I have a Compaq Presario 5834 500MHZ Pentium computer which the motherboard crashed. We are trying to take the DVD-ROM, CD-RW and modem out of the Compaq (which came with the computer originally) and put them into a new Intel based motherboard computer. We can’t figure out how to associate compaq’s drivers with these devices. For instance, the old modem is in a PCI slot now on the new mothersboard which the computer recognizes as a device attached (not a modem though) and i can’t figure out howto associate the correct driver. Compaq doesn’t seem to use “windows” extentions like .vxd on their files so i don’t know what file is the driver. Does Compaq use such a propriety system and parts that i cannot move them into another computer without it being another “Compaq” and am forced to use their “restore disk” on a compaq motherboard to get the devices to work? Compaq told me to take the old computer to a service center and let them fix it (put in new motherboard) but we had this great idea to build our own computer using the good(?) parts from the Compaq. Did i make a big mistake??
