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Old June 6th 07, 06:27 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq
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Just been on Hp parts store website looking at parts for a Presario
S4200nx, & parts are limited.

Where are good places online to buy parts online?

Thanks!
L


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Old June 6th 07, 07:32 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq
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On Jun 5, 10:27 pm, "glf" wrote:
Just been on Hp parts store website looking at parts for a Presario
S4200nx, & parts are limited.

Where are good places online to buy parts online?

Thanks!
L


What parts are we talking?

Things like daughter cards, cd drives, hard drives, ram and processors
are commodity items. And can be bought anywhere reputable. Retail or
online.

Panels, and plastics, and hard drive cages and rails, tend to be
proprietary, and it's either buy one from the manufacturer, or go
fishing on ebay or a used computer dealer. It's a hit and miss kind
of thing.

Power supplies can go either way, but there's been an increasing trend
toward standardization. Heatsinks and fans can go either way also, but
more are standard than not, now. Floppy drives can go either way too
(they're electrically the same, but mounting may be an issue). Of
course with THOSE, there's an increasing trend toward obsolescence.
And not before time.


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Old June 6th 07, 02:42 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq
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Default Hp Parts Store..

HP stocks few, if any, parts for Presarios. Your choices for buying are
somewhat limited. There are 3rd party parts houses who will ask for your first
born son in return for a crappy little piece of plastic.

The good news is that the electronics in all the recent Pentium 4 and AMD
Sempron Presarios are largely standard commodity items. The exceptions are the
motherboard, because of the Compaq-specific BIOS, and any floppy drive, because
of the peculiar eject button and absence of a plastic front bezel. If you
replace the motherboard with another standard mATX board, much of the software
on a hard drive will simply not work because it is keyed to the Compaq BIOS.

As for the cosmetic parts like side panels and plastic front bezel or interior
cables, your best bets are to find a similar case in good condition, then mix
and match the good parts from two cases. You can find Compaq case parts now and
again on eBay, craigslist, and at local computer recyclers (a lot like going to
the auto junk yard)... Ben Myers

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 01:27:50 -0400, "glf" wrote:

Just been on Hp parts store website looking at parts for a Presario
S4200nx, & parts are limited.

Where are good places online to buy parts online?

Thanks!
L

 




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