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Just picked up my little Acer the week before Black Friday. Once I got it home I upgraded a few things. I found the memory for $28.00 and had the HD already.

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It came with XP, I added a Linux distro as a dual boot.


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I have a weird problem. When I push my Acer Aspire One's @ button this comes up " and vice versa. It even does it with another keyboard installed.

Has anyone else had this problem?
 

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I have a weird problem. When I push my Acer Aspire One's @ button this comes up " and vice versa. It even does it with another keyboard installed.

Has anyone else had this problem?

you have the US keyboard layout set in windows change it to UK keyboard (or vice versa)
 

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you have the US keyboard layout set in windows change it to UK keyboard (or vice versa)

^ what he said

OK, so I've changed the format to the US keyboard (the same as my other computers) and those buttons that I mentioned before work but now my o but makes a 6, my L button makes a 3, m makes a 0 and my 0 button makes a /. It works during the Windows password screen.

WTF??
 
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When I use a different keyboard everything works.....:ohwell:
 
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i just got a acer aspire one aoa150 zg5. (its in the mail)

The model has 1gb of memory (512 on board and 512 upgradeable to 1gb)

to things i am debating.

1. Run windows 7, or windows xp, slimmed down by nlite. /dual boot with a linux flavor
2. how much of a pain will it be to upgrade the memory. If i have to take out the keyboard i dont want to bother.
 
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do these netbooks have room for 2 2.5" HD's?
 

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i just got a acer aspire one aoa150 zg5. (its in the mail)

The model has 1gb of memory (512 on board and 512 upgradeable to 1gb)

to things i am debating.

1. Run windows 7, or windows xp, slimmed down by nlite. /dual boot with a linux flavor
2. how much of a pain will it be to upgrade the memory. If i have to take out the keyboard i dont want to bother.

1. I would run Windows 7 Ultimate (WinXp is dead - or it will be soon)

2. upgrading RAM is easy. there should be a small panel at the bottom of the netbook with a few screws holding it in place - take the screws off and you should be able to get to the ram.

-- In some cases that small panel isnt a small panel but the entire backpanel of the netbook, procedure is still the same though - just remove it and you should see your ram underneath. if you got some cash to splash - consider upgrading the hard drive to a 90Gb SSD - you get better battery life and the netbook will get a massive speed boost since most manufacturers only put 5400RPM harddrives in their netbooks
 

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do these netbooks have room for 2 2.5" HD's?

netbooks use the same harddrives as laptops - so yes. but do check the make and model of the hard drive thats already in their first - it could be a 2.5" or 1.8"
 
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1. I would run Windows 7 Ultimate (WinXp is dead - or it will be soon)

2. upgrading RAM is easy. there should be a small panel at the bottom of the netbook with a few screws holding it in place - take the screws off and you should be able to get to the ram.

-- In some cases that small panel isnt a small panel but the entire backpanel of the netbook, procedure is still the same though - just remove it and you should see your ram underneath. if you got some cash to splash - consider upgrading the hard drive to a 90Gb SSD - you get better battery life and the netbook will get a massive speed boost since most manufacturers only put 5400RPM harddrives in their netbooks

thats what i am hoping for.. :)

i have a sandforce 60gb sdd.. i might put that in there :)
 

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thats what i am hoping for.. :)

i have a sandforce 60gb sdd.. i might put that in there :)

Do keep in mind - Netbooks are highly unlikely to have support AHCI - which means no TRIM support. I dunno if other manufacturers do it - but ive been told that OCZ Vertex 2 drives have an ability to keep themselves clean and free from garbage - even with no TRIM support
 
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netbooks use the same harddrives as laptops - so yes. but do check the make and model of the hard drive thats already in their first - it could be a 2.5" or 1.8"

ah ok ... i was just curious because I wanna stick a 2.5 SSD in there for my OS drive:toast:
 
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ok got mine today ...

so far all i see is a memory compartment that I can get to and add some more ram. how would I go about getting to the HDDs?

Also, it is installing win7 on the first boot ... would it be ok if I replaced the HDD and installed my own win7? Just curious because I would like to have an SSD OS drive then a normal HDD in there.
 

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ok got mine today ...

so far all i see is a memory compartment that I can get to and add some more ram. how would I go about getting to the HDDs?

Also, it is installing win7 on the first boot ... would it be ok if I replaced the HDD and installed my own win7? Just curious because I would like to have an SSD OS drive then a normal HDD in there.

have fun with ION 2, what can you play gamewise on there?
 

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ok got mine today ...

so far all i see is a memory compartment that I can get to and add some more ram. how would I go about getting to the HDDs?

Also, it is installing win7 on the first boot ... would it be ok if I replaced the HDD and installed my own win7? Just curious because I would like to have an SSD OS drive then a normal HDD in there.

you would need to take the whole back panel off in that case - and yes you can install windows 7 on it but make sure you got an external DvD-Rom or a high capacity USB stick so you can install W7 from USB
 
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have fun with ION 2, what can you play gamewise on there?

thanks ... not sure yet ... going to try some basic stuff out for now.

you would need to take the whole back panel off in that case - and yes you can install windows 7 on it but make sure you got an external DvD-Rom or a high capacity USB stick so you can install W7 from USB

ok taking the back panel off is easy enough ... going the USB route per http://store.microsoft.com/help/iso-tool that
 
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the other method is to copy the install files from the windows 7 install cd to a usb stick. go to a command prompt, open diskpart and make the usb drive active.

So after that do you need to use a virtual drive or a no-cd crack?
 
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ok i spoke too soon ... I dont see any screws on the back of this damn thing lol ... how do I get the back panel off?

are they under the battery pack or what? :banghead:
 
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