My daughter was given a Compaq Presario 4504 for school.  She could not get
on the internet with AOL.  In troubleshooting the problem, I found that no
modem was listed in device manager.  An internal modem card is installed.
When I go to install the modem and choose the Compaq,  I ...

I'm having problems booting a Armada 1750.  I downloaded the diagnostic
disks from the HP/Compaq website and it reports problems writing to the HD.  
I tried fdisking drive (removing both the C: drive's partition and that
tiny non-dos partition at the beginning) and just ...

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.. ...

I have a Compaq Presario 1525US notebook that has a slot/compartment on the
right/bottom side of the notebook lid that supports a wireless network
card...instead of having to use your PCMCIA slot.  If you are confused you
can check out the following link:

How do you accessthe hardware setup on a Deskpro 4000..
I tried holding the F10 key down but all i get is a continual beeping
and a keyboard error message.
I'm trying to get the irda port to work  but I can't get in

I am looking to buy a second backup battery for my laptop but am unsure of
where to get them for the best price possible.  I am in the uk and am
looking at about GBP108 to get one from the hp website.  anything
cheaper!!!!

I posted a message a month ago, asking help with regard to burning
CD with the bundled CD burner and Roxio software. The problem was that
it took 25 minutes to burn a music CD which seemed slow. Various
tips were offered.

I already buyed a compaq machine, i have the choice to
install windows 2 k pro, or windows xp
What is the best shot that i could do?
Thanks

I know next to nothing about hardware and drivers, so forgive any ignorance
that comes across...
I recently 'clean' installed Windows 2000 over my Win 98 Presario (5446).
The installation I'm using at the minute is actually the third in 2 weeks,

I currently own a Compaq Presario 7478 PC. 533Mhz AMD K6-2, 184MB. I
would like to upgrade to something in the range of 1 - 1.7 Ghz P3 or
P4. I will be trying to salvage all/most of the components(CDROM, DVD,
HD etc) already in my current PC. Please let me know what components

Recently I purchased an 850mhz (SL53L - 850/700mhz with speedstep) cpu for
my laptop (three different technicians at Compaq assured me that my
BIOS/Motherboard combo would accomodate this upgrade from 600mhz). I have
several problems with the computer when running the new chip. ...

just found this, maybe it's useful...
Compaqsucks Forum
http://www.compaqsucks.com/wwwboard//wwwboard.html

I'm pulling my hair out. No matter what modem I use, new ones, used
ones that work in other machines or even the old ISA modem the machine
came with, I cannot get the computer (Windows 98) to  detect the
modem.

I POSTED THE TWO PROBLEMS BELOW YESTERDAY on THE COMPAQ SITE AND GOT SOME
HELP, BUT NOTHING HAS HELPED..
Two real problems -- anything in the CD drive, after windows 98se has
started causes blue screen of death and then a functional crash (tried

For whatever reason out of the blue a couple days ago my browser keeps going
to:  http://presario.my.yahoo.com/
I can be on another page when all of a sudden it jumps to the above link on
it's own. Sometimes it does it when I have browser closed. What the heck is