Comments on: Compaq 540 monitor http://ask-mark.com/2004/12/15/compaq-540-monitor/ go ahead, ask me anything! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:26:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mark http://ask-mark.com/2004/12/15/compaq-540-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Mark Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:06:05 +0000 http://www.ask-mark.com/?p=264#comment-854 Mark, if you go to <a href="http://www.hp.com" rel="nofollow">hp.com</a> and click on the <a href="http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=drivers" rel="nofollow">Driver Downloads</a> link, you can search for drivers for the Compaq monitor there (HP and Compaq merged a few years ago). Unless you need something very specific, you shouldn't need any drivers for the monitor. Most monitors are plug and play, meaning they can use a generic monitor driver to operate with a computer. It is much like plugging in a TV to your cable or satellite receiver - the receiver doesn't need to know what kind of TV you have for it to send the signal to the TV. Mark, if you go to hp.com and click on the Driver Downloads link, you can search for drivers for the Compaq monitor there (HP and Compaq merged a few years ago). Unless you need something very specific, you shouldn’t need any drivers for the monitor. Most monitors are plug and play, meaning they can use a generic monitor driver to operate with a computer. It is much like plugging in a TV to your cable or satellite receiver - the receiver doesn’t need to know what kind of TV you have for it to send the signal to the TV.

]]> By: mark http://ask-mark.com/2004/12/15/compaq-540-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-812 mark Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:26:08 +0000 http://www.ask-mark.com/?p=264#comment-812 Hi I need the start up cd for the compaq 540 monitor. Could you please help me? thank you Mark Hi I need the start up cd for the compaq 540 monitor.
Could you please help me?

thank you
Mark

]]> By: Mark http://ask-mark.com/2004/12/15/compaq-540-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Mark Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:36:11 +0000 http://www.ask-mark.com/?p=264#comment-131 Robin, to connect the HP's hard drive to your laptop, you will need one of several things. The easiest method would be if you could use file sharing to connect your two computers together over a network. If you want more details about setting up file sharing, I can give those to you, but I don't have any quick links to share with you right now. You can probably get a quick tutorial by searching <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>. Another way to connect your hard drive to your laptop requires the use of a converter. You will need to know what kind of interface your hard drive uses. Most desktop hard drives use IDE or parallel ATA, which is a 40-pin connection (again, a Google search can get you a visual to quickly identify your hard drive's interface). The other popular interfaces are SCSI and serial ATA. These are less common, so I won't explain the details unless you really need to know them. There are IDE to USB converters readily available at many online retailers. Cyber Guys has an adapter <a href="http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?T1=131+0857">here</a>. You may also be interested in having an enclosure that converts an internal hard drive to an external USB or firewire drive. Cyber Guys has several listed <a href="http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/SearchAll.asp?search=hard+drive+enclosure&sa=any&ureq=y">here</a>. Thank you for the compliments, and as always, feel free to ask me anything. Robin, to connect the HP’s hard drive to your laptop, you will need one of several things. The easiest method would be if you could use file sharing to connect your two computers together over a network. If you want more details about setting up file sharing, I can give those to you, but I don’t have any quick links to share with you right now. You can probably get a quick tutorial by searching Google.

Another way to connect your hard drive to your laptop requires the use of a converter. You will need to know what kind of interface your hard drive uses. Most desktop hard drives use IDE or parallel ATA, which is a 40-pin connection (again, a Google search can get you a visual to quickly identify your hard drive’s interface). The other popular interfaces are SCSI and serial ATA. These are less common, so I won’t explain the details unless you really need to know them.

There are IDE to USB converters readily available at many online retailers. Cyber Guys has an adapter here. You may also be interested in having an enclosure that converts an internal hard drive to an external USB or firewire drive. Cyber Guys has several listed here.

Thank you for the compliments, and as always, feel free to ask me anything.

]]> By: Robin Howard http://ask-mark.com/2004/12/15/compaq-540-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Robin Howard Thu, 16 Dec 2004 04:50:53 +0000 http://www.ask-mark.com/?p=264#comment-130 Mark, thanks so much. I have an extra flat panel monitor that I'll take over there to try it. The monitor and computer have not been moved since they were set up about 8 months ago, but I'll first check the connections. I really appreciate your assistance. Thanks a bunch. Could I ask you one more question, please. If I were to give my bro-in-law my flat panel (it is for an hp which I use rarely, because I use my laptop so heavily, but it was just rebuilt with a new hard drive this past spring), can I connect my hp hard drive to my lap top and see what is in it????? Thanks again for your help. Your wedding picture looks so young, you seem full of knowledge. The Lord has surely given you lots of savvy about computers. Respectfully, Robin Howard Yabilee@kconline.com Mark, thanks so much. I have an extra flat panel monitor that I’ll take over there to try it. The monitor and computer have not been moved since they were set up about 8 months ago, but I’ll first check the connections. I really appreciate your assistance. Thanks a bunch.

Could I ask you one more question, please. If I were to give my bro-in-law my flat panel (it is for an hp which I use rarely, because I use my laptop so heavily, but it was just rebuilt with a new hard drive this past spring), can I connect my hp hard drive to my lap top and see what is in it?????

Thanks again for your help. Your wedding picture looks so young, you seem full of knowledge. The Lord has surely given you lots of savvy about computers.

Respectfully, Robin Howard
Yabilee@kconline.com

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