Cant get into my bios on my Compaq Presario 5304. I tryed delete and f8 but it just gives me to option to boot in safe mode. My CD rom drive wont work and i switched it out with another one but still wont work. I am not sure if they are both bad but I imagane that they arnt. Please help.
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I recently reformatted my friends Compaq Presario 5304 becasue the person he bought it from had an admin password onit he didn't know and he wanted a fresh install oif 98SE on it anyway. I tried downloading all of the drivers for his machine from the Compag/HP website and I can not get his modem to work with the driver Compaq provides. I assume it is the original modem that came with the machine cause I can not find a manufacturer on the modem card. The only thing outside of FCC regulations stuff on the cards sticker is a Model Number 1456VQH-T2 and Mexico MDMASI499-179 SCT. Does anyone have an idea of any other place where I can get the drivers for this modem, especially if this isn't a Compaq Modem? Thanks in advance
http://www.modem-drivers.com/drivers/77/77291.htm
What type of my RAM is cheap but works good for my tyoe of computer. I have no idea what to buy. There are different seriall numbers on the RAM. I am preatty sure I need DDR RAM but is that it?? Let me know plz =) Thankies.
my mother bought a compaq presario 5304 from a family member.when she got it,there was no system recovery disk for it.there was a disk that was for the 700's series.her computer will not detect the right drive because they used the wrong recovery disk for it.how do we get the computer to recognize and install its original drive.it was 56k.i am pretty much computer illiterate.john
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hmm system recovery. I'm not too big on using that. My overall suggestion would be go into dos at the startup and do a simpe C:/ format or is it the other way doh... Anyways at startup of windows press oh F8 I believe for systems with win 98 or higher but if you got win95 its either f5 or f8 or you can make a boot disk and do it that way.
I found this web site and it tells me that my Compaq Presario 5340 is upgradeable to 386MB SDRAM DIMM slot but I was woundering if my CPU was upgradeable. Here is the link to the web site. http://members.tripod.com/~webdesigner98/computers3.html
Thanks.
i've got a presario 5304 with a giga-byte ga-5ssm motherboard. it came with a socket 7 cyrix m2 366 at 250mhz. i bought a amd k6-2 at 500mhz and tried putting it in. did'nt work. the cyrix should be a 2.9v and the k6-2 is a 2.2v. i have no idea how to fix that. and the compaq bios dosent help. let me know if you guys have any idea's.
Does anyone know how to get to the bios screen of a compaq laptop?
My friend has a Compaq Presario with Windows XP and a pile of programs on it. Mainly all came from the boot disk. Well he purchased Windows XP upgrade and we tried to load it as he didn't want to use the boot disk cause again,,,,of adding all the other garbage that comes with it. Well I got as far as installing XP and got an error, and it says.............Fatal Error,,,,An error has been encountered that prevents setup from continuing. Setup failed to install the product catalogs. This is a fatal error. The setup logs should contain more information. The signature for Win XP Home edition upgrade is invalid. The error code is fffffdee. The system cannot find message text for Oxfffffdee in the message file for sysselap.dll.
So now what do we do? Every time I restart it wants to load win XP and can't even get to the desktop. This win XP works as I used it in another of his. Really need some help all.
Has only one HD. Would it be easier just to replace with a new one?
Read other 6 answersThe original Cyrix processor seemed to be a problem so I changed to AMD K6-350 and upgraded the hard drive and loaded Window's '98. My problem is that I only have a high choice of 16 colors. From reading other's questions regarding the same problem it seems that I need the drivers for the on board video for this computer. I had the 256 and other choices before I did the processor and hard drive upgrade. Device Mgr tells me that I have a Standard PCI Graphic's Adapter (VGA) which I don't have as the video is built on the Main Board.
Any info as how to get the drivers and installation will be greatly appreciated as 16 color, just don't get it.
Frank
You can download the sis drivers for your compaq here
http://web14.compaq.com/falco/sp_result.asp?Model=2276&Os=0#Display
Hello everyone.
I have a working Compaq 5304 single drive system. I just tried to replace the 2G drive with a 8G drive (I don't have the cable to add the additional drive as a slave... not shops open at 12:30am. for me to go and buy one). So, I decided to replace the original drive. Went into CMOS settings (this stumped me until I found the answer on-line) but didn't see any HD information. Hmmmm.....
Pulled the new drive out and checked for jumpers. No jumpers for a single drive setup. Checked the original drive to compare and no jumpers. Put the original drive and went back into CMOS. No HD info. Booted the system into OS and no problems.
I have checked Compaq's site and no luck. I am stuck. BIOS doesn't show any HD info for me to change or setup/detect a new drive.
