Friday, January 28, 2011

Is Hewlett Packard out of business?

Is Hewlett Packard out of business?
Is Hewlett Packard out of business? I'm trying to quote 2 analitical equipments from them and there's nothing on their web site and all of their telephones seem to disconnected. I'm trying to quote the newest version of the Gas Chromatograph 6890 and the Mass Spectrometer 5973. Please anybody help me!
Chemistry - 1 Answers
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Most of the test and lab equipment that used to be HP is now a company called Agilent Technologies at www.agilent.com Its actually been this way for about 10 yrs or so. Check them out for information. Good luck!

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Friday, January 14, 2011

Packard Hewlett or Packard Bell

Can i use a Dell back-up CD with windows XP pro. sp3 for my Packard Hewlett (or Packard Bell)?
OK, i had a Dell back-up CD from my old PC (xp pro sp3). Now, since i hate vista, i would like switching back to XP. Can i use that CD to install windows xp on my new Packard Hewlett (or Packard bell) computer? I need it fast because i need to start doing work and installing stuff, so it would be really convenient if the answer was soon. Thanks alot.
Laptops & Notebooks - 4 Answers
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No way. That disc is made for the Dell only. Learn how to tweak Vista. It is far superior than XP. Go here but I would not do number 3 or 7. http://mostlysavingmoney.com/top-10-windows-vista-speed-tweaks/
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No. You can update your window vista to window 7.
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to my knowlage you can't do that
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Back up CDs are set up for the machine it came with. Drivers will be different and it may have been modified by the vendor (Dell, Packard Bell, etc.) Most of the time it will not install because it searches for a specific hardware key to let it know it is on the correct type of machine. If it is a Retail or full version of XP you would be OK... as long as you have the product code to enter and you would still need to update the drivers. Dell CDs are not interchangeable with other systems.

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Friday, January 7, 2011

Light on my Hewlett Packard Laptop

my light on my hewlett packard laptop as gone off any ideas?
my lil son was on it and he said mam lights gone off screen still on just carnt see anything any1 any suggestions?
Laptops & Notebooks - 1 Answers
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It may be that he chose to outout to an external monitor instead of the built in lcd panel. It depends on which model you have, so try a few different combinations. For example, often either Fn + F3, Fn + F5, Fn + F8, or Fn + F9 You may have bad hardware or a bad driver. Shut down completely. Wait a few secs, then turn on. Do you see the mfgrs splash screen? Hit f8. Do you see the boot menu? If so, the lcd panel and the video subsystem are physically OK. Choose safe more and bring it up. Again, if you see stuff, you're going to be OK and you probably just need to install a driver. If it is giving you a black screen at startup and a small curser in the upper left, your motherboard cannot see your hard drive. Go into the bios and check that it is OK or run a quick dignostic. In many systems, diags are hidden in f12 at startup. Does anyting appear on an external monitor. If so, the LCD panel is bad and the video card OK. If not, then the video card is bad.

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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Is it true Compaq sold out to Hewlett Packard?

Is it true Compaq sold out to Hewlett Packard?
Does that make Compaq accessories compatible with hp products?
Laptops & Notebooks - 6 Answers
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what do you mean sold out. They merged in 2002!
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They will all be compatible anyway. Theres nothing special about these brands. They all just buy the same components put them in a pretty box and write their name on it. As they dont actually make the computer parts like the motherboard themselves they all have to be compatible with each other so anyone can use them to make a computer.
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HP and Compaq have merged. Accessories with standard connectors are always compatible, such as USB, PS2, et cetera. Accessories with custom HP or Compaq connectors will most likely not be compatible, such as power supplies.
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Yes, the two companies merged back in 2001 http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2001/010904a.html As for the 2nd part of your question, it would depend on the specific accessory, the version of the accessory, the operating system, driver availability, etc.
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they merged in 2001
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Yes and yes

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