Mike's PC / Laptop Homepage


I had over 150 e-mails requesting information on the DIP switch settings, and other technical solutions for the Presario 1600 series Laptops in December 2000 alone, so I have had to publish this site in a hurry, as I can no longer keep up with demand. So, to all you Presario Laptop owners, keep this page handy, you may well learn something to your advantage.

If any of you are owners of a Presario Series 1200 with the AMD CPU, you may be able to use the settings that I have listed on the 1200 DIP settings page.

To the other folks looking at this page, maybe for the AMD section, or to find out about upgrading older motherbards with a K6+ CPU, I hope that it is useful for you.

It is not designed to be fancy, with lots of graphics, just to be as fast and informative as possible!

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Useful stuff about the Compaq Presario 1600 series (including the DIP settings).

DIP settings for some 1200 series Presarios

Troubleshooting the Presario 1600 series Laptops (also for 1200 series)

AMD Processors

A few hints and tips for PCs


Some Websites that I consider to be "...as good as it gets" on the internet (Links).


Mail me at mgrudkin@yahoo.com with any comments, questions, information etc. But, I am now getting far too many questions to answer these days due to Microsoft charging £49.95 for an email enquiry. So from now on, I will be charging £15.00 ($20) per question, after all, why should I be doing Microsoft's job for free? If you want a question answered, then please e-mail me the question, and I will supply an address for you to send cash or a Postal Order. On reciept, I will answer the question to the best of my ability. I do not do internet transactions, despite what you hear, it is insecure.

These pages were last updated on 11th Jan 2003.

Mike (Jan 11th 2003).