Ive got an hp9030 laptop which wont hold the date and time. So i figure i need to replace the cmos battery however i dont seem to be able to find one on the main board itself can anyone help ? ...
i search in many place and find many forum talk about my problem but never one give me a solution.I replace the cmos battery but this lose the power too, then i arrive to think that i don't want the control on the start of the system on the date and time on the inode.i found a setting that i can put ...
Does anybody know how to reset battery for Compaq Presario 700 please help. ...
Is there a way to make volume buttons (separate ones and fn+PgUp/PgDown) on my laptop, HP Compaq nx9030, work as intended in Xubuntu Jaunty? And activate Quick Launch buttons (Mail, Search, Info, Logout, Help)? It seems that all other buttons work as intended (for example, fn+f1 - brightness down, f ...
there guys, I'm a newbie at Ubuntu and im trying to install it on my old laptop (specs below) and I am having a bit of a problem.I started by attempting to install 11.04 from both a USB and a CD. At first, a command prompt opened up telling me to "type 'help' for more commands" and giving ...
I've been running Ubuntu Hardy on a Compaq Armada M300 laptop (circa-2000). I maxed out the RAM and upgraded the original 4GB HD to 60GB -- but admittedly it's running on a vintage processor, so I'm not expecting stellar performance or speed, just basic functionality. Happy to say that, for the most ...
I am a Linux newbie. I have tried Ubuntu, Xubuntu and Puppy Linux on my Compaq Evo N410c laptop.All three distributions are snappish when AC power is plugged in, but grind to a sluggish halt if I unplug the cable to run on battery power.The battery is only one year old, and when I had Windows instal ...
So I'm ready to move on to bigger nd better things (not being rude, honestly) and ubuntu just seems too slow for my laptop. I've heard that Slackware is quicker and all around more customizable.A few questions;1 - How does Slackware handle wireless internet? I've heard it comes with KWifiManager but ...
My Device Manager calls my DVD+RW drive Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K14. I have been able to write CD-RWs and DVD+RWs with it (I can't remember id I've ever written CD-Rs). The problem is that I can't write DVD+Rs. I've tried Nautilus burner, GnomeBaker, mkisofs and then burning the iso file with or without ...
My Gateway Solo 2150 has a problem which I've concluded is a dead CMOS battery. When it boots after being without power, it shows the date and time as being midnight 1/1/2000. Supposing that I do need to replace the CMOS battery, does anyone knowhow to open up this laptop to access it? ...
This post is about a computer I used to have. It died a sudden death one day after I took out an old secondary hdd. I would press the on button and the computer would whir and spin but it would not boot not even into the bios. And that's how it died. At the time I had no idea what may have caused it ...
2 days ago my old notebook send this message " cmos bad battery press F1 to continue..." I had press F1 but the GRUB is stopped on first line..Then, for resolve this situation just replace the Cmos battery... nothing else :-)but, before, search for a thecncal manual for your note book (aro ...
2 days ago my old notebook send this message " cmos bad battery press F1 to continue..." I had press F1 but the GRUB is stopped on first line..Then, for resolve this situation just replace the Cmos battery... nothing else :-)but, before, search for a thecncal manual for your note book (aro ...
I have a Wild Dog desktop machine with Lucid Lynx OS that I've had for about a year. A day or two ago, when I turned on the computer, it did not boot up properly. It started the bootup process but the screen went black before it completed bootup.I powered down the system box and tried again and this ...
I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on my desktop a month ago before I left my apartment for winter break. It worked beautifully for the week I used it, but now the computer won't boot. I'm using the ubuntu live cd right now to type this. I can't install it over my last hdd because apparently both of my hdds ar ...
I have two IBM indenticle 425C PS/NOTE laptops. I know these are as old as time in the fast paced computer world, but was hoping they may handle JPG files for viewing on floppies. I had wanted to use Windows 95, but have only DOS 6.2 install disks right now. I did recently buy SUSE Linux but was not ...
I know that "Blank Screen" was perhaps the most popular problem. I have read all previous postings and tried a few things. None seems to work. So I am seeking additional advices now:Machine: Gateway 200ARC laptop, 1 GB memory (512x2).About 7 month ago, I noticed that the power supply light ...
