Hi I was given an old presario 1600s which was in a terrible state so I decided to wipe it clean and start again with just windows 98se using the cab files on the computer. Only windows 98se is re installed except for the sound driver which I and the computer cannot find. Any ideas? I do not...

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My Compaq Presario 5106 is infected with a vx2 virus that absolutely refuses to be removed and I guess the only option left, after two weeks of trying to clean out the computer, is to re-format the hdd, then re-install everything. But when I went to use the Restore cd, the screen went red and...

Hi! I recently bought a new Compaq laptop. When I charge the battery for the first time, I use it when charged only at 35-45%. Since that day, the battery discharge very fast, from 100% to 60% in 15 min. Any idea to resolve this problem? My battery is a Compaq PP2041H 14.4 V, part number 311222-001.

windows xp pro manualy installed on this machine which went badly wrong....in the process the user partition was formatted..... pressing f10 now won't start the restore procedure from the hard disk...the resovery partition is still there but files there are hidden so i cant see what is...

okay well, a few days ago i turned off my monitor because i had some work to do, but i still wanted to listen to music. i had the monitor off for about 3 hours, and when i turned it back on, the color and image of the monitor was set askew and gives it a kind of trippy effect. now ive tried...

I have a Compaq Pressario 2105 US notebook computer with no add-ons. Often times, when the computer is turned on, it freezes up with one of 2 symptoms: 1. A very faint gray Windows XP logo comes up and stays there. The computer will hang in this state forever. 2. Or - the regular full color...

Hi, I have got an M300. I was happily surfing on it about 10 minutes ago, plugged into the mains, when I had to take the laptop downstairs to print out a document. As I unplugged the cord, the laptop just blacked out! Anyone know why? Has it screwed up from a Power Surge (Nasty...

Does anyone know where I can view GOOD images of both of these models on the net? I don't know what Compaq's problem is but for some reason they still don't get the fact that people want to see detailed pictures before they spend thousands of dollars on a computer. I can't find either model in...

Well I discovered what the problem was, at least I think I did. I had uninstalled WinDVD and decided just to use Windows Media Player to watch DVD's. Since it's only a notebook and I don't have 5.1 or 6.1 speakers connected to it why bother with paying 50 or 60 dollars for high quality DVD...

Does anyone know if there are real mode drivers that will let me access my CD/DVD when booted in DOS mode? I am trying to get Norton Ghost to make a backup of my drive to CD and it cannot access the CD-R when booting in DOS mode. Thanks, Mike please remove my shoes to reply by e-mail

Can someone recommend a decent 64mb agp video card for this box? it came with an 8mb. The display has black streaks to the right of any graphics, it won't restore the drivers and I keep getting an error message stating the device is not functioning properly. I think the card is toast. Thanks Jim

Hi, Where is the free slot for upgrading memory in Compaq Armada 100S? Thanks

Anyone else have problems with A compaq notebook with lid cracking near the hinges? under normal usage?

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...

hi... serviced this machine then did a restore of the os ... get back to set up at the clients site and i cant get the vista software to recognise the scanner...i pulled the usb cable out and plugged into another port and XP recognises it but vistascan still wont...put the printer into the port...

Having had crashes in the past, I was happy to see a site go up taking a survey of Maxtor Hard drive failures. They will contact you with the final results if you provide contact info. It might be interesting to see how many had issues with warranty replacements. The website is at...

I have torn this damn computer apart and for the life of me can't find where my optional memory plug is located. I've got a 128MB chip here begging to be used and don't know where to stick the damn thing! 1000 thank you's and please post to my e-mail as well. I'm desperate!

I have a Deskpro EP and i need memory for it. I have a 512mb memory module, but at the time, i was running win98se and for some reason it wouldn't recognize the memory. I am now running win2k, and was told that it would recognize the memory but am not sure. I will try, but if it doesn't work, i...

I currently have 512megs of DDR in it now. What's hightest I can go? I want atleast 1gig. Also can I use different speeds of ddr in one machine?