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• (SOLVED!) Optical drive button Presario CQ56 still stuck

  Hey all,.

  I have a laptop Presario CQ56 with what I suspect to be a broken button optical drive. The optical drive itself works very well: if I remove the front plate and press the eject button, the drive ejects. If I use the eject button in Windows, or a paper clip hole, it will be ejected.

  However, whenever I try to push the button on the front, button just stuck and will not eject from the drive.

  I was wondering if anyone here could either provide me with a picture of the back of the façade, I could compare to mine and see if the arm of ejection or another piece is broken. If anyone has instructions on how to repair or replace the façade, would be too great.

  Again, I have need to replace all of the disk, I just need to fix the button on the front or replace it.

  If anyone has any advice on this subject, I would appreciate it.

  "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." -Issac Asimov, from its roman Foundation.

  Hey Circanum, looks like the little button is indeed broken and blocked. You may be able to make a repair "bandage" collage/tape it, but it's just a matter of time before it breaks again. The best thing to do is to contact HP Support and order a new bezel/player.

• Wireless adapter driver for Compaq Presario CQ56

  Hi, please help me find the right driver for my wireless network card.

  Hardware ID:

  PCI\VEN_10EC & DEV_8171 & SUBSYS_1467103C & REV_10
  PCI\VEN_10EC & DEV_8171 & SUBSYS_1467103C
  PCI\VEN_10EC & DEV_8171 & CC_028000
  PCI\VEN_10EC & DEV_8171 & CC_0280

  Windows 7 64 bit

  Compaq Presario cq56

  Thank you very much

  Hello

  Try: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?cc=us&lc=en&softwareitem=ob-102574-1

  Kind regards

• do not do a test drive as my computer disk hard failure test reports

  Compaq presario cq56, windows 7. hard drive not found

  Hello

  The most likely cause is that the hard is defective and must be replaced.

  As another test, try the following.

  1. create a bootable Ubuntu CD - a guide on the creation of a CD of Ubuntu and download can be found here.

  2. when it is created, follow the guide on the link below to Try Ubuntu.

  http://www.Ubuntu.com/download/help/try-Ubuntu-before-you-install

  The option "try Ubuntu" runs the operating system from the CD without having to install on your HARD drive.  If it works Ok (it will be slow running on a CD), this would tend to confirm that the problem is only with the HARD drive.

  If your laptop is still under warranty, contact HP and arrange for the disk replaced - you can check the status of your warranty here.

  If you live in the United States, contact HP here.

  If you are in another part of the world, begin here.

  If you are out of warranty and would like a guide to replacing the hard drive yourself, please let me know - include the full model number and your series cq56 notebook Nr - see here for an explanation.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• HP presario cq56: CQ56 Wifi won't turn on no matter what.

  Today I have re-installed winsows 7 starter 32 bit on my hp presario cq56 and everything goes smoothly.
  
  All video/sound/lan drivers go perfectly. BUT when its time to install things driver WLAN/WiFi to the South.
  Nothing works. I downloaded all the drivers specified wifi from HP site downloaded drivers from 3rd party websites aswell. Broused forums and what not for 3 hours but nothing seems to work.
  
  The rest F12 key orange no matter what I do. FN + F12 or F12 by itself does nothing.
  
  My Device Manager looks like: http://i.imgur.com/IHi0fwr.pngthat's what SHOULD look like: http://i.imgur.com/SFjvZNG.png (since a real WORK laptop)
  
  Help, please.

  Hello:

  You need the driver for this device...

  FTP://ftp.HP.com/pub/SoftPaq/sp53501-54000/sp53663.exe

• Compaq Presario CQ56 - :(wireless Internet problem

  Hey everybody,

  So I just joined here to see if anyone can help with my problem, because frankly, I'm out of options now about two weeks asking friends and colleagues and searching the Internet for answers to similar problems. I tried twice with the information I found on this site for quite some time and it does not work for me!

  In any case, I have a HP Compaq Presario CQ56 laptop. It has been implemented correctly when I bought it, everything worked perfectly. I managed to catch a virus that prevented me from even turn on my computer (which is strange, because I'm not a fool with computers, and I know what not to do/download sites to visit), so I had to restart my computer to stock, I used my Windows 7 disc, partitions formatted and installed windows again.

