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5 1/4" floppy on 4122 by
John B. Egger
I'm trying to install an old TEAC 5.25" drive in an almost-as-old Compaq
4122. Holding down F10 on bootup and choosing "Computer Setup",
"Storage" shows that the disk is considered a 3 1/2" disk (Storage: A:
1.44-megabyte (3.5 inch)". Help (F1) says "By selecting the storage icon
you can...
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Presario 5852 Problems by
Dreamspinner3
My sister has a Presario 5852 with all the original hardware except
for a new PCI Ethernet card I installed. Her husband installed
Windows XP on it & it choked--it couldn't handle it. I have wiped the
hard drive & am trying to reinstall Windows 98. The display now has a
bluish tint to everything...
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August 11th 04 01:53 AM
by HH
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Presario 7994; Parts/Advice Wanted by
ka6uup
I am looking for a couple of the blank-off plates for the drive bays and
the door for the front.
Also, The mouse is not being detected. I am using an USB mouse but will
be using the computer primarily in DOS mode and would like to fix it.
I suspect the connector on the motherboard. The computer...
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August 15th 04 11:11 AM
by HH
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Problem Upgrading HDD on Presario M700 by
Maria Ripanykhazova
Anyone know what two flashing lights at the front means on installing a
blank HDD on an Armada M700? (Nothing else, not on pressing the power
button or on pressing sideways the other button)
There is nothing on the drive and I wanted to install an OS. It wont even
think about looking at the...
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Presario 5555 by
Tzuraster
Hi,
I've recently been geetting a strange clicking sound from my 4 year-old
Presario (like something switching on and off -- much like the sound you get
coming out of standby mode). I'm pretty familiar with the noises it makes,
and this is new and ominous. :-) Anyone got any...
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Wont boot on clone machine blinking cursor only by
[email protected]
I put an IBM 10 gig drive on a Compaq and loaded winXP home. I then put
the hard drive in a clone pc and it wont boot. If I put the drive back
in the compaq machine it boot just fine? Is there some kind of boot
record on it or something telling it to boot from a compaq bios only? I
need to use the...
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Boot Disk by
MaadDog
I need to make a Boot Disk so I can get to the command prompt.
However, I do not have a floppy drive on my Compaq like I do on my
older Dell. I just have a Pioneer DVR110. Is there anyway to create a
boot disk with a CD?
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November 12th 05 12:26 PM
by MaadDog
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Compaq Deskpro 386s20/n by
William R. Walsh
What can I say? I saved it from an untimely end at a computer recyclers.
It's completely alive but unhappy about the state of its CMOS battery.
Specifically, it asks me for a configuration disk. I can "press F1 to
continue" and it will boot, but...I'd like to configure it if I could.
Amazingly...
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Which model do I own? by
Andreas Randolf
Hi,
I am trying to download drivers and a diagnostic diskette,
but I don't know what exact model I do own.
It is, however a small form factor model with the
following specifications:
- PIII, 450 MHz
- 64 MB SDRAM
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reformat and load by
George
Hi,
A friend has a S5000nx (I believe) and wants to reformat and reload Win98SE
on it. How can I get all the drivers that I will need? Has anyone here done
this?
thanks,
George
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July 6th 04 11:34 PM
by GMAN
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ot-cd burning software recommends? by
DEJ57
Not happy with Nero--any other shareware or good but cheap cd burning software
out there that anyone could recommend? Making a lot of coasters with
Nero--hoping to find something else that works better (either that or I have a
mystery problem with my PC and burner. Getting a lot of SCSI/ATAPI...
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July 2nd 03 04:33 AM
by DEJ57
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Basic benchmarking by
Steve
Hi,
What benchmarking utilities would give me a good overview of my computers
performance level and alert me to sub-par operation for the given hardware
configuration?
My system is as follows:
Pentium 4 Processor at 2.8GHz with 800MHz front side bus
1 GB DDR 400MHz SDRAM (2 DIMMs)
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deskpro en upgrading memory will not work by
jboden
i am installing a 256 mb 133hz sdram, and i get a error 164-memory size
error. when i put the 64mb 100hz sdram in it is ok. i have tried 2 different
sdrams and they both will not work..is the speed the problem or the size and
also do i need to update the bios. thanks for any help...
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September 28th 03 03:12 PM
by HH
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How To Build your Own PC by
HH
Thousands???? Maybe 10 years ago. Not today, dude. Welcome to the new
Millenium.
HH
"PcBuilder" wrote in message
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If You Can Read And Hold A Screwdriver, Do It Yourself & Save Thousands !
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what motherboard in 5700T ? by
M
I have a compaq Presario 5700T - and my bios accidently got wiped out (have
to get a new bios-chip)
So either I should try to find out what bios it uses, then see if anybody
have that specific bios-chip, and then change the bios myself.
Or i should try to identify the motherboard exactly , and...
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November 10th 03 02:03 AM
by Bert
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Compaq Presiario heat related shut off - its baaaack by
BK
I have a Presario 1500 notebook that gets hot and just turns off. It seems
to happen after heavy usage for about 15-30 minutes. It did this before
around 8 months ago. I sent it in to Compaq and they sent it back with a
"thermal pad upgrade". I noticed after that the fan ran more, but the
problem...
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December 21st 03 05:22 PM
by Jpearl
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problem with compaq 5000 by
rxkiller(antispam)
I am working on a compaq 5000 with an AMD K6-II processor in it and I
cannot figure out why it constantly freezes up on me. I have completely
formatted and restored the OS (Win ME) and done a BIOS (ROMpaq) update.
I have run a test on all of the hardware and it checks out OK using
the Compaq...
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RESTORE PARTITION by
anon
I managed to destroy a friends Presario S3100AN by repartitioning his
hard drive and deleting the recovery partition (due to lack of
forethought / knowledge on Comcrap systems!!!)
Can anyone tell me how to restore the recovery partition WITHOUT the
recovery disks (which he has lost)???
OR.... is...
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May 3rd 04 11:07 PM
by Deep
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Notebook Presario X1000 by
Bolooser11
Good day,
I want to install Win ME on this machine for a friend of mine
and found, I think, all the drivers I need (inf, sound, video).
The last thing is the 15.4 " WXGA screen which I cannot find any driver
for and which I don't know if it will be supported by ME or not.
Any help would be greatly...
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