of course change to 64-bit la.
i saw the malaysia compaq homepage can't find Compaq Presario CQ40-125AX, just the v series only, why?

and from hong kong compaq, http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/hk/en/ho/WF...57-3329742.html
CQ40 using better cpu, with 2mb cache one.

You can find in HP Malaysia's online store. Yup, HK version comes with Turion X2 Ultra and WIFI n. Honestly, the performance difference between Turion X2 RM-70 2.0Ghz and Ultra ZM-80 2.1Ghz is less than 10% even with double amount of cache. AMD CPUs dont need big cache because of integrated memory controller. The architecture is old so in terms of performance and power efficiency, even the first gen of Core 2 Duo smacks Turion Ultra.

I just got my first 2GB DDR2 800 stick. Put it in and mix with my 1GB DDR2 667. Tried some benchmarks, and the scores are pretty much same like 2x2GB DDR2 667.

After that, I removed the 1GB DDR2 667 stick. With single 2GB DDR2 800 stick, the system boots faster and feel more responsive. Tried benchmarks and its faster than DDR2 667 especially in latency. Cant wait for my 2nd 2GB stick tomorrow.

HP did the wrong choice. Should have bundled the system with DDR2 800 sticks. I will post some benchmarks if I'm free tomorrow.

My friend just got the laptop today.. from lowyat also.. (He'll be joining us here soon - he forgot his LYN password!)

And he got a free gift, looks like it's from HP/AMD directly!!

I wonder why I didnt get one   The shop say normally other lowyat shops would take the free gift for themselves.. thats not nice lah.. 

Anyway, I'll attach the picture of the gifts HP/AMD gave :

Front Picture :

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Back Picture :

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The Contents :

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Basically it's a 4GB pendrive (Pendrive brand, 5 years warranty), Multimedia headset and mic, plus 1 year license for AHNlab V3 antivirus.
He also got the standard HP/Compaq nylon bag, and he added 4GB DDR800 RAM into the laptop. So far the Windows Experience Index is showing score 5.9 for his RAM (my DDR 667 4GB is showing 5.6 only!)

upgrade ram will void warantty ?

Can anyone check what type of ram that this graphic card is using?

"ATI Radeon HD 3450 Graphics with 256MB dedicated memory"

DDR2 or DDR3?

Nope. The RAM compartment is easily accesible. Just make sure u keep the original RAM stick for warranty purpose.
GDDR2 running at 500mhz = DDR2 1000.

Nope. The RAM compartment is easily accesible. Just make sure u keep the original RAM stick for warranty purpose.

If DDR2. there is limitation in overclocking 

Anyone please share vista rating here. I will get this laptop as soon as possible.
Now nVidia facing big trouble because of its GPU solder joints. 

need to swap back to ori ram when go for waranty purpose?

the biggest hard disk capacity can support is 250Gb or bigger?

other than this notebook, is there any other notebook with better spec with this price?..  

Hmm...Either we want 2GB + 1 GB RAM without Dual channel or (cheaper)

2GB + 2GB RAM with Dual channel but limited to 3GB by 32BIT OS. (fast but wasting 1GB). 

If u have money add few more hundred and get CQ45 with Core 2 and 9200M GS. This notebook is good but battery life is terrible.

That CQ45 model is RM2809...need add extra RM700 from RM2099...

ya lar. and also i doubt the 9200 GS is better than this ATI 3450. although it ranks higher then 3450, i believe it's not any better than 3450. huhu