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Now, I will agree with you Lasereth, Compaq does have a higher DOA rate. For this reason, some stores such as Best Buy, have decided to boot up the computer and run a few tests before the computer leaves the store.
But I would have to say that, one you have weeded out the Dead On Arrivals, a modern Compaq machine will run with the best of the "Pre-Built, Pre-Configured" computers.
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Beleive it or now, I recently fixed a Compaq that hade the same problem as yours. The 3-5 minute problem was related to a large gap between the heatsink and the proc. Seems as though the high proc time during boot led to repeated overheats...
-SF
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