I've searched Google and HP/Compaq and haven't found any info in regards to the maximum hard drive size that can be installed in this laptop. It currently has an 80gb WD ATA drive. I'd like to max it out. Other than recently replacing the video inverter, the laptop has never given me a problem. I...

Hello to all. I have a customer whose Compaq went down because of multiple virus attacks. I had to format whole hd and install WinXP. Now, this is a problem: I installed windows with Operating system CD like any other computer. Problem is that now i can't restore Works and Word from restore...

Hi, I have been searchingo for the drivers for my PC on www.compaq.com :( It can't find my model. Can anybody help me? My PC is: Compaq Deskpro EP/SB with Celeron 333 ROM is: 07/25/98 686T1 Board rev. 01 Serial number: 8904CCP22282 Can anybody let me know how it is named in HP database? The...

Hi guys, I'm unable to access to the BIOS of that laptop: neither F2, nor F4, F10, Del, Canc, Alt+Esc keys seem to work. Once powered on the amount of RAM is shown (64MB) on the left side, the cursor as a LINE still below but there is no way for me to go in the CMOS settings...

I know this is an old post, but for any other readers, I just successfully installed w2k on a 1260, without any magic keypresses to disable ACPI.. every time a reboot happened I had to switch off the machine and let it cold-start, however, otherwise the screen would corrupt and the machine...

how can i open the back case of my compaq presario m2000?

Hi, I have several Compaq Notebooks/Desktops whitout any kind of original floppy's or CD's. Does someone have (and can provide) me the original diskimages (*.IMA/*.ISO files (plus a scan of the disk (*.JPG))) of the following Notebooks/Desktops? Compaq LTE LITE 4/25C Compaq LTE ELITE 4/40CX (With...

I have a Presario that can't maintain an internet connection. I've contacted my ISP and they ran me through a number of tests, but the problem still exists. At one time I had a virus, so thinking that could have infected something I even reformatted the HD. Still no luck. I upgraded the driver...

That shouldn't cause any issues that I am aware of. KC The original WINDOWS XP HOME is installed, but I had to Quick Restore recently. Also, I've downloaded updates from Microsoft site. MC --- In , "Kevin Childers"

Hi I Am new to this forum, and I am pleased to be part of this community from now. I have to say that this forum is full of priceless info. i hope to learn from and contribute to this forum. -- janetredx

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I have a Compaq 1800XL1 with two partitions; Local Disk (C:) and System Save (D:). The D: partition takes up about 2.3G of HD space. Can I safely delete the D: partition and thus free up more HD space?

Got a friend selling these pretty cheap, thought I'd pass it along. 20 Pin ATX Tester CoolMax 20 pin ATX power supply tester. Quickly isolate and verify power supply failures. Checks all ATX output voltages, +3.3V, -12V, PG, +12V, +5VSB, -5V, and +5V via LED light. Also checks 4 pin peripheral...

I need to find directions on reformatting my Armada 7800 laptop... I bought it on Ebay, and they stated that they had the restore disks but they did not... they did send me the drivers.. i just am unfamiliar on how to reformat it without the restore CD's... thanks for your help! I have a...

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Gary, Thanks. KLM "Gary Tait" wrote in message ... On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 07:46:29 GMT, "Kevin L. Mullin" wrote:

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I have a Compaq Presario 1200 laptop which works perfectly, but the screen is hard to read because it has one of the older monitors that you have to look at at just the right angle to see. I recently got a broken Presario 1250, which has the newer monitors which can be viewed from any angle....

** New info on entering the BIOS and on QuickRestore CDs Helpful Links: For drivers, software, manuals/docs http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/ For Quickrestore CDs: http://qrcons.orderz.com/page1.asp For Compaq spare...

Helpful Links: For drivers, software, manuals/docs http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/ For Quickrestore CDs: http://qrcons.orderz.com/page1.asp For Compaq spare parts http://vztxesppro3.cce.hp.com/hpparts/Default.asp?mscssid=035V7F6T9K0U9JCT3BQC64L4GC57AGB1 For Compaq...