20 Most Recent Compaq Deskpro EN PC Desktop - Page 2 Questions & Answers

please do upgrade your memory module.

check your internet connection, remove temporary internet files, delete cookies, scan your registry your problem will solve.

go to start button and look for msconfig if its vista and go to services and hide all microsoft services and then go to start up and disable all . u can also do disk clean up too or run disk defragmenter.

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As you understand the RAM is too little compared to latest hardwares available. Understanding that you have windows and antivirus loaded I would suggest you to uninstall the antiviurs first. Take it out completely. As days pass the antivirus tends to eat more memorey and CPU usage as more and more updates keep loading in. What I would suggest is to completely format the system and keep usiing it for some days to see if the speed is better. If yes then you need to look for a lighter antivirus .

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Its in hibernation mode. Go into control panel / power options and disable all power options.

The harsh truth. I have owned about 6 of the Compaq Deskpro EN PC's and not one has lasted more than 3 months with out completely blowing up. Your best option is to take it for a drive to the dump and ditch the machine then buy a decent computer. I mean no offence.
They really arent worth your time in trying to fix, you will fix one problem and it will front with another.

This isn't a sure fix by any means, but...
You could try unplugging the unit from the wall socket and opening the case. Touch a metal component inside the case for a few seconds to equalize static charge between yourself and your machine.
Next, remove the battery on the motherboard, and wait 5-15 minutes before reinstalling it. What this will accomplish is to reset the computers' BIOS (Basic Input Output System) settings to the defaults for the motherboard, which may let the machine figure out what processor you installed.
If it works, your machine will boot up, and you'll get an error message telling you that there is a checksum error or simply that a BIOS setting is wrong. You'll have to read the message and press the appropriate key to get into BIOS, then reset the date and time.
I hope this helps in some small way- It's rough attempting to set up a machine if you have no visual output to let you know what's going on.
If my solution gets you up and running, please let everyone know by writing a testimonial.

Any AGP video card will work on a motherboard that has an AGP slot. Both the card and the slot have nothces with AGP. If the card has no notches then it is not AGP.

what data is in the new one

Check to be sure RAM is seated correboot up.ctly. If it is replace with known good RAM and re-try

An incorrect BIOS flash or failed flash will cause the unit to be unbootable. 
Reseat your ram and addin cards for the sake of argument.

To upgrade from a Pentium 3 to a Pentium 4 processor, you would have to replace the motherboard. The Pentium 4 processor has more pins on it than the Pentium 3 and would not sit in a Pentium 3 motherboard.

I can get you a link to product manual

You probably need to change the boot order in the bios to make the computer boot from the cd rom before any local hard drives.

F2 is usually used to access the BIOS, you have to press it immeadiately upon seeing the first screen, which usually displays the name of the manufacturer, and from there you have to find the section to change the boot order.

do a maintenance on the PC. scan disk, fragmentation, use CCleaner to fix any of the registry error.
you may have to defreg few time to compress the hard drive. you should have minimum of 25% of the hard drive free. the ore the better.

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The error useually come up due to over heating especially during gaming or running system intensive programes. If you have recently overclocked bring it down. If not either the ram had conked out or the smbus on the motherboard.

If u have Windows Xp Cd just Boot from the CD and once when Partition Table comes at that time delete all the partition and create new partitions and select C : Drive and just format with NTFS or FAT File system Recommended is NTFS it will install Windows Xp on particular drive later once when windows is totaly up i.e, when desktop comes u just click on the other drives it will ask for Format just format it.

But the Problem u face is the drivers some drivers it will take automatically some it will not take at that time u should put u r machine model number and name in google and search

if D drive was a partition on your hard drive it was very likely formatted ....


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Compaq somewhere on their website has legacy updates and archive products that will allow you to download legacy updates to very older machines. Its not guaranteed but you might be able to download a BIOS upgrade from that site and boot from the floppy drive and reflash the BIOS.

You can also try resetting the BIOS by changing the bios jumper pin on your motherboard. Instructions on how to do this must be googled by you (Make sure you have the right model and make before you search and print out the directions.) A majority of BIOS chips are fixed onto the motherboard with very few where I have seen removable if a flash or corruption occurs.