I don't know where to go from here.
I have a compaq presario. The bios are poop. Does anyone know if there is a way to update the bios with areal manufacturer? Or am I stuck with compaq's bios? It would be really nice if there was a way to find out who makes the bios for them and update it. Any info would be great. Thank you in advance!
You need to get the BIOS from Compaq. While the board maybe MADE by another company, who knows what slight changes to the specs were made.
When you do your next upgrade, build your own and get a real BIOS.
Like working on a NEW Dell PC, almost NO Options, no Temp monitors nothing.. junk... its a DELL!
Does anyone know how to get into the bios on a Compaq presario with a model number of 5340 ?? I have tried pressing delete key.. no affect, tried pressing
F1, F2, and escape, (one at a time) but the bios don't want to open up..
It shows nothing on the screen but the COMPAQ logo when started up. Then goes imediately to the windows 98 logo, then opens up windows 98.. It works ok, but I need to get into the bios to check some settings.
Thank You..
Hey guys, I have a Pentium 2 Compaq Presario 233MHz system. I was wondering if ANYONE know's hot to get into this systems BIOS. I have been trying and trying but when I hit F10 at the beginning I just get into the COMPAQ diagnostics and setup, and it says nothing about BIOS. My plans are to overclock it to see how it works, just for hands on experience, if you have any tips on that you could help me out with that also. Thanks for your guys help and I hope someone can help me. email me at [email protected] OR send me an AOL instant message at Daws202 which is my screen name. Thanks people!
-Adam-
Just went threw the same missery
There is a pass word to the BIOS and you need to take out the motherboard battery to erase it. Leave it out for 5 secs, unplug the computer and turn it on unpluged to drain all the power out of it. then reinstall the battery and reboot.
You m,ay have to remove some of the perifs CD burner, JS Ect if it dosent work the first time to drain the power out of everything
Yes it sucks.
hi folks, need help fast,
hi hope you can help i have a presario compaq which when i brought i went into some set up and where as when it loads it asks for a password before it loads.. i now want this off as its just annoying!!! i have the password luckily but whenever i go into it before it loads by pressing esc and try and disable it, and save config its still asks for it when i reboot any help or advice im really willing to pay i even have tried to defualt it and save but still asks any help would be amazing
Hello! I'm new here to these forums hoping to find a solution to this problem that has been bugging me for days and keeping me from setting up my computer.
Basically after several years, I am finally dealing with the loss of my Hard-Disk drive that came with my computer. I have bought a new Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ as a replacement, and I am having trouble setting it up. Here are a few Specs for my computer:
Compaq Presario SR1303WM
AMD Sempron 3000+
BIOS Revision 3.11
Mother Board: ASUS A7V8X-LA
It's a bit of an older computer. The HDD that failed me used the old ATA standard, and I am going from that to SATA II (3 Gb/s). My motherboard does have two SATA ports on it, but I don't think the motherboard supports 3 Gb/s transfer rate. Only 1.5 Gb/s. I have an SATA cable that connects directly from the HDD to the MoBo as well as a power converter that I use to connect power to the new HDD. I am using a jumper on the fifth and sixth pins ::[:]: <--- looks like that. The reason I am using a jumper is because I have read by other people that this puts the device into the 1.5 Gb/s mode, although I'm not entirely sure. The Samsung manual my HDD came with says that in order to put the drive into this mode, you must download and use their software from their site, www.samsung.com/hdd which I have tried and failed. When I run Samsung's software, I get the error: "Error reading from drive L: data area: drive not ready (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?"... Read more
Hola buenos dias, Tengo una notebook Compaq Presario 21-N0F3AR la cual al estar encendida y quedarse sin bateria, dio un error de windows (File:\BCD Error codexc0000034).Al querer entrar a la bios para poder cambiar el oredn de bootea para reparar dicho error, me encuentro que me pide un password de administrador, el cual nunca se configuro.Luego de los 3 intentos fallidos me da el codigo ERROR System Locked 0949F6ABHe ledio en varios foros y a mucha gente le ha pasado lo mismo. he tratado con todos los programas que hay en la web para tratar de sacar el codigo invertido pero todos sin exito.Por favor me podran dar una solucion?Muchisimas graciasDiego
Read other answersI just restored this computer with the factory reset and I need help with the bios password the system diabled key is 59036668. Any help would be great.
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I erased the bios on a Compaq Presario 5340. Now I need to find a bios for it again. Compaq's site is no help at all.
Does anyone know where I could find one?
