Today,i went to lowyat to get my benQ-S42. When i arrival there ,i immediately go to Thunder Match Shop at Floor 4...
when i went in tat shop,i saw tat benq S57 is showing on there,but i wan get S42 first.Thus,i ask one staff and him said that is out of stock already .. Haiz, then i walk around inside the shop, i met another staff and ask again about S42 and him helped to checked. Wow, they still has a display S42 at Ground floor (display? yes,display laptop..but no choice ,that is last one them sell it with RM2199)

After i knew that news,i immediately went down to Ground floor there.Yes,i found it ...then i ask staff to get it .That Malay staff helped to prepare it ,but him unable open the laptop lock and said the laptop lock is "Rosak" ,it is unable open ..try choose other la. Shit, i`m disappointed about it. I went out walk walk and consider how about S57..

Finally,i decided go get S57, but i ask another Chinese staff helped me to solved the laptop because i wan buy it. OK! he said call someone to open it due to laptop lock is "ROSAK". Hence, i went to took my dinner and came back that shop at 7:15pm..Then they showed me that S42 ... What the hell ,that laptop lock still there ,they only cut and pull out the laptop lock cable ,they unable open it. Shit ,what i should do ? I dun buy it or buy it? after i consider a while ,i decided buy it ..but i try to get a great discount from them.

The Chinese staff offer me RM2169 without free gifts , holy shit , i get the RM2150 from that malay staff..OKOK...they offer me RM2150 ...haiz ,i also tired about it ,spend a whole day at there...ok la ,rm2150 la ..deal it.

RM2150 , benQ-S42 Processor C2D , Geforce 9600 GT 256RAM , 2GB RAM , 320 HD space...you all think it worth ?( plus one broken laptop lock embed it... the broken lock will consume my effort and time to solve it in future...damn )

What i think ? i disappointed their services ,i ask some question to thunder match staffs although i knew the answer already ... but they simple answer me ,for example...

1. It is last one ,so offer you RM2199 ...( what i know ? it is year end promotion ,no it is last one )
2. Where the BenQ service center at KL ?( i help you check later..but him ignored me ,shit)
3. Can you give me more discount ? ( cannot la , i sell you RM2150 now ,only earn you RM1 ,,that distributor price is RM2149...you think i will believe you? when i bought Acer 4920 in the past ,it is RM2.5K...but actually acer industry sell them RM1.6K )
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and other technician questions ...no 1 answer for me is satisfy.

Now ,i try to install WinXP on BenQ..haiz ,it DVD rom seem has a problem,,noisy...cant install now.I not sure is DVD rom or Disc problem...

I jz want suggest if you need to purchase a gaming laptop in budget 3k ,you can get S57 from Thunder Match ..It is price RM2999,it worth ..ATI 4650 , Cool processor 2.5Ghz,2gb RAM , 500gb HD space and Blur ray rom ,,wah.

and ..i ask that staff when you company will import new S42 laptop ? he said "next week .." ," har ? then how much it ? it is still RM2199? "

he said " Maybe ,from RM2199 to RM2499",but no sure the benQ still has store or not~ Why i get it today ? i cant wait to next week ,i need use laptop on next weekend ..it is urgent ...

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Added on January 1, 2010, 10:53 pmand if i dun buy from them ..i may get S42 from StarTec ,but starTect sell it RM2699 ,no discount !!! i wan save 500 ,so i force to take the S42 (plus 1 broken laptop lock head,it is free)


For now , i try install win xp due to it is free doc ..dun know how ?~but i feel it DVD rom no good ,you must balance your laptop else you can hear noisy sound from that laptop...


This post has been edited by kayweng: Jan 1 2010, 10:53 PM

i satify tat spec with rm2150 ,,that good!
they may get new batch of S42,you all can try get it...

i jz worry how come they offer it rm2150 only...other shop sell it with rm2699...tat DvD rom is design nt enuff well,too thin..
but it is ok .

i wish my s42 can install os smoothly on tml ..

omg ,i unable install window xp in my S42 now..
when i boot the winxp disc ,it appear blue screen in the progress...
so,i try boot the disc in Acer 4920,it is ok!

Is my S42 hardware problem or Disc problem? i jz bought it and lazy send to service center leh.Wth~

Yes,i found out that problem. The benQ S42 is optimize running in Vista (i not sure window 7) , if wan downgrade to Window XP ,it has some limitations in software and Driver (Geforce 9600 Gt able run in performance mode only).

If understand these limitations ,you can downgrade to window xp.
You need to set SATA setting in Bios to IDE (default is AHCI) and boot the XP disc... but i failed the booting ?! one more issue ,your BIOS version should be 3.02 version. But my S42 BIOS version is 1.15 now ...why so old ?

What should i do ? i downloading Window 7 and try to install it on tomorrow( i worry window 7 not work in BenQ S42) ,if fail again ..i need to install vista ,but tat is not my favorite window ~


ftp://211.78.86.210/digital_media/joybook..._windows_xp.pdf

This post has been edited by kayweng: Jan 2 2010, 10:22 PM

hmm, my benQ S42 does not contains a OS yet . i confuse how could i update / flash the BIOS to latest version ? should i install vista 1st and then update bios and upgrade to Window 7 or directly install window 7 ?

Yes,my downloading is pirate one la. if you want that original ,you should pay few hundred to purchase or download beta version ( it will expired soon)

OK ! but my BIOS version not enough update yet,it is 1.XX due to it produced on Feb 2009. Your information are helped to me...thanks.

HELP ! i had successful installed Win 7 x64bit in my benQ. For that , i haven`t install any drivers for that yet.So i check the DxDiag , i saw that Display ,it display set is Mobil Intel chip set G45 ...( Why it is not Geforce 9600 GT ?) Ok , then i check device manager ..the Display Driver part ,it has two graphic driver ( Mobil Intel and one is VGA , i think that VGA is for Geforce 9600 GT la,but the VGA driver is not working properly). I downloading Hyper Graphich driver from BenQ now , but i saw that 1 document about Hyper Graphcihc in Window 7 ,the BIOS version must be 1.20 ( my bios is 1.12 now),so i download 1.20 bios firmware and run it to update bios ,it totally fail to update ...

how i solve this problem ?i search other thread ,some nvidia forum say no need update the BIOS ,instead search VGA driver that had modified to support S42 now...

Thanks for help , I navigated to laptopvideo2go.com, I saw that Driver download list there , i should downlod the latest driver for Win7/x64 or go in forum and download driver them provide in "Dox's Customized Forceware Releases"

What is forceware? I feel benq not do well in upgrading to Window 7 .how come many limintations? huh~

o.thank your reply and explanation. I also heard about nvidia and intel unsettled issue. i try follow your information to do la..

hmm, i spent whole day to install and uninstall graphic driver.conclusion , it is failed to load two driver properly.I downloaded nvidia driver from nvidia, it is not working in Win7 64bit; then i downloaded modded driver from Dox /laptopvideo2go , the installation had been failed. sad...try disable force signed feature when boot,it also failed...All failed..

I`m doublt it is my pirate window 7 RTM problem or others?
For now ,i think if i install Vista 32bit or Window 7 32bit , the driver for Geforce 9600M GT from nVidia can be work since the current driver did support window 7 64bit only...is it true?

if yes,i will install window 7 32bit or Vista 32bit ...

O.o

Hi ,astira. Can you post the benQ S series Link at here for me follow up my case.

i search a few benQ thread , i`m confuse which one is the latest that you all are using ...