Hello... I need to reset my CMOS and can't find the E50 jumper referenced in the documentation, none of the systemboard diagram's I have found show it either. Please help if you can. Thanks em

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Hi everyone, I was wondering if this newsgroup has an archive.. If it does where do I go to find it? regards Felicity

One month ago I asked: I've been told that some manufacturers were used to "tattooing" their hard disk or motherboard in order to prevent people from installing the system on other computers, and I wonder whether it applies to my presario 18xl485 laptop, the hard disk of which has been changed....

Are you still looking for batteries of IBM laptop? Are you still confused for where to buy a good IBM thinkpad batteries?If you say yes, just listen to me. My friend Bell bought a battery of ibm thinkpad 600e from http://www.ibm-laptop-batteries.co.uk ,a online store for ibm laptop.He told me it...

I understand I have to get some SoftPak program from HP's web site and create a small partition on the new drive to make a home for the BIOS. Do I need to reformat the hard drive in order to create this partition, or can I do it without affecting the current O/S and all my programs? Thanks Bryan

Hello everybody, I have been using an Armada 100S model laptop for quite some time. I have been using a proprietary AC/DC converter (not the original one from Compaq fanufacturer) and as I was working the other day the Windows system froze. This is something that happens often with Windows 98. In...

How do you access BIOS? TIA Bill

Hi all, I've got a compaq Armada 1580DMT from my mate recently. But the power lead is missing. Is anyone know what's the DC spec of the input. or can you tell me the equilavent lead that's current on the market. I can see from the back of the laptop, it's a 3-pin type socket. Thanks very much. Od

Hi, I have hit a wall. I wiped the drive and reloaded win98. The load goes alright, but on the restart for the final set-up the machine locks. I can load in safe mode, but cannot find anything. I have tried this several times. I even went back and started with a win95 load, which worked fine. ...

What's the right 64MB EDO memory for this obsolete laptop? The Micron MT8LSDT864H6-662C+3 I purchased for it was not recongnised by the POST. BTW, how do I invoke the CMOS setup on this machine? Thank you kindly for your assistance.

Hi I have just purchased a Armada 1592DT Laptop. It has the caddy but no hard drive.Can anyone tell me the different makes and sizes that this model will accept and if i need drives or updates to install them.I have tried the HP Compaq site but it just gives you the size and not the makes. Rgds...

I have a 1598DT Anybody have any experience in upgrading processor and motherboard ?? Just a thought ! TIA Chris

GKania wrote: How to get into BIOS in Armada 1700 ? Thanks. f10 unless the setup partition has been deleted in which case you download the setup install floppy and boot from it.

Hi, since some weeks I own a Compaq Armada 1750 notebook. When I bought it, the service partition of the hard disk was missing. So there is no BIOS access for me in the moment. On the HP/Compaq website, I found a tool which created a bootdisk to setup the service partition again but while...

I'm having problems booting a Armada 1750. I downloaded the diagnostic disks from the HP/Compaq website and it reports problems writing to the HD. I tried fdisking drive (removing both the C: drive's partition and that tiny non-dos partition at the beginning) and just reformating it but...

Ive just purchased a Laptop for my elderly parents in the UK, and I live in Canada. I didnt realise that the keyboard is a lttle different here than in Europe so I would like to find a UK manual somewhere online. I have managed to find the US version but no UK. Can anyone help me where to find...

I have an old Compaq laptop (Armada 1750). I was in the process of doing a recovery (factory CD) when the CD-ROM died. Diagnosis of the HD reveals that it is OK. Now when the system is turned on, the blue NT Setup screen appears and states .....file cannot be found. Press ENTER to retry. But...

I continue with my Armada 3500 story and the keyboard problem :) So if i'm right, the keyboard are plugged on the motherboard with a large connector. But if i remove it, the continuous "beep" (like you run your notebook and stay press a key all time) are still here. Symptom now ... Notebook run...

Hi I have a problem with my armada 3500 When a power on i have to compaq logo but nothing else. Notebook make continuous beep, but seem to search something on diskette and hard drive ... If i power on with FN + F11, he don't beep for 5 secondes but does nothing too. Any tip for that ? Thanks