I know the laptop is new to them - but since they got it at a flea market Im sure there's no chance of a warranty. The laptop itself is probably a couple of years old though? Not sure..
The recovery disks were $16 including shipping. I dont think I can find it in myself to collect the money...
It's a Presario 2200 - and I just got the recovery CD + drivers CD in Friday. My neighbors brought the laptop over this afternoon and after backing up thier pictures etc I started to do the reinstall.
However, it was unable to format the partition and install (which wasnt a problem when I...
Ok thanks, Im on the laptop now - but it only has 30 days till it needs to register - which the key wont work for.
I'll call Compaq tomorrow and see about ordering the disks, I think I had to do that for an old Sony desktop a couple years ago and it was just a few bucks to get them to send...
My neighbor bought a HP laptop recently second hand and didnt get any of the OS disks with it. They got some nasty viruses and the only option now is to do a clean install.
I have an XP Pro CD I am using to install from, but I have a feeling the XP Home product key on the sticker wont...
Im not sure how to get the permissions straightened. Im sure Im looking in the right spot - and I even copied one of the recovery messages:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.2
Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the problem...
Ive also been having frequent BSODs lately - I followed the above link and DL'd the debug program - but my minidump file is empty.
Ive even had BSODs since I started looking, and after the computer restarts the little window pops up saying there was a BSOD and to check the...
I tested all the PSU voltages when this happened last month and they were fine, and I just tested one of the +12V today and it was spot on (didnt have time to really get into it while at work) but I'll go through them all tomorrow.
The case fans and CPU fans both start in the few seconds the...
Hello all,
My computer wouldnt start up this morning after shutting it down last night. Ive tried all 4 sticks of ram one at a time in the different slots and I keep getting POST beep errors and then it cycles on/off every few seconds.
If I have one stick of Ram in slot 1 I get continuous...
Well right now I cant seem to get it to post using either type of ram, Ive tried one at a time and in pairs using different slots.
If I try to start with just one stick in slot 1 I get a series of short beeps (manual says power error) until it turns itself off (on/off loop every few seconds)...
Well I eventually got the system to reboot after resetting the CMOS and trying various sticks of RAM until I posted.
Then I bumped my RAM Voltage to manufacturer's recommendation (2.1) and added the second stick of Firestix. After about a week I bumped it to 2.2V and added in the two...
I dont think it was a display problem after all - I think my BIOS had been reset to default and caused a problem with my ram which requires +0.3V.
Ive got it set correctly now and it's POST great. I just have the 2G of Firestix in atm, and I'll leave it like that until I feel everything its...
I just cleared the CMOS and took all the Ram out except 1 stick in the #2 slot. Now I get a long beep while posting and then it shuts off after 5 seconds.
EDIT - Put the ram in another slot and now there's no Beep, but it still wont stay on longer than 5 seconds.
OK maybe Im not POSTing properly - I dont hear any beeps at all when it powers on. The fans all come on, and the voltage seems ok from the PSU - I dont really have a spare mobo/cpu/psu to try to nail down what might be failing, is there anything you'll suggest?
Thanks,
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