Is there a trick to opening up a Compaq Presario 1700 laptop computer?
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http://www.overclockers.com/articles1157/index.asp\n\nThis article shows how to disassemble that laptop. The site is sometimes running slow...keep trying if it doesn't work at first!
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Make a bootable cd rom and see if it boots on that.\n\nYou can even try a non-Windows OS (gasp!)\n\nLastly you could try to flash the Bios
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Bring your computer to technician. For now, you can right click your "Programs" on your start menu and click explore / open to open your programs. \n\nHope it can help.
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Go to a repair shop and fix it. Don't open the laptop yourself or you may end up with bigger problems
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i have one, but its cheap :D. u need help operating it?
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take the battery out for a few minutes then replace.\n\n\nthe mother board battery is what i was talking about!!!!!!! had to perform that operation myself and it works wonderfully. and not all laptop main board batteries are on the motherboard, mine was located in a small compartment underneith the laptop.\n\nUPDATE: you could just also bash the thing repeatedly on the concrete untill it is just a bunch of tiny bits, that will get rid of the password too.
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there may be a screw holding the drive in place (usually on most laptops) put a paperclip in the hole in the fornt of the drive to open the drive, then pull the whole thing out. then reverse these steps to put a new one in
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Try running checkdisk on it.  If that doesn't work, it's probably not going to open.
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connect it, then press CALL COMPUTER\n\nhope this helps!!
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With a crowbar and a BFH:D Go to www.dell.com/support and search for the manual for the 4600 - one of them will show you how to do it. They can be a PAIN to get open.
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For a compaq? maybe $100
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If it has an msi file (ending with .msi) you can click on that, otherwise you will need instructions
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Steps:\n-Go to www.hp.com\n-search (in th search box) r707\n-go into the first result\n-look for quick set up guise which is found under Support and Downloads
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Try it here.\nhttp://store.yahoo.com/impactcomputersmiami/220807-001.html\nor just google it http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=220807-001+and+Compaq
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what model pc is it ie compaq etc...
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Check with Compaq for specific instructions.  But, you can usually do a repair install (of Windows 2000 or XP), and it won't delete all your applications and user settings.
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Take out the battery, disconnect the AC power supply and hold in the power button for 30 seconds, put the battery back in and reconnect the AC power then see if it will power on. If no, check on the side of the computer where the optical drive is, see if it has a little hole on the optical drive (emergency eject) and stick an unfolded paper clip in it to manually eject the disk. Then call tech support and see if the laptop can be serviced.