All Entries Tagged With: "bios"
New BIOS for EEE 1201T – BIOS 0314
Asus has posted new BIOS for the ASUS 1201T netbook. Here is its description:
Support VGA driver for XP and Windows 7
New BIOS for ASUS EEE 1201T released
ASUS has released new BIOS for its 12-incher, ASUS EEE 1201T – BIOS 0313. Here is the description of it:
Fix the bug of noise when keeping pressing Fn+F* and playing music.
New BIOS for ASUS EEE 1201N
There is a new BIOS for the ASUS EEE 1201N. It does not adds anything new but fixes a bug. Here is its description of the bug
“Fix the bug that system hang with bootbooster enabled.”
[ASUS EEE 1201N BIOS] [via netbook india]
ASUS EEE 1101HA’s new BIOS hits SHE 2.0 (Super Hybrid Engine version 2.0) – Confirms Windows 7 coming to EEE 1101HA
ASUS has uploaded Windows 7 manual for the EEE 1101HA, which confirms that Windows 7 will be coming to the ASUS EEE 1101HA. It will also bring updated version of Super Hybrid Engine (version 2).
ISSUE RESOLVED: Fan running at full speed in EEE BOX B202 – download BIOS 1114 and get it solved
Many people have found that sometimes CPU continues to stay at full speed and does not throttle itself down. To resolve this problem, download and update the BIOS to version 1114 or later.
Download the new BIOS for Acer Aspire One 751H – BIOS 3208
Acer has updated the BIOS of the Aspire 751H and is now available for download from their website. It is said that it improves the battery life by 5-10%. Give it a go!
ASUS EEE 1008HA BIOS update – BIOS 1001
ASUS has released a new BIOS for the ASUS EEE 1008HA seashell netbook. It updates ‘EC firmware’ and ‘improves’ boot booster function. Download it from here
Read our EEE 1008HA thorough review!
Bad SONY! – BLOCKS Virtual XP mode in Windows 7
It may shock you but, its true! The Sony Vaio laptops are not designed to run Window’s 7′s much boasted Windows XP virtual mode. Also the laptops are shipping with BIOS with which Virtualization cannot be done. Sony hasn’t made any clarification regarding whether, they will enable this feature in coming future or not.
According to Sony Insider, the company commented on this by saying that “Its engineers and QA people were very concerned that enabling VT would expose our systems to malicious code that could go very in the Operating System structure of the PC and completely disable it”, a official of the company.
Many misconceptions and confusion are crawling within the people that Sony’s advertising is not at all clear about the whether the Vaio machines are unable to work with a core feature of the Core 2 Duo chips they ship with. As a result of which, many people have now asked for a refund.
I am personally looking forward to do this feature as it would let me to run some of the apps that run only in Windows XP. If SONY does not come with a solution, then they are bound to loose certain number of consumers (including me)
Updated BIOS for the ASUS EEE 900HA – BIOS 1102
ASUS has released an update for the BIOS for EEE 900HA. Here is what its description says:
1. Update EC firmware
2. Update E-Power setting under power saving mode.
ASUS EEE 1101HA can be overclocked by upto 32 percent!
It has now been discovered that owners of ASUS EEE 1101HA can overclock their EEE PCs by upto 32%! This is a great news as ASUS was forced to use the weak Z520 processor their 11.6-inch netbook due to constraints laid down by Microsoft.
