can i replace this lappy hdd with ssd?

hello all,

i'm the latest K40AB proud owner..
currently using vista ultimate and so far so goooood!

If its really load and your loading times are slowing down, possibly your HDD is dying. Regardless, there are some HDD that are extremely noisy. While my K50AB is quiet, i have another laptop that sounds embarassing in a quiet room. You will need ot make that decision on whether to send it in for a check.

Possible your ATI drivers giving you BSOD? Use vista, it works like a charm.

tq!its just rm1999,seducing me with athlon x2 n ati graphic ,n im from jb

I got a second Asus K50AB for my bro Got it from All-IT Lowyat, rm1999 with 2gb extra RAM (total 4GB) and charged to credit card without any extra charges

luv this baby!

Ya, the ATI Radeon HD 4570 really is sweet.

Switched to Vista Ultimate too. But faced a lot of problems during installation...

When installing, switch the SATA mode to Native IDE in the BIOS... or the installation will face BSODs...

For those who have 3Gb ram, try to remove your extra 1gb ram if you face BSODs during installation, that *Might* be the cause of the problem.

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Added on August 17, 2009, 10:58 pmSorry, it was the DVD drive which is giving the loud noise. Weirdly enough, when installing Vista, the DVD drive is nice and quiet.

Thank you for the feedback anyway

This post has been edited by NoirReaver: Aug 17 2009, 10:58 PM

juz bought two from jb pcfair....1899, freebie is cooling pad
haha,cheaper than kl pcfair

From what i know,Native IDE is for installing XP only, how come you need to change to NativeIDE when installing vista?

What happen is when I switch away from Native IDE, I will face BSOD even when logging into Vista...

Can anyone help me on this matter?

try updating your AHCI...maybe can solve your problem when switch back to AHCI rather than use IDE...

just get this lappy yesterday

when installing vista,many times stuck at `completing installation proses`

after many2 time tried...i succes to install vista

i just change to native ide and dgpu

Anyone know where to get this babe in Kuching?

i tot someone said you can get it at PC City in Kuching but don't remember who...maybe you can try search back a few post..

I got my K50AB from PC City, Kuching with RM1999. I don't want freebie, so they gave me a special price for my Edifier S2.1M.
For your info, PC City is authorized Sarawak Distributor for Asus Notebook & Edifier Speaker.

ui think u installed Vista under Native IDE mode... that's y Vista never copied the AHCI driver during installation...

that's the only reason i can think of...

maybe try installing the chipset driver under safe mode??? not sure if it will work this way though...

anyway, dun need to be so troubled by it la.. afaik, performance difference between the 2 modes is minimal...

This post has been edited by astria: Aug 18 2009, 11:20 AM

Hi everyone.. im new here..
yesterday i bought this lovely baby K50AB..
As follow the guide from 1st page I managed to install Win Xp and drivers.
However there is few prob occurs:

1. whenever i start windows for the first time, the Loading seems takes sometime to load ( i would say almost a minute) then
only the hard disk can be detect. the pict below shows right after i loading windows and try to open My Computer



2. The 2nd prob is when i open Camera using normal wizard or Lifeframe it seems that the screen is on REVERSE view..
i dont know what the prob really is.. pls refer below picture.. (kind funny)




3. it state here that this lappy comes with Red Flag Linux..
can i just delete it? or does it important so i dont need to delete?


Thanks in advance for any helps or comments..

1) try do housekeeping like defrag, ccleaner and stuff...

2) afaik, u can reverse it back for any webcam... look under Settings or sth...

3) it's up to u... if u ve no plan to use Linux, juz format it...

thanks for the advise dude.. will try right away and post the result later..

just install the webcam driver and it'll be fixed. driver can be found at page 46. or maybe 48.

Regarding the delayed load, i think its because of the Avira. u hav to wait till the umbrella at the tray open first before u can access any file on my computer. i hav the same prob also and i nvr know how to solve it. i dont think its about housekeeping though. anyone?

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Guys. I have serious situation here.

Since i first switch on this laptop, i never bother anything bout the user account setting at the control panel. But just now, i clicked on it and created another administrator user and put up a password on every activated account. Then i see there are 2 administrators user, the one i just created, and another one i use to create the 1st one (which name cannot be changed. it is fixed as 'administrator'). Then when i restart the laptop, i cant by any way re-access the original administrator, only the new one is available to be selected.

Thus, i cant access everything in that user when im in the new particular admin acc. How can i access back the old admin? i need to print an assignment. must submit in half an hour

This post has been edited by sidefeast: Aug 18 2009, 12:31 PM

@ hasuji

1. for webcam i think u need to install or check the driver again..
2. for the load thing sorry i dont know never experience before..

This post has been edited by ayeen_83: Aug 18 2009, 01:33 PM