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Buggy Presario
Any help with these bugs, either causes or solutions?
1610 Presario 80mb ram. system freezes requiring hard reboot when touchpad cursor is moved at same time as keystroke. win98se system reports no conflicts. hardware acceleration already set to lowest. battery and system interaction very screwy. can never tell if juice in batter and system seems to enter sleep mode even when there is juice in battery. battery gauge makes no sense. reports 100% and system will shut down in 2 min. cd controls at the top do not work; finally how do you control speaker volume on this laptop? |
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An oldie. It shipped with Win 95. Have you installed the Win 98 drivers off
the HP website? specifically the touchpad driver? IIRC, volume control is available both in Windows via the vol control and with Fn keys. HH "henry" wrote in message ... Any help with these bugs, either causes or solutions? 1610 Presario 80mb ram. system freezes requiring hard reboot when touchpad cursor is moved at same time as keystroke. win98se system reports no conflicts. hardware acceleration already set to lowest. battery and system interaction very screwy. can never tell if juice in batter and system seems to enter sleep mode even when there is juice in battery. battery gauge makes no sense. reports 100% and system will shut down in 2 min. cd controls at the top do not work; finally how do you control speaker volume on this laptop? |
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henry wrote: Any help with these bugs, either causes or solutions? 1610 Presario 80mb ram. system freezes requiring hard reboot when touchpad cursor is moved at same time as keystroke. win98se system reports no conflicts. hardware acceleration already set to lowest. Hardware acceleration isn't it. battery and system interaction very screwy. can never tell if juice in batter and system seems to enter sleep mode even when there is juice in battery. battery gauge makes no sense. reports 100% and system will shut down in 2 min. Battery is just plain worn out. It's an age of system thing. cd controls at the top do not work; finally how do you control speaker volume on this laptop? Anyway, here are a few things to try. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...520 4&lang=en For the Keyboard/touchpad Compaq Notebooks Synaptics Touchpad Driver I think I'd get the 1998 version vs the 2002, for this one. For the Keyboard/Battery: Presario 1200/1600/1700/1800/1900 Battery Controller/KBC Firmware Update For the CD controls Presario 1200/1600 Specific Models Fix for CD Controls (DisqPlay) For a few other things Presario 1600 Specific Models System ROM Update If you're stuck on dialup, you might as well get 56K Presario Specific Models Modem Driver V.90 Upgrade |
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Buggy Presario
Done right all these updates will fix your problems. BTW even though Compaq
and the manual says 80mb is max it will take 128mb ram. Bob wrote in message ps.com... henry wrote: Any help with these bugs, either causes or solutions? 1610 Presario 80mb ram. system freezes requiring hard reboot when touchpad cursor is moved at same time as keystroke. win98se system reports no conflicts. hardware acceleration already set to lowest. Hardware acceleration isn't it. battery and system interaction very screwy. can never tell if juice in batter and system seems to enter sleep mode even when there is juice in battery. battery gauge makes no sense. reports 100% and system will shut down in 2 min. Battery is just plain worn out. It's an age of system thing. cd controls at the top do not work; finally how do you control speaker volume on this laptop? Anyway, here are a few things to try. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...520 4&lang=en For the Keyboard/touchpad Compaq Notebooks Synaptics Touchpad Driver I think I'd get the 1998 version vs the 2002, for this one. For the Keyboard/Battery: Presario 1200/1600/1700/1800/1900 Battery Controller/KBC Firmware Update For the CD controls Presario 1200/1600 Specific Models Fix for CD Controls (DisqPlay) For a few other things Presario 1600 Specific Models System ROM Update If you're stuck on dialup, you might as well get 56K Presario Specific Models Modem Driver V.90 Upgrade |
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"HH" wrote in
: drivers off the HP website? specifically the touchpad driver? I've got them, but afraid to use them, knowing compaq. Using ps/2 driver that came with 98se IIRC, volume control is available both in Windows via the vol control and with Fn keys. Doesn't work last time I checked(might work now that I upgraded to se, will have to try). Also talking about the cd switches up not working-these still don't work. HH |
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"Bob" wrote in news:HLzoh.2269$Br.868@trndny08:
Done right all these updates will fix your problems. BTW even though Compaq and the manual says 80mb is max it will take 128mb ram. Bob Thanks, but none of the descriptors for these various firmware upgrades lists any of the problems I posted about as being a fix for. Have you actually installed any of these on a win98se presario and know first hand they install properly and work? After my experiences with Presario I am no longer a fan of either Compaq, nor HP. On the Ram, can you explain you managed that, since there is only one slot for memory expansion and the manual says 80MB tops? |
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What's to be afraid of? Install the Compaq Win 98 drivers from the HP web
site. That is why they are available to download... Ben Myers On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:17:52 +0100 (CET), henry wrote: "HH" wrote in : drivers off the HP website? specifically the touchpad driver? I've got them, but afraid to use them, knowing compaq. Using ps/2 driver that came with 98se IIRC, volume control is available both in Windows via the vol control and with Fn keys. Doesn't work last time I checked(might work now that I upgraded to se, will have to try). Also talking about the cd switches up not working-these still don't work. HH |
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Yes I did install all of these updates and they did work. On the RAM Compaq
states that the installed memory is not removable but it is and will take two 64mb modules. It makes it a faster computer and more stable. Bob "henry" wrote in message ... "Bob" wrote in news:HLzoh.2269$Br.868@trndny08: Done right all these updates will fix your problems. BTW even though Compaq and the manual says 80mb is max it will take 128mb ram. Bob Thanks, but none of the descriptors for these various firmware upgrades lists any of the problems I posted about as being a fix for. Have you actually installed any of these on a win98se presario and know first hand they install properly and work? After my experiences with Presario I am no longer a fan of either Compaq, nor HP. On the Ram, can you explain you managed that, since there is only one slot for memory expansion and the manual says 80MB tops? |
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henry wrote: "Bob" wrote in news:HLzoh.2269$Br.868@trndny08: Done right all these updates will fix your problems. BTW even though Compaq and the manual says 80mb is max it will take 128mb ram. Bob Thanks, but none of the descriptors for these various firmware upgrades lists any of the problems I posted about as being a fix for. They rarely list anything. It's really annoying. Have you actually installed any of these on a win98se presario and know first hand they install properly and work? After my experiences with Presario I am no longer a fan of either Compaq, nor HP. Not on your exact model , but on similar models, i've found out that firmware updates very often DO resolve problems. Since I work at a computer refurbisher and recycler, I often receive machines that have been given up on by at least 1 technician. Therefor, i have to look for things that are often missed. Firmware is on that list. It can make all the difference. You listed several separate problems, perhaps not all are solvable this way, but the odds are good that at least one of these firmware updates will work. And it is the least-cost solution. Once all the updates are applied, check again to see what problems are remaining. We can work on those. If it's NOT just firmware, it's a hardware problem. Which means opening up the machine, reseating the keyboard connector, diagnosing ram and hard drive, that sort of thing. But because of the age of your machine, getting spare parts is often too expensive to be worthwhile. On the Ram, can you explain you managed that, since there is only one slot for memory expansion and the manual says 80MB tops? |
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