Thanks all for the great review from your own personal experiences. I'm gonna get this laptop for my wife.

The price at Mines IT Centre - Challenger Shop

Compaq Presario CQ40-126AX

RM2099 + RM200 (Vista Home Premium)
Standard nylon bag
Free external USB hard disk kit + 160GB
Free optical mouse
Free cooling pad

Discount on MS Office Home and Student 2007 (RM209 for 3 license) for every notebook purchase

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Latest news... already purchased yesterday. My wife love it!

Ask about the 3 year optional coverage plan for RM200. The salesperson over there told me that HP does not give this option to Presario models

Setting up now... installing KIS2009, MS Office, Firefox + plugins, Sidebar gadgets.

My first observation... heat is not a problem at all. No need to use the cooling pads. Running at HP Recommended power plan setting. Compared to my old Dell P4 and 510m.... this is quite ok what. I am quite puzzled by the fuss on the heat issue, what was that all about. In any case we will see in the few weeks to come. Right now I have to download Futuremark and SiSoft Sandra and do a stress test soon to find about the heat thing is true or not.

This post has been edited by gyver: Nov 15 2008, 03:01 PM

You can get the OEM Vista Home Premium for RM200 when you get this laptop. If I am not mistaken the price for a full license was RM390 when I check yesterday. Or izzit RM290, can't remember sorry.

That is already a bargain in my book since Dell was charging me RM400 to upgrade from a Home Basic OEM to a Home Premium OEM last year!

This post has been edited by gyver: Nov 15 2008, 03:20 PM

You can still get the 126AX version at Mines IT 3rd floor at Challenger shop at RM2099 + RM200 (Vista Home Premium). Still get free external hard disk, optical mouse and cooling pad. They give some extra goodies like a couple of D-Link pens, games, etc. Look for salesperson name Iqbal.

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Added on November 18, 2008, 11:02 amBTW according to moniqee at this thread http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=845574 that Ucare exclusion includes

1. snatch theft

2. stolen from vehicle

3. theft without forcible entry

Can you confirm this?

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Added on November 18, 2008, 11:33 amYes the T&C is easily understand because it is not in some technical jargon but a diagram.

http://www.ucare.com.my/coverage/index.html

This post has been edited by gyver: Nov 18 2008, 11:33 AM

Yes, I also want to know about this. If it is 3GB will it fully oiptimize the dual channel. I might consider upgrading to 3GB if it is. If not 2Gb only.

BTW my friend is looking for a new laptop and I am recommending the 126AX. But he wants to wait for PC Fair. Will there be other extra promotions for this laptop you think?

Thanks for the info. I'll let him know, but I think he wants to wait for PC Fair just for a reason to go there meet the salesgirls... hehehe

This post has been edited by gyver: Nov 30 2008, 07:28 PM

Is that temp reading for real? 93 degrees celcius???

Are you serious? That is boiling water temp already. Can you even type on your keyboard? What were you running anyways? A stress test software maybe.

Why still need to wait? Can get better price after PC Fair or new model coming out soon?

Using CQ40-126AX. To play games you might need the cooler. Just buy any ordinary RM9.90 laptop cooler will do.

Just go and buy already. Today is last day of PC Fair.

Any laptop shelf life is 3 years. But at the end of it's time you cannot espect to run all the latest games. Even if Microsoft comes out with new OS you can just continue to use your old OS, no worries. People are still using Windows XP comfortably even it has been more than a year Vista come out.

Is there any difference in AU or AX model?

Hi guys, anybody knows if CQ40-126AX can run Far Cry 2 game ok or not? I wanna play this game connected to my Plasma tv using hdmi

Where did you park your car?

I think by default it goes to hibernate. Just right click on your battery icon and select power options. On the left side column you can select a few options. Among them

- Choose what the power button does

I change my setting for closing lid to do nothing so that I can close the lid when viewing movies on my plasma

Is this the same version selling at last PC Fair for RM1500. If I remembered correctly it is 133AX and my wife just bought 126AX at RM2k++ a month or so earlier.

Answering #2. Are you new to Windows Vista?

You need to have administrator rights to install programs that access registry or system files and folders. This is the user access control (UAC) file protection. You can do this by right clicking and run as administrator since login using admin accounts not enough.

This post has been edited by gyver: Feb 17 2009, 02:18 PM

No worries. But remember to scan files for viruses first since you are bypassing the protection.

Better don't use if not the same. You don't want your laptop to explode!

First of all is it a dead pixel or a stuck pixel. If it is a stuck pixel you could fix it manually.

http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Stuck-Pixel-on-an-LCD-Monitor

Or use this software.

http://www.jscreenfix.com

I tried the fix last time and it worked for a while but after it came back I decided to send for warranty. Maybe you can try this first.

On the USB part, have you check cmos setting USB is enable or not. You can also check the device manager or run a free hardware diagnostic tool called SiSoft Sandra to check if it is really a hardware failure.

This post has been edited by gyver: Feb 28 2009, 03:03 PM