Remote location. Family member's Presario 5000 just bit the big one. Over the phone, it sounds like the power supply. I've got a couple of ATX power supplies laying around and I drive down there for other reasons periodically. How proprietary is the Compaq unit?

Got an 80-gigger in there. Would like to put in a 120, 200, 250, or 300 - depending on what's on sale. Anybody know how to tell if the BIOS will support the larger sizes? -- PeteCresswell

Seems like both 5.25 and 3.5" devices are on some sort of clips/rails that need tb squeezed from the front of the case. But I cannot figure out how to get the face of the case off. There is some clear plastic that forms a separate part of the face which, if removed, would seem to give the...

Does anyone have an old 5240 QuickRestore disk? I've tried ebay to no avail (as of yet)...... thanks.....

Hello! Does anyone know how to open this mmonitor´s cabinet. There are two holes in the top of the backside, ande no screws there. What to do? /Orjan Loman

What isues if any are there in upgrading a Compaq Presario SR1536NX from Windows Home Edition to Windows Pro Edition (Generic, not Compaq version)?

I want to upgrade my windows to XP Pro rather than do a system restore which installs XP Home My problem is, the model I have SR1839uk does not have a floppy drive, so how do i install the drivers for the SATA hard drive after I press F6 to install 3rd party drivers. I havent yet tried this...

I want to upgrade my windows to XP Pro rather than do a system restore which installs XP Home My problem is, the model I have SR1839uk does not have a floppy drive, so how do i install the drivers for the SATA hard drive after I press F6 to install 3rd party drivers. I havent yet tried this...

Beginner question i guess : Is it possible to upgrade my videocard on my compaq armada 700 ? If yes where can i find a place to do it, is it easy to do alone ? thank you Julien

Hi, I've got a refurb 6325cl presario. It has a bad habit of locking up. When this happens the screen shrinks to ~80% of normal size and oscillates wildly. The PC becomes totally locked up - no inputs allowed at all - keyboard mouse - nothing. I can reset by holding the power button for...

I have a Compaq Presario 5000 ( Model 5BW130 ) I formated and reinstalled the windows 98se from a second original partition that was on the hard drive now the computer when booted up might stay on 5-20 min. then it will reboot and stay on again for another 5-20 min and reboot from what I've read...

And I would like to thank you personally..... Thank you! tele64

I recently purchased the max processor for my presario 5240 (AMD K6 550MHZ) along with new fan and heat sink. My question is: how difficult is it to replace the processor? I would like to do it myself if possible. thanks.....

Reinstall notebook Persario 800 AP from ME to XP Home , request wallpaper . Thank you. I have not find the wallpaper in Recovery Disc or compaq site.