I have a pentium 166mhz compaq presario 4712 sitting in my basement collecting dust. I would like to install mandrake linux on a spare maxtor 20gig drive in it, but I've run into some problems. In ...

Compaq took the wraps off its first product in November 1982, revealing the computing world's first true IBM PC clone, and an all-in-one portable model at that. The Compaq Portable featured a legally ...

The basic input/output system manages the operation of hardware in the HP Compaq dc7800. The PC allows users to make changes to the BIOS to alter how the computer and ...

I'm helping a small charity clean up an HP/Compaq 8200 SFF. The BIOS version is 2.28 - several versions behind. Does anyone have the binaries for 2.29 or higher for that model? It's deprecated, so HP ...

QUESTION: I want to add a CD-ROM drive, but I cannot access the BIOS to add the drive. There is a Compaq setup program referenced on the Compaq Web site, but when I try it, it says that this program ...