Official S96S Owners Lounge

[mitsurugi]

Hey guys. I recently wrote a review on my S96S and it was posted today for anyone who wants to see my benchmarks, etc.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3804

[satdog]

Hi all,

I have a newbie-ish question (I think):
I've recently installed XP-pro SP2 on the S96S and I had to set Sata to IDE in the bios for XP to recognize the harddisk, as I'm sure you know.

Now I can't turn it back to AHCI, because XP will only boot in IDE-mode - is this a problem performance-wise - and erh... what does it all mean?

please enlighten me

thanks!!

Yes same dillemma here. IF u set sata to work as IDE does it lower performance, if so how can i make it to work SATA. In the asus driver cd suppplied, it has a AHCI driver but i don't know how to install it, u have to burn it ona disk or something? if u guys get the file extracting and email me at sathish101us@gmail.com , that would be great so i can burn it.

[satdog]

i am gonna call the customer service line on the back of the laptop. Last time i called they picked up the phone right away, excellent service(i was just testing the service).

[equilerex]

arrgh, getting angry already, ordered mine about 8 days ago from a local electronics chainstore but as the case/gpu wasnt in stock, its taking longer then expected

configuration:
cpu Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2,0GHz
ram 2048MB DDR2 667MHz
hdd 160GB 5400RPM
gpu nVidia GeForce 8600gs 256MB
£726/$1490(thanks to uber low exchange rate)
and if anyone yells about cheap online stores then:
$1150 + $160 shipping + unknown import tax + no local guarantee repair = not worth the effort


would love a 8600gt but paying extra $350/£170 for a little better graphics and fancier case on Inspiron 1520 is a bit too much, hell even this has gone waay over the initial budget

[satdog]

hey nice config. cheers

[robotjox]

Hi all,

I have a newbie-ish question (I think):
I've recently installed XP-pro SP2 on the S96S and I had to set Sata to IDE in the bios for XP to recognize the harddisk, as I'm sure you know.

Now I can't turn it back to AHCI, because XP will only boot in IDE-mode - is this a problem performance-wise - and erh... what does it all mean?

please enlighten me

thanks!!

solved! I sued nlite to streamload intel sata drivers into my xp-disc and was able to install with ahci enabled. Only problem I have right now is that hibernation seems to crash xp...

[satdog]

solved! I sued nlite to streamload intel sata drivers into my xp-disc and was able to install with ahci enabled. Only problem I have right now is that hibernation seems to crash xp...

any performance increase by doing this?

[robotjox]

any performance increase by doing this?

I have no idea whatsoever - and I haven't been able to find any answers to that question. If you find out, please let me know

[equilerex]

woot, finally received it, damn company let me wait for 15 days!

at least i bargained $72/£34

hehe, the pc looks ace though, the damn pictures are so deceiving

[satdog]

k, guys i managed to fix the TEEEEEEEEEE noise using rmclock. use this thread to info S96S High pitched TEEEEEEEEEEEEE noise HELP
It is basically the c4 state and it has to be disabled to get rid of the noise.

Here are the steps.
Download this version http://forum.rightmark.org/topic.cgi?id=6:1217

1.Settings tab-run when windows starts via regis key.
2. Management tab-uncheck both use os load manage and run HLT
3.Management tab- under cpu default settings, pull down cpu defined fid/vid
4.advance settings tab,under processor- disable both c4 and hard c4states
5.advance settings tab, under platform 1-uncheck enter c4andc3 on command, check enable popup mode, check disable c4 mode, check enable c5&c6, check enable slow c4-exit.
and thats it the noice will be gone w/ loss in battery life!

try it , it works for me.