I've been running my AMD (ASROCK K7VM2 Pheonix Award BIOS XP PRo SP2) fine since 2003. I just upgraded it adding a second stick of 512MB (1GB total) and a CD Writer.Shortly afterwards I was geting occasional system hangs and every time I rebooted "CMOS Checksum error". I replaced the 3V ba ...
I have an HP Compaq nx9030 that wont power up at all. At first i thought it was a battery issue, so i charged it the entire night. The light in the front went from yellow to green so i thought i had finally solved it. However, when i pressed the power button, nothing happened. The light turned back ...
My Thinkpad T22 is having problems booting. The battery light and the left green light turn on okay, but more often than not (and the problem is getting worse) the machine won't start. I've read many, many threads on this all over the web, as it's apparently not an uncommon problem, and have tried j ...
I'm having a problem with my toshiba TE 2100 laptop.The problems started with the laptop freezing (keyboard and mouse not working, screen still on). I reset the laptop by holding the power button down a couple of seconds. At boot a cmos error occured and the machine urged me to replace the cmos batt ...
I got an old Espon Equility LT from a junk shop for $5US the other day, and, amazingly, it runs perfectly! The screen is good, all the RAM is good, the 20MB Hard Drive is good, and even the floppy drive is good!But there are a few problems with the machine: First off, the main battery is dead, as is ...
My friend is having trouble with his Dell Dimension E521 desktop. He asked me if I could reinstall Windows XP MCE (Media Center Edition) 2005 and install Ubuntu along side Windows. When I initially booted the machine, it displayed the Dell logo, then the Phoenix BIOS screen with the following errors ...
I got an old computer from a friend who said it didn't work.Just had to replace the CMOS battery and bam its up and running.Anyways this thing has 128 mb ram, P2 and i am finding the performance pretty sluggish.Took 2 mins for openoffice to open.go over a menu takes 3 seconds before the pictures sho ...
I am having an annoying / interesting situation with my Ubuntu clock.Dual booting 64bit Gutsy and XP Pro. When I boot Ubuntu my clock is 4 hours behind (this happens by the time I get to the login screen) , despite the Time Zone setting still being correct.. Initially I thought I needed to replace m ...
I have had a nice Ubuntu installation going for a couple months now, and with getting an SSD I have been installing Vista 64-bit over and over (too many dangerous file downloads). (I welcome the day of DirectX independence).My computer was made March 07.I used EasyBCD to write to the Vista inconside ...
Good morning!My Acer 5920 fans would cycle between slow (virtually silent) & medium speeds with 10.04. I've tried several newer Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based distros in the past week and they all spin the fans faster. I was hoping Xubuntu would be better than full-blown distros, but no. They'll ramp th ...
I purchased a Dell Dimension 4550 (which uses Windows XP) about a year ago now, to replace my old Compaq Presario 5000 computer(which used Windows ME). Which has since been rendered useless over the last 6 months or so. I sold some it's vital parts (like memory, video card, cd/rw, and a few other th ...
everyone -- i bought this new and barely used it. i suddenly got the urge to use my laptop and it didn't start. i was told to replace battery and hard drive -- i did both. still it doesn't boot. power goes on but only to a blank screen. any ideas? ...
HelloI am trying to install ubuntu 10.04.1 lts i386. when I boot from cd its starts the installation screen. but further ahead it gives a message saying - could not mount /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfsI have a compaq nx9030 laptop.I tried download the iso again but the same problem presists.Krish ...
Pretty much the title.Trying to install openSUSE and my CD drive in my laptop is crap so it can't get the Live session going without hitting itself in the nuts and failing completely.The idea is, maybe there is something I can boot into (something small like GParted or maybe even a Ubuntu disk), hav ...
untill yesterday my system worked fine.today when i started the cpu, it started after 2 sec it stops.i removed the battery(cmos) and tried to start again but no use. same problem repeats.can any one help mesystem specmsi motherboard(km266) with onboard videocard(S3 prosavage ddr)intel celeron 2.4 GH ...
HiI just got Ubuntu 8.04 onto my Thinkpad i1400 - it's pretty old but functioning and the installation has just finished.I get to "Grub loading, please wait..." and it stops.One potential cause is that the BIOS has an error with the clock - something about the battery:CMOS Battery Bad...Re ...
