HP Compaq Mini 311c-1010SA Intel Atom N270 ION 11.6" Netbook @ £314.99 inc VAT

raptormonkey · 19 Nov 2009 at 20:36

Doubt it is eligible with XP. Only usually applies to Vista

dbmzk1 · 20 Nov 2009 at 01:28

washo said:
Can anyone confirm about the free Windows 7 upgrade - Is this guaranteed? Been told this is not eligible as it is XP!

I can confirm there is no such thing!

anewman · 20 Nov 2009 at 09:19

scaramonga said:
Convert NVIDIA ION LE to full ION

http://bit.ly/1WTxdV

Link says it has been flagged and suggests it may be malware. Anyone else tried this?

washo · 20 Nov 2009 at 14:33

Can anyone confirm if it is worth getting extra GB or 2GB stick? I have seen people say it depends on your setup but thought I would ask those of you who have tried both.

Mine should ship Monday...

dbmzk1 · 20 Nov 2009 at 17:25

anewman said:
Link says it has been flagged and suggests it may be malware. Anyone else tried this?

Don't know why he has posted that link. It's old news now anyway!
http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=2571
http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=2580
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=15195797&postcount=361

washo said:
Can anyone confirm if it is worth getting extra GB or 2GB stick? I have seen people say it depends on your setup but thought I would ask those of you who have tried both.

Mine should ship Monday...

Defiantly worth getting a 2GB stick. Makes a huge difference to performance in all tasks.

I use Corsair CM3X2GSD1066 and it works great.

raptormonkey · 20 Nov 2009 at 18:10

Def worth it.

scaramonga · 23 Nov 2009 at 00:33

dbmzk1 said:
Don't know why he has posted that link. It's old news now anyway!

Because this saves hacking ION drivers to work on ION LE, the links you refer to are about hacking drivers, which we all know about certainly, but this fix alters BIOS DMI so that driver hacks are no longer required.

washo · 23 Nov 2009 at 11:08

Thanks for the recommendation!

dbmzk1 · 23 Nov 2009 at 13:41

scaramonga said:
Because this saves hacking ION drivers to work on ION LE, the links you refer to are about hacking drivers, which we all know about certainly, but this fix alters BIOS DMI so that driver hacks are no longer required.

Which would void your warranty and potentially break your system.

Also you don't have to used hacked drivers, you just tell it to use ION ones instead of LE ones, there is no hack or editing involved.

scaramonga · 23 Nov 2009 at 16:10

dbmzk1 said:
Which would void your warranty and potentially break your system.

Also you don't have to used hacked drivers, you just tell it to use ION ones instead of LE ones, there is no hack or editing involved.

Unless you require DX10

Tenzen · 23 Nov 2009 at 17:33

Does anyone know when OCUK are due to get more stock? I'd like to buy from OCUK, but christmas is near...

jamief · 24 Nov 2009 at 11:02

Has anyone ordered one of these from the HP site, and if so, how long did it take? Just ordered one for the wifes xmas pressie.

washo · 24 Nov 2009 at 11:04

They have a shipment on the way (apparently!). Was due in last Friday but have been told Monday, Tuesday and now the week. Need it by Friday for a b'day gift

Stuck on a ship last seen off the coast of Canvey island heading for Bermuda

olivier renault · 24 Nov 2009 at 19:07

I think I'm gonna settle for one of these. Shame about the glossy display though :/

Tenzen · 24 Nov 2009 at 21:06

Seems ocuk not getting them till a few weeks, ah well money goes to competitor like lambs to slaughter.

raptormonkey · 24 Nov 2009 at 22:09

olivier renault said:
I think I'm gonna settle for one of these. Shame about the glossy display though :/

Glossy display on this model is really nice!

anewman · 25 Nov 2009 at 10:26

Asus 1201n price slated to be £400 with 4 hours battery life http://www.itproportal.com/portal/n...n-official-specifications-announced-uk-price/

My Everest with Corsair 2gb stick
3951 mb/s read
2839 mb/s write
2480 mb/s copy
104.4 ns latency

On the glossy display, I was concerned before I bought it, but I'm converted now. It's not too bad in the sunlight and the colours on the screen look great. Compare the 311 screen with the Lenovo screen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnLHmtVNbuw

anewman · 25 Nov 2009 at 10:35

dbmzk1 said:
Which would void your warranty and potentially break your system.

i plucked up the courage to do it and it worked. From what I can tell it simply lets you change bios settings that you don't otherwise have access to. If a warranty issue develops and you can still boot the machine, you can still change it back.

scaramonga · 25 Nov 2009 at 16:05

anewman said:
i plucked up the courage to do it and it worked. From what I can tell it simply lets you change bios settings that you don't otherwise have access to. If a warranty issue develops and you can still boot the machine, you can still change it back.

You certainly can

using the BIOS recovery flash procedure

dbmzk1 · 25 Nov 2009 at 19:52

scaramonga said:
Unless you require DX10

Using normal unhacked drivers works the same as hacked ones or the bios tool. The result is the same - the system thinks it has (which technically it has, but lets not go there!) a full DX10 ION. No need to edit any drivers and certainly no need to void your warranty.

anewman said:
i plucked up the courage to do it and it worked. From what I can tell it simply lets you change bios settings that you don't otherwise have access to. If a warranty issue develops and you can still boot the machine, you can still change it back.

scaramonga said:
You certainly can using the BIOS recovery flash procedure

Unless your PC doesn't boot for some reason, then you're screwed.

There is NO reason to use the tool when a 5 second (literally) few clicks of the mouse in Windows does the same thing with no ill effects. Just my 2p

** HP Compaq Mini 311c-1010SA Intel Atom N270 ION 11.6" Netbook @ £314.99 inc VAT **

HP Compaq Mini 311c-1010SA Intel Atom N270 ION 11.6" Netbook @ £314.99 inc VAT