To all who responded, that you very much! It works now.
I'm whose advice did it any more.

"terry_b17" wrote in message
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hi,
go to http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html
hope this helps,
terry

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As an aside, I get Compaqs all the time with big OS problems,
no release media or docs, etc. Mostly, I've got to fdisk and
format and start over. They clearly had Windows 9x on then so
I just reinstall from a non-Compaq release disk. If that makes
me a criminal, so be it. The OS was paid for once and the
clowns just lost it. In any event, it seem like, with Compaq
especially, getting the video, sound, NIC and modem to
function properly is mostly a matter of trial and error. I hunt
through www.compaq.com, www.driverguide.com and
anyplace else that seems to make sense. Then I d/l service
packs, drivers, etc. and fiddle with them. Eventually,
whatever doesn't work magically starts to work. No apparent
rhyme or reason. Nothing is ever adequately labelled on the
boards to help finding the right drivers. Short of simply not
working on Compaq hardware, does anyone have a solution?

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Herb Stein