HP TouchSmart IQ804 Desktop PC recovery disk - HP TouchSmart IQ804 Desktop PC

SOURCE: Acer Desktop won't boot after recovery

Why not use your new hard drive as a storage disc. Reconnect your old hard drive as it was before. Hopefully it will boot the computer again. If it does, shut down the unit. On the primary bus, set your old HD as master & the new HD as slave with jumpers. Boot the unit & hopefully you will now have a "c"&"d" HD showing in My Computer. Remember that your are dealing with Windows & what should happen & what really happens can be two entirely different things.

SOURCE: Changing Vista to XP Pro on a Compaq Presario SR2180NX Desktop PC

SR2180NX has the Vista 32Bit OS from HP. The restore partition will always put Vista 32Bit back on if you use it. Windows XP can only be put on from scratch and I have done it while I still have Vista installed. One problem: there are no XP drivers under SR2180NX webpages. Do your research on the parts that are installed in the 2180 and any other HP machines that have the Windows XP operating system as the OEM OS. But First, check the Intel Site for the 945 chipset drivers (include the SouthBridge, too) under XP. Get them downloaded to a CD and burn the rest of the drivers you find for XP on the same CD. This way, you will have them ready when you are performing the down-grade to windows xp. After you are done with the XP install, you will still have access to the files & work you had done while in Vista. The Vista files are still readable. You might want to consider getting the Windows 7 Professional (not basic) available October 22, 2009. AND you will still have to get the Intel Downloads for Win7 any way, so why not make it a project and make it last for a few years. XP Support stops in 2014.

SOURCE: HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC Desktop replace screen

Hi ,

I have pasted the url so kindly copy paste it in the address bar and you will find the moving pictures .All u need to do is just roll the mouse over the picture and u will find something interesting ....It gives u the steps to replace the screen...
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01060928&tmp_task=solveCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3351220

hope this will help u .....all the best...

SOURCE: HP TouchSmart IQ770 Desktop Pi have this pc bt the

Plug another monitor into the external video output. If that has the same problem, then at least you know it's not your original screen thats the problem. It may be the graphics card, motherboard or cable, all of which are difficult to find second-hand.

SOURCE: blank screen on my HP IQ506 TouchSmart

Hi alsager,

I am having the same problem as you. Did the solution above fix your problem?

Thanks