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I have a RM Minibook 120 that gets stuck on the RM splash screen and will not go any further regardless of what buttons i press on the keyboard. I did a bit of googling and it suggested that the BIOS/CMOS battery may need replacing. However, I can't figure out where to get at it. I can remove the hard drive and ram easy enough but have no idea where the battery is located to be able to replace it

Hiya! I don't how it's possible but one of our Fizzbook Spin netbooks (the 10.1" version) has had its screen smashed (poor blighter). Does anyone know a good source to get it replaced? Appreciation in advance! J

Hi Guys, I'm looking for suggestions for things I may have missed here: One of the schools I look after recently purchased 105 HP Mini 210-1001SA laptops (1 per child in Y3/4/5). I've created a W7Pro WDS image, and applied it to each one of the laptops, and they've all worked fine apart from 6 or 7 which have been causing me major headaches with their wireless connectivity - they'll either connect for half an hour or so then drop the connection,or they'll report that no wireless connections are available. Other laptops in the same location report the school WLAN and a couple in houses nearby, even when those 6 or 7 stop. So far, I've done: Swap Cards between duffers and Known Good Laptops - still N/G Reinstalled Drivers - still n/g Reinstalled Windows - still n/g Disabled all Power Management - still n/g Upgraded BIOS on laptops - still n/g Upgraded firmware on WAP - still n/g Tried different WAP - still n/g Networking works fine if I plug in a cable, and the affected laptops can use a USB wifi dongle OK. I'm thinking if I put *nix on a pendrive and see if they work that way it might prove it's the cards. Any suggestions gratefully received, particularly as to where I can buy the cards from as HP's response is "Oh, you've put your own OS on? Well, your warranty is void then..." and to put the phone down on you! Guess I won't be buying any more kit from them, so suggestions as to nice netbooks, desktops and servers as well please! Cheers, Rob

I've been contemplating getting myself a new laptop as I've been getting frustrated with the display quality, battery life and weight of my current 14" model. Initially I'd been planning on getting a lightweight ultraportable 11-12" model. Possibly something like a Dell M101Z or an Asus ePC 12" for around £500. I guess my main criteria was for something as light as possible , 4 hour+ battery life, NO CD drive and around an 11/12" screen with resolution of at least 1366x768 (I can't stand the 1024x600 you get on a lot of netbooks!). I know it's a bit of a jump up in price but I've noticed that you can get a MacBook Air 11" for around £800. I've never owned a Mac before but having had a play with one in the store for a bit last week it struck me as being exactly what I was looking for in an ultraportable laptop. Has anyone on here had a chance to play with one at work or own one? If so how are you finding it?

Good Morning all, I've had a primary school I work with ask about using tablets as their primary machine type. The head wants iPads, but is happy to go with Android. I personally don't see how that's going to benefit the kiddies (whole new learning curve from their home Windows machines, plus no keyboard/mouse). Does anyone know of a successful implementation of tablets and touch devices in primary schools (or any school, I guess) as opposed to having Netbooks, which I'm seeing a sharp rise in, Notebooks or the faithful PC (including thin client)? My own thoughts are: 1. Cost. Surely purchasing [x] tablets and maintaining [x] tablets over time will become more expensive than some budget netbooks? I've seen some 2Ghz 2GB Win 7 Pro Netbooks come in at a few hundred (because of separate £80~ Win 7 license). 2. Learning Curve for the smaller kiddies. 3. Do they connect to a domain? How do they store kids' work? 4. Learning to type -- forget about it. 5. 30 kids...clambering over a touch device. Asking for trouble (scratches, blemishes, drops, knocks). At least with a PC they're only going to be fighting over the keyboard/mouse which are less expensive than a curly wurly these days. 6. Lack of software -- Yes, you can get FREE and PAID apps, but can you