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Welcome to the forum, Rawnnie 🙂
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Is that area with the blank, unsoldered mini-pci-e connector
[/quote1264247564]Another forum member, graemem, has successfully done this on his NC10 in the thread Successfully added additional PCI-e slot and he has shared some great photos as well as his description of how he did this 🙂
Welcome to the forum, yackal 🙂
I don’t know if the number of screws on the N130 is the same as that on the NC10, but there were 13 screws on my NC10 – not including the one on the RAM cover (which, on the NC10, does not have to be removed to remove the back cover.
You may be interested in this video guide which I consulted when I replaced my HDD and WLAN adpater.
Hope that helps 😉
Welcome to the forum, Ron1 🙂
As you say, it is a shame if the quality of the hinges on the N510 causes doubts to be cast on this capable netbook.
I suspect part of the perception of this matter is caused by the fact that the majority of people who post to a forum have a problem, question, or similar that they wish to resolve. Unless they have a particular interest, the people whose netbooks work out of the box just quietly get on with it. I would be interested in knowing the number of ‘problem hinges’ as a proportion of the total number of N510s sold.
To address your question about Windows 7. My understanding is that all new netbooks were now shipping with Windows 7 SE 😕
Welcome to the forum, nunboi 🙂
I agree with jeepers01 – unless you reformatted your HDD and generated a single Windows partition – you probably ended up with a dual-boot system.
To automatically select Windows 7 when you boot your NC20, try the following:
Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings > Advanced > Startup and Recovery > Settings > Default operating system: > Windows 7 and ensure that the tick box next to ‘Time to display list of operating systems:’ is not ticked.
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cant imagine what the advantage of doing that is?
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Even if you don’t want to dual boot, splitting the HDD into two partitions has its benefits. If the HDD is split into two partitions, most people have the system and application software on the C: drive and their data on the D: drive. The advantages of this are:
[list=number]Your data (which is usually the irreplaceable stuff) is on a separate partition to your system and application software. In the unfortunate circumstances of your Sammy being infected by a virus, worm, or other malware, your data will be safely tucked away from harm.* Your data will be easier to back up from a separate partition – for example, you can just copy the whole drive to an external USB drive.[/list]
Welcome to the forum, Si-NSNO 🙂
Comes to something when Jez has to poach new members from other forums
Welcome to the forum, corr 🙂
Sorry but I don’t use hibernation for security and integrity reasons, i.e.:
[list=number]*The hibernation file is not encrypted.
*Checksums are not used on the hibernation file so there is no content verification.
*Windows doesn’t check or verify its Kernel when resuming from hibernation.[/list]Hi Andy
Two things spring to mind:
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*Have you any 802.11b/g wireless devices on your WLAN? Don’t forget devices like the Wii if you have one. Mixing draft-n and b/g clients on the same WLAN can reduce throughput by 50 to 80%.
*Use WPA2/AES network security protocols – many draft 802.11n products will knock your throughput down by up to 80% if you use WEP or WPA/TKIP security.[/list]
Good luck 🙂[quote1264114659=RSIboy]
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Cool – thank you for taking the time to report back 🙂Welcome to the forum, newsammyowner 🙂
I have an NC10, and as Tony says, the sound through the built in speakers is really quite poor. I haven’t installed anything but the basic drivers (no Realtek nor SRS effects for me) but I do have excellent headphones (Shure SE530PTH earphones) which add a great sound to music and movies.
If you’re interested in having really good quality sound on your netbook, Fidgeteer started an excellent thread on World-Class Sound on any Samsung Netbook.
Welcome to the forum, fella007 🙂
The only connections on an NC10 are on the right hand side:
And on the left hand side:
So, sorry, no DV connector. And I’m fairly sure that you can’t even buy a firewire to USB adapter 🙁
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But what’s the maker of your RAM stick?
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2 Gb of Crucial Memory in mine 🙂Welcome to the forum, Breiti85 🙂
Yes, the USB stick does have to be bootable.
Check out Microsoft’s instructions Use a USB Key to Install Windows 7—Even on a Netbook.
Hope this helps 🙂
Welcome to the forum, sandancer04 🙂
MSE is fine – as is Avast – as is AVG. Combine any of these with Spybot S&D and your system should be protected.
BTW – you may find it easier to install all your free apps using ninite.com which gives you the option to download and install a shed load of free apps in one go. I’ve used it a lot when setting up new computers.
To quote the nitnite website:
“Ninite installs software fast with default settings and says “no” to browser toolbars and other junk.
Ninite checks your PC’s language and 64-bit support to install the latest, best version of each program.
Ninite runs on Windows XP/Vista/7 and works in the background unattended and 100% hands-free.
All Ninite does is automatically download and install the apps you select. Not even Ninite is installed.”
