Samsung NC10

allosunshine · 7 Apr 2009 at 10:18

orderoftheflame said:
The RAM is a 30 second job with one screw.

The HDD isn't. Though it isn't hard, you do have to take the whole of the bottom off. It can be tricky getting the edges off by the hinges as you have to be gentle so as not to snap the plastic.

Clown · 7 Apr 2009 at 10:25

The fun part is restoring with Acronis made on a bootable USB stick

Ah boo. Any way of doing this while formatting the USB stick as NTFS? My restore image is 6GB...

allosunshine · 7 Apr 2009 at 10:34

I was thinking of replacing the HDD but I'm not really using it that much so haven't got much on it at the mo, plus I cant be bothered to reinstall everything either. Might do it when Windows 7 gets released.

VeNT · 7 Apr 2009 at 13:37

how much are these now? and are they still the one to get?

Mr Flibble · 7 Apr 2009 at 15:22

Memphis said:
You know, I'm with mrk on this. Looking at my black NC10 right now, and the screws all around the back casing are definitely Phillips. I know what a posidrive screw looks like (with the extra "star" legs), and these defintely ain't posidrive!

I think you're getting confused about all the screw head types.

Pozidrive are similar to philips in appearance, but are milled differently so that the edges of the screwdriver-head are parallel, rather than slightly tapered. Philips screwdrivers are notorious for rounding off pozidrive heads since they only engage at a very small area, and will be prone to slipping out of the screwhead.

See wiki for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozidriv

Wingz · 7 Apr 2009 at 15:28

They were reviewing netbooks on the gadget show yesterday and the NC10 won

Clown · 7 Apr 2009 at 16:12

All done. Seem's slightly nippier I guess.

mattyj1085 · 7 Apr 2009 at 18:24

Which shops can you buy an NC10?

Wingz · 7 Apr 2009 at 18:27

mattyj1085 said:
Which shops can you buy an NC10?

We can't give out names of other competitors - Forum Rules, just use google.

mattyj1085 · 7 Apr 2009 at 18:33

Wingz said:
We can't give out names of other competitors - Forum Rules, just use google.

oh yeh, forgot about that. Internet sites will be different to shops though. I can see us trecking around all over to find it in stores

orderoftheflame · 7 Apr 2009 at 19:12

mattyj1085 said:
oh yeh, forgot about that. Internet sites will be different to shops though. I can see us trecking around all over to find it in stores

Still competitors.

Clown · 7 Apr 2009 at 19:17

orderoftheflame - are you the one who upgraded his wireless card to wireless-n? How easy was it to do?

allosunshine · 7 Apr 2009 at 19:47

Clown said:
orderoftheflame - are you the one who upgraded his wireless card to wireless-n? How easy was it to do?

I did, PM me and I'll email you over the guide I nicked from this guy. I put all his pics and words into a word document.
But it was pretty easy, hardest bit was trying not to break the bottom around the hinges when taking the bottom off.

Clown · 7 Apr 2009 at 20:16

There's no PMs here, my email is in my trust, but I don't have Word

I can make it out from those pictures though. Seems easy enough.

allosunshine · 7 Apr 2009 at 20:52

Clown said:
There's no PMs here, my email is in my trust, but I don't have Word
I can make it out from those pictures though. Seems easy enough.

Sent you mail.

mattyj1085 · 8 Apr 2009 at 08:25

How hard is it to install XP on this instead of Vista? Or when you buy it does it come with no OS installed? Dont reckon my dad will like the change in OS

PaulB · 8 Apr 2009 at 08:26

mattyj1085 said:
How hard is it to install XP on this instead of Vista? Or when you buy it does it come with no OS installed? Dont reckon my dad will like the change in OS

It comes with XP home already installed

Jamesdavid3 · 8 Apr 2009 at 16:27

And it runs on XP the best as it was designed for it.

mrk · 8 Apr 2009 at 16:54

It actualy runs on Windows 7 the best.

mattyj1085 · 8 Apr 2009 at 16:55

Been and got one with dad today. Great little laptop. Just a couple of questions

How do you hide the windows power metre in taskbar because there is already the samsung battery management? I have tried turning off the always show icon in advanced power options and it still stays there

How long does it need to be charged, at the moment it got plugged in for about 15 minutes and now am using it without being plugged in. There was no indicator or did it say in the manual how long to charge it for

Was a bit confused by the number lock on the keys and it coming up with 4 instead of u etc, but sorted now (fn F11 for anyone who doesnt know)