ASUS A8J Video Card Not Available
Thursday, February 04, 2010
We had an ASUS A8J come in for repair this week. It just needs a video card to work again We called the ASUS Estore and they insisted there is no A8J. Obviously they are incorrect. We were left to conclude that the part is not available. That is a shame, it would have been an easy fix. We're big ASUS fans here, but not supporting a $1,500 computer with a simple part is disappointing.
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posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 11:29 AM,
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ASUS P5VD2-VM-SE PCI.SYS error during Windows Setup
Thursday, August 20, 2009
When installing XP on certain motherboards, including the ASUS P5VD2-VM-SE, you will encounter a bluescreen error which may read something like:
***stop 0x0000007E ( oxc 0000005, oxf9a380bf, oxf9e84208, oxf9e834208, 0xe9e83f08
*** PCI.SYS address f9a380bf base at f9a31000, date stamp 3b7d8ssc
Solution:
Use an XP disk with SP2. The original OEM disks do not support something on certain boards, likely the PCIe or VIA bus.
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 10:39 AM,
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Asus X83VB Laptop Screen Repair
Thursday, February 19, 2009
An ASUS X83VB came in last week. Our customer cracked the screen.
According to our customer the manufacturer wanted over $1000 to repair the machine.
According to our customer he took it to G*** Squad and while diagnosing it they ripped the LCD cable in half. We've never seen that before, but whatever.
He found us online & promptly brought it here.
The screens for these are LED lit and cost a little more than regular screens. We sell them for $399.
The cable is another story though. We asked Asus eStore customer service for a quote on the cable and 8 days later we received a note asking to check back in "2 - 3 months". Yikes.
We'll likely be able to rebuild the cable here but it will be very time consuming.
Either way our customer will end up with the machine being repaired at half price.
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posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 8:38 AM,
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ASUS laptops get EPEAT award
Thursday, December 11, 2008
The ASUS N series laptops are getting EPEAT awards for being "green"...
Read about it on ASUSTeK's site here.
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posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 9:43 AM,
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ASUS EeePC Online Contest
Sunday, September 21, 2008
ASUS has an online contest going on right now. It is called "My Summer. My Adventure. My EeePC." Users submit their summer adventures and the most popular stories win an EeePC. For details visit the ASUS site here.
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 7:03 PM,
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