denstrr's Review of HP Compaq Presario 701FR Laptop
12th Oct 2003
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Quality
Made with generic parts, the Compaq Presario 701FR is very weak, the computer overall is very weak.
General Comments
The computer is cheap...and the adage that you get what you pay for should be the motto of Compaq Presario's 700 series notebooks. They suck. Period. I've had mine for 2 years and already it has screwed me over. I need to replace the system board, which will cost me almost $500...which means I have to eat the $1300 that I paid for it (it costs much less now that it has been around for a while) and buy a new one.
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Members' Comments ondenstrr's Review
mwk on 27th Jan 2004
ikenfixit on 14th Mar 2004
Dont buy a new motherboard, I can repair these issues in the 700 series notebooks. These arent a bad unit, just a design flaw in the mainboard circuitry that can be rectified. email me for the deal of your 700\'s lifetime, 1/3 the cost of replacement and guaranteed against future connector issues. Ken ikenfixit@hotmail.com
ikenfixit on 1st Aug 2004
http://home.mchsi.com/~ikenfixit/
Web Links
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Compaq Presario 700 Series Notebook Memory
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232449-B21, 256MB Compaq Presario 700 Series PC133 SDRAM SODIMM
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COMPAQ 246437-001, COMPAQ 247050-001, COMPAQ 247051-001 | COMPAQ
Presario 1400 Series ... Presario 1400EB-180685-999 ... Presario 1400T-470004-432
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Graphics Card Driver Discussion Forum
OpenGL on Compaq Presario 1400 - Harry van Vlijmen 07:56:17 5/08/02 (1) ... Need recovery CD for COMPAQ 701FR please - FrenchTouch 06:19:09 4/04/02 (0)
www.driverforum.com
The Compaq Presario 700 series all have the the same problem. Shorting at the power connector. This is known as the Compaq Self Destruct Mechanism.