Has the number of power supply problems lessened? I want to buy an Eee 1005HA-P, but these powersupply issues-- they make me super nervous and I have been reading about them since this laptops release (when was that?
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My power supply went out after 45 days. That's aggravating, but the real problem is ASUS customer support for this obviously common problem. I would have to fax them a form with my personal information to include name, address, phone, email, credit card, expiration date, and my signature acknowledging that I will be liable if I don't ship back the broken power supply within 14 days at my expense! Only then will they send me a replacement via FedEx ground. When I pressed a supervisor for other options, I was told the only other one was to buy a new one from their e-store. What terrible customer support for a product under warranty!
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Fyi, for all of you purchasing from AAA MART; beware!! They have horrible reputation with this particular laptop. They also bully people to remove negative feedback and any claims against them. Good Luck!!
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I agree with GEEZERBUTLER.. who could recommend a powerful + compatible + cheap power supply for this computer?/thanks
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The item is shipped without a power supply or any info regarding power supply requirements. I would have returned the one I bought, but, due to circumstances, I did not try to install the unit before the return period had expired. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I am stuck too.
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Hopefully Mr. ASUS can give us an update. He was very active in the UL30VT thread so we'll see if he responds here as well.
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Just ordered mine today (6/15), sure wish there was SOME ETA as my old HP laptop is on the fritz. I can't believe the deal on this thing, almost $1000.00 off the HP price. I wonder if the price has something to do with the lack of ETA? Anyways, here's to hoping there will be some ETA soon. PS: I did call Amazon before I ordered, they had no ETA =(
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I have several friends with this netbook, them and myself all have power adapters that failed. The computer is awesome, the power supply apparently is seriously flawed.
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I bought a new 700W power supply, but it's not even breathing hard, even when I push the envelope! I'd always be over-engineered than under-engineered. It will last just about forever because its not being taxed or pushed to its limit.
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I am even wondering: was this mess with the batteries intended to attract customers anxious to receive "unadvertised" bigger batteries just to boost initial sales? I am sorry for those who are now starting to receive the "standard" 4400 mAh battery. But I want to comfort you: even while I have the bigger 5800 mAh one, it seems almost impossible to me to drain even 60% of it in a real life student usage. I never carry an ac adapter with me anymore because I consistently get at least 5 min. per every 1% of battery power I have, with wifi turned on and on 60% of brightness. When wifi is occasionally off, it comes up to more than 6 min. per 1%. So, even if you will get 75% of this, it will still carry you through the whole day of classes and an evening in a starbucks. Anyways, I would not trade acer for asus even if I got smaller battery, because acer has unparalleled screen in terms of clarity and brightness.
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Hi Joseph, my Lepa 1600W PSU failed on me after a few days of operation but, thank God, no components were damaged. I've read good things about this PSU so my problem was the exception rather than the rule. Just a WAG on my part but I imagine your experience will be better than mine; in any case, the most important thing to me is it didn't take out anything else when it failed.
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I just got mine, I'll try and remember to report back once we've tried it as loadbalance/failover is what we purchased it for. In the mean time I will note a lot of the reviews up are on the older side, I was looking for load balancers both here and on newegg and at newegg this model has 100 more reviews than it has here and its a solid 4/5 there so thats pretty encouraging.
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I just got my asus eee 1000h, installed sl.Lowest settings, before I start doing any tweaks, I'm getting about 7fps.Haven't got to try out the slvoice yet, but I can click on things inside the enviroment, which I couldn't ever get to work on the org hp mini note, I think that was becuase the hp mini note had a via chipset, which just wasn't that widely apectedI have a 2 gig ram card coming in soon, and I hope that gets me a few more fps out of my system.Will try to post again when I get that installed and tested
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Mr. Johnson . . . I'm about to buy the HX-1 but now I'm wondering if you think a Powerbook G-4 will have fewer issues like the ones described above. Fewer issues-- but maybe more? Uh-oh!Looking forward to your reply!
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Well I havent seen their reviews so I don't know the conditions the had the failures from . but I can say this I own one of these cards and have been very happy with the performance and reliability of the card so far. My guess is that ppl who are having issues result from majority of 3 causes. 1 Low quality power supply or not enough wattage. 2 bad cooling air flow. Or 3 no understanding of how to properly overclock the card. The included software makes it very easy to make changes but this card already comes overclocked so if you push with out good power or cooling there will be problems like with any card. Well I havent seen their reviews so I don't know the conditions the had the failures from . but I can say this I own one of these cards and have been very happy with the performance and reliability of the card so far. My guess is that ppl who are having issues result from majority of 3 causes. 1 Low quality power supply or not enough wattage. 2 bad cooling air flow. Or 3 no understanding of how to properly overclock the card. The included software makes it very easy to make changes but this card already comes overclocked so if you push with out good power or cooling there will be problems... » Read More Well I havent seen their reviews so I don't know the conditions the had the failures from . but I can say this I own one of these cards and have been very happy with the performance and reliability of the card so far. My guess is that ppl who are having issues result from majority of 3 causes. 1 Low quality power supply or not enough wattage. 2 bad cooling air flow. Or 3 no understanding of how to properly overclock the card. The included software makes it very easy to make changes but this card already comes overclocked so if you push with out good power or cooling there will be problems like with any card. « Show Less
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I have also had this laptop a little over a year and haven't had an issue with my power cord. So far I haven't had any issues at all with it. It is good to know though if it is an issue that I can watch out for it now.
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My power supply is similar and I have been using it for about a year now with no issues. I also use dual monitors. I'd at least try it out.
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I am having this problem as we speak. Seagate just finished telling me that they believe the power supply is dead, and the warranty department says we need a new one. Unfortunately, they don't have any in stock, and they "don't know" when they will have then again... maybe a month, maybe more. What the HELL am I supposed to do to access my data until then? DO NOT buy this stupid thing. I had maybe 10 hours of use on the power supply before it died. Seagate told me immediately that the problem was the power supply, so they absolutely know this is an issue. GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!