Asus Netbook powers off when usb device plugged in.

by: Gromett June 19, 2010

This has happened to me twice now.  once with an external hard drive and once with an orange 3G dongle.  After a bit of research on the net it is caused by the high current drain of these devices.  I have tested with a memory stick and it is fine. Also if you plug in [...]

Handy posts for Asus 1005p owners

by: Gromett June 17, 2010

Things to do after you have booted for the first time Speeding up Firefox. Not sure about this one but will try it out.

Asus Netbook 1005p

by: Gromett June 17, 2010

My Sony Vaio laptop gave up the ghost last week.  It was an old model dating back to 2002 if memory serves and had been a fantastically usefull tool.  I started looking for a netbook last week and had narrowed it down to either a Samsung N220 or an Asus 1005P.  I went with the [...]

iPad Vs Netbook?

by: Gromett January 28, 2010

I have been looking at getting a netbook for sometime now but have been holding off hoping for a perfectly specced ION version.  With the Netbooks being slammed by Steve Jobs at the launch of the iPad I thought I would do a quick comparison to see if they are worth getting. Description Netbook (Samsung [...]