Seems like Atom N330 + Ion is really power hungry. 3hrs vs 8hrs(1005HA). Might as well wait for Pinetrail and Ion2... Just my 2cents..

Anyone knows how long it takes asus centre to change 1005HA keypad? Mine is faulty and already send to the shop for repair under warranty nearly 2 weeks already. Call the shop and it said the netbook still at Asus centre. Just want to know whether the shop playing games with me or Asus svc centre really that slow.

you got ask when is the shop send to asus ?
or have you call asus customer service and check ?
btw, mind to share with us which shop are you refering to ?

QUOTE(nocar @ Jan 9 2010, 11:50 PM)

Anyone knows how long it takes asus centre to change 1005HA keypad? Mine is faulty and already send to the shop for repair under warranty nearly 2 weeks already. Call the shop and it said the netbook still at Asus centre. Just want to know whether the shop playing games with me or Asus svc centre really that slow.

You may have been a victim of either games by the shop or lack of replacement keypad for the 1005HA keypad.
Replacing the keypad is a 10 minutes job. Seriously. Unless the Asus center does not have the replacement parts. Then there's the wait.
If there is replacement available itll only take 10 minutes to replace the keypad, its that easy. Unless youre talking about the touchpad.
Now, if youve sent it to a shop, they will usually wait for their service trucks to come around and pick stuff up, this varies from daily truck arrivals (big shops like CompuZone or AllIt) to once a week arrivals (Papa and Auntie Goh PC Shop). The truck comes, pick the faulty machine, sends to a service center. Then its another round of waiting again till the truck comes round to pick up the stuff from the Service Centers and all that. Its usually just easier to send it yourself if you know where the place is. And Asus Service Center is in Imbi Plaza, Kuala Lumpur.

Now note the scenario above is only if youre in KL, now double that time if youre say..in Klang or Rawang.
Hope that helped ?

QUOTE(FishnChipx @ Jan 11 2010, 11:14 PM)

you got ask when is the shop send to asus ?
or have you call asus customer service and check ?
btw, mind to share with us which shop are you refering to ?

Pretty hard to just call Asus Customer Service and check, nocar would not have a proper Asus Job Order number to look up on his machine. Simply saying the serial number would not help too. The only update is as what he had all along been receiving, calling the shops customer service to find out. Better yet, to go back to the shop, throw a tantrum, demand to see a manager and get back his machine and to send it himself.

QUOTE(ho-ll @ Dec 7 2009, 09:22 PM)

A new owner of Asus Eee 1005HA here! Add me to the list yoo!

Btw, does anyone has a simple and workable guideline on how to install ubuntu??? Tried to google but is not working 

Heya buddy, welcome!
Hmm I know you were askin bout Ubuntu. How about trying the EEEBuntu Flavour ?

Eeebuntu is a distro (distribution) of Ubuntu, a version of Linux maintained by Canonical. The Eeebuntu developers take Ubuntu and customise it to a specific application - in this case, to work well on the EeePC range of netbooks. Ubuntu is designed to be as friendly and GUI-based as possible whilst still retaining the power of a Unix based operating system.

All of the hints and tips that work for Ubuntu should work in Eeebuntu, with the exception of some of the kernel related tips. The kernel is the brain of Ubuntu. Eeebuntu uses a specially customised kernel designed for the EeePC. Don't mess with the kernel unless you know what you're doing.

Do a search on Google and you'll find the free downloads for this amazing awesome OS.

This post has been edited by havocx: Jan 12 2010, 11:11 AM

TQ all for the info.

Call the shop 2 days ago and they mentioned that the netbook is still at the 'kilang'. Duh!! The shop is Evernews in Digital Mall.

Yupp.. the replacement takes only 10 minutes. Dell engineer came to my office 2days after I call the call center and managed to replace my Latitude keypad straight away. That's Customer Service! I should buy their netbook but the features not at par with the 1005HA.

This post has been edited by nocar: Jan 15 2010, 10:00 AM

Gosh. Been busy and havent stop by this place for a while.

I bought new Asus netbook last week. The tablet T91. Lovin it .

Check it out:
http://emino.info/2010/01/10/asus-eee-pc-t91/

Am interested to buy asus 1005HA. Wats the price nowadays and which shop in low yat you guys would recommend.

Just for normal word processing, spreadsheet n surfing xtvt..

Thanks

QUOTE(nocar @ Jan 15 2010, 09:53 AM)

TQ all for the info.

Call the shop 2 days ago and they mentioned that the netbook is still at the 'kilang'. Duh!! The shop is Evernews in Digital Mall.

