A friend's Compaq Pres. S5200NX failed just like 2 years ago.  Restore
set fixed it then.
   Now monitor was blank when trying to boot.  (He admitted he "messed
around with it" while I was on vacation.)  I determined a hard drive

HP has yet to provide a BIOS update to support the new chips for htere
systems. Every other motherboard/system house has done so by now
including DELL. They all use the same Intel 5000X chipset so there is
no technical barrier. Is this a sign of a inept company or just

  I have a question related to the DVI  TMDS (Transition Minimized
Differential Signaling). I realize this has little to do with HP
specifically --and I would appreciate it if you could direct me to a
more relevant forum with knowledgeable people on the issue-- but I

This is on an old IBM ThinkPad 2652 A31
I will be adding 512 to the original 256 (running XP SP2).
Is there any advantage to place the 512 where the 256 was...or just
add the 512 in the empty slot?

I have a 32 bit HP dv9810us laptop that has 4GB as its max memory. I know
that the 32 bit processor limits the OS to addressing about 3GB of RAM. If I
added more memory to get to 4GB, would the built-in shared memory nVidia
GeForce use any of the 4GB memory that the OS can't use ...

I'm looking for opinions on whether one should update drivers if you don't
need to, i.e. if everything works OK, should I do any driver updating if
there is a driver update available. I know the old saying "If it ain't
broke, don't fix it" but my old employer paid Fran Tarkenton ...

I received this computer from a friend and I believe it is the power
supply.  The box is completely clean all plugs and cards are plugged in
tightly.  The green light on the back of the machine goes out when the
power button is pushed.

I need to find the drivers for this particular machine. the HP site is
no help at all, they seem to have migrated to Vista completely with lip
service to XP.
I want to reload XP Media Center due to a hard drive failure. any help

For a long time, I've had an HP DeskJet 812C connected via parallel
cable to my Win98SE machine. I just bought a new Windows VIsta
computer. I'd like to be able to print with that new computer. How do
I set up a share to work? I saw that Vista has the printer as an

I am having trouble with a HP Pavilion a1020n.  The account user screen
comes up as Hp_user.  When clicked it just redirects back to that
screen.  Under safe mode I get administrator and HP_user with the same
results.  What could be some of the problems?

tried to install winXP on a friends N3310 persario,  install failed
now it wont even power up.   WHAT DID I DO ???  CAN I FIX IT??????