  Now, for some reason it doesn't connects wireless Internet. It connects when I have an ethernet cable connected, but it is not all networks, as shown in this screenshot:

  

  (And also here's a cute Bunny for your pleasure)

  So you see my problem it is very frustrating. I don't know what is the cause, but I guess it must be a driver problem? Which is why I write here, if this is indeed in the wrong section, please accept my apologies.

  Here is an another screenshots that can help, just in case:

  

  If someone could shed some light on the problem for me, or even to resolve, I'd be very grateful it is extremely annoying. As I said, it works fine when I have my laptop connected to the internet, when I'm in College, but when I come on a weekend, I can't put my laptop, because I only WiFi at home.

  Thanks for reading

  Hayley R

  You are the very welcome, Hayley.

  The problem is that the needs of the wireless (network controller) one adapter driver installed and here is the link for the driver you need.

  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-107849-1&cc=us&DLC=en&LC=en

  Once you install the driver above, the wireless should work just fine.

  Best regards

  Paul

• Presario CQ56 Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

  I listened to people who have claimed to be experts, big mistakes. I bought this laptop used. Compaq Presario CQ56 with problems. I had reformatted it and Windows 7 (64 bit) relocated to Arkansas, it's over. I had an another 'Expert' work on that here and now, is that he put a pirated copy of windows on it. I have some experience with computers from DOS to Windows 98. I also have a desktop computer with Windows XP I've worked with some. I am now located in the Philippines and need to get a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) so that I can try and restore my computer to original factory. What I need, is the drive installation and instructions on how to do it properly. There, any help will be appreciated.

  Hello:

  My recommendation is to have a friend or relative in the USA order a set of recovery discs for your laptop from the link below and send them to you.

  They would need to be able to enter the serial number of your PC.

  To order, they click on the link below and then click on the link labled order recovery media.

  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?OS=4063&LC=en&cc=us&DLC=en&sw_lang=&product=5048730

• Compaq Presario CQ56: BIOS password lock

  I bought a HP Compaq Presario CQ56 model on eBay for $25 with screen cracked and no hard drive. I wasn't informed that it is has a password for BIOS-_ - after you have entered the incorrect password three times I get the key: 34915346 error and it keeps let me try again after the reboot. Can someone please help me with this?

  Hello:

  Please read the first post on the link below for what to do with the system off (halt) code given by the PC.

  stems-and-software/system http://h30434.www3.HP.com/T5/notebook-operating-Sy...

• Presario CQ56 - 154CA does not load BIOS

  Hello, I have a compaq presario CQ56 - 154 mobile CA. I deleted the hard drive using DriveCleanser to True Image Home 2011 and then tried to load the recovery with F11 (or F10 or whatever it is) Manager, but now all I get is a red screen with the big Q logo with "Press ESC for boot menu" on the bottom left and it just hangs there. I wipe the Win7 and system partitions, but not the recovery partition. I did a backup of these 3 partitions on my external hard drive, but the laptop does not start from a flash drive bootable, that I did in True Image, nor any of my startup CD and I set the bios to boot from flash first, then the DVD, then drive before wiping.

  I don't have the DVD with Recovery Manager recovery in Win7, but I wouldn't need them not from the recovery partition is still there.

  I read that some Compaq portable computers use a utility on the hard drive to load the bios, boot etc menu, so if this is the case with mine, then it has been completely removed. If this is the case, is there a way I can get it on the drive?

  If this isn't the case, I could try to remove the drive and put it in an envelope outside and connect to my office. It is possible that I can use the flash drive to use True Image to restore wiped two partitions. Also, I read that in this case, remove the disc and then turn on the laptop may allow the bios load, but I'd really prefer not to take the drive if I have to.

  I have faith in your ability to help me with this, thanks!

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  Get off drugs or get back at them

  I seem to have solved the problem! As soon as I was able to restore the partition of 'System', which is the partition active, the bios loaded no problem. After the release of the bios, the Recovery Manager has finally started automatically and I was able to restore the laptop to its "out-of-box" State

  What I did buy a 2 1/2 inch, SATA HARD drive, USB adapter I used to connect the player to the laptop on my desk. I used my flash boot disk image first restore the MBR on the drive by using the backup that I did. That did not work. Then I restored the system partition, crossed my fingers and pulled to the top of the laptop again and finally the Recovery Manager came. It was the most beautiful thing I've seen in days.

