I have no plans on going to a new PC as this one is still working fine. However there are some things I would like to do to make it work better. Replacing the 800 MHz AMD Athlon processor (slot). Any ideas of a processor I could install with minumal trouble? My mother board can go up to a 1...

My sister's Compaq Presario 6435CL HD died - SMART errors, Norton, etc no help. Since she had not made Restore CD's off the HD, I bought some from HP, but didn't test them 'til she had the $$'s to buy a new HD. "These System Recovery CD's do NOT support this Compaq model", whether I have the old or...

I have a Compaq Presario 5695 which I just installed WinXP on. The PC will not shutdown. When I attemp to shut it down, it simply reboots. I have enabled and disabled APM several times but nothing seems to help. As soon as I plug up (power cord) the PC, it comes on. The switch on the front of the...

I need a HD Caddy for 7770DMT laptop. I have the plastic, but not the adapter board or cable or whatever it is that makes the connection. Is this unique to this model? Or can I also look for adapters for other model numbers? Which? In a pinch I could solder in 40 wires. The laptop is pretty...

First of all check that the power unit is ok... this ought to be the first step, You can either try a new power unit or try the suspect on another computer, there is that possibility you have just blown the power unit. davy

It is a built in phone modem right? If you don't know what kind it is, then the only way to find out is to open up your tower (hopefully not a laptop, those get tricky) and look on the card. Then google for the manufacturer's website and see if they offer the driver online. Good luck!

How good are Compaq desktop machines now that they are a brand of HP? I had very good luck with them when they were a separate company but it's been several years since I purchased one. -- David

I have a 5000 Model # 5301RSH I found the system whos user was dumping it saying it had a virus. When I tryed to boot all I would get is the CAMPAQ logo. I went into the setup and everything was disabled so I enabled all the devices, now when I try to boot it goes into the memory count-up and...

Compaq Presario SR1511NX Major Problems! PLEASE HELP! Reinstalling and no driverdiscs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey everyone I havehad this problem for quite some time now actually.. and the problem is that I have re-installed WINDOWS XP...

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Would that be a cache for a 486? I think I have one of those stuck away some where. KC ----- Original Message ----- From: "-==-" Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:39 AM Subject: PW433a B Cache

I canceled the System_sav partition on the hard disk (1.5 Gb) but I am not able to recovery and use that free space on the disk. Help me please. Frank

Hi, I have a Compaq Presario 1200 XL110 with standard 6.4GB hard drive that needs replacement due to increasing bad sectors. Is there a relatively painless way to upgrade this notebook to a 20 or 40GB HDD? Any help and info is appreciated. Thanks. Nick BIOS: PhoenixBios 4.0 Release 6.

The office has a Presario 6430NX that refuses to boot up first thing in the morning. A reboot during the day is normal. Compaq Technical Support says the motherboard is about to fail. When I hit the power button the CD drive lights flash, the fans start up and that's it. The power LED stays...

I have a Compaq Plus with a floppy and hard drive. I have floppies and dos. I can't seem to get to the hard drive. Is there a special floppy I need to boot with? configuring the bios ? Thanks .

Hi Everyone, I have a Presario 1240 that was on loan to someone and was returned dead. It is possible that it was accidentally plugged into the wrong power supply (the supply from a printer was returned with it instead of the Presario supply). I've disassembled it in hopes of finding a...

A friend has Compaq ME system with a IJ600 printer. The odd thing is that he can print somethings, others time he tries to print the system goes through it Compaq oddities, and nothing happens with the printer. Where should I look???? Thanks, --max

Hi,have one of these with a smashed glass.The actual display is undamaged.Is it possible to remove/replace the glass? TIA Mick

Is there an easy to see all sofpaqs that have been released pretaining to a ceartin model number?

I bought a Compaq Presareo tower computer used and it has Windows ME on it. The problem is it did not come with any of the original disks. Can someone tell me where to get the restore disks? Remove from my email address the no spam. Ted