Hi, I would be grateful for any ideas with a strange problem with my Compaq Armada M700. The computer suddenly crashed in Windows 2000 which had been running fine for ages. After a clean format and reinstall I found it was still very unstable. Just in case it was a dodgy cd, I tried formatting...

Hi I've resurrected an old Compaq Armada M700. Finally got all the drivers up and running with Win98SE. I was pondering upgrading to XP but wasn't sure if the machine could hack it (or if I'd be able to find all the drivers). Spec is:-

I replaced my M700's battery after it died and the new one charges up to 100% but will not power the laptop, and sometimes I have to remove the new battery to start the laptop. Battery has same part number as the old one but doesn't have a tiny strip in the opposite corner as the...

The laptop was given to me and the screen has never worked. The 15pin VGA though works fine. Anyone ever had to fix the video chip? Any insight or info would be appreciated. Thanks. bigsley

Hi, my Armada M700 stopped working. I shut it down and when i tried to restart a few days later it was dead. When I restart, only the Battery-LED is flashing 8 times. Nothing else happens. I tried to start only on battery and even without battery but the effect is always the same. Any...

Hi again all, My friend has an old company laptop of which he may be getting upgraded. I was considering taking some of the memory from that system as it is the same as the M300. My 1st question is: Can I also take the DVD-ROM drive from it and use it in my M300's Mobile Expansion Unit instead...

My fan died on the Armada M700. I can't get it to start spinning again and XP reboots every 20 minutes or so. I'm guessing it is doing this because the laptop is getting too hot. I have taken all the screws out of the casing that I can find but I still can't take it apart to expose the...

Hi, is it possible to upgrade the graphics capability on my Armada M700 as I would like to let my son use it for games etc. I can't afford to upgrade just yet so any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Martin

Hi all, I have two questions: 1. how do I get the battery out of this thing? 2. how do I get it to boot to the dvd drive since that choice does not show up in the boot list inside the cmos?

Hi all, I have a Compaq Armada M700. It currently has 2 64mb memory modules installed, and I have just got a 128mb module off a friend who has just upgraded their laptop. Now their laptop is a no name clone and so is the memory. Will this memory work in my laptop at all? or do I need to...

I have seen others complaining about their Compaq Armada M700 laptops refusing to boot. My one has the same problem. If I start it on battery alone then there is no drive activity but the caps, num and scroll lock lights all flash. If I start it on AC then the capslock, numlock and scoll lock...

I seriously want to get my Compaq armada m700 to run Windows 3.1. I have no clue how. In messing around with it, I trashed my WinXP partition, so let's assume that I'll be starting with a blank hard disk. Idealy, I would like to end up with Windows 3.1 running on a 500mb partition, and Windows...

Hi, I have scoured the internet for advice on this matter, but have so far failed to find a resolution. My M700 no longer powers up, with or without the battery. The battery led flashes 8 times and then the system switches off. The power led does not come on at all. Even with the laptop closed...

Had this problem, and saw I wasn't the first. "My M700 no longer powers up, with or without the battery. The battery led flashes 8 times and then the system switches off. The power led does not come on at all. Even with the laptop closed (ie screen down) and the AC plugged in with no battery...

Hi, this machine supports officially max. 192 MB RAM. There are Kingston modules (KTD-INSP7500) and they say that it fits into an armada 3500? Do i need a bios upgrade or so if i want to use it or it will just run? Thanks! Euro

How do you remove the password at boot-up and how do you get into the bios on these laptops please. Bruce

Well I discovered what the problem was, at least I think I did. I had uninstalled WinDVD and decided just to use Windows Media Player to watch DVD's. Since it's only a notebook and I don't have 5.1 or 6.1 speakers connected to it why bother with paying 50 or 60 dollars for high quality DVD...

What is it's purpose in the bios? there is no onboard video but athere is an nlx ati card.

What's the purpose of this option in the bios. I have a Rage Pro 2x agp in my Deskpro EN. If i update the system by putting a 32meg RAGE 128 PCI card in here do i need this enable in the bios?

The Abit Siluro i have is 4X . Cant get it to boot. But listen to this crap! I have an Aopen GF4 Ti4200 DVC128MB 8X graphics card that has been in the droor for about a year because i thought it was cooked (worked for about 6 months, lost receipt). Would crash or present enough artifacts that...