Yupp.. the replacement takes only 10 minutes. Dell engineer came to my office 2days after I call the call center and managed to replace my Latitude keypad straight away. That's Customer Service! I should buy their netbook but the features not at par with the 1005HA.

So games then. Whut Kilang ? They sent the machine back to Taiwan?
Haha just get it back and send it in yourself buddy. And you know what its strange Evernew works that way. All of my netbooks come from Evernew but from various Evernew's ie Sunway, Lowyat, Digital Mall, usually their service is top notch.

QUOTE(emino @ Jan 15 2010, 09:57 AM)

Gosh. Been busy and havent stop by this place for a while.

I bought new Asus netbook last week. The tablet T91. Lovin it .

Check it out:
http://emino.info/2010/01/10/asus-eee-pc-t91/

Ooh cool pretties. Ive sold 3 of my 7 machines. Haha and dropped in to the Dark Side. Using Acer machines now till the 1201N comes out hehe.

QUOTE(ed69 @ Jan 15 2010, 12:17 PM)

Am interested to buy asus 1005HA. Wats the price nowadays and which shop in low yat you guys would recommend.

Just for normal word processing, spreadsheet n surfing xtvt..

Thanks

Usually the price runs the same buddy. I just got a 1005HA 2 weeks ago (oops bought another one haha) at RM1350 with 2GB Ram and Carry Bag and price with 2% Credit Card charges. You could get it much cheaper with cash, ie probably less than RM1350. The price is pretty standard from any shop in Lowyat i believe. Try to get one from the more reputable shops ie not those with fly by night booths, i mean since the price is the same anyway and warranty comes from Asus, as long as its legit, it doesnt really matter where you get it from.

I want to sell mine.

check out my post.

EEE pc 901.
come with 20GB harddisk
1 gb ram.
installed with WINXP

thanks.

Just check my 1005HA status in Asus website:

Send to Evernew : 26/12/2009
Asus received the unit : 4/1/2010
Status : Waiting for Material

So you guys with EeePC, please be gentle with your keypad. One faulty button will make you Eee-less nearly a month. Hope they stick on just selling motherboard. I won't buy their notebook anymore!

If you just went to the service center, and they keyboard is in stock, it will be fixed on the spot.
Speaking from experience.

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Added on January 17, 2010, 9:49 pmAlso, kinda suprised to see Evernew took 2 weeks to send the item, considering the building where Asus Service Center is just next door. (Considering its Evernew at LYP).

This post has been edited by emino: Jan 17 2010, 09:49 PM

my sis is looking 4 a netbook..
so..can u tell me the comparison of this eee pc wif other brand of netbook like aser one, or dell.. or is there is any other better option?

hi all, I couldn't find the asus EEE 1005HA with xp, they got new one . 1005HPE with windows 7 . please advise where can get the xp version.

thank .

I was wondering, for old netbook owner like us, is it possible to upgrade from XP to 7?

BTW can 7 be installed without CD drive? eg use pendrive

QUOTE(nocar @ Jan 17 2010, 09:20 PM)

Just check my 1005HA status in Asus website:

Send to Evernew : 26/12/2009
Asus received the unit : 4/1/2010
Status : Waiting for Material

So you guys with EeePC, please be gentle with your keypad. One faulty button will make you Eee-less nearly a month. Hope they stick on just selling motherboard. I won't buy their notebook anymore!

Thats really an unfair statement.
1. Like emino said, if the replacement part was available at the time and even from your own experience it would have been a very quick replacement.
2. My personal experience in using, handling and owning 11 Netbooks all from Asus, none of them caused any major problems, in fact they still dont and some of them are already with new owners while im upgrading. 5 of them brought from Evernew i might add.
3. The Date youve had the machine sent in. 26th December ? Thats on Boxing Day, a day after Christmas, its also leading up to New Year where all major companies stop production for the annual year end break. Its too bad that your machine had to fail on that day, but the fact Evernew was willing to accept the machine, on a Saturday after Christmas for them to arrange shipping to be sent to Asus in Imbi Plaza only to find that it had no available spare part at the time, that says something too.
4. There was a reason you bought an Asus, its not because its the cheapest. Think of it, whatever that reason is, it still holds true.
5. As the company that pioneered the Netbook, its still one of the best Netbook maker around. Still holds its head up high against most of the other competitor.
6. If i had one faulty button on my keyboard, say the letter R, it wont make me EEE-less for a month, i can still keep it, use it, virtual keyboard, external usb keyboard, only for me to send in my machine when there is spare available replacement. It does not make me EEE-less even if its the E key (the most used letter in the English language).
7. Notebook and Netbook are 2 different things.
8. You mentioned you should buy a Dell Netbook earlier but their features not on par with Asus 1005HA. Then how can you say for Asus to just stick on just selling motherboards when they have Netbooks with far better features than most other machines ?

