I picked up a Compaq Presario 1200 Laptop that someone threw out.
http://www.amazon.com/Compaq-Presario-Notebook-700-MHz-Pentium/dp/B00005O03A
It seems to work ok, except that there are stationary horizontal lines
going across the screen. I was told that possibly some of the wiring

A friend of mine wants to replace the 235W power supply in his Compaq
Presario 5330US so he can upgrade the video card to play the latest
games. I took an Antec Earthwatts 380W ATX12V, V2.2 supply to his
house last night but was reluctant to install it after removing the 24

I had 256MB of DDR PC3200 installed and wanted more.  I thought I
found a good deal on ebay 2 sticks of 1GB DDR PC3200 made my NCP.  Ad
stated that it was new.  I install either or both of the sticks in
either or both of the slots and get a beep and the computer won't

I am having problems with a presario 2100 laptop, cant seem to write text to
CD I can save audio and pics but when it comes to word forget it!
Any ideas on what I could do to fix the problem?
Many thanks

I have problem with my computer. I would like to install other operating
system than win98 se (on two cds with drivers ). How can I install SUSE on
txt mode? If i put DVD to my DVD drive i see black screen. I try to modify
my BIOS setup, but i can't change boot device (just ...

i have a compaq 6027us and the
power on password is on and
has locked me out how do i
unlock the pc. i need the hp

Hullo all,
My Compaq keeps freezing on me and can only be restarted by pushing
the power button. I mean, if you use the computer constantly it works
fine, but if you let it sit unattended it freezes in about 10 minutes.

I have a question on the memory capability of the Compaq SR1417CL. I
know the max memory is 2GB and must use PC2700, PC3200 or PC4000 DDR
with no ECC.
I have seen some generic memory sold online for about $25-35 per GB.

So I got a new digital camera that uses SD cards, so tried plugging them
into the laptop's card reader, for pic downloading instead of using the
camera's USB cable.
The laptop will recognize the cards and load the drivers, but tells me first

I need some of the files on the restore disks for the 5834, my disks
are scratched, does anyone know how I might be able to get them?
Compaq no longer has them or provides support for older models but I'm
trying to restore it for my daughter.These are the ones I need:

I am trying to move a HP Pavilion 540n to a Gateway LPmini Tower (GP6-350)
I am doing this because the small HP case does not allow enough ambient air
movement and the gateway is a large case... It will also be a performance
sleeper of sorts using the Pent 11 Gateway Housing, as I ...

Two parts :
1 - anyone know what is happening in XP Home when you see "Windows is
starting ...  "  [ JUST before the user logon icons appear ( 2 users - no
pwds)], and

I want to install some ram in a friend's machine
I ran belarc advisor which produces the following
compaq pc g00bdbdc
board: compaq 0708h

Any idea where I can find them? There are 2 of them, mine are
scratched and some files are unreadable,any other options besides
replacement? TIA!

Remote location.
Family member's Presario 5000 just bit the big one.
Over the phone, it sounds like the power supply.
I've got a couple of ATX power supplies laying around and I drive