ya, the price would be cheaper

i bought a freedos laptop
can i install win xp first then only upgrade to vista?

better install vista straight away, its hard to install XP, u need to get a sata ready XP, and other XP driver for ur lappy..

if you have 2gb ram, it's enough to run vista

ya..i tried to install vista edi.. i had that dvd...
but the stage complete installation i hv to wait very very long
i waited for 2 hours.. but it din move or go to the next stage...
how to solve this prob?

and oh ya.. i upgraded it until 4gb ram

This post has been edited by grache1991: Apr 14 2009, 01:04 PM

I think it must be something wrong dunring the installation, wad laptop brand that u buy? Normal laptop come with dos, the 1st time start will be longer but oso abt 10-20 mins, wont more than 2 hours.

compaq cq40-401AU
i did try again...
but still the same~~

i saw people mentioning this problem before, change another installation disc, that would help

try use a fresh from oven burned dvd! i believe it helps..

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Added on April 14, 2009, 2:32 pmsecond ur opinion..

This post has been edited by iq_myst: Apr 14 2009, 02:32 PM

hello if you are not using a Genuine copy of vista(meaning u burn the dvd urself )
try to burn in min speed

wonder which software you guys used in monitoring the CPU temp.
i only manage to get Everest showing the CPU & GPU temp..

mine is AMD Turion X2 RM-74 + ATi HD3450

usually the members will recommend Speedfan but i noticed that everytime the temperature will be almost the same.... there will only be difference when i change the power plan....

ya it is a pirated dvd lol~~
ok.. i'll try it out later...
thx for u guys advice

hahahaha
it's ahem version... don't say so loud that you are using pixxted version

Incase if anyone is wondering how this laptop performs in gaming here are some of my benchmarks. All using ingame FPS measurement

My specs:

CQ-40 401AX


Warcraft III (Smooth and fast)

Very smooth, no problems at all.

Call of Duty 4 (Stutters at resolutions above 1024x768)

With AA disabled, resolution at 1024x768, low dynamic lights, no specular map, no depth of field and no glow.
15-30fps outdoors at large map and 50fps+ indoors.

Call of Duty 5 (Stutters even at 800x600)

The single player side of COD5 torments the 401AX, even at 800x600, it only can reach around 20fps max. Its probably due to the massive lighting effects on screen. If you disable all the dynamic lights and lower the texture it will be playable around 30fps. But it will look hell ugly.

All games running at default catalyst 8.5 driver provided at HP website. If you guys have any newer drivers or modded one with MobilityModder please send me the link, because mine ain't working. Will post more games soon!

i've installed modded driver on a couple of compaq with ATI gc and haven't had any problem.

maybe you did something wrong in the middle.

This is good new for Warcraft III , woot .... AMD ...

nvm..can post it up as well?

ok, maybe later tonight

can get from cpuid.com - the HWMonitor




can it really support to 2302MB? can show it by screen shot..
mine wan 402ax up to 1702MB only..