the ventilator doesn't turn permanently. It seem to work, but
from time to time only.
Is that normal operation ?

I am the lucky owner of such antique PC, and i wondered WHERE to get a
manual for it ? NOT what kind of memory etc, but something showing the
motherboard etc...?
Ehh, HP has bought up ALL Compaq i guess ??

I have a Compaq Evo N610c with SXGA+ resolution.  But when I change
the resolution to anything less than 1400x1050, say, 1024x768, the
display area doesn't occupy the whole laptop screen.  Instead it is
proportionally smaller.

I am upgrading the COMPAQ Deskpro EN Model 6450+ (details below) for my
nephew.
I am adding a 8GB ATA/66 (to run at ATA/33 on this computer) drive; this
plus the 6.4GB ATA/33 stock drive will be enough to run Windows XP.

Hi all, does anyine have any experience of replacing a cmos battery on an
older compaq board, the type that is held in a retaining clip and seems to
be welded to it.
I know you can purchase a replacement 4.5v battery pack and attatch it via

I have a FS740 .
When I change the width and height in the OSD menu
and then shut down and reboot the width and height are back to the size it
was before I changed them.

I got two Compaq Presario 500 machines for free and would like to prepare
them for some junior high school kids in the neighborhood. I have loaded
Windows 98SE and MS Word, and would like to enable them for email use.
The problem is that they came with telephone plugs to connect a ...

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.

I have a large problem since setting up a password on a Compaq notebook. It
is the password that is invoked when the computer comes back on after power
save shutdown. I know the password I am using is correct but the computer
will not recognise it. I have tried many times in both ...

A relative has been given a Compaq EN Series. The case is not
a vertical 'tower', but horizontal. The case is meant to be
placed right on top of a desk, with the monitor placed on top of it.
There is a sticker on the top-front-right hand side of the case that

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i've a problem where i can reboot the recovery cd. there been an error
on the screen. then i've been ask to go to the desktop where i need to
click the compaq helper(i think) and there is no icon about ...

Booting a deskpro EN without keyboard:
As I want to use this as a small print server, I'd like to operate it
without a keyboard (using VNC).
In the bios, there seems to be no entry about 'Halt on no errors', so

My Compaq Presario 7360 running Win98se crashed.  I wouldn't start in SAFE
MODE.  I kept getting the no O/S on any system.  I went through all 3 Start
Up Options on the Boot Disk.  Went through everything in the Help Menu.  ie
SYS C:   and SCANDISK,   and SCANDISK  /ALL   and ...

I have a d330 Slim Tower.  The DVD-ROM drive-open button is pressed
indirectly with another button on the silver plastic front.  I'm
planning on replacing it.  Are there problems with the buttons not
aligning with certain burners?

Anyone have any info or an Owners Manual for this particular
model.......trying to figure out what I just inherited here-hehe
    TIA