SSHD - used about two hours. Now it's DOA. Eee PC T91MT Solid State HD. 2 GB RAM. 48 GB SDHC.I get a blue screen on startup. Wonder why. In over a decade of PCs I have not had that happen. Last time I used this was in July and it worked fine then. The battery has been kept charged but that's all the activity it has seen. Why would a sleeping PC go bad? SSHD - used about two hours. Now it's DOA. Eee PC T91MT Solid State HD. 2 GB RAM. 48 GB SDHC.I get a blue screen on startup. Wonder why. In over a decade of PCs I have not had that... » Read More SSHD - used about two hours. Now it's DOA. Eee PC T91MT Solid State HD. 2 GB RAM. 48 GB SDHC.I get a blue screen on startup. Wonder why. In over a decade of PCs I have not had that happen. Last time I used this was in July and it worked fine then. The battery has been kept charged but that's all the activity it has seen. Why would a sleeping PC go bad? « Show Less
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Blue screen is a fatal software fault (BSOD) and a black screen is a hardware failure (also called a BSOD) referred to as a Blue or Black Screen of Death. Windows generally goes blue when the MFT (master file table) image is corrupted; you will have to recover any data you wish to keep and then re-install the operating system if system recovery does notwork. To utilize system recovery you'll need a USB connected CDRom drive and the Windows 7 backup disk. Then go to Asus.com customer support forums and post your situation and you should receive assistance from one of their support technicians.
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No idea, but would guess the blue light going off could indicate failure. I would try putting a new doc on CPU - then check next day to see is it exists in the image in Clickfree.
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This unit will not power on your computer. It responds to the power status from your computer like any peripheral. Also when you return from sleep or hibernation if you have two screens in addition to your computer it will only wake one of them. This unit crashes several times a week which means it shuts down and there is no way to access the software to restart. You must power cycle the dock manually by unplugging it or restart your computer. It's a great concept by still has major bugs! I'm using it on a Win7 Pro laptop with ALL updates to the dock software and the laptop and still experiencing these issues. Buyer beware. This unit will not power on your computer. It responds to the power status from your computer like any peripheral. Also when you return from sleep or hibernation if you have two screens in addition to your computer it will only wake one of them. This unit crashes several times a week which means it shuts down and there is no way to access the software to restart. You must power cycle the dock manually by unplugging it or restart your computer. It's a great concept by still has major bugs! I'm using it on a Win7 Pro laptop with ALL updates to the dock software and the laptop and still... » Read More This unit will not power on your computer. It responds to the power status from your computer like any peripheral. Also when you return from sleep or hibernation if you have two screens in addition to your computer it will only wake one of them. This unit crashes several times a week which means it shuts down and there is no way to access the software to restart. You must power cycle the dock manually by unplugging it or restart your computer. It's a great concept by still has major bugs! I'm using it on a Win7 Pro laptop with ALL updates to the dock software and the laptop and still experiencing these issues. Buyer beware. « Show Less
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Very quick startup - the only drive mine has is a 128 gig solid state drive. You can get different configurations of this computer either from Lenovo or Newegg
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I have egirl..i have a 1005PE-PU and i installed the 667hz 2GB crucial ram...it is easily installed, works fine and is instantly recognized. My only problem is that the windows 7 starter is hanging up upon shutdown...leaves the blue light on the on off switch ON with the fan/harddrive running...i am wondering if the ram change had ANYTHING to do with this...the unit is brand new...have written asus AND microsoft for a hotfix or SOME solution...ring any bell with you? Roy Fowler
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No power at all, or doesn't completely boot up? Did you remove ALL the shipping packaging? Make sure you got everything; I know there's a lot, look again. Be sure you follow the instructions EXACTLY the first time you turn it on or you will cause damage. Especially the first time you connect to a PC to do the initialization process. And NEVER connect an SD card to the USB slot!
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yes, my goes into a "sleep mode" when not in use after about a minute or so. On the front are a row of blue lights indicating the hard drives are in use. When in the sleep mode they are not lite but when processing they are scanning with blue lights. My 4 hard drives serve as independent and are not tied as one large hard drive. I have three 2 TB and one 3 TB in my case. Works well for me. Never trust any hard drive........I back up with at least two external back ups. I have four external hard drive from WD & Seagate just so I do not loose data. Using the cloud would be out of the question for me.Hope this helps.Bill M. yes, my goes into a "sleep mode" when not in use after about a minute or so. On the front are a row of blue lights indicating the hard drives are in use. When in the sleep mode they are not lite but when processing they are scanning with blue lights. My 4 hard drives serve as independent and are not tied as one large hard drive. I have three 2 TB and one 3 TB in my case. Works well for me. Never trust any hard drive........I back up with at least two external back ups. I have four external hard drive from WD & Seagate just so I do not loose data. Using the cloud would be out of... » Read More yes, my goes into a "sleep mode" when not in use after about a minute or so. On the front are a row of blue lights indicating the hard drives are in use. When in the sleep mode they are not lite but when processing they are scanning with blue lights. My 4 hard drives serve as independent and are not tied as one large hard drive. I have three 2 TB and one 3 TB in my case. Works well for me. Never trust any hard drive........I back up with at least two external back ups. I have four external hard drive from WD & Seagate just so I do not loose data. Using the cloud would be out of the question for me.Hope this helps.Bill M. « Show Less
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Not sure, I replaced the battery because the laptop would not hold a charge overnight while is was "asleep" Now it does. I usually do not clock the battery. I also added 16 Gig RAM and parallels running Win7. I have been happier with the laptop since I upgraded the battery.
