waterburyr wrote:

I'm a brand new member of the eeeuser.com forum. My 1005HA is in transit now and should be here in a week or so. The first question I have before I even get the machine is this: ...

Hi waterburyr,

Very simple process as there is a panel on the bottom of the 1005HA, just unscrew and pop the panel off and open the the clips holding the ram stick in place, it will the move upwards to remove and replace with the 2GB stick. Just line up the stick correctly in the slot, push in to seat and it slides down a bit, the clips snap back into the place, place panel back on and screw. Boot up and hit F2, go into BIOS and should recognize the new RAM, reporting it as such. save and exit and you are all set.

I went with the Crucial DDR2 PC2-6400 800 Mhz  (CT1001597), it will step down to 667 Mhz until you want to overclock

waterburyr, my personal experience with ASUS desktop and server motherboards is that they have always been quick to BIOS updates when bugs are found. But it's not like we should expect a monthly update for the 1005HA, as least I don't expect that.

My habit has always been to check the manufacturer's site for drivers and BIOS updates on a regular basis especially with a new product release and taper off checking regularly as time goes on. I prefer visiting the site rather than using the update utility to check since it only checks for BIOS updates and not for other drivers. I think as this site grows, we could see a "sticky" when there is a new BIOS.

As far as skins, I have looked at http://www.decalgirl.com/ and pretty cheap and also looked at  http://www.3acp.com/3acp.htm which is more expense but I like their selection better. Also they have  the option to do a custom skin set so I might go that route. There is also ebay, which I have not looked on yet.

Regarding the dual boot, it's as easy as creating dual boot on a desktop. I found the easiest way was to do it via a 4GB flash drive. I used a great tutuoral as I had never done an OS install via a flash drive. See my post here:  http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php? … 72#p605972

I have been running Win 7 on my desktop for a while and LOVE it and it runs so nice on my 1005HA and all the functions specific to the 1005HA run fine after installing all the drivers. The only drivers from ASUS I did not install were the wifi and bluetooth as Win 7's drivers work fine for me.

I have loaded Office 2007, Acrobat Pro 8, and Photoshop CS3 (for low dpi stuff) and the performance is fine.

I will remove XP in a couple weeks once I have everything running fine under Win 7.

The 1005HA will fit my needs for business travel and leisure instead of not having to take my Dell D620 on the road even though it is not too bad weight wise, I love the netbook smallness factor.

Let us know once you have your 1005HA and upgraded!

boatworker wrote:

JazzDoc,

Thanks for the info on the memory. Just ordered my 1005 and want to have the 2gig stick ready when it gets here. I see you are also in SoCal. Where did you pick up the memory.

Thanks,
Jim

Hi Jim,

I ordered it at Fry's online for Fountain Valley store pickup, $24. With memory I rather get it local as easier to return if bad. More of a hassle to return to an online store. Microcenter in Tustin has it for $30, order online do store pickup. Don't know what is up your way other than the Fry's in the South Bay.

Is this the proper one? It has a different part # but looks like the specs are the same.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ … id=0285258

Jim

JazzDoc wrote:

Regarding the dual boot, it's as easy as creating dual boot on a desktop. I found the easiest way was to do it via a 4GB flash drive. I used a great tutorial as I had never done an OS install via a flash drive. See my post here:  http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php? … 72#p605972

I have been running Win 7 on my desktop for a while and LOVE it and it runs so nice on my 1005HA and all the functions specific to the 1005HA run fine after installing all the drivers. The only drivers from ASUS I did not install were the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth as Win 7's drivers work fine for me.

I have loaded Office 2007, Acrobat Pro 8, and Photoshop CS3 (for low dpi stuff) and the performance is fine.

I will remove XP in a couple weeks once I have everything running fine under Win 7.

