a Compaq Presario C300 can be upgraded to accept and work with at least Win7 please.

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• HP Compaq Presario CQ42: can I upgrade cpu? HP Compaq Presario CQ42. Core i5 430 m for core i5 3320

  Hello HP.
  I have a question. My laptop is HP Compaq Presario CQ42 and core i5 430 m processor. I want to stretch cpu for the third generation of cpu and the fourth generation cpu. I found it core i5 3320 Mr. Peut work it core i5 3320 m cpu? It can better performance?

  Hello Angaahai ;

  Let me welcome you on the HP forums!

  I read your post about upgrading your CPU and wanted to help.

  This link is to HP for your PC product page: http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/Compaq-Presario-CQ42-Notebook-PC-series/4121902/model/4149187/manuals

  If you right-click on the entry of l maintenance and Service Manual, you can download this PDF on your PC.  On page 94, it lists the compatible processors, and on the next page, he begins the removal and replacement procedures.

  Unless you did something like this many times before, I would advise to do it yourself.  It is very hard to do and is easy to break something in the process.  It would be better to have a business service center works on laptops do this for you.

  Good luck

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• Compaq Presario R3000 how to get the sound to work with Windows 7 RC

  (1) download SP29586.exe: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp29501-30000/sp29586.exe

  (2) execute, create a swsetup c:\ directory

  3) once all files are extracted DO NOT INSTALL

  (4) now Goto the Start Menu click on devices and printers, click the name that you called your machine this will mark will be a yellow triangle as the audio driver windows 7 already installed is a realtek ac 97, which does not.

  (5) once your Machinename, you will see a general tab and then Hardware tab select the Hardware tab.

  (6) seeking the Realtek ac 97 under the functions of the device, select it and click Properties,

  (7) tab now the driver, now click on update driver.

  (8) select Let me pick from a list of device drivers, now click on disk

  9) click Browse, select the following Swsetup\SP29586\SMAXWDM\W2K_XP location and click smwdmCH6.inf

  (10) the Soundmax driver should come now select ok and next year. Now your sound will work

  Go on the side of Support HP and look for drivers for Presario R3000 and download the driver for Audio "SP28552" but do not install it. After you download the driver, search for the driver on the folder file download you too and right-click on it and select properties and then select "Change the setting for all users", once the pop-up window, select Compatibility Mode and select it for Window XP Service Pack 3 all the and click ok. Once you ok it click on the file to put in place and follow the steps.
  
  I did it on my Compaq Presario R3000 which has Window XP and I installed Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit on it and it awesome except for the Audio that I just decided to work, but I still have problems with the Base system device drivers.
  
  I hope this help you with the problem of noise.

• White screen but still can open the e-mail and work with.

  Where e-mail is supposed to appear to the right, that it is not. Email is there and I can see on the lower right screen and I can open it and use it but cannot display in the blink of an eye. And, making it very difficult to work with.

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• Compaq Presario c300 - Windows XP Recovery disk is not hard drive

  Compaq Presario c300 - S/No: CND6441F50 Prod No.: #ABU - Windows XP Media Center RT150EA

  When you try to restore a new copy of Windows XP and after booting with a Windows startup disk, download to the point where you can select "recovery or install new ones.

  When I press F3, it gives a message that the hard disk is not installed and I should check the connections of power supply, etc..  However, I can run XP from hard disk. And I checked through 'System' that the h/d driver works fine?

  The laptop is 2006 and the disc does a lot of 'Beating' when even simple are requested - where the need to re - install Windows.  (Tried to frag!).

  Can anyone suggest something outside the upgrade? Thank you

  Did you run a self test on the hard drive? You said that you can run XP from the drive, but it runs well? Looks like to me this drive is defect and the cause of these issues. Here's how you can run a self-test: http://goo.gl/pVHxW

  Let me know if there going to fail the test.

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• Try to find the BIOS for Compaq Presario C300 (C350EA) file

  I tried winflash BIOS to a Compaq Presario C300 (C350EA) but it failed.

  The machine still messages, but it can not find a disk hard when you install windows on the CD.

  The HARD test in the BIOS disk still works, like the rest of the BIOS screen.

  Now, I'm trying to Flash the BIOS from disk BACK/external using PHLASH16. EXE, PH1614. EXE and AWDFLASH. EXE.

  In each case, the files of bios provided by HP here do not work:

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  Utility in the BIOS but power load hook or warn that the "signature of the platform is not not in the interface.

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  Hi AxshunJaxun,

  I thank very you much for your detailed and helpful response.

  I had already tried all of those, but your screenshot of a Win7 installation has helped me tremendously.

  You see, I tried to install the original version of Windows Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005, which corresponds to the label of license on the underside of the laptop.

  So after seeing your post I threw a Win7 disc in the drive and tried to install it, just to see how the installation program.

  Not surprisingly, the Win7 installer detects the disc perfectly but report it as being on an advanced interface for AHCI.

  Unfortunately, I don't have an additional license for Win7, so I am forced to persevere with Win MCE.

  So, now I'm at the stage of trying to force the installation of Win MCE program to see the HARD drive by installing the 3rd AHCI driver.

  For the moment, I have the installer of Win MCE see my external floppy drive but I can't find the right drivers for the HARD disk controller. Installing Windows reports that "the txtsetup.oem file is not found.

  I tried to download and run the Intel SATA AHCI Controller driver file to http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-39535-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&os=228&product=3255527&sw_lang= , but it fails with the error 'error Windows N. 5 access is denied. Disk error n. 69 on track 0, head 0 "or"the current image format is not supported by the drive.

  EDIT: I used WinImage to unpack the disk image file and manually wrote the files on a diskette.

  Thanks again for your help, it seems to have worked. Will update again when the installation ends.

  Carlos

• Compaq presario CQ3559IN: CPU & GPU upgrade in my COMPAQ PRESARIO CQ3559IN desktop pc

  Can I upgrade my RAM and GPU for this system? Is there a limit to the (Maximum) upgrade my desktop pc can support? If so what would be the right product to buy?

  Thank you

  Benhur Ar.Jerome

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• How can I upgrade my PROCESSOR and RAM

  Hello, I use a HP Compaq Presario CQ43. There with APU AMD E-450 with Radeon HD graphics card and 2.0 GB of RAM. My question is can I upgrade my processor and RAM 4 GB because I want to play games. If Ican please tell me how? Please help me.

  Your Service Manual:

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  You already have the best processor that can fit on your motherboard which is an AMD version. Theoretically, you can go with a card mother Intel and processor, but that would cost a lot of money (more than a new laptop) and give only slightly better graphics. not yet for the games. To be explicit, the graphics 'card' are not a card, but a single chip directly soldered on the motherboard and cannot be removed, replaced, improved or anything of the sort.

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  Greetings, d_chiuch1104,

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• Muse said that my file is damaged... I don't have a backup! In any case, I can solve the problem? I work on a mac! Please help me!

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• can I upgrade my compaq presario 1800 t be upgraded from windows me to windows xp?

  I bought a Compaq Presario 1800 t 16/12/200.  (Pentium III)   I have not much use and want to update the OS of windows of the Millemium (ME) to XP.  I know that he will not be able to upgrade to any higher system.  Is it possible to get at least for XP without too much further improvements are required (RAM etc) it of always a good computer and works well!

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  http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/c00008487

• the Compaq Presario CQ3074L graphics card upgrade

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  I was planning on upgrading my graphics card is ATI Radeon HD 4350 for purposes of games.

  the problem is that I don't know what superior graphics card should I buy that will be compatible with the motherboard, processor and memory Compaq Presario CQ3074L screening.

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