  A little advice. If you want to clear Win7 out of your Compaq, say you want to sell or something, and you want to use a method of multiple passes, clean partition "Win7". Don't wipe the 'HP tools', the 'system', or the 'Recovery' partitions (is there such partitions). If none of this has meaning for you, find a friend or a tech store, he does not sense of. I consider myself lucky.

  Thanks Charles for your answers, I appreciate them!

• Compaq Presario CQ56-115DX: can I upgrade to Windows 10?

  I have a laptop Presario CQ56-115DX, bought October 2010 (5.5 years) and running Windows 7. Considering the free update of Windows 10, I am concerned about the graphics card (ATI Mobility Radeon HD4250). I can't find an answer consistent and simple as to if it will work with Windows 10. Some sources claim a flat No., while others say No Problem, and still others say it's possible, but I'll have to pass through many creoles, manual installation of upgrades/downgrades of device drivers before, during and after the upgrade of the OS.  Maybe a BIOS update, too.

  So, can someone give me the history of right? When all is said and done, I at least will be no worse off as I am today on Windows 7, for graphics and video capabilities? I do more than very light animation and card games - no heavy action or stuff VR Council. This laptop has the power to do this kind of things anyway. If there is clear instructions somewhere for the manual steps that must be done before pulling the trigger on the upgrade of Win10, I can follow them. I don't want to risk in bricks during the upgrade! Supposedly, for 30 days after the upgrade, I can return to Windows 7, but it's no good if I can't get on the machine in the first place.

  I realize that this machine is getting quite long in the tooth, so a hardware upgrade (if that's even possible) is out of the question. If I have to stay on Windows 7, I'll run that, until the support is gone and then switch to Linux or something (maybe dual boot) until the material finally die.

  Are there any other known folds in a Windows 10 upgrade, in addition to the graphics? I've seen complaints about wireless, keyboards, optical drives and other things does not work properly after the upgrade.

  PPerry57

  My advice, after these uprades and seen THEM fail miserably on the old PC (like yours) are NOT to do the upgrade.

  Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the problem, that you are facing is that Microsoft provides only pilots with the most basic features and what you really need for these features in laptops is the specialized drivers written for the specific material found in laptops - and unfortunately, there is no HP Win10 laptop driver.  HP only guarantees the compatibility of Win10 for machines manufactured after August 2013. HP is not no matter what timetable indicating when, or IF, they will produce drivers for older machines.

  This means that your PC is probably NEVER going to be fully functional under Win10 because the pilots is needs for all features simply do not exist!

  Also, there is no upgrade for the BIOS of your PC because it has not been compiled with Win10 in mind.

  While Microsoft tells you there is no risk in the upgrade of Win10, because they allow you to believe that you can always return to your BONES and the original installation program within 30 days, the ugly faction of the matter is that the Win10 GoBack feature turned out to be unreliable - and when it fails it can leave machinery in a State corrupted - that does not always happen , but it happens often enough to be a problem and you will get no warning beforehand that he goes to the trash your PC!

  Thus, people who tell you that you are no worse off the power if you upgrade to level do not take account of the reality of the situation - you'll be no better off and will be certainly less well off, how much, nobody knows.

  However, if you are willing to do some work and are determined to try to upgrade, then read on...

  You think about the amount of work that you want to post just to run Win10.  Seriously.  Old machine Win7 tend to come in two flavors when it comes to upgrading Win10 - really easy and really difficult.

  The really hard to upgrade computers fall into two categories: (1) those who are expandable to Win10 and works OK, (2) those who are not.

  Computers laptops HP, especially old Win7 machines, often came with two different graphics - and Intel chips and then either a processor AMD or Nvidia.  This was known as switchable graphics card or hybrid.  You have run using the Intel chip most of the time, but when you need additional graphics power, as in the game, the PC automatically switched over to the use of the AMD or Nvidia graphics chip.

  Problem is, this requires special graphics drivers to work, and while that those that are preinstalled on laptops Win7, these drivers simply do not exist for Win10.  These drivers are not available from Intel, AMD or Nvidia.  One way to tell if your PC has two different graphics chips is to look in under Graphics Device Manager.  If there are two different cards in the list, an Intel and AMD/Nividia, then you have this problem - and if you force an upgrade to Win10, you will have serious graphic problems and your machine will not work.

