With most laptops the usual problem is either the battery is not charged or the power circuit has saturated. the is a simple way to check this on most laptops. if you have a second battery you can switch them out if not, then try this. Pull out the battery and unplug the laptop; then open the laptop to gain access to the power button. Press and hold the power button for one full minute. Then put the battery back in and see if it will start up. This is a common power reset procedure for most laptops.
Yes. For the most part all laptops can be powered by just the ac adapter.
driver Go to http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2009/02/16/drivers-for-compaq-presario-cq60-104tu-laptop-for-windows-xp and download all and install
The best laptop for designers would be the Compaq Presario CQ62. Its has a bunch of apps and a speedy Intel Celeron prosesor inside, complete with amazing Windows 7! Its a great all around laptop that will get most jobs done easily and efficiently.
Get a bunch of broken laptop parts and combine them all together and power them up then name your laptop Frankenstein's computer.
Hibernate - is the correct answerhibernate is safe mode for laptop then shutting it down
No, after the battery in your laptop is fully charged the power is cut off to it.
Mainly all laptop are power by a cord. Usually its the kid version laptops that can run on batteries, but not the professional ones.
All overclocking is done via the BIOS menu. Do your research before attempting this, you can destroy your computer. Overclocking your computer increases the amount of heat it produces and without the proper cooling it can cause serious damage. Overclocking a laptop is even more difficult due to its limited cooling methods.
Well, it depends on which Presario 1640 you are referring to. Compaq is one of those companies with an aggravating habit of recycling model numbers.If you are referring to the Presario 1640 laptop (late 1990s), the hard drive is an IDE (PATA) 2.5" form factor, 12.5 mm height. The original was 4.0 GB.On the other hand, Compaq also made a series of 1640 desktop PCs in 2005 -- the SR1640AP, the SR1640FR, and the SR1640TW. All of these were shipped with large capacity SATA hard drives.
The Compaq Presario charger uses a voltage of 100-240 volts. You can find out more about the specifications of this charger on websites such as All New Battery and Toms Hardware.
What is a good brand to one person is complete trash to another. It's all a matter of preference and how it all works for you, and you alone. You are the one who has to decide, based upon your knowledge, and after reading multiple reviews on the gear.
No, if you have your power plugged into your laptop all the time. Your battery will decrease its performance until your battery will last only a couple of minutes until flat.