JazzDoc:

Wow! That's a fantastic response. I greatly appreciate all the input. Once I receive my 1005HA, I will do as you suggest regarding the routine BIOS and driver update checks on the manufacturer's website. That seems like the smartest way to go initially to stay updated. With respect to the dual booting, I have another question. The link you provided is phenomenal and very user-friendly. Thanks for that! It provides a great step-by-step on installing Windows 7 to the ASUS. My question is this: By following this method, will the Windows 7 OS be put somewhere that makes it available for a dual boot or does it overwrite the WinXP OS that already is present? I realize that sounds silly, but as stated previously, I'm not too experienced at this type of stuff. My intention is to get a dual boot system...eventually a LINUX-based and Windows 7 on my 1005HA. Can this machine accommodate that? And if so, are there any special instructions I need to follow above and beyond the tutorial you provided via the link to get this up and running? I'm not too worried about crashing the machine because I know that ASUS comes with a pre-loaded recovery tool. In addition, I've crashed several machines before in attempts to do different things, and I look upon it as staying in practice when it becomes necessary to go through the steps of recovery. My fears are doing something wrong that jeopardizes even the recovery process. If there is a possibility of me screwing that up, forget it; I'll leave the machine alone. However, in my experience, messing up the recovery part of the machine seems difficult to do unless it is done intentionally. It seems to be locked away pretty safely for the exact reason of screw-ups, LMAO.

Also, thanks for noting some of the software you have loaded up on the 1005HA. I had been wondering how performance is affected by the Microsoft Office 2007 applications. Question...are you just running the basics such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; or do you also have some of  the more "power-hungry" apps such as Visio, Access, and Project running as well. The reason I ask is because I own Microsoft Office Enterprise, which has all of them, but I certainly don't want to "kill" the machine by putting apps on there that it can't handle. Afterall, I only bought it as a "basic" system to run "basic" apps, but of course I will try to get as much out of it as I can since, like you, would rather use it for my business travels than my Dell.

Once again, all your input is greatly appreciated!

JazzDoc:

Sounds great! Thanks again for all the great information!

I just received my Crucial 2GB 667 Mhz CT25664AC667 DDR2 200-Pin SODIMM memory upgrade in the mail today and my Logitech V470 Bluetooth Cordless Mouse on Monday. All I need now is the computer to get here so I can get into it. Unfortunately (well, not really cuz I love it here, lol), I live overseas in Germany since I work for the government. With that in mind, it obviously takes a little longer for products I order online to get here. I'm being patient (yeah right, lol) and hope to have my new 1005HA in my hands by the end of this week or early part of next week. Once I get it and start messing with it, I'll be sure to post back here for more "insider help."

Thanks again!

slimermax1 wrote:

I put in the 800 Mhz unit in and it works swimmingly.

what brand was it?

I think 800mhz is the highest that will work.  Unless u OC or something you won't see the difference since the 800mhz gets stepped down to 667mhz.  There wasn't that huge of a price difference so I when with the 800mhz.  If I am wrong please someone correct me.

standard memory came with the package is 1GB PC6400 800Mhz
so if u'll upgrade, get the 800Mhz, although 667 will work just fine
read from expert in internet, 800 usage was intended to avoid bottleneck
during the Super Performance Mode which the fsb oc-ed

One of three answers

1) I guess we assume people do read the manual.
2) Simply forgot to outline exact handholding steps from A to Z.
3) It's mentioned in a number of threads (a search will list the threads).

No harm will come if one forgets to disable Boot Booster. It may not pick up the change in memory until one goes back into the BIOS, see if it is recognized and disable Boot Booster after the fact so that a full POST (self test) can take place, that includes testing the new RAM stick.

Last edited by JazzDoc (2009-08-14 11:23:17 am)

segadc wrote:

the 800mhz gets stepped down to 667mhz.

Not to 533? (See this thread: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=73483)

I just installed the Crucial 2GB 667 Mhz CT25664AC667 DDR2 200-Pin SODIMM  on my 1005HA. So far, so good. Thanks to everyone for posting "how to" info. This was my first try at working under my own hood, so I was a little nervous.

Thanks again.
Eee PC 1005HA-P also with natural fingerprint skin :-)

Last edited by mrhayes1 (2009-08-17 11:41:17 am)