  However, if you do not have this problem, to CAN pass to Win10, but you must be willing to do four things:
  (1) do a full image backup of disk external drive or USB stick, capacity
  (2) changes to the reserved system partitioning hard disk recommandΘes mΘthodes,
  (3) use a different approach and maybe more than one, as Windows Update to do the upgrade,
  (4) prepare for a clean install.

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  1: backup of images:
  This is VITAL, because the machine is doomed to failure of the upgrade, and when that happens, you will learn that GoBack to Win10 function is NOT reliable, and that can leave you with a corrupt machine that will require the factory reset and lose all that on it, to get it working again.

  You can avoid this by making an image backup to an external hard drive or a USB drive using Macrium reflect (MR), which provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or drives together.

  What I recommend is the following:
  (1) download and install Macrium reflect (MR)
  (2) run M. and choose the option: "Create an image of the partition (s) required to backup and restore Windows" to write a full backup to an external drive or USB key
  (3) use the option to create a CD or a USB startup key

  NOW, you have the means to restore a full system that works for the external hard drive or USB key in a few minutes.
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  2: System reserved for resizing:
  There is a small partition on the HDD with Win7 preinstalled machines known as system reserved.  It is something known as the boot loader code.  There is 100 MB format: all that is necessary for Win7.  But Win10 needs 350 MB and, in some cases, is NOT able to resize it on its own.  IF this happens, you must manually use a partitioning tool to resize it yourself.
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  3: use a different approach to upgrade:
  Windows Update is the simpler, but less reliable, way to do the upgrade from Win10.  A much better and more reliable way is to use Microsoft Media creation tool: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install?ocid=ms_wol_win10 choose the upgrade this option now PC.

  After all this, you know that MS install drivers with only the most basic features.  Given that HP does not have drivers for your PC Win10, this limited functionality is the best you're going to get.  HP does not actively write new drivers from Win10 for the old PC Win7.  To keep all the features of your PC, your best shot is NOT to upgrade to Win10.
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  4: be prepared to clean-install:
  If you do all this, and after the upgrade, your PC works partially, this means that the upgrade is not well and stuff is still there the previous OS corrupt the functionality of Win10.

  You MIGHT be able to solve the problem in fact a clean install of Win10. Problem is that, often, a clean-install does not recognize prior activation, even if it should. So, before doing the upgrade, follow these instructions on the community forums Win10 on creating a genuineticket.xml file: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/23354-clean-install-windows-10-directly-without-having-upgrade-first.html

  You need more later to activate your pc Win10 after the installation of clean.

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• HP compaq presario cq56-115 - dx

  I have a compaq presario cq56 115 - dx unworking. I decided it would be cheaper to just get another phone and put the old hard drive in this document, to recover all my data. I was wondering if this drive would be held also in other models of HP? How would this knowledge. I tried searching on google, but not luck. This hard disk can even go in other models?

  Hi @pressin

  Welcome to the HP Forums!

  It's a great place to find answers and advice!

  You have the best experience in the HP forum, I would like to draw your attention to the Guide of the HP Forums Learn how Post and more

  I understand that you have decided to buy a new laptop and want to get the data from the old in the new book.

  Most computer laptop computer laptop are standard size so you shouldn't have a problem with the installation in a laptop, but I would look for one with a second drive Bay.  If you were to install as a boot drive in a new HP notebook that could void your warranty.

  Here is a link to the specifications of compaq presario cq56 115-dx. indicating that it is just a standard portable player.

  You can also find out about installation in an external case as a work around to get the data.

  Good luck!

• Hard 301, 303, 305 on Presario CQ56 XR426EA disc error?

  Presario CQ56 XR426EA, Windows 7 starter edition, and then I upgraded to Windows 8 preview. It was after he began to hang. Then, I tried to use my recovery disk to recover but he then gave me error messages. Error of hard disk (301), (303) and sometimes (305). Whenever his commissioning, he stops and ask me to put in a floppy disk boot, and then press any key. Had tried to recover, when I used the recovery disks created from the system, it will then display a message that it failed.

  Hello:

  The hard disk of your PC decided to conk right now and needs to be replaced.