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I installed it in an Asus laptop with Windows 7 and it crashed afte just 2 months. I had it diagnosed as DEAD as it was making a clicking sound. I could research calling a getting a replacement from Hitachi, but it's probably not worth my time. I won't buy Hitachi HDD's any longer.
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solid state drive, no. I've read that a new batch of SSD drives will be release later this year (of course) that will be cheaper and bigger. Battery life is around 6 hours, better than all other new models running windows eight. Having a blu-ray burner is nice. I couldn't find a laptop for this price that had one. http://gizmodo.com/5969012/short-battery-life-sinks-first-windows-8-notebooks?tag=windows-8
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It was memory for my desktop. I just went to www.crucial.com and the website scanned my computer. It then recommended the correct memory configurations and I chose the 2x2GB=4GB total, even though I have four slots, . Since I have XP Professional, XP only can use a maximum of 3+ GB, and by using only two of the slots, it operates more efficiently. That solved my Blue Screen crashing problem and I haven't had a problem since.
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Like most hard disks these days, the disk in this device enters sleep mode after a few minutes. This causes a slight delay when accessing it after the timeout. The power consumption is interesting - I received one with a 2 amp 12VDC power supply, and the device wouldn't start up. Once I replaced that with a 4 amp power supply, the hard disk spun up and the device started. Even 4 amp at 12VDC is negligible in terms of a home's power consumption, though, and as the disk spins down I should think the average power drain is minute.
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I bought this laptop in June and it arrived with a bad battery. The non-Amazon supplier directed me to Acer customer service for a new battery. They were very helpful and got a battery to me in several days. The bigger issue occurred about a month later when I was traveling. A blue screen showed up and before I could read it the computer crashed. I have not been able to restart the computer and do a reset. I plan to return it to Acer when I return to the US. Perhaps a defective batch of computers. This netbook has been more trouble than it was worth and if I had it to do over, I would have put the money into something else. I bought this laptop in June and it arrived with a bad battery. The non-Amazon supplier directed me to Acer customer service for a new battery. They were very helpful and got a battery to me in several days. The bigger issue occurred about a month later when I was traveling. A blue screen showed up and before I could read it the computer crashed. I have not been able to restart the computer and do a reset. I plan to return it to Acer when I return to the US. Perhaps a defective batch of computers. This netbook has been more trouble than it was worth and if I had it to do over, I would have... » Read More I bought this laptop in June and it arrived with a bad battery. The non-Amazon supplier directed me to Acer customer service for a new battery. They were very helpful and got a battery to me in several days. The bigger issue occurred about a month later when I was traveling. A blue screen showed up and before I could read it the computer crashed. I have not been able to restart the computer and do a reset. I plan to return it to Acer when I return to the US. Perhaps a defective batch of computers. This netbook has been more trouble than it was worth and if I had it to do over, I would have put the money into something else. « Show Less
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The ram is soldered down so that amount you get is what you're stuck with. You can upgrade the hard drive and replace it with a solid state drive which makes the device faster, specifically the boot up time. I bought this laptop for my mom and replaced the hard drive with a Samsung 840 SSD with no issues. A SSD will also keep internal temperatures lower since the memory is flash (like your thumb drive/usb stick) vs. a hard drive which has moving parts.
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I wish I could tell you. I had two machines in two weeks. Both of the hard drives crashed. I gave up after number two died.
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Well the easiest way to find out is to open up the HDD bay under the laptop and unplug it to see the type of connection. Make sure the laptop is turned off, power cord & battery removed first. Try to touch yourself to ground the static electricity from your body before touching the components. The HDD will probably say "SATA" on it. Sata connection has two long black "L" one longer than the other. A Parallel connection will have lots of little connector holes or posts. If your laptop is only a few yrs old it is probably SATA. I bought a 500GB WD blue drive and it failed after a yr. It was pretty slow too. If you are going to replace the drive I would recommend going bigger and 7200rpm or faster.
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I purchased this PC on May 1st, 2014 since my old PC was sluggish and the HDD was failing. So far, I've had nothing but problems with the PC related to the HDD that came with it, and after many UEFI/BIOS screw ups, I'm going to replace the HDD with a Solid State Drive (SSD) and then buy another HDD for storage. This is a good PC for the price, but knowing Avatar, I would check to see if there are any problems with the parts or if you notice anything about the performance before committing yourself to it.