the keyboard on my compaq presario 1200XL laptop has failed, after being attacked with cranberry juice... I can find plenty of places to buy a replacement keyboard (part no 171003-031). Trouble is I can't find any instructions on how to remove the old key board and fit the new one. can any one...

Bonjour, Je recherche le schéma du circuit électrique de mon PC portable Présario 1245. J'ai branché, par erreur, un transformateur électrique à 30 volt au lieu de 12 volt. J'ai un espoir de le réparer si je retrouve les références des pièces à changer. Merci de votre aide.

i still have the green power led on but i cant activate the power switch. switch clicks like normal but wont power up the laptop. any suggestions? in a few days i will open and trace the power path from the plugin through the power switch etc. any help will be apreciated.

I have a Compaq 12XL125 Laptop Computer which will start, very occasionally and run for a few minutes and quit. Here is what has been done to the computer. It seemed to work fine before any upgrades, however, the problem may and probably was there. previously. I just installed a different hard...

Friend of my wife brought over her older notebook where the touchpad no longer works. It seems her husband installed an external USB mouse and since the touchpad stopped working. Anyway I have tried all I know - which is not much... :-). The machine is running WinME. Under device drivers the...

I'm look for 1 (just had one break) Stand Feet/Foot for a Compaq 1692 Laptop. Does anyone have one around somewhere that I could purchase I think any 1600 series has the same case. Just upgraded the thing to XP so I think it has a little useable life left in it. Thanks Please Email to...

I have a 1625 that has no video output, either at the lcd or at the monitor port.... Would this be a bad interface or is it the motherboard... When it tries to post all I get is a series of beeps, one and then three beeps and then it repeats... Compaq is no help... I have the ability to disassmble...

Hello. Yesterday I decided to upgrade this laptop to win xp. The upgrade went fine except for the touchpad and ps/2 port dying. I have tried all the Synaptic drivers at Compaq and the Synaptic website but to no avail. The Synaptic drivers won't install because they don't see the...

I am looking for a dvd drive for my Compaq 1688 laptop. It has a cd drive in it now. Does anyone know which part # will work in a 1688? I have replaced the AMD K2-400 mhz processor with a AMD K2+ 475 mhz, replaced the 4.3 gig hard drive wth a 30 gig hard drive and maxed the memory at 192 meg. If I...

Recently purchased a Compaq 1700 Presario laptop used. When went to Compaq site to look up information on unit since came without books etc. there are multiple models listed. Unit has a 900 MHz Pentium III processor and win 98se running with 256 of ram and a 6 gig hd cannot read model or sn on...

Deskpro EX/P3-1.4Ghz/120Gb/Win98SE ATI 9600XT AGP video One PCI slot occupied as noted below Replaced an Intel 12041 based 10TX PCI NIC with a Compaq 177454-001 (identifies as an Accton 1207D) 10/100TX Fast Ethernet PCI NIC which throws a 100% repeatable Windows Protection Error (no other error...

I have a compaq 2100 notebook, the battery stopped working in it quite some time ago and would not charge. The way that I run it is to have it plugged in whenever I needed to use it. Before it started doing this the power would cut in and out. Now when I plug it in there is just a clicking noise I...

I just got a Presario 2100 that I needed in a hurry. As a result I bought it from a chain store and it came standard with Winblows XP. I tried to load Windows 2000 professional which I legally own a copy of and prefer to use. When I re-booted after the OS load 4 drivers for the system were missing...

I have a factory refurbished Compaq 2100 series notebook that quit booting. AMD 2.xx, 512megs,60?gig hdd, CDR/?DVD, XP Home. It quit booting, no video, all I get is the power button light, power light, and wireless NIC lights flashing 5 times the on steadily. No video of any kind. The manual said...

Hello, I am a very new owner of a Compaq 2178 laptop which on the case is named as a Presario 2100. Is this normal? Also when the battery is fully charged does it go on cooking (or over charging) by being connected to the mains? Would it be best once the battery is charged up to remove it and just...

Hello, I'm wondering if the compaq 2190US laptop is a good one? I'm selling my current dell inspiron 4000 because I had no idea the video card couldn't be upgraded. I can't play current games. How does the laptop run windows xp? does it run applications great and what about mid level games? I know...

I have an old compaq 22oo desktop , I took out the old win 95 OS and put in windows 98 only to realize later that it was only a 486.. So the MODEM and the built in sound card .WOnt recognize the DRIVERS.. I finally realized that you must have the RESTORE DISK. THIS I don't have .... JUSt a hand me...

Hi all, I have a problem with my laptop. (FYI: I dont understand much about computers) My notebook is Compaq presario 2570 notebook, intel pentium 4, 3.06 GHz processor, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive, 56k modem. About 2 months ago, my laptop did not recognize the cd/dvd player. Few weeks after...

Hi Folks, Am reaquainting myself with compaq servers after some years - need some help! Have picked up a compaq 3000R 450Mhz server with twin 9.1 GB disks. It is in an unknown state - though I was told by the seller that it used to run FreeBSD. When I boots It spends five mins in the "Option...

Hi, I have transplanted the Compaq PC into a tower case. Now the only problem I have is that I don't know where to connect the power switch lead on the motherboard. There doesn't appear to be any sort of indication on the mobo itself and I've Googled for a while now and have come up with...