I got a Compaq Presario 1725S monitor from somewhere with no manual. It seems to have a built-in microphone. And there is also a control knob for sound. What I don't understand is why the monitor cable has no extra cord attached to it that would be for the microphone usage. Also there is a hole in...

I have a have Presario X1370US laptop. The FSB is set at 400Mhz. The memory is PC 2700 which is designed for a 333MhZ FSB. I would have expected PC3200 ram? Anybody got an idea on this? --L

I have a customer that has an iPAQ legacy-free PC v1.0, Intel P3-500 256MB RAM, etc. It's almost impossible to find anything about this computer thanks to the stupid handheld and internet appliances of the same name(s). I need to know the max CPU (or what other CPU's it can take) max memory and...

(win98) During boot up i Received a message OS Not found (Compaq 5002us) I had a diagnostic run , and was told My restore disk will not work (comes up in spanish)..I was also told that compaq does not ship a entire restore disk with this comp..That i will need a 2 disk set , Because i have a...

I have a Compaq Presario 5BW160. I started having itermittant reboots that gradually became more and more frequent until now it wont boot at all. I've scanned for viruses.(none) It will go through boot up until it loads windows, then reboot? I can bootup from XP disc. I have tried new hard drive,...

I have 2 Compaq computers (desktop & laptop) the DVD players usually work fine. Occasionally when I try & play a DVD I get an error message saying no compatible DVD player is found. It does it on either machine but plays fine on a stand alone DVD player. Some main stream movies have done this. ...

Still looking for Restore CD's for a Presario 1200-XL 110 Laptop. Can anyone help me ? John

Hi I'm trying to resurrect an old Armada M700. Got everything working fine except MODEM and NIC. Can't work out which drivers I need. The card has a ref of U98.003.C.00 which I think is a combo MODEM/NIC with Lucent & Intel chipsets.

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

During a boot up(win98)..I received a message O S not found..Bestbuy did a diagnostic check and told me that compaq does not load a full System restore on the single restore disk(oem)..They tell me it is a 2 disk set?? My restore disk when installed comes up in spanish..Says something about...

I have not been able to solve this problem yet. Would be grateful for any advice, please. Thanks Sam

My Presario 1250 laptop is - for lack of a more technical word - lazy. The response time to keyboard and mouse events is sometimes perfectly good, and sometimes horrible. I put the cursor over "File" in some arbitrary program, and the click button appears, but sometimes, there is no response for...

First one froze right out the box. Took back, 2nd run for about 2 months, started slowing down, now freezing randomly. Stops responding, but hard drive is spinning? No viruses or ad ware (hijackers). Disappointed, Asus board. Memtest turns up no errors. Runs slower than PII 300a.

Hi I put a Powerleap Celeron processor in a old Deskpro EX 350 and it works perfectly but I have the following error at boot : "918 - The current processor is not supported." (or something like that) I looked at Powerleap faqs and they say that bios may need an upgrade, however I have the most...

Hey folks, i just bought 2 Deskpro 4000 in order to use em for my network. well, i didnt know that compaq uses a hidden partition for its bios to save things, so i reformatted the whole hard disk for OpenBSD. Well, now i godda do several things (Power Management etc.) and can't access the bios (i...

I have a Compaq Presario 2100 laptop computer. Running under XP Pro OS. When I power down or shut off the computer the amber light on the front outside panel stays on, even after I pull down the screen, shutting the case. Is this normal, OR, is there something else I should do, other than pulling...

I wonder if someone can answer a query about my presario 1235. At present my presario 1235 operating system is windows 98 first edition, supplied by compaq. I wonder if its possible to upgrade it to windows 98 SE. I want to connect it to a wireless network. Thanks, Gerry.

Can someone tell me what a PCI Serial Controller is? I used my Quick Restore disks, to take my 5600i back to original state, BIG Mistake.... I have no sound, can't get Monster II drivers to work and every boot up wants to install the PCI Serial Driver. The Tech service has not been any help...can...

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I asked about upgrading my laptop from ME awhile back. When I bought the laptop it had ME installed on it. It also has the hotswapping floppy drive/CD-DVD drive. ME stinks and I wanted to go to XP. Following some good advice, I bought a new harddrive and XP Pro. I replaced the hard drive, booted...