Foale

I'm glad it worked for you.

What exactly does it say with regard to the F1 to continue message?

Is the PC clock correct?

It sounds as if either something is not set properly in the BIOS or itis losing a setting between reboots.

Not a MAM problem - all websites have been a bit sluggish or not available last night or this morning - no rhyme or reason but I wondered what the possible causes could be. The last time this sort of thing happened was when the broadband speed was upgraded and I had to rewire the internal house phone line to prevent the signal being split.

Is there any other possible cause guys?

This was one of the web pages that got me interested in Asus.

They do PDA's for Fujitsu. I have an Asus PDA and it works splendidly.

Question. Why didn't I buy the Asus UltraPortable instead of the Samsung? No answer to that one.

TP

Sorry

dr*t

SC

I suspect a lot of problems are DNS related. You could try Googling for some public DNS servers, and see if using them makes any difference.

Thanks Optimist.

Optimist,

Just a line to say that I have just received two of those active USB extension cables that you pointed me to and they work perfectly - thus enabling me to work ten metres plus away from the tethered computer in my studio.

Now trying to come to terms with the Samsung Q1. It would be nice to be able to set up the DSLR Download software and then put the Q1 into standby - but I think that makes it lose the USB link to the camera. Probably not surprisingly - but it would be handy to find a work-around.

Also I need to check when I next start it up (it does take about four minutes to load from scratch and hence the wish to use Standby) as to whether it is NTFS or FAT. I heard that some of these small machines were being sold with FAT.

TP

"I suspect a lot of problems are DNS related. You could try Googling for some public DNS servers, and see if using them makes any difference"

I'm getting a permanent hour-glass on this MAM site this morning.

TP

TP

Yes your Q1 would switch off the USB in standby mode. You should go into the power saving settngs and set it to switch the screen off in standby but never switch the CPU or disk off. This will of course drain the battery quicker.

As it's an ultra portable, you may find that there is both hardware and Wn XP power saving in place.

Re MAM loading slowly, I have no problems at preent. It could be their fault but it could also be a DNS problem not being able to locate an advert.

My Viewsonic VA1912w monitor has started to flicker in the last few days, what does this usually mean????? Its only over a year old

Are you blinking more than usual? Maybe the screen is OK!

No more the usually ;-) all the other monitors are ok thats the strange thing

TP
Asus pre ordered. I must say some reviews of their products have been very good. Thanks for the tip - so far anyway. Any problems and I'll need you to go round :-)

kernow,

Well done. Which one are you getting?

TP

TP
Tis the Asus Laptop F3Sc-AP19XP. Didn't fancy Vista

Kernow, that's the one I think I'll be getting father-in-law as well - also want XP rather than Vista, because I'll have to sort it out when it goes wrong - and I won't have a clue with Vista. Have you any delivery date?

Vista is not perfect and possibly not as stable as XP but it is the future and has many features that make it easier to use, especially for inexperienced users.

The best Vista systems are Business and Ultimate so if you can get a good deal on either of those (beware business does not include Media Centre) then go for it. If the computer that you want only has Vista Home Premium or XP then it is cheaper to buy an OEM Vista Ultimate when you want it than to upgrade your system. However, there are downsides to the OEM version.

TP
No delivery date as yet. Thought it would be in the order confirmation. Not concerned as yet unless my HP expires.

Morning troops.

Good luck with the Asus lappies. Presumably you also came to the conclusion that they were good value.

On another matter. Sound enhancers. I've been using my Asus laptop to play MP3 files into an FM transmitter so that I can listen to them in my living room and my studio. I feed the signal from the headphone socket on the Asus.

Overnight I got a mailing from Creative (as I have their Zen MP3 player) and roaming round their site I came across this.

I'm assuming that it pulls the audio from the PMCIA socket and substitutes the sound card in the laptop.

Are these things likely to be any good? And if so, which are the best manufacturers?

TP