(my problem is that it will not boot to the HD. it will only go to the floppy disk with a program called KillDisk on it. i connected the HDs to a different computer and it worked fine without the floppy and booted to the OS. and yes the HD is first for boot order.)
can someone unlock my bios hidden (advanced) features i need it i'm advanced user i need those tabsand all hidden functions unlockedbut if there's only hidden advanced and power tab and no more hidden settings send me the unlocked bios to flashModel:Hp Compaq CQ58Bios:InsydeH2O Setup Utility Rev 3.7 (after update)Bios Version:F.29tabsMain (shown)Advanced (Hidden)Security (shown)System Configuration (Shown, it have hidden features but the tab is shown)Power (Hidden)Exit (Shown)Please Unlock And send me to flash it!!!!!!!
Read other answersFirst I want to say hello,as I just registered here on this forum.
I hope I haven't violated any of the rules.
The reason I'm adressing you is because of my (now old) computer (Compaq Presario 14XL242) that i wish to upgrade my computer to windows xp. In order to do that i need to update the BIOS.How do I do that?
Thank you
Greetings, and welcome to TSG!!
Look on the manufacturer's Web site for the BIOS update. There should also be instructions on how to do so.
Try: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00034791&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=95128
HI everyone! i need some help! i got COMPAQ PRESARIO V5206OM, and i forgot the bios password, when i give 3 times the bad password the laptop show me the next error: SISTEMA DESACTIVADO [01130], if somebody can help me i will be happy! thanks to much!
Hi, Enter yhtiwp or ehejsej Regards, DP-K
Read other 1 answersmy dad's old laptop was recovered after long time, but, it asks for bios password and we cannot able to remember any.. My dad said he wasn't sure it was there in the first place. it shows SYSTEM DISABLED 07437 if we try to guess the password for 3times. can anyone provide right code for the bios..?
@AshwinRuffian? Enter: otrquj or toooa Regards, DP-K
Read other 3 answersI have a compaq presario cq 45 207tu notebook running Windows 7 professional 64bit os in which I was recommended to update to bios by an application help that was not running on it. So I flashed the the existing f60 bios to get replaced by newer f60 bios that is available for download at the drivers and software page.After the setup was completed the laptop automatically shut down and later as I started it, it remained stuck at compaq logo screen. It took no escape or function key commands whatsoever. So I was recommended to try booting it without the bar disc. I tried so and it could go into the bios setup. Thence to confirm whether it was the hard disc that was only corrupt, I put in a hard disc from my friend's Asus laptop and my hard disc into his. I find that both of them are running now. I am trying to get my laptop to start but without success.Please help.Thanks in advance.
Read other answersI just restored this computer with the factory reset and I need help with the bios password the system disabled key is 59196419. Any help would be great.Thanks so much.Spoiler (Highlight to read)
Please try-46894439 Hope this helps, for any further queries reply to the post and feel free to join us again **Click the White Thumbs Up Button on the right to say Thanks**Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem. Thank You,GBL84I am not an HP Employee
Read other 2 answersCan I know the BIOS Password for the laptop HP Compaq Presario C506TUIts shows the message as "System Disabled [13674]"
@Ponkanagaraj? Enter zulquvm or cxgqu Regards, DP-K
Read other 1 answersI have an older compaq presario CQ62 that i'm trying to get running for my father. It will not load stating "Windows failed to start. a recent hardware or software change might be the cause" Status: 0xc000000f Info: the boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible. I have windows 7 on a bootable USB drive but it gives me the same error when trying to boot from the usb drive. when i try to enter bios to rearrange the boot order it's asking for a password and i have no idea what it is. It's giving me a code # 54391904 any way i can reset password or still boot from USB drive? thank you in advance
I need my bios administrator password for a compaq presario CQ57-382SR . After three attempts i get system disabled (68942196) error....please help with correct code
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Please enter = 77620118 Regards,KNRKI work for HP
Read other 5 answersWell, last week was going good until my computer decided to melt down. I reworked a Compaq Presario 4712 as a backup, but I can't figure out the bios setup sequence. Can someone please help me. I'm in the middle of backing my web site up, so I can move it to a secure server.
Hello, I am attempting to access the BIOS on my HP Compaq Presario CQ62. It prompts me for a master BIOS password (which I do not know), and reports an error "System Disable. Key: 87231156"Other threads indicate that this is a common issue. May I please have my master BIOS password? And is there any other way to recover this? Thank you so much!Brandon
@Brandon_S1? Please enter 38199198 Regards.
Read other 1 answersHi,I need my bios administrator password for a compaq presario cq57.I get system disabled error 61596522.Thanks.