This one has me stumped...7.04 runs fine7.10 will not shut down, just a blank screen and hangs forever8.04 same problem as 7.10I have to hard shutdown which only happens 4 or 5 times and then it won't boot, causing data loss and needs a reinstall. Painful.I have an HP compaq nx9030 that has been run ...
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Pretty much the title.Trying to install openSUSE and my CD drive in my laptop is crap so it can't get the Live session going without hitting itself in the nuts and failing completely.The idea is, maybe there is something I can boot into (something small like GParted or maybe even a Ubuntu disk), hav ...
my mediocre Linux skills are lacking and I need you help with fixing this problem of incorrect resolution on my laptop after updating 10.04 to 10.10.-In Preferences/Monitors I get "monitor unknown" and I am stuck with a 1024x768 resolution while my monitor is automatically detecting 1400x9 ...
I need to replace my HP Compaq nw8240 (Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS does not fulfill my requirements while Hardy Heron 08.04 LTS did). I would like to purchase a used laptop, but after a search through the web, I find it is hard to find a laptop that would fulfill all of my six requirements; there is always ...
Hi, I have a hp Compaq nx9030 and for the most part it's pretty much 100 percent Linux compatible.But one thing, is that it has VGA and S-video out. So... How would I go about using this great feature? Is it a dual screen thing or will it just take over the laptops vision entirely?Right now I am run ...
My wireless normally works fine, but has recently been acting up. I have an HP DV2000 with the Broadcom (aargh) wireless card, dual booting 9.10 and Win 7 (both 64bit).Wireless was working fine, then last week I booted into Ubuntu, then rebooted back into Win7 & my Wireless was gone. I.e. the sy ...
I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 LTS on my HP compaq nx9030 laptop with Intel Pro/WIRELESS 2200BG network adapter. At home I have a Linksys WAP54G access point with WPA-PSK and TKIP configured; SSID broadcast is disabled.I tried to connect on my wireless network, but it failed.I've already checked the r ...
I have a HP/Compaq nx9030 , it has a internel AC97 modem , i have installed drivers from linuxant.com for this modem ,using minicom i have managed to do a dialup connection with /dev/modem with gnome ppp setting the modem to /dev/modem it says in the log :--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54. ...
it may be a stupid question, but:are there any dangers to my hardware when i use ubuntu 5.10 on my laptop (hp compaq nx9030)? for example: does the fan-control work?thxTonni ...
Installing Edy Efy on compaq nx9030 notebook, with 600MHz CPU and 256MB Ram, old one, Ubuntu Live CD start and after a long time the face come up. when Click over the "Install" icon over the desktop, system goes to hang. I reboot the system with boot options acpi=off and vga=771no luck, sy ...
Hi, i'm trying to install Ubuntu hoary preview on my laptop (compaqnx9030) with a HD 160GB with chasis USBThe install is good, but, when i reboot, i get this errorpivot_root: No such file or directory/sbin/init : 429: Cannot open Dev/Console: No such FileKernel Panic: Attempted to Kill InitI have 2 ...
There might be a simple reason for this, but I'm new to linux and extremely confused.I've installed ubuntu on an old toshiba satellite. Upon its first boot (without changing anything from the stock install. Hell, without even logging in) the computer beeps continuously, about twice a second or so. I ...
I have been looking into the vision instance. There is an Asset-Rebuildable relationship, that is Forklif and it's battery. If there is a work order on the forklik "replace battery" can this be done automatically, or is this all manual.1. When I pick the new battery from stores the S/N of the batter ...
I've read a million posts on this already but most of them go over my head, and I'm probably just making things worse by trying to follow their instructions. I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 9.10 (because it isn't supported anymore) to 10.04 LTS (or something similar, I can't see the computer screen ...
can anyone help me with where to pry and which screws i have to remove to get to cmos battery, i do all my own work on my pc's here at home but i never have opened a laptop..oh by the way it is a dell latitude d610 ...
I want to replace the battery for my CMOS. How should I do this without erasing everything in my CMOS? Do I jump another battery across the terminals while I pull the old battery out and put a new one in?Does the CMOS battery only retain the CMOS memory when the computer is powered down ie: can I pu ...