  If you decide to replace the drive, buy one of the same size in GB (or more) and you should be able to use the recovery discs to reinstall the operating system.

  If you buy a smaller drive size in GB, the recovery disks will not work.

  Paul

• I have a compaq presario cq56-115dx notebook pc and I wiped the hardrive without knowing

  Hello

  I have a Compaq Presario CQ56-115DX laptop running on Windows 7. I wiped the hardrive without knowing what would happen, and now when I turn it on it has a black screen with a white dash flashes. I was wondering if there was a way to solve this problem.

  Thank you!

  Hello:

  You will need to order a set of recovery disks.

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/bph07143

  Or if you can read your Microsoft W7 product key you can make your own windows 7 installation disc.

  Here's how:

  If you can read the Microsoft windows 7 25-character product key, you can download simple Windows 7 ISO files to burn on a DVD for the version of windows that is installed on your PC, and which is listed on the Microsoft COA sticker on your PC case.

  Burn the ISO with the option to burn the ISO on your DVD burning program and burn it at the slowest possible speed that will allow your program. This will create a bootable DVD.

  Or use the installation of Windows 7 USB/DVD tool to compile the ISO file that you download from Digital River. Link and instructions below. You need a 4 GB flash drive to use the USB compilation method.

  http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/HTML/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

  Use 25 characters on the PC product key to activate the installation.

  The key will activate a 32 or 64 bit installation.

  Then go to the support of the PC and driver page to install the drivers you need.

  Link to downloads ISO of W7 is below.

  http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-Windows-7-SP1-ISO-from-Digital-River/

  Paul

• Compaq presario cq56 primer not.

  Model: Compaq Presario CQ56-219WM

  I've had the computer for only less than a year. When I press the power button, the computer starts, appears red 'Q', then 'hangs' on a black screen with an underscore flashing. I ran the diagnostic tests available and everything SEEMS fine, but it still does not boot past the black screen. Tried a hard reset, still no luck.

  Hello

  Assuming you are using Windows 7, try the following.

  If you do not, use another PC to create a Windows 7 recovery CD.  Download the ISO relevant among the links below - if you are unsure, your laptop is listed as having a 64-bit installation...

  Windows 7 32 bit

  Windows 7 64 bit

  You must use an app like ImgBurn to burn the ISO to a CD - a guide on the use of ImgBurn to write an ISO on a disc is here.

  Demarrer start from the rescue CD, select repair your computer and choose the command line.  When this charge, enter the following commands and press on enter after everyone – including spaces as shown.

  Bootrec.exe

  bcdedit/export C:\BCD_Backup

  c:

  Boot CD

  BCD attrib s h - r

  Ren c:\boot\bcd BCD.old

  Bootrec /RebuildBcd

  Bootrec /fixmbr

  Bootrec /fixboot

  Remove the rescue CD and try to restart now.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• Recovery Manager cannot restore Presario CQ56 & system does not start, the error BOOTMGR is missing

  1. number and product name

  Compaq Presario CQ56

   

  2 operating system installed (if applicable)

  Windows 7

   

  3. error message (if any)

  in the error log:

  Your hard disk (result-failure) id # UAMBXQ - 5H06AK - XD003F - 618U03 - DISK 1

  Start (result-failure) id # UAMBXQ - 5H60AK - XD003F - 40G 403 MEMORY MODULE 2

   

  4. all changes made to your system until the problem occurred

   

  There is no change made to the computer, before the restoration of what the computer should start, however, it would freeze once the system was running. Restarting the computer didn't help, and when I tried to restore to an earlier point, he stated that it was impossible to complete the restore. I tried the factory reset, however, it gave me an error message: "Recovery Manager is unable to restore your computer by using the original image. Please contact HP support. Error code: 0xe0ef0003. When I tried to restart the computer later, it gave an error message: "BOOTMGR is missing, press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to restart» How can I fix it?

  305 error refers to a failing hard drive. You will need to replace the hard drive.

  You can check the status of your warranty here.

  If you do not want to repair the laptop you need to contact HP support. If you are in the United States / Canada you can give them a call at 1-800-474-6836. For other countries you will need to visit this site.

  If you do not want to repair the laptop you I can provide useful information, but I'm going to need your product number. This document contains instructions to find the product number.

  I'll keep an eye out for your answer.