Hello @kodoku Welcome to the HP Support forum. Please, try to enter this >> 74494504as a response code. This should let you enter BIOS, start your PC, unlock your BIOS and/or reset security settings. Let me know if this works for you
Read other 1 answersI won a Compaq Presario CQ40 series laptop. But got forgot bios password.
madarya137 wrote:I won a Compaq Presario CQ40 series laptop. But got forgot bios password.What luck .. If you do not give a code by placing your 3 times one randomly, this time do not open so lucky, you have to contact HP. Regards.
Read other 2 answersI have a compaq presario c700 that needs a bios reset password. The key is: 69025856 Can anyone help me? Thanks
Hello @labpjl Welcome to the HP Support forum. Thank you for posting. Please, try to enter this >> 76983298 as a response code. This should let you enter BIOS, start your PC, unlock your BIOS and/or reset security settings. Let me know if this works for you
Read other 1 answersHi, cant enter bios setup, got error code: 56085878. Help please. Thanks
Enter the followng unlock code; 49983278
Read other 2 answersForgt the bios password to my presario CQ56 LAPTOP the errcode is 59091082 please help
@n8kdg Please enter 46999004 Regards
Read other 1 answersI have an COMPAQ PRESARIO CQ61 and suddenly is asking me for the admin bios passwordAfter 3 failure trials, it shows a System Disable KEY: "50430980". Is there a way to get over this??
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Please try this Password : 45598306 Steps to be followed:Use the unlock code posted above to enter the BIOSDisable all passwords that are enabledIf asked for current password - type the unlock codeFor new password, just press ENTER keyRepeat the same for verify password column.Then leave the BIOS by saving & exit option to save the changes. Hope this helps, for any further queries reply to the post and feel free to join us again **Click the White Thumbs Up Button on the right to say Thanks**Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem. Thank You,GBL84I am not an HP Employee
Read other 3 answershow to run the system bios in laptop Compaq Presario CQ57 with Windows 10?
ANAKONDA wrote:how to run the system bios in laptop Compaq Presario CQ57 with Windows 10?Hi, Sorry, what are you trying to do ? We don't run the system BIOS. And from your question, all I can say: Please don't touch to BIOS, this is the shortest way to brick your machine. Regards.
Read other 1 answersI have a Compaq Presario 2200 model laptop.
I have an issue where every time by laptop batter discharges the time clock resets. I believe that this is realated to the bios battery. I have taken the laptop appart properly via guide provided on compaq website. This is the maintenance guide with all the spare part numbers listed. However, this laptop is out of warranty.
My problem is that I cannot locate the bios battery anywhere on the board. Could someone with some experience pleae review the diagram for this model and tell me where the battery is?
Thanks,
Darmin
First of all.
Have you tried to calibrate the battery by BIOS? < This might help a lot of problems.
Second
Have you updated your BIOS ?
Dear, I have the system disabled on my CQ57.After 3 tries I got the following error message "System disabled [80044099]" Can someone provide me a recovery password. Thanks in advance for help
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Hi,Try: 35922019RegardsVisruth
Read other 3 answersNeed a bios password for a Compaq Presario CQ62-209WM System Disabled KEY: 5503579 Please Help.
@curtism49? Check the code you've posted - it should contain 8 digits. Regards, DP-K
Read other 1 answersWhen I start the computer up it goes to bios screen. It will not let me continue by pressing f2. F1 takes me to help screen, but when I exit that it is right back to bios screen and f2 does nothing.
Mcdolemom, welcome to the forum. Based on the age of the computer, I suspect a failed power supply unit (PSU). Here is a guide to help you troubleshoot it. Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.
Read other 1 answersAfter rebooting my system I now come to a screen to enter system password. Only thing is.. I never set this and there is no way around it.I have tried the take battery out reset CMOS trick that used to work in desktops to no avail. this is the message I get after too many password attempts. system disable key 92931076
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Chick try. 23699078 Use that code to go into the BIOS.Disable all passwords that are enabled.If asked for the CURRENT password use that code.If asked for NEW password just hit enter.If asked to VERIFY password just hit enter.Save and exit. REO I must inform you that these services are not endorsed by HP, and that HP is not responsible for any damage that may arise to your system by using these services. Please be aware that you do this at your own risk.
Read other 8 answersI can not use my pc .. I misspelled my bios password and now sends me an error code .. you poede give me an unlock code please. Error Code: 21501 first of all, Thanks
Try entering the following unlock code: ckhi
Read other 1 answersSir,My compaq presario cq 60 i have forgot the bios password (Enter Administrator password ?). after 3 attempts i got a code 63186857 Please help me .
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Hello, I have an administrative password lock on a laptop. This is the error code 94885941. Any help would be greatly appreciated Thank
@Xkalibur Enter 21783387
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