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Archive for August 3, 2008
Acer Aspire One A110L BIOS v3.114
Aug 3rd
New Acer Aspire One BIOS is out to download here.
The BIOS will work for the A110 and the A150 models.
“Release notes. It appears C4, which is the Deeper Sleep mode of the Intel Atom, is now properly enabled.
Date : 2008/07/17
BIOS Version : v0.3114
EC Version : 3.1
BIOS:
1. Base on 3113, modify something as below.
POST
1. Set C4 timing to 0×06.
2. Disable LAN device and host L0s and L1.
3. Enable PCIE break event.
OS
1. Check if OS is XP, then
1. Set C4 timing to 0×0A.
2. Enable LAN device and host L0s and L1.
3. Disable PCIE break event.
EC:
1. Fix EC 4sec shutdown no function issue.”
If you have any questions about the new BIOS post on the message forum.
Thanks to macles for the release notes.
Successful launch of Eee Box by Asus in Taiwan
Aug 3rd
Asustek Computer (Asus) sold out of the Eee Box in the big Computex show held in Taiwan, in a surprisingly low price, on Wednesday according to the PC World Business Center. Though trying several times, Typhoon Fung Wong failed keeping Asus Eee PC out of Taiwan.
Asus offered 1000 Eee Boxes to the consumers of Taiwan for a low price of NT$7,988 i.e. US$262. Asus offered the product through several retailers and an e-store of PChome Online. The Eee Box also came with 22-inch LCD monitor, for just NT$15,988. The Eee PC 901, offered at the stores by Asus, is based on Intel’s new Atom processor of 1.6GHz, with 8.9-inch screen. The Pc has 1GB of memory, a memory-card slot and an 80GB of Hard Disk Drive. The PC supports both Windows XP and Linux and was available in any one of them. The Eee PC 901 has Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n for speedy wireless Internet, a 4-in-1 mini-storage card reader other than the standard pc features like Ethernet and USB ports. The Eee Box measures 233mm X 178mm X 16mm, without any stand, while weighs only 1 kg.
Davis Tsai, the general manager of Microsoft in Taiwan remarked it to be an economical and amazing price, when he was present in the launch ceremony. Asustek expects to ship 100,000 to 200,000 Eee Boxes by this year, says Jerry Shen, CEO of Asustek. With this Taiwan has become the second place in the world, where people are now enabled to buy Eee Box. The first one was Hong Kong, where Asus launched the sales of the mini-desktop Eee PC on July 15.
Though Asustek expects to avail most markets with Eee PC, other countries of the world have to wait until Asus fires up the production of the same. Asustek plans to heat up the markets with its Eee Pc by August, and by the end of September it should be available to you. Asia seems to be hit first now, followed by Europe and North America.
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Successful launch of Eee Box by Asus in Taiwan
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