Hello ! I'm trying to find an old Compaq Deskpro system. I think the model is Deskpro 5/60M Deskpro 5/66M XE 560 or similar Compaq with a Pentium 60 or 66 MHz CPU inside.

Hi guys, Yerstaday something weired happened to my laptop ( which has happened before too). It turns ON but just with a black screen. I removed the RAM and put it back in and it started working fine. It was working fine and then when i was going to sleep, i turned it off. This black screen...

I have two computers on a 4 port (wired) router through a cable modem. The Presario 6420 will not maintain broadband connection if left idle, and sometimes even while surfing. The other system, a homebuilt, never loses connection through the same network. Any suggestions?

Hey kids: When I got my laptop, I immediately upgraded to XP Pro. I cannot get the Broadcom wireless NIC to enable the radio. Compaq won't help me because they only support XP Home, and apparently the GUI is quite different for networking. Has anybody "out there" enabled their...

Does anyone have any horror stories about Maxtor Hard Drives (20 or 40 GB)? I would love to hear them and be consoled. B-

bonjour, je souhaite installer une carte ethernet 10/100 sur mon Compaq 7474 acheté en 2000, pour pouvoir me brancher sur ADSL. quel marque et type de carte me recommendez vous ? merci pour votre réponse michel

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...

Why doesn't HP and Compaq have tours of their systems anymore? I am interested in buing one of the new 3000 units with the 15.4" screen but they only have one picture of it. What is up with them?

Need QuickRestore CD numbers 2, 3 and 4 for the Compaq Presario 6350US. TIA Claude

Hey folks, i just bought 2 Deskpro 4000 in order to use em for my network. well, i didnt know that compaq uses a hidden partition for its bios to save things, so i reformatted the whole hard disk for OpenBSD. Well, now i godda do several things (Power Management etc.) and can't access the bios (i...

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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

Hi gang, A guy at work has a Compaq Presario (possibly a 2247) and he's looking to upgrade the memory. Will a standard single side 128mb SDRAM do the job or does this use special memory? Ta in advance, SODA

Hi, I recently got a Presario 2700. I installed XP pro, and everything is fine, except that the buttons at the top don't work. (For instance the volume control buttons don't do anything and even the power button can't be reprogrammed, it just shuts right off.) I've looked all over but can't...

I have a Compaq Presario 5BW154 Cop/667NL I purchased 256MB SDRAM PC133 manufactured by DANE-ELEC. My question is : Is this memory card usable in my computer and if not has dane-elec another suitable memory card to replace with?. The label of the card shows the following information: 256 MB SDRAM...

When I turn off the AC adapter to my Presario 2500 the display goes slightly dimmer. Anyone know how to stop this happening? -- Paul Charlton www.paulcharlton.org.uk

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I've got a Compaq Presario X1007EA and after reinstalling Windows XP HE everything works fine except 4 irritating bugs(?): 1/ When Windows starts, the Taskbar only shows wwhat it feels like showing. It happends (rarely!) that every program/service that starts with Windows shows an icon in the...

I was blocked Hyper-Threading on my HP Compaq nx9010 (BIOS isn't have option to enable this). I have Mobile Pentium 4 3,06 Ghz with HT, ATI IGP 345M, DDR333.

AFAIK, Compaq Presarios do not come with a restore CD, altho some computers with CD burners do give you the option to burn a restore CD or a Windows XP Home CD from data stored in a hidden partition on the drive. I've cross-posted your inquiry to an older pre-HPaq Compaq-specific newsgroup where...