These are on sale for a pretty good price and would like an opinion. Is it worth it or should I wait for a Dell to go on sale. BTW I need one pretty quick as my desktop has gone TU. Thanks Dave

I have my old Compaq 5528 that I was in the process of restoring with the quick restore so I could donate it to a charity for kids to learn but midway thru it completly stopped and now I cannot get it to recognize that there is a hard drive. I get a driver 'MSCD001" missing error. Did I fry the HD...

Hi to All, I have question what is maxium size od the HDD for Comapq Armada 1520 with the latest BIOS update from the year 1999. Does it fit any standard HDD drive or do i need to look for some special ones? Kind regards to all! max

Recently purchased a Compaq 1700 Presario laptop used. When went to Compaq site to look up information on unit since came without books etc. there are multiple models listed. Unit has a 900 MHz Pentium III processor and win 98se running with 256 of ram and a 6 gig hd cannot read model or sn on...

I'm sitting at my desktop at work and i was wondering if it had USB2 or 1.1? i would like to use USB2 devices with it but i 'm not sure if its compatible. I rekon its a Compaq Evo d510 but I'm not 100% sure...the Prod number is D51s/P2.4/40/k/256c UK if thats any help. tried looking for the specs...

I have a Compaq 5204, went to format the drive and it would not let me do both partitions, so i hooked the drive up to my other computer and formated the second partition. now i cant get the computer to boot from cd, trying to install windows xp on the machine. Any ideas of how to get the computer...

Hallo can someone tell me which version of windows is best to run on this dinosaur although is has more to do with an airplane when starting up ... (hehe) note to the professionals amoung us : what is best for simple internetsurfing and some music - word stuff ? Windows NT 3.51 ? , windows nt 4.0...

Hitachi travelstar and compaq presario r3000z HD compatibility problems....?? I purchased a HItachi Travelstar 80gb 5,400 HD and there appears to be a compatiblity problem. The strange thing is that the HD will work in other laptops, but not mine... I tried both the jumperless and the other jumper...

You have noticed, I hope, that no "blamed" the jerks that ORIGINATE the viruses, or the jerks that KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY spread the viruses. "Bruno R" wrote in message ... Rocky, I didn't blame anyone!! ...

Hi a friend found this NIC I searched the FCC ID and it is Intel - on the Intel site it says it was OEM by Compaq and to get the drivers there. Anyone know which Compaq would've had this NIC and therefore where to go on hp site for drivers. Thanks. -- Jersey, Channel Islands

I have replaced a motherboard for a friend on a Compaq Presario 7000 series. The new motherboard front panel pins do not match exactly the molex connector supplied by Compaq. I can extract the pins/wires from the molex, but i need to know what colors go to what on the motherboard. Thanks, -myk

I found a presario 7360 (Via Chipset, K6-2 500)on the street, but it does not have a power supply. I notice that it may use micro power supply. i want to move the board to another case and the motherboard does fit a standard 20 pin atx connector. My question is Does a standard atx power supply...

Anyone have a source for a replacement motherboard for a Presario 1800T laptop (part numer 199192-001)? The last time I checked HP they wanted nearly $1,000 for one. Given the high failure rate of these units (3 out of the 4 I have direct knowledge of) and the advances in features and drop in price...

I am looking for a laptop that can run everything smoothly. So, it has to have a Ati 9700 or better, a very fast processor,1gb of ram, dvd burner,17 inch display.... Can anyone recommend a notebook that matches these requirements? Thank you X

I recently aquired a Compaq EP/p500 (ex Corporate) It had Windows 98 on it, so i formatted it and, when i went to install XP i was informed that "an operating system is already in the folder you are trying to install XP on" or some such guff. I proceeded with the install and it installed fine,...

What is the maximum processor for a 6350 Compaq ? What is the maximum amount of RAM installable ? TAI !

I read that this module uses USB to connect. Does it use the resources of one of two my external USB ports, so that I would have only one operable one remaining?

Is there an instruction manual anywhere showing how on earth you get an additional memory chip easily into a Presario 4508? Mine has 16 meg onboard and a 16 meg DIMM in it. I am trying to run 98 for my 6 year old son who needs a computer which can run programs all of which seem to be set up for...

Anyone really good with Windows XP professional? I am not, having only been using it for a few weeks. However my laptop(compaq) normally opens to the desktop. The other day, being stupid ( I am being that alot lately) I was fiddling with something in Windows and the next time I turned on the laptop...

I have a 715US. I keep it plugged into the wall all the time. Recently the battery charging light is on at all times, it showed "97% remaining (charging) " and today is reads "96% remaining (charging)". Why isn't it fully charged?