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Armada 4210 - Power on Password by
Pham
Never heard of a password being stored on a clock chip before.
Have you tried the reset jumper? It's usually the only jumper right next to
the mainboard battery.
Another thing to try is removing the mainboard completely from the power
supply and remove the mainboard battery. Leave both out for at...
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January 12th 04 09:50 AM
by LWI
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DVD+R drive by
Tim923
Can a DVD+R/DVD+-RW drive read a DVD-R disk?
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http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8adrh/news.html (profile) --Tim923 My email is valid.
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o/s upgrade from me to xp profesional on presario 5000 by
bob brozewicz
hi all,
has anyone ever upgraded a presario 5000 from me to xp professional that
can give me some pointer to make it go smoothly. from what i have read
so far, it appears to not go very smoothly at all.
the system has the following equipment installed.
- amd athlon 1.1 ghz processor
- compaq...
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December 23rd 04 11:48 PM
by doS
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Restoring an older HP PC by
Ben Myers
AFAIK, Compaq Presarios do not come with a restore CD, altho some computers with
CD burners do give you the option to burn a restore CD or a Windows XP Home CD
from data stored in a hidden partition on the drive.
I've cross-posted your inquiry to an older pre-HPaq Compaq-specific newsgroup
where...
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desperately need re-format help by
Puzzled
My Compaq Presario 5106 is infected with a vx2 virus that absolutely
refuses to be removed and I guess the only option left, after two weeks of
trying to clean out the computer, is to re-format the hdd, then re-install
everything. But when I went to use the Restore cd, the screen went red
and...
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hard drive running hot, so needs a fan by
Tom Scales
"skydiver" wrote in message
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According to the Everest utility, one of my hard drives is running hot,
about 51 degrees C. That's still within specs which give 55 degrees max,
but this is wintertime and it's pretty cool...
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partitioning harddrive during restore by
Brian Gotjunk
I recently joined a firm and decided to do a complete system restore on the
computer I will be using.
It is an HP Pavilion with XP.
What I want to do is create some partitions, but the HP System recovery cd
set does not give me the option during recovery to create the partitions.
Is there a way...
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Replaced HD in Compaq 5000/5SPXE1 by
[email protected]
The original hard drive on this machine crapped out. I replaced the
hard drive and then ran the QuickRestore program which ran to
completion. However, once all 3 of the disks have been run through and
it kicks out the last to do the reboot, the machine still does not
work. It comes up with...
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Installing RAM Help by
Von Fourche
I currently have a five year old Compaq computer running Windows ME with
128mb or ram. More and more my computer is crashing. The max ram I can
install is 512.
Ok, here is my problem. I have not opened up the case at all for the
last five years until today. I had no need to open it up plus I...
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Reformat C Drive on Compaq Presario SR1012NX ??? by
digby
I have a new Compaq Presario SR1012NX.
I'd like to reformat the C drive so that the only software on the
computer is the XP System, and reinstall my own software.
Is it possible to do this? I can find any format commands on this
computer that don't use the Compaq software recovery stuff.
I have...
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September 11th 04 07:29 PM
by HH
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Presario 5352 freezes when a DVD is inserted. by
Tyler
Hi, a friend of mine installed/uninstalled a Dazzle flash card reader in his
Presario a while back, and ever since, the DVD drive won't play DVDs. No clue
if the two things have anything to do with each other.
Audio CDs play fine in the drive, data cds work, but the DVDs go to a black
screen and...
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August 3rd 04 11:11 AM
by HH
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Prolinea setup by
Emmanuel
Morning'
On wich I have to push and when , to get setup on my prolinea 4/66 ?
Which HD Type in the setup I have to declare for getting my cdrom drive ?
--
Emmanuel - http://ebgy.free.fr
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January 19th 04 09:47 PM
by DEJ57
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Compaq 5000 Series - Price Check by
Nomad
Is $300 (Cdn) too much to pay for the following PC?
750 MHz AMD® Duron T Processor
64 MB 100 MHz SyncDRAM
30.0 GB 2 UltraDMA Hard Drive
40X Max CD-ROM Drive 3
nVIDIA T TNT2 T Vanta LT Graphics Card with 8 MB video memory
I realise it's a tad old now, but is it a fairly good price for (what...
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Support Hell by
Eric Gould
About six weeks ago I shipped off my Presario 1700T laptop for repair. The
hard drive had some mechanical problems and the battery was dead. Both
should have been covered under my extended three year warranty.
Just last week, I finally got confirmation that my laptop was received.
Their...
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quick restore software by
Mag
Does anyone know the codes onthe quick software for the presario 5000
Used quick after replacing HD i get to a list of software loads but unsure
which is correct for 5330 us. out of warranty.
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February 23rd 04 08:28 PM
by Mort64
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S6020WM versus S4020WM (at Walmart) by
Euclid
I bought a Compaq Presario S4020WM at Walmart last summer for $495, complete
with a 17" monitor. It has an AMD XP 2400+ processor at 2.0GHz. I had to put
in more RAM to make it work right, but it's a good machine.
They're currently selling the Compaq Presario S6020WM at Walmart for $495
with a...
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February 28th 04 08:52 PM
by HH
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4220t armada worth ? by
[email protected]
Hi, I really don't know a whole lot about use prices for laptops, I have
a chance to get a 4220t Armada with a be that holds the cd-rom and
battery with JLB speakers, bateries are ion-lithium, screen is tft ad
looks good, ram is maxed out at 96mb, floppy drive, a mini marble size
tracking ball has...
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Compaq Presario 1275 by
Mike Hunt
I got a Presario 1275 from a family member. Didn't get the restore cd
with it. I reformatted and loaded up a copy of win 98se. I runs really
well except for the video. Using the drivers on the 98se cd can only
get 640x480. I suspect the video driver I need is on the restore cd.
Anyone know where I...
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September 29th 04 11:49 AM
by HH
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DOS Soundcard Drivers for Presario 5360? by
Tim
Hello,
If anyone can point me towards a way to run some kind of DOS drivers
for my soundcard (I have just the on-board card which came with the
Presario 5360).
I have tried using generic Soundblaster drivers, but it says it cannot
find the soundcard.
I assume it is an ESS Solo 1938 like the...
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August 28th 04 01:28 PM
by Tim
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Upgrade Hard Drive Questions by
MaadDog
I am a MAC user that also uses and owns a couple of PC's. I would like
to upgrade my Hard Drive in one of my PC's from 80GB to 400GB. I have
the Hard Drive. On a MAC I know exactly how to Clone my HD to the new
drive. On a MAC I use SuperDupe to move all my stuff from one drive to
another. IT...
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