dionb wrote on 2021-09-16, 10:42: Hve you already tried removing the COAST stick we mentioned a couple of times above? Yes, i removed the coast module and didnt notice any difference

Update: got it to post again by swapping location of graphics card, but it stopped working again after power cycling. ?? Update 2: It seems like if I let the PC sit for 3 minutes turned off, it posts perfectly fine. If I update settings in BIOS and save & reset, the PC stops working again. I have …

Thanks guys for the help. Took me a while to have time to work on this particular system again. Tetrium, what the red circles were pointing out turned out to be debris I was able to clean away. I tried using the multiples of the same stick I have inserted in the picture (from a Compaq Presario 4712) …

Im having an issue with an old 1995 NexCom computer that was sitting since 2001 and I noticed the RAM was missing. I found another user was having a similar issue on this thread: https://www.vogons.org/posting.php?mode=reply&f=46&t=55265 It has the same Award bios chip and a Socket 7 CPU. I tried …

Having a similar issue with a 35SX. Keeps booting to basic. I got it to boot to windows 95 boot disk after cleaning the floppy heads with 99% iso but they stopped reading after an hour. Now it won't even work after another cleaning. Any way to use a standard floppy drive on these?

Having the same issue with the same bios. I was only able to get a single CD-ROM to work as a slave on the primary cable with a master hard drive. Can't get my secondary CD-ROM to work on the secondary IDE. Tried every combo, adding, swapping, and everything else last night until I gave up and went …

Why I didn't think to check msconfig? XD Anyway, thanks, some installation program (compaq interwave) has installed an "A:\interwave\setup.exe" line for whatever reasons. Problem solved! Hey you PMed me about my Compaq. I cannot reply to it due to the spam protection system. I still have all the …

Maybe it's one of those things that's so bad it's good. Probably. All the other designs Compaq came up with at the time were ducking ugly eye sores (or for you, all of the designs lmao)... and still are today. I have noticed some gamers who want to feel nostalgic for the era while playing 90s games …

Two things happened in the 90s that caused this to happen. First, almost all electronics manufacturing and design moved to Asia, and second computers became common household appliances. So basically you had dumb normies buying PCs based on what they looked like on the outside, and large gutted …

Hello, everybody. I was able to pick up this computer really cheap as part of a hardware swap: a Compaq Presario model 4716. It's a Pentium MMX 133 (note: need verify the frequency). It's in fully working condition, all original except the hard drive that was replaced and some RAM was added on top …

Just posted my presario 4784 sleeper. Not done with it yet but I think you presario fans might like it. Something you dont see everyday... https://live.staticflickr.com/806/40567883965_9be99e28dd_b.jpg Compaq Presario Sleeper 4712 Progress! by Shyzah , on Flickr oh and if you're willing to sell your …

Just posted my presario 4784 sleeper. Not done with it yet but I think you presario fans might like it. Something you dont see everyday... https://imgur.com/gallery/A65Kn