Most of the time when someone says they’re trying to update or downgrade the BIOS on their computer, they simply mean they want to change the software running on the BIOS. But sometimes that’s not so easy to do without physically modifying the BIOS chips — and that’s exactly what Eee User forum member naviathan […]
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Easiest way to install Windows with a USB flash drive
This article shows you how to install Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 on a computer using a USB flash drive. This lets you install Windows on a netbook or another computer that may not have a disc drive. You’ll still need a computer with an optical disc drive and a Windows […]
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How to install Eeebuntu with a usb flash drive
So you want to install Eeebuntu 2, the new custom version of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex designed for Asus Eee PC mini-laptops that was released a few days ago. You’ve downloaded the disk image. But now what? Eee PCs don’t have optical disc drives, so even if you burn the disk image to a DVD, […]
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How to adjust your Eee PC 901/1000 CPU speed to 1Ghz or 2Ghz
The Asus Eee PC 901 and 1000H netbooks ship with a Windows utility called the Asus Super Hybrid Engine that lets you overclock your Eee PC to run at 1.7GHz or underclock your machine to run at 1.2GHz rather than the standard 1.6GHz clock speed. This lets you boost your performance or battery, whichever you […]
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How to install Ubuntu Eee on the Eee PC 1000H
My Asus Eee PC 1000H shipped with Windows XP, and it runs pretty well. But what’s the point in having an 80GB hard drive if you don’t partition it and try installing an alternate operating system every now and again? There are several Linux distributions that reportedly run well on netbooks like the 1000H with […]
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Install Windows XP on a netbook (USB stick method)
Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip the section on preparing a flash drive and jump straight to the installation instructions. Also, keep in mind, these notes were […]