How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble a COMPAQ Laptop or Notebook

Do you want to repair your Compaq laptop or notebook? Here is a collection of free take apart instructions, disassembly pictures or dismantling videos, upgrade and repair manuals, as well as do-it-yourself (DIY) tips and tricks for Armada, Contura, Contura Aero, Evo, Presario, LTE, TCx000 laptops and notebooks models made by Compaq. If you have written a repairing guide yourself (or if you know of a report not linked here), please submit a new entry.

COMPAQ Armada	This slideshow features step-by-step pictures telling how to remove the display.
COMPAQ Armada 100S (aka Mitac 5133S)	RAM upgrade, hard disk upgrade and AMD K6-2+ CPU overclocking as well as underclocking instructions (with jumper settings and voltage table). Battery replacement (in German).
COMPAQ Armada 100S	How to cure some display problems: random stripes and caused by a loosened plug/port, because if pressed at some point the display housing (you need to find out where) the stripes disappeared/appeared again. This is usually a sign, that something is loose inside. Solving the problem could be very simple - just take the laptop apart and try to fix the loose part.
COMPAQ Armada 1130T	Changing a flat CMOS battery and upgrading the hard disk.
COMPAQ Armada 1592DT	Some helpful hints about changing the hard disk.
COMPAQ Armada 1700/1750	This guide shows how to clear the power-on password.
COMPAQ Armada 1750	Fan repair and RAM update.
COMPAQ Armada 4120	Disassembly and hard disk drive replacement guide with pictures.
COMPAQ Armada E500	Replacing laptop keys (and keyboards).
COMPAQ Armada E700	This guide explains how to rip off an old broken laptop and turn it into a Digital Picture Frame - DPF.
COMPAQ Armada M300	Complete disassembly instructions, pictures from inside the battery.
COMPAQ Armada M700	Complete disassembly pictures.
COMPAQ Armada M700	Keyboard replacement instructions.
COMPAQ Contura 4/25cx	Pictures from inside the laptop. Voltages on the power supply interface and battery pinout. Circuit diagram of the 4 MB memory module. Circuit diagram of the 16 MB memory module. Motherboard outline with chip product numbers.
COMPAQ (unknown model)	Pictures from the inside of a Seagate model ST9440AG 420MB harddisc from an old laptop.
COMPAQ Contura Aero	Plenty of diagramms, pictures, parts lists and HOWTOs about upgrading and repairing.
COMPAQ Contura Aero	How to replace the CR 1220 CMOS battery.
COMPAQ Contura Aero	An illustrated step-by-step CMOS battery replacement guide.
COMPAQ Contura Aero 4/33	Aerogami: A laptop made from paper.
COMPAQ Contura Aero (misc. models)	Disassembly picture gallery.
COMPAQ Contura Aero 4/25	Pictures of the guts inside.
COMPAQ Contura Aero	Upgrading the hard drive.
COMPAQ Contura Aero	Screen disassembly, the tale of a journey inside, hinge repair.
COMPAQ Evo N610	PartyBox: how to convert a broken laptop into an old school video arcade cabinet. Adding a joystick, a trackball and putting all the electronics into a wooden cabinet.
COMPAQ Evo N620c	Disassembly manual about adding a wireless miniPCI card (based on Atheros chipset) and better antenna (in German).
COMPAQ Evo N1015v	Disassembly crash course.
COMPAQ LTE 5000	Disassembly guide with pictures.
COMPAQ LTE 5000	This page discusses how to safely and easily clean the keyboard on a notebook computer.
COMPAQ LTE 5100	Build your own battery.
COMPAQ Presario	Painted laptop art: The City - Oil on Laptop.
COMPAQ Presario	How to turn an old laptop into a digital picture frame.
COMPAQ Presario	COMPAQ Presario's have a bad habit of cracking and tearing the orange flexi-cable that goes through the hinges that connects the LCD to the main board. Here is an approach for a cheap repair of the defective display cable.
COMPAQ Presario 305	This guide explains how to transfer an old laptop into a Digital-Picture-Frame - DPF (in Spanish).
COMPAQ Presario 700	Disassembly.
COMPAQ Presario 700Z	Do-it-yourself display hinge repair.
COMPAQ Presario 706EA	An illustrated take apart guide (in Spanish).
COMPAQ Presario 732US	A laptop completely stripped down and converted to a second monitor, to create more screen real estate in a small package at a low price.
COMPAQ Presario 1200	DIP settings.
COMPAQ Presario 1200	CPU upgrade to a Pentium III 1000.
COMPAQ Presario 1200	Laptop Hinge Hack: buy a lid support at a local hardware store and attach it to the case.
COMPAQ Presario 1210 (HP Pavilion XF235)	Broken AC power plug repair.
COMPAQ Presario 1247	Dissecting the case.
COMPAQ Presario 1600	Dip settings, overclocking.
COMPAQ Presario 16xx	Non-factory approved upgrades to repair damage to the power connector and upgrade the CPU.
COMPAQ Presario 1675	Taking apart instructions.
COMPAQ Presario 1681	Replacing an LCD CCFL backlight tube. Or, what to do when your LCD screen/laptop screen goes dark, black, red, orange, or any other annoying color.
COMPAQ Presario 1700	Upgrading instructions.
COMPAQ Presario 1800	How to use PolyGFX's Adhesives a laptopskin which resembles the quality of airbrush, but it's cheaper and it's removable.
COMPAQ Presario 1800T	Adding temperature monitoring.
COMPAQ Presario 12XL500	Ready your torx driver! This HOWTO will show you how to easily install a new hard drive and memory in your laptop.
COMPAQ Presario 2500	Reattach a broken or lost keyboard key.
COMPAQ Presario B1800	BIOS whitelist & hardware modification for Broadcom MiniPCI wireless LAN card.
COMPAQ Presario R3000	An illustrated step-by-step take apart guide.
COMPAQ Presario R3000 (and HP Pavilion Z 5000)	RAM and hard drive upgrade diagrams and photos.
COMPAQ Presario R4000	Memory installation guide.
COMPAQ Presario V2000	A step-by-step LCD replacement manual with illustrations.
COMPAQ Presario V2000	Do it yourself notebook paint job.
COMPAQ Presario V2000	Integrated Logitech V500 Mouse 2.4GHz wireless dongle: the dongle soldered to the USB port inside the laptop.
COMPAQ Presario V2000	Most V2xxx keyboards shared the same problem; when typing in the area where the arrows are, you can feel that there is space between the keyboard and the metal casing. You can hear a vibrating sound, like if the keys were bouncing. The easy fix is to remove the keyboard, and put some kind of thin cloth, kleenex, whatever below the keyboard. The keyboard now becomes firm and easy to use.
COMPAQ SLT386s/20	Installation of Memory Expansion Board.
COMPAQ X1000	How to personalize a laptop by giving it a nice painting.
COMPAQ 486	How to convert a laptop keyboard into a desktop keyboard.
COMPAQ TC1100	Major invasive operation: dissection and fan replacement.
COMPAQ N.N.	Installing an SODIMM in your notebook.

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