I've bought an old Presario 1200 (MOD: 12XL202)
Today I restored the installation of Win98 using the QuickRestore CD without
any problem.
I would try to install a lite version of XP, I don't have the second cd of

I recently had a Presario 2297 follow me home. It's kind of a cute thing
and makes an excellent 'smart typewriter'. Now that I've sorted out the
modem issue, it's a handy backup for 'net work.
My question is - how do you make it recognize more than 64 meg of memory?

Looking for a 128Mb PC100 CL2 Sodimm for Compaq Armada
Cheers
Mark
UK

Hello All. I was searching on how to use a standard ATX power supply
with a Compaq Motherboard because my Compaq's Power Supply just died;
and I found this forum. I found some information in the following post:
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/8829/120374.html

I am trying to upgrade an older Compaq Deskpro EP/SB Series machine.  I
have a 500mhz P3 on there and I was wondering how much more I could
upgrade as far as a processor goes.

Hello all.. I have a Compaq  Presario 5600Z & Nvidia 5700 video card.
I recently flashed the bios on the motherboard to I believe 3.10.
There's no AGP options in the bios for enabling advanced AGP video
features.  I have the same basica specs as a coworker (same video

The DiamondMax Plus 8 was free.
Would anyone care to share with me the installation procedure for an old
Presario 5304?
Thanks - Mike

Hi, all...
Can anyone verify if the 5000T (5BW/ m'board #191767 which I believe is a
Mitac 6513wu) has a standard ATX power supply?
Thank you!

After playing around with the computer. I found out that all I needed to
do, was disable the S3 video of the onboard card thru windows
(DeviceManager).
I've installed and is using a 8mb ATI Rage Pro, that works very well

I have an old Compaq 4508 that is just sitting at my feet as I type.  I was
wondering if anyone knows if the mobo, powersupply, everthing inside the
case could be scraped and put in a new micro-atx mobo with a slim design
power supply.  I have not found any specs on what the design ...

I see that Office Max has the Presario SR1511NX on sale.  Does anyone know
if  the WIN-XP software is also supplied on a CD-ROM , and what the wattage
of the power supply is?
TIA, Bill

I have a compaq deskpro P2-300 with 256 ram and I am unable to get win
XP to run on it. It just reboots and said it can not find the operateing
system . Help

A friend has this Laptop which needs to be cleaned of all the junk that
she has accumulated over the years and (screwed up!).
Does the Restoration CD allow a clean format of the HD and
re-installation of the system & drivers?

Does anyone have an idea how to get xp to install? Ihave A 5004US
desktop. It has ME installed as OEM. I want to install XP Pro but when
I try to install,  it goes into a reboot cycle and will not stop.
HELP!

We installed an anti-virus software. We deleted the bad files. We rebooted.
At reboot we got 3 choices 1,2,3. one choice for step by step , one choice
for safe mode start up and one other choice. However we get errors problem
with register and memory cache. We attempt to put in boot ...