I have just been through a nightmare with HP getting my computer fixed and replaced. I lost an amount of time and money that... the right hyperbole escapes me. If you've dealt with "customer care", you know what I mean. I thought I would try to find some good in all this, and make a little guide...

Does anyone have unlisted numbers or email addresses of people at HP who can actually help me get my computer fixed or replaced? My presario x1360 has just died for the fourth time and i can't bare going through the rigamerole again. Please email me at if you have any...

Hi everyone According to http://www.igs.net/~ndaines/Qfiles/bmw-r.html the motherboard in my Compaq 5006US should have jumpers for changing the FSB frequency. However, either I have a different motherboard, or Compaq modified the OEM board without jumpers, or I just can't find them. Does anyone...

i have a old compaq uwave motherboard spinoff from the fic az11when i install my agp card i get a blank screen after running everest and wincpuid they both told me my agp was disabled ive upgraded to the latest bios from compaq but theres no options to set agp to primary or to enable or disable it....

Hello I have a problem ... my machine won't boot up .. it shows only the screen where in the right bottom corner shows the type of the machine (Deskpro 2000) and in the upper left corner shows the ammount of RAM installed.What can I do?? Thank you Sorry for my English

I just bought a used EVO D51S and need to add more memory (going from 256 MB to 512), but I get a diagnostic to the effect that the PC is missing a microcode patch and I have to hit F1 to continue. I've never updated a BIOS and I'm not even sure if my D51S is part of the D310 or D510 series. (I've...

Hello - I have an old Compaq Presario 4540 I'm trying to set for the kids to surf on. It will not recongize the hard drive because, I think, it is too large. the West Digital Lifeguard tools finds it but with a Win98 startup diskette its not recongized so I can't fdisk or format it. Any thoughts?

I recent acquired a Proliant 2500 which had a 35/70 Quantum 7000 DLT drive, I tried it with a new Quantum cartridge and after running a backup the Cleaning Tape light came on. I've now got hold of a new cleaning tape and ran it this morning, and the light went off. I've run another backup today...

Hi, What's the maximum size for a hard drive in Presario 5838? Thanks TT

Will this work? I'm thinking of buying a second HD for my 5838, perhaps a Seagate Barracuda. BTW, does anyone know the rpm of the standard 5838 HD? TT

I'm upgrading my Presario 5838. Does this standard pc100 128mhz 16M memory by Kingston work in my model? http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/PartsInfo.asp? ktcpartno=KVR100X64C2/128 Or does it have to be specifically made for Compaq? The guy at the local store wasn't sure. Thanks TT

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...

I am looking for sound and video drivers for a 1700T Presario for win98se. The page for the sound drivers gives me a message that the page can't be found. Perhaps some one knows where I could pick up a cd of 98SE drivers for that? Thanks

Hi, I've recently been geetting a strange clicking sound from my 4 year-old Presario (like something switching on and off -- much like the sound you get coming out of standby mode). I'm pretty familiar with the noises it makes, and this is new and ominous. :-) Anyone got any...

How do you accessthe hardware setup on a Deskpro 4000.. I tried holding the F10 key down but all i get is a continual beeping and a keyboard error message. I'm trying to get the irda port to work but I can't get in Got help?

Hello experts and fellow Compaq users- I would be greatful if you could help me on this. I have a compaq presario 2500 laptop with an internal CD-Rom (not DVD) drive. Somebody recently gave me an internal DVD/CDRW drive (made by Compaq) which works with the 2500.

On Thu, 22 May 2003 23:13:26 GMT, G.M.Voeth babbled on about Does Anyone Know ? proclaiming: Hello, I have two CD Drives on my Presario on the face of the CD drives are little holes one on the face of each drive the hole is large enough for a 1/16 drill bit to fit into with a little slop...

I have installed Win98SE on a Compaq Armada M700 laptop but cannot load the drivers for the internal NIC. The NIC is a modem/NIC combo (part no. 1456VQL10H(INT)). I have downloaded and tried all of the drivers listed on http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/Armada/us/locate/4_1009.html#17 I...

Hello ! I have an old Compaq Computer, is there any BIOS Setup to run this Computer without a Keyboard ??? I find nothing in the BIOS and when i started the Computer it will halt and say Keyboard Error... Thanks for a answer !!! Ulrich Koch

Hello ! I will start an Older Compaq Computer without a Tastatur, but I don't find any BIOS Point to disable this. Have anyone an answer ?? Thanks ! Ulrich Koch