http://tinypic.com/r/246vo6v/6 http://tinypic.com/r/n69r46/6 HP wanted $104 just to troubleshoot. Of course I talked to "Linda" whose real name is Deependra Guptda Mukkalukkafukkachucka. I plug the god damn thing in, and I get a blue pulsating light as seen above. I bought this for my mom last...

The 'power connector' of my laptop (Compaq Presario 2100US) is broken off inside the case. The male jack that you plug the power supply into in the back of the machine is now inside the machine broken off the motherboard. So there is not way to recharge the battery or get any kind of power. I...

And the thought police rear their ugly heads, yet again! "HH" wrote in message ... 7100s were not even designed by Compaq. They were Mitec boxes from start to finish and were real turkeys. Also, half your post makes no...

There are things that I cannot uninstall from my system. One in particular is P2P Networking(Kazaa Media Desktop). I get the following pop-up: "Sorry, you do not have enough access rights for this operation" "Please log on with administrator privileges and repeat uninstallation process" Can...

I've just been handed down my son's Compaq Presario 1800 laptop. (I bought him a replacement.) This Presario has never been able to tap into our home network for printing or file sharing (since I installed Win XPPro on it summer 2002. However it can use DSL through our router. This last week I...

How can I stop the mail and constant hard drive activity? Everytime the Presario 5170, running Windows 98 is booted up, the computer tries to send an email. I can see this activity on my router's log file. No mail programs are running. Nothing is queued to be sent. This began yesterday, (I think,...

I just recently purchased a whole lot of different Compaq restore disks. I will sell them for $10.00 each. Email me if you need one... Mark -- CHIEFS KICK DOWN THE DOOR IN 2004

Hi I had a working machine with a 3.2gb IDE hard drive on the primary and a Sony DVD rom on the secondary. I removed the Sony drive and since then I've been getting the error 1790 Disk 0 error. The BIOS now detects it as a 2110mb drive and if I tried booting to DOS from floppy fdisk says it can't...

Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable? thanks in advance, tele64

My new used Maxtor 5T020H2 20G HD arrived today and when loading the Compaq full restore software into this hard drive it says, "Error, out of memory" halfway into the loading process. The loading process is halted. I notice the hard drive light in front of the computer rarely comes on as quick...

Staples has some 200GB hard drives on sale, but will it work in my Compaq S4020WM purchased at Walmart a little over a year ago? -E

follow-up from previous answer (posted at 1644 CST 2Sep03) SP2141 & SP2373 are the correct Setup and Diags for this model. Create the floppies from the softpaq files (by executing SP2141.EXE and executing SP2373.EXE), and with the new hard drive blank, boot the SP2141 floppy disk. This will...

I have a Compaq 1800XL1 with two partitions; Local Disk (C:) and System Save (D:). The D: partition takes up about 2.3G of HD space. Can I safely delete the D: partition and thus free up more HD space?

Hi A relative has been given a Compaq EN Series. The case is not a vertical 'tower', but horizontal. The case is meant to be placed right on top of a desk, with the monitor placed on top of it. There is a sticker on the top-front-right hand side of the case that reads: Compaq END/P600/13d/4/128c...

Hi all, I have just obtained a very old computer that was previously used in a university lab. I have several questions about it. I have trawled postings here, but I am still very confused about the computer and its behaviour. a) The computers' exterior panel reads Compaq Deskpro 5100. Does...

Bought a new Compaq Presario last month and because of some problems, I am told I need to do a complete Restoration. Problem is, I never got any Restoration CD or OS CD with this system. Was I suppose to???? Got the system at Orifice Depot. Regards and thanks in advance.... LS

Planning on getting a new computer, my old Compaq is 5 years old. I want a DVD-R drive, my plan is to transfer my old VHS home movies to DVD. IF the computer had a DVD-R drive AND audio video connections, what do I have to look for to know BEFORE I buy that the machine will do the...

I`m thinking about putting a cheap PII450 Slot 1 CPU upgrade in this machine it is possible. I had a quick look at the current CPU a few weeks back and it doesn't look like a Slot 1 CPU although it must be - its mounted flat instead of upright. I haven't bothered to take a closer inspection but...

i have a compaq 6027us and the power on password is on and has locked me out how do i unlock the pc. i need the hp secret password to reset it. thanks

My daughter was given a Compaq Presario 4504 for school. She could not get on the internet with AOL. In troubleshooting the problem, I found that no modem was listed in device manager. An internal modem card is installed. When I go to install the modem and choose the Compaq, I am faced...