Im no fanboy although it may look so from my comments, as someone who has owned, and have used many netbooks and many machines throughout the years, I find your comments on asking Asus just to stick on making Motherboards a little off. They already make Mobile Phones, Very Powerful Graphic Cards, Network Components to which most are the top of the range in its class.

QUOTE(ucopp @ Jan 19 2010, 01:50 PM)

my sis is looking 4 a netbook..
so..can u tell me the comparison of this eee pc wif other brand of netbook like aser one, or dell.. or is there is any other better option?

When you look for a netbook, the first think you should always remember, they are not gaming machines. They are designed work perfectly for light work. Nevertheless depending on the user, the machine can be used throroughly as a great workhorse. Weight is power for Netbooks.
Comparison with all the other machines. Actually they are mostly the same. There is very little to differentiate one brand from another other than looks, price and reliability.

A Toshiba Netbook and Dell netbook may have the EXACT same specs with Asus, but the Toshiba is more expensive and the Dell Cheaper. Toshiba support is so so while Dell support is awesome, even coming to your house to repair on a broken keyboard but still folks choose Asus or Acer. Why ? Reliability. Having used these Netbooks, and comparing it to Asus or Acer, the latter has more value for money. And look up my past postings, I added a Youtube video showing the First Generation Netbook from Asus, a 701 machine with XP(which i still have mind you) running head to head with another Asus 701 running Vista and running against a Dell 1201 machine running Vista. The Dell is a 4th Generation netbook, pretty new at the time, in fact only launched 2 weeks before and still it lost out to the older generation machine.

For netbooks, my suggestion for now, for value for money in terms of price and performance go for Asus or Acer. Its a different ballgame altogether though if youre talking bout Notebooks.

QUOTE(wyyew @ Jan 20 2010, 10:37 AM)

hi all,  I couldn't find the asus EEE 1005HA with xp, they got new one . 1005HPE with windows 7 . please advise where can get the xp version.

thank .

Just got 2 machines last weekend. One over in Lowyat Plaza and another in MidValley IT Center.

QUOTE(wufei @ Jan 20 2010, 10:57 AM)

I was wondering, for old netbook owner like us, is it possible to upgrade from XP to 7?

BTW can 7 be installed without CD drive? eg use pendrive

Yes to both question. Only dependant on the size of your HDD to install, at least 5GB available space is needed. Ive tested installing Windows 7 even on Celeron based netbooks with great success. For Pendrive Installation, go ahead to Microsoft website, the tools and instruction are provided as well.

This post has been edited by havocx: Jan 20 2010, 04:41 PM

Any idea when will the EEE PC 1201N model available in Low Yat?
Thanks

QUOTE(Snapzi @ Jan 21 2010, 03:50 PM)

Any idea when will the EEE PC 1201N model available in Low Yat?
Thanks

As how trend seems to look like, we might only get the machines about 3 months once its launched in the US. It was launched in the US in December so looks to be March seems to be a good date. What more with the busy month upcoming towards CNY (where there is a chance to clear off old stocks) it seems rather unlikely itll be launched by the end of February. Once the market cools off by March, thats when they spring that suprise.

Or, they could time it in time to be launched during PC Fair 2010, 16th - 18th April 2010.

looks good. where & how much u got it for?
& oh.. may be u can share it's performance & what do u use it for (especially in tablet form)?

This post has been edited by ajay67: Jan 23 2010, 08:50 AM

Got the Eee netbook back last Friday so roughly around 1 month for faulty keypad. Minus the Christmas 2 weeks holiday, they took 2 weeks to replace the keypad. Dell took only 2 days to replace my Latitude keypad. I'm talking from experience too!

Asus may have good products, but they need to improve on after-sale service especially on spare-parts. I'm giving them a favour by pointing out on something they need to improve on. Mountain of praises won't help them to compete with other giants in the mobile computing segment. Their mobos are still the best though, so I'm sticking with my comments.

My EEE 900HD just died on me today. And I noticed this time it's not because of the HDD... It just got the Power, Wifi, light on.. No Fan sound, no LCD light on... no nothing.

Good thing this time my HDD is still okay.

So what to do with it now? Warranty is expired just 2 months ago. If go Asus service center to check, where is it and how much does it costs?