Introduction Thread for Members of HotUKDeals.com

This is a thread I've posted for fellow members of HotUKDeals.com, those that have purchased the recent deal on the go (Acer Aspire One AOA150-Ab Netbook, 512Mb RAM, 120GB HDD for £150 Instore @ Asda UK), to say hello & to see if they need a hand at all with anything.

 

Thanks for all the advice you've been giving out. I've been trying to get accustomed to Linplus Lite, but think I'll be wussing out & installing XP once my memory & usb stick arrive. (Really want to see what One Note is like on this) I've got the guide bookmarked so fingers crossed.

 

just saying hello, been reading your posts on the other site, first saw the deal when it was only a few minutes old and have been reading it ever since. We now have 2 of the Acer's, mine im keeping Linpus on and the other is going to be a duel boot XP/Mac OS

I posted a screen shot of my desktop on another thread on here http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=9950 that took me hours but its all new to me :?

 

No probs mate - it's kept me mentally engaged whilst I'm off sick and I was glad to help out. If you need a hand with the install just let us know and we can help you out with it.

 

Hello back to you mate and your other thread is quite good btw with the work that you've done.

 

Just came on to say hello
Very impressed with this wee machine. I bought 2 and have installed XP on one to see how it performs.
No complaints at all. I've read about a fan utility and will probably give it a go if I can find it.
This does seem to be a very helpful forum for both newbies and experienced users.

 

Hello yipykayay!
Glad to hear that you are enjoying this lovely netbook.
If you got all drivers from the Acer Support website, you may as well download newer Graphics driver from the Intel website.

If you are looking for a fan utility, I would recommend a1ctl.
With this utility you will be able to turn off your fan (which isn't the best option to choose), set it in slow mode or in auto mode. You can also use custom settings. You can choose at what temperature your fan turns off, goes in to slow mode and when it goes in to auto mode. I personally use these settings:

Turn off fan under 60 degrees celsius
Slow mode at 65 degrees celsius
Auto mode at 70 degrees celsius

Maximum operating temperature for Intel Atom N270 (the processor that lives inside Aspire One's) is 90 degrees celsius, so I don't worry about overheating. The temperature goes down when it starts auto mode so it kicks in just every now and then.

As well as that, you can prevent the hard disk from making clicky noises, if you have the hard drive version of the Aspire One. You will also be able to disable devices to get more from your battery. And another thing this utility does is allows you to change the resolution to 1024x768. No need for it really, but it might be useful.

This utility can be downloaded from: http://noda.free.fr/dev/a1ctl_v0.4.rar (Version 0.4)

Good Luck & Take Care!

 

Hi there, just stumbled upon this thread, been living in the beginners section and have'nt ventured out until now!

Great forum btw-currently in the middle of trying to get some software on my netbook so get over to the beginners section and help me out!!!

 

Hello ..Dobsy , im also trying to instal programmes and did manage to get a few little bits changed on mine last night but today i woke up with sore throat, cough etc and havent felt like playing about, so if you find any easy to do things let me know

Wenchybev

 

Sound's like a common case of Aceritis-a good dose of XP should sort it!
Was impressed with your desktop adjustment!! Well done!
My problem is I'm so used to XP and am comfortable with just putting discs in the computer, clicking on something and for it to just install and work. with this it seems I have to go to terminal, type codes in, format Usb sticks, etc. Something I'm just not used to and can't seem to get my head around it! I just want to give the netbook to someone, tell them what I want, (which is only one piece of software) and happy days! Any volunteers on the Wirral?!

Although I did install my printer on to it last night!! Very proud of myself!! So easy though!

Had enough now-and the snookers on!

 

Do you need to be running XP to use this utility?

 

Yes, you have to be running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7!

 

Good news mate and glad your getting there alright.

 

Thanks for this. I will try it out tonight

 

Hi i just got the acer through the hotdealsuk and am having probs with installing vlc media player
this is what it reads in terminal.
By the way its my first day with linux and its seems to be a struggle to do anything on it for me at mo.

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
Retrieving http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.PVtCtO: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a109b1ec
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package livna-release-8-1 is already installed
[root@localhost ~]# yum install vlc
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package vlc available.
Nothing to do
[root@localhost ~]#

and this is what comes up when i try and update yum although i think it may already be fully updated

[root@localhost ~]# sudo yum update fedora-release
livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 2.6 kB 00:00
Setting up Update Process
Could not find update match for fedora-release
No Packages marked for Update
[root@localhost ~]#

 

You can simply download, extract & run VLC setup from Acer Support Website!
It's really easy and it worked for me when I was using Linpus.

 

My RAM arrived from Crucial this morning, can't believe it got here so quickly. I've read through hmraao's guide on upgrading a couple of times, have watched the You Tube tutorials on it, am just working up the courage to go for it.

EDIT: Have now got a 1.5gb AAO

 

Well Done!
Wasn't as hard as it looks like in those tutorials, right ?

 

Congratulations mate, glad to see the memory upgrade went okay for you.

 

welcome all from hotukdeals. but can we please keep techincal problems to there own specfic forum, and rather all in 1 post. thx.