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Old Deskpro + New PCI IDE Card Troubles by
Adam
Hi All,
I've just bought a new PCI IDE controller card in order to skip the 8GB
limit on the size of my hard drive. Unfortunately the card is not
recognised. It doesn't show up in the device list in the Compaq BIOS :-(
(I've tried it in two different PCI slots)
Any ideas why?
My computer is a:...
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June 5th 04 05:45 PM
by Adam
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Presario - no one seems to know by
Andrew
In comp.sys.laptops QuestionAuthority wrote:
: After a thorough search on this problem I came to the conclusion
: that the touchpad lockups I have been experiencing no one knows
: the cause. Several causes are guessed at, but now one really seems
: to...
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August 12th 05 11:50 AM
by HH
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presario 4764 power supply start up ? by
Kevin Falconer
I was just given a presario 4764 that had been working but then just quit..
no fan, no boot up, nothing. I installed a new power supply and still nothing.
I'm told the power supply will not come on without a signal from the MB. Anyone
know if perhaps a dead battery supply on the MB would prevent...
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Hard drive requires explanation by
Ben Myers
Picked up a nice little 733MHz Compaq Deskpro small form factor box at a
corporate yardsale recently. Original specs of 128MB, 10GB, 48x CD, Win 2000
Pro. Upgraded to 256MB. Nice computer.
Opened up the chassis and saw a Western Digital WD400BB disk drive in it.
Looked up the specs at the WD...
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Advice before installing Windows XP SP2 by
Ken Wampach
I am looking for advice prior to installing the Windows XP SP2
service pack.
I have 2 Compaq Desktops
#1 Compaq Presario S3010CL-B (Sam's Club 7/3/2003) AMD Athlon XP
2200+
#2 Compaq Presario S5000J (Compaq Direct 9/13/2003) AMD Athlon
XP 2400+
The machines are Windowx XP SP1 with all Critical...
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Flickering screen on an Armada 7790DMT by
GlassVial
I'm having an issue with a flickering screen on an Armada 7790DMT. I
have no idea what happened to it, it was working fine up until
recently. The screen looks ok it just flickers (to black and then
back again) and sometimes several times, then sometimes it won't do it
for awhile, then it'll start...
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June 15th 06 12:26 AM
by kony
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Old Presario 1255, new to me by
Wayne
Hi.
I was looking for a rudimentary laptop to do some onboard diagnostics on my
cars. My neighbour was kind enough to loan an older Presario 1255 to me,
and it did the scan flawlessly! I decided to buy the laptop from him and
now wish to upgrade the meager 32mb of hardwired memory to its max...
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Compaq horror story-don't buy one! by
Martian
My new Compaq laptop developed a serious problem in March, and I ended
up sending it back for repairs after hours on the phone. They
replaced the M-board, and when they returned it, they had removed my
RAM upgrade. I e-mailed them about it and was told "the right amount
of RAM is installed." ...
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budget computer: emachines T3085 vs. compaq SR1030NX by
nick ring
Hi all,
I need to get a new computer and am looking for something decent,
but inexpensive. I know there's trade offs involved. I read the reviews of
the eMachines T3085 which costs $670 before a $50 rebate. At staples the
other day, I saw the Compaq Presario SR1030NX ($665 before $50...
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Compaq Laptop won't boot to CD. by
[email protected]
My Compaq Laptop with a one bay floppydrive/cdrom, one day, will not
boot up to windows 2000 Pro. It will not boot up to the install CD when
trying to reinstall window 2000. The laptop was originally Windows 95,
then later upgraded to 98 and now 2000. Even after I set the BOIS to
allow the CD-ROM...
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Essential security/utility software by
Steve
Hi,
My new system will be arriving shortly and although this question is a little
on the generic side I'm sure some will have suggestions that I hadn't thought
of. Basically, I'm polling to see which softwares people use to secure the
ship and keep it running smoothly. So far, it seems that the...
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September 6th 03 02:22 AM
by Helen
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Installing new drive by
Tony Williams
Can someone (probably HH?) point me in the direction of instructions on how
to install a new hard drive in a Desktop 4000. Following my previous post I
downloaded the softpaq and diagnostics discs but the diagnostics don't seem
to work I keep getting message saying cant find NTdll and asking to...
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In search of an excellent keyboard? by
me,myself and moe
Hopefully the store you are shopping at has the keyboards out on display so
that you an touch them. Avoid the sub $20.00 keyboards and type on some of
the more expensive ones, find one you like the feel of. I recently bought a
cheap HP 514N for my office and absolutely love the feel of the...
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Bios with SCSI card 2940 in W4000 by
Alan Kerr
I fitted a 2940 SCSI card to my W4000. Adaptec haven't written a driver
for XP to support the 2940 but it works fine with the XP driver. The
problem is when I boot up it stalls and I have to hit F1 for it to
finish booting up. Does anyone know how I can fix this problem
Thanks
Alan
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Compaq Armada M300 touchpad by
Sally Thompson
I've tried to find the answer to this online without success. My son
has just given me his Armada M300 Notebook, which I love! However,
I'm not used to the touchpad and I don't like the fact that it will
"select" a program without a click, just by pointing to it. My son
thinks there's a way to...
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RAM Buying advise by
Jon Adaptur
can anyone advise me on how to buy ram from ebay ..
There's getting to be all kind of different types IE.
SIMMS DIMMS SDRAM
and I'm a bit in the dark in terms of things like bus speed downward
compatability.
Can I buy a higher bus speed thtn I need so that I can use it in a
machine I might...
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January 19th 04 01:34 AM
by HH
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Compaq Presario 5WV294 Recovery Problem by
Robert W. Rafferty
My wifes computer was having a problem in that it would go to the sign on
(XP Professional), and then reboot after you sign on. I took the 40Gig
Drive and put it in slot 2, and bought a new 80Gig Seagate Drive and put it
in slot 1. I then used the 3 disk CD recovery set and loaded it on the...
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Need HELP - Can Not Get QR discs to Work by
Steve
A week or so ago my Presario Model 7478's hard drive began to fail. I had
gotten a message that the disc detected that failure was imminent, and I
bought a new hard drive. The new drive is a Seagate 80gb drive, whereas the
factory installed drive was a 30gb Maxtor.
I had checked on this group and...
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