Check the monitor cable for pushed pins. http://www.mrsalty.net/arcade/monitor/pins.jpg

If it looks good, check for damage on the female part of the connection (on your video card). If not...

If it's connected to the web...disconnect it.

Power down. Unplug the laptop. Remove the battery. Clean the metal contacts on the battery and where it connects to the laptop with a semi-damp...

Catweazle,

Sometimes my friend...especially with windows XP and 2000...that is the only way one can get it to detect. It has solved some of my mouse/keyboard problems in the last 5 yrs... And...

If it is a standard PS/2 mouse and keyboard it should work right away. If it is a USB mouse and keyboard...perhaps USB isn't enabled in BIOS...check that. If not, I always keep an old PS/2 mouse...

Boot up normally. When the logon screen appears, unplug the keyboard and mouse...then plug them back in. Things should work fine now.

Make sure you never pull the power cable out...remember that you can always reformat things and redo them...never pull that cable out. If your hard disk is in the middle of writing and you pull that...

Better check the prices again...you can get an Athlon64 for less cash than a P4 EE.

when registering myself, it wouldn't let me choose anything under 18 years old. So I assume that HP requires beta testers to be at least 18 years old. :)

Code 10 means that there is an IRQ sharing problem...If there is a way in BIOS for you to change the IRQ used for your USB ports without conflicting them with any other hardware, do it...See how that...

Definately check the drivers for the mobo. Also, a BIOS flash may be in order to bring it up to speed.

Registered RAM with unregisered RAM perhaps? Why mix them?

Try cleaning all drivers from your system. If you have ran Nvidia in the past this is important because they like to hang around. Go download drivercleaner 2.7 on driverheaven.net and follow its...

No picture whatsoever? Flashes of light on the screen? Anything?

It should have a standard CMOS battery. Take out the main battery, unplug the laptop from your power source. Pop out the little CMOS battery (if you can get to it :D) and count to 20 slowly. Pop...

That is a bit strange...well...darn. I didn't help squat. Oh well. :D

I wouldn't throw out the power supply yet. Make sure that your motherboard is not grounded out onto your case. You can do this by investing in a few of those paper washers that come with motherboards...

I suggest you try the install again. The error you are getting is a standard error for any dll missing from system32 directory. Here is what I would do to correct your error:


Get ahold of or...

Did you send in the AC/DC cable converter for plugging into the wall WITH the Presario when you sent it back to compaq? If not, I'd say that the cable is your culprit...they wouldn't have been able...

Give sound card specifications, operating system installed, receiver specifications, as well as what you have hooked up to each. Then we'll be able to get to work ;p