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Hi, Whenever I boot up my Presario it does things in this order: Starts making the fan noise Displays the red Compaq logo The Compaq logo gets weirdly distorted It reboots and does it all over again! I can't get into the BIOS or any other preferences, and I can't …

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Hello, I have a compaq presario CQ61 laptop.. Something strange has started to happen and I am really not to sure on what to do. Each time I hit the letter "y" it will type "dhbty" and when I hit "Enter" it will type "c" This is happening with other …

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hello, i have a compaq laptop it was working fine the other day, i just tried to go on it today and the screen is really black i can just about see what the screen says but it is working fine, i have tried going onto the brightness and that …

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I just recently bought a Compaq presario for repair off ebay. I just got it today and began looking at it for problems. I took the power button cover off and found there's no button board. I also found there was a soda spill on the keyboard. So I bought …

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I would like to know if upgrading my laptops CPU, RAM and Video Card is at all possible to be able to handle video games and a lot more on a HP Compaq Presario CQ50-130us? I want to put intel Core i7, 8 gb of ram, and GTX videos card.

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I bought a lot of RAM, 20 sticks, for some desktops that I'm rebuilding. Rebuilding as on upgrading, as most or all work. I put in 2 1Gb sticks (Samsung k4h510438b-TCB3) into some d51s desktops. The max should be 2 1gb's at or around 333mhz but the computer would not …

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Hi, I was installing windows 7 on my compaq presario cq40 when it restarted. After shutting down, only the compaq page shows up. Nothing else shows up. Only the fans run. whatever key i press, a "beep" sound comes. i tried removing and replacing the battery. Please help!!!

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this crappy computer doesnt want to work! working on my dad's computer and it bluescreens randomly at 15-20 minutes! have no clue but my friend thinks it is the mobo. just replaced ram and upgraded it and upgraded video while i had it open. no blown caps on the mobo. …

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I partitioned my laptop(Hp Compaq presario C790ei)and installed Windows XP on the other partition, but i need the drivers(ethernet controller,VGA, etc).I have searched the internet,been to hp compaq site but I have not been sucessful.someone please help !!

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So I have a Compaq CQ56-109WM and it recently been dropped. When I hold a flashlight to it I can see everything fine. But the their is no backlight to it. The only thing is I think I need to buy a whole new screen but not to sure. Can …

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hello there, Daniweb community. I'm new to the site and know next to nothing about computers. I have got a problem. I suspect it's common, but regardless, I can't seem to find anyone else with the problem. What's been happening is my laptop (Compaq Presario F767NR) seems to turn off …

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Alright a year or so ago my girlfriends got mad at this laptop and squeezed the screen till it broke. then out of rage she punched the screen. Her parents gave me this laptop and said I could have it if I can fix it so I've been working on …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]19382[/ATTACH]If you happen to be in the market for an all-in-one Windows PC, the Compaq 6000 Pro from Hewlett Packard is worth of serious consideration. This well-equipped, dual-core workstation performed well in benchmarks and our hands-on tests, and its integrated graphics circuitry drove a highly demanding single-shooter game smoothly, pegging …

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Guys, how would I know if my laptop has an EFI or UEFI system and how can i update it. By the way, my laptop is a compaq cq60-615dx and it has an Insyde bios. Thank you in advance for answering my question. :-/

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I read a post similar to my issue, but my situation's a bit different. See, my computer starts and then stops. I press the power button, the fan starts, the lights flicker and then nothing. I literally have to press the power button 15 to 25 times to finally get …

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I have a Presario 700 which went dead screen on us. The LED's come on and I can hear the fan and harddrive running. I connected an external monitor and still nothing. I did the full power down with no battery or AC and held the power button 15 seconds, …

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When I turn on my V3000 the power and indicator LED's light up but nothing appears on the LCD. I Thought it may have been the integrated Video Card so i bought a new motherboard and installed it, but the issue still remains, even when i hook up an external …

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My Compaq monitor attached to a Gateway tower receives a signal on bootup, light stays green but the screen stays black. Light on the tower is green. I have 3 external hard drives, copier/printer and an 8 connection USB hub attached to the PC. I've noticed that if I unplug …

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I tried swapping a formerly working VA-10 Abit to an Emachine T5026 case, when that mobo proved dead except for the light near the PSU connect. Now, when the Abit was in that eMachine case, I used a Compaq S3000Z switch to test, aligning the power terminals, and the case …

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Hi i have a compaq computer that is giving me a black screen and wont boot even with a bootable disk. any pointers?

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a compaq presario cq60 was given to me a couple months ago; nothing fancy. its had some hiccups, but welcome to vista, right? what seems to be a recurring theme with it, however, is freezing when i close a program. generally the only one i end via process is firefox …

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