Comments on: How to disassemble Compaq Presario F700

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:05:08 +0000

Having ordered a touchpad assembly the stripdown was going well until I tried to disconnect the wifi cable(?), snakes to the r/h side.
The wires have pulled out of the connector.
This has stalled me and I am now wary of proceeding further.
Is there a recommended method to releasing these?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:48:42 +0000

On my F572US, it appears the ‘On-Off’ slider that moves the wireless switch doesn’t ‘reach’ the switch. Looking at your guide, it seems the switch is a simple A-B type. Is there a shortcut in the disassembly to remove the plastic slider? I’m thinking I could move the switch with a probe or maybe a pencil. Thanks!

By: Brian Harris

Brian Harris — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:57:06 +0000

Would a F500 Cloned Hard Disc work in a F700?

By: Ray Lewis

Ray Lewis — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:58:24 +0000

I have a Presario F700 with a corrupt BIOS. I need to know if there is some way to update/repair the BIOS. The system boots up and informs me it can’t load because it can not see the hard drive. Going into the setup program, you see there is no drive listed and the bios info is messed up. Appreciate any help you can provide.

By: harold

harold — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 01:03:41 +0000

I can attest that this model supports 4GB of RAM.|

By: Philippe

Philippe — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 21:54:01 +0000

Hi,
I just changed the two genuine 1 Go RAM memory sticks of my Compaq PRESARIO F730EF
for two Corsair VALUE SELECT 2 Go PC5300 sticks. It runs Windows SEVEN (64 bits Arium version).
The BIOS found 4 Go (without flashing it), and Seven found the same, 4 Go. Yeeepah !
Thanks for this very instructive and well illustrated webpage.

By: SK VERMA

SK VERMA — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:56:03 +0000

When power button pressed it starts on/off,on/off but no display. Is it worth to change motherboard.It is F700 model

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 01:50:36 +0000

I just got one of these, second-hand, and it was filthy. I used these instructions to take it apart and clean it. Thank you SO much! However, I have a question about the die-cut clear plastic tape that’s on the motherboard. It’s got stuff all over underneath it. Can I safely remove this tape and not replace it?

By: robotleg

robotleg — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 03:19:17 +0000

JoniFill **IMPORTANT = the FLAT side goes UP on the CMOS battery
you MUST see the biggest FLAT level side must be UP on CMOS Battery when you looking down
at it in its round plastic holder..
So if you see the raised smaller center part of this CMOS Battery is facing UP= It is In WRONG!
– and + are backwards if the smaller raised center we see on 1 side of this battery is facing UP
The correct way and ONLY way this round CMOS battery correctly goes is with the FLAT side UP!
and Remember=
we MUST reset the TIME and Incorrect Year of 2006 that it revert back to by DEFAULT =
It ALWAYS resets back to 2006 when battery is removed or changed
at power on..press and release over and over “F10” to enter BIOS
and then F5 changes day/year/time #’s DOWN and F6 raises #’s hit ENTER after each section of each changed area is corrected. every time enter is pressed it saves correct info and moves to the NEXT part you need to Change to be current on Time and Year and date.. or IT WILL NOT Start correctly on the Next power up!! AAAaaaarrrgh!! but NOW we KNOW That ! = SUCCESSS

By: IML Tech

IML Tech — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:33:31 +0000

In reply to M Johnson. @ M Johnson,

After disassembling the Compaq Presario F700 notebook I discovered that three almost microscopic capacitors of values of 220P50V/G looked as though they were toast. Can components this small be bought and replaced? Or is the motherboard un-fixable and needs replacing?

I doubt you can replace them at home. Also, there is good chance that some other components are damaged too. I think the motherboard has to be replaced.