Recent content by Robert36

I think you're right. Just noticed on the hp site, a comment from someone saying they'r replaced silver battery but still got the 601 error message., to which someone else replied ''This is a slightly misleading error as it does in fact refer to your notebooks main battery, not the cmos cell.''...

Hi. it won't start when the big battery is removed. I've replaced the small coin battery twice, even secured it with tape, still getting primary internal battery message, still slow and switching itself off. The problem is, i'm receiving that message, but I've done what I can to prevent it...

Sorry, I am that clueless. By 'main battery' do you mean the long remote control sized one that clips out and needs charged?

Yes. The time has gone wrong again. This is a brand new silver battery, but still the primary internal battery message 601, telling me battery is low, appears, time still goes wrong, and its slow, freezing, switching itself off.

You're right, the clock is always wrong. But doesn't a new coin sized battery sort it out?

I keep getting 'primary internal battery' is running low error 601, every time i log in. I thought this was the coin sized silver battery you find when you take panel from bottom off. I replaced it with new battery, still happening. Also laptop is running slow and freezing, videos unwatchable...

I'll try the desktop option. Thanks for your advice.

Sorry, I'm clueless. What's the hdd? I tried putting the old hard drive into new laptop but it just came up on screen saying doesn't recognise hard drive. Thanks for your help by the way.

Its just very old, and has black screen (tried draining power, changing RAM) Just wondering why there are so many documents missing, and why some are there (Abi words docs are on H drive)

I have a dead compaq laptop. I bought a sata adaptor and a identical secondhand compaq laptop. When I went to remove files from the hard drive, there are only a few small files from Abi word office program there. I had lots of documents from Open Office writer (100,000s of words) and I can't see...