 66 100 133 speeds and has a socket 370. There are still some new or gently used CPUs out there for maybe $40 but any help on...

I need to re-format a Compaq Deskpro EP/SB Series(350Mhz), and was hoping to get advice from someone who has one and has had to install and operating system on it. If I reformat the hard drive(which presently has a very unstable copy of Windows ME on it), I need to know if special disks are needed...

Is there a place to download COMPAQ DESKPRO ENC user manual from ? Have googled with no joy... looked at compaq.com and can only see presario mentioned I understand it has 3 pci slots. I will need a spare slot for 56k modem. Is graphics on the motherboard or will it use up a slot ? thanks

Trying to run GWBasic on a Compaq/Windows ME computer. No matter how I launch GWBasic, I get this message. GWBasic is present, I'm pathing correctly, and I have tried replacing the .exe in case I had file corruption. No change. I recall hearing that if the computer has GWbasic installed in ROM,...

Does anyone know a site to get third party software fdor a compaq presario s5040an. I have recently installed A TV Tuner; a 120gb hdd and Microsoft Windows XP Professional I've searched through http://www.download.com

If I take a hard drive from a Gateway (Essentials, running ME), and put it into a Presario 5000, it apparently might or might not run. BUT, is there any danger to the hd in trying? Could anything on the hd become overwritten, or would the bootup just fail? Thanks. (I'm waiting for delivery of new...

I have a drive which is not original to a compaq. I put the drive into a Presario 5000 series (circa autumn 2000). The sound is onboard. The chip is Via AC'97. I took the directory c:\cpqdrv from a running compaq hd, with working sound, and copied it to the new drive. I tried to use the inf file...

I am trying to add additional memory (256m) to a Presario 900 Notebook. Using PNY PC2700 (as recommended at their website) modules, the computer goes into safe mode whenever the original and additional memory is inserted. It boots normally if either the new or old modules are inserted. ...

Compaq Presario 7461 - what is this BIOS setting and what does it do? Cheers, Paul DS. -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

Added 512MB to this machine. BIOS counts up to 128MB then red COMPAQ logo on screen goes awry and machine locks up. Any suggestions? Memory seems to match Compaq specifications (although they're vage on their website!). Paul DS. -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

Having just taken possession of this Presario 5000 with a Duron 800 and running ME, I came across a web forum post where somebody was complaining about how slow his similar machine was. So I started up System Monitor and discovered that at idle, the cpu usage was a whopping 35%. The machine was...

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

Hello All, If needed, I have the full documentation for Compaq Professional Workstation SP 700 in both PDF and HTML format. Need any copy if not found in the Compaq Website? Please let me know; I'll be glad to share it! --

I am currently fixing a compaq for my sister and run into a problem. The drive was formatted with 2 partitions, one for OS and one for system recovery. I have put windows 2000 on the recovery partiton and it boots up fine. Now when I try and read the other partition, only some files/folders show...

The 237743-401 keyboard that came with my old Presario 4770 has a split spacebar. The left half is normally a backspace key. There is a way to let it function as a spacebar, I believe by pressing some specific key-combination. Does anybody know? Thanks Eric

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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...