Help me with Compaq laptop please........

[flexkill]

A friend of mine owns a bar here and they have Karaoke on the weekends.....anywho....one of thejacks has worked loose and i am going to attempt to fix it...problem is how in the hell you get these things apart??? :lol: :o I see a bunch of screws underneath, do you just take these out and pull apart or what....i will post a pic in a minute :yup: :beer:

[Rukee]

They are all different, some have hidden screws like under stickers or in the battery/HDD/memory area to remove as well.


If all else fails, just drop it onto cement from a considerable height, should gain you access to anything inside. ;)

[RyderOCZ]

Yes Flex, you should just have to start removing certain screws from the bottom to get the laptop to come apart....some screws may not have to come out, but most will.

Be sure to check for hidden screws behind the panels where you add ram, etc.

[boshuter]

Best thing to do is start removing all drives, batteries, etc. Most laptops also require you to remove the lcd assembly also, it usually has screws on the back, sometimes the hinges have plastic covers that snap on. Be very careful, a lot of it will most likely be just snapped together and you need to remove it correctly to avoid breaking stuff. Ususlly there is a piece between the top of the keyboard and the lcd that snaps on, it hides the connection to the lcd. I always remove all the drives, etc., the lcd, the keyboard and then just start taking screws out. I repair a lot of loose power connectors on laptops, which is probably what you are getting into with the loose jack, after time the connection gets loose do to pulling on the cable. It will require complete removal of the motherboard, the jack will have broken solder joints and you willl need to resolder them..... Have fun :D

[flexkill]

thanx guys....i will try and tackle it tomorrow. Got busy :irk: Man i hate this....i try and be nice and do something for somone....now they want me to reformat and install a fresh copy of XPpro they just happened to have handy :irk: The trick is they want me to back up like 55 gigs of friggin Karaoke tunes first!!! :rolleyes: :bonk:

[flexkill]

ok, i got the jack fixed, bought a maxtor one touch 100 gig external HD to store all that damn Karaoke :irk: (The Maxtor kix a$$ though :chit: ) reinstalled XP pro, got all working well......except the damn audio driver!!! This is a SIS 650 chipset and i DL'ed the right driver according to their site....but when i start the install of the driver i get a ERROR stating to "Update plug and play drivers"! WTF i never seen that one before. How in the hell you do that??? I need some quick help here guys as she do to run the Karaoke tonight at the bar!!! HHHHHHELP :beat:

[joeMan]

flex. make sure you get the drivers and all tht from the Compaq website, and for that specific laptop. In example, go to Compaq for those drivers first, NOT to SIS.

[flexkill]

ya i tried both...with same results. :help: IDK man...this is a clean install of XP pro ...not from that stupid compaq restore disk. I need answers ...fast :beat: :help:

[RyderOCZ]

That error....is it more of a question? like...do you want to update P&P drivers?


Also...make sure the audio is enabled in the bios?

Does Windows see the Audio controller? meaning...is there an exclamation in Device Manager saying that no driver is installed?

[joeMan]

Is the SIS drivers package an .exe? If not, maybe you can try a manual update through device manager, by choosing update on sound driver and then manually browse to .inf files in the DL'd SIS drivers folder from there?

[joeMan]

flex, another thing. I have noticed on the laptops I work on occassionaly that certain drivers you would think aren't related to each other actually are. So just make sure the drivers for all toher major devices are appropriately installed and updated too i.e. display, USB, etc. Could be OS is detecting potential incompatibility between another device driver and the one you are trying to update...

[flexkill]

@RYDER-no , it's more of a statement. It's a little box that pops up and says"severe,update plug and play driver" but, i just went back to compaq's site and found another driver. it looked as if it was installing then an error popped up saying "driver not found". WTF!!!

@JM- Yes it has the yell caution marks in device manager, and yes i trie to manually install as well...nothing worked :irk:

[flexkill]

does anyone know which chipset drivers i need and what order they they are installed. :help:

[joeMan]

I'm going to stick with you here as long as I can, but forgive me b/c I may have to bail on you at any moment...

What is the specific Compaq model, not just the series but the actual model number off the back of the one you are working on?

[flexkill]

mod#=3045us ......Presario 3000

[joeMan]

I assume you are getting your DL's from here (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?dlc=en&lc=en&product=307215&lang=en&cc=us&os=228#) ?

[flexkill]

yes. ok i got the driver installed. but still no sound???? Device manager says al is well :scratch: all volumes are up...i don't get it!!!

[joeMan]

Go to services and make sure windows audio is turned on

[flexkill]

Go to services and make sure windows audio is turned on
ya, it's on. :scratch: let me make sure i got the other chipset drivers right :beat:

[flexkill]

this thing is retarded! Why dont they just have one chipset install utility like intel? Now i cant get the video drivers to install!!!

[flexkill]

HA!!!! I got it :wpleased:

[Just Learnin']

HA!!!! I got it :wpleased:

Is it catching!!!!, Just kidding, was watching your dilemma and wondered what the resolution was? :?:

[flexkill]

well the audio driver was installed correctly the whole time....now im back to my original problem....the line out jack! :irk:

[joeMan]

Glad you figured the other stuff out flex.

[flexkill]

well i got the jack figured out too....but it screwed all to hell!!! Had to order a new one from Compaq. :beat: :smash: :beer: ...thanx for your help Joe and Eric :bow: :beer: