Presario 700 Laptop issues.

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Death By Bass

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I have recently acquired one of these, with the comment of "it doesn't work"

well, it DOES work, BUT it took about 12 hours to install windows XP, and I haven't actually bothered waiting for it to start up into windows, as it seems it will take somewhere around an hour...

basically, this assumed 900Mhz laptop, with 256meg ram, and 20gig harddrive, seems to be running about as well as a 90Mhz machine, with 64 megs of ram...

ANYONE, got ANY ideas!!!

I believe its a Duron 900, a few site said it was, so, yeah, I guess it is..

thanks!!!

edit: when it plays the windows sound on startup, it plays it REALLY poorly... extremely jerkily, like attempting to play an MP3 on a 486... :p
 
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Im trying to offer suggestions. You above post doesnt really let me know you level of computer knowledge. I am going to guess you don't want to try safe mode. Have you tried a HD scan in Dos, make sure the HD is healthy? Also try the laptop with the battery removed, plugged into the wall.
 
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Im trying to offer suggestions. You above post doesnt really let me know you level of computer knowledge. I am going to guess you don't want to try safe mode. Have you tried a HD scan in Dos, make sure the HD is healthy? Also try the laptop with the battery removed, plugged into the wall.
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I dont think safe mode is going to help...

havent scanned the drive, but there were no issues when I tried the drive in another computer...

tried the laptop with everything removed, even the internal keyboard... :D

I've just cleaned the motherboard abit, where it appears to have gotten wet at some stage. it didn't help.
 
Ahh, so there is water damage... And you reformmated or atleast checked it with the new install.. Im going to try to find some DOS programs for diagnostics...As you can't or don't want to load windows..

brb

» Compaq Presario 700A Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700AP Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700CA Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700D Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700EA Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700LA Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700LB Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700ND Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700TC Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700UK Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700US Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700Z Notebook PC

Which one is it?
 
Trizoy said:
Ahh, so there is water damage... And you reformmated or atleast checked it with the new install.. Im going to try to find some DOS programs for diagnostics...As you can't or don't want to load windows..

brb
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yeah, let me know what dos programs you find, I was about to look :D lol

just tried safe mode, and its hung at loading "mup.sys" or so it would seem...

edit: it just says Presario 700 on the laptop...
 
Trizoy said:
» Compaq Presario 700A Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700AP Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700CA Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700D Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700EA Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700LA Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700LB Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700ND Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700TC Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700UK Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700US Notebook PC
» Compaq Presario 700Z Notebook PC

Which one is it?
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Don't know if you saw, i edited my post... Did you know the exact model?

Edit: Ok, ill try to cross ref the spec you think it is...
 
http://www99.shopping.com/xPF-Compaq_PRES700US_DUR_900MHZ_128_470020490

This has the duron it is a 700US

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Processor Duron 900 MHz
Installed Memory 256 MB (SDRAM)
Hard Drive 20 GB EIDE
Display 14.1 in. TFT Active Matrix
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Processor Type Duron
Processor Manufacturer AMD
Processor Speed 900 MHz
Hard Drive Capacity 20 GB
Optical Drive Read Speed 8x (DVD)
Display Size 14.1 in.


http://www99.shopping.com/xFS?KW=Compaq+PRESario+700ca&FN=&FD=0
And the 700CA
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And the 700LA
http://www99.shopping.com/xFS?KW=Compaq+PRESario+700la&FN=&FD=0
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I would think it is the 700US... Does it look anything like it?
 
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Trizoy said:
Compaq Presario 700Z
Processor Athlon 4 1.2 GHz
Installed Memory 256 MB (SDRAM)
Hard Drive 30 GB IDE
Display 14.1 in. TFT Active Matrix
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
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sounds about right, although its a 20gig harddrive... :P close enough? lol
 
Death By Bass said:
sounds about right, although its a 20gig harddrive... :P close enough? lol
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They have a range there, 30 was one of em...

I have found some tools, but they are all windows based.

I would try a memtest to test the memory, but because of the water damage the motherboard sounds like the issue.

Does the Laptop make any weird noises? Have any corrosion or noticable damage from the water?


EDIT: Actually this is all the info I can give.. I am at work right now, and I am off in 40 min. Meaning I have to get all packed up and ready. I am going on a 4 day fiching trip in northern California! Woot! Got the Lund all setup, and ready to leave!

Hope you figure this out!
 
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Trizoy said:
They have a range there, 30 was one of em...

I have found some tools, but they are all windows based.

I would try a memtest to test the memory, but because of the water damage the motherboard sounds like the issue.

Does the Laptop make any weird noises? Have any corrosion or noticable damage from the water?
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there was just some crap on the board around the USB connectors, and thats it...

I'm going to try swapping the CPU with a Duron 850 I have lying around :P
 
F*CK ME DEAD!!!

I installed Linix Lycoris, and it seems to run FLAWLESSLY!!! and it installed in about half an hour....

windows SUCKS BALLS!!!
 
heh, this laptop is nice... now I'm pissed I spent $1200 on a Celeron 1.5Ghz laptop like 6 months ago :( oh well.

I might try Windoze on the Presario again sometme, and see how she goes.

thanks for the help...

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windows XP installed, and running fine...

I'm thinking that cleaning the motherboard, and reseating the CPU, then reinstalling windows is what fixed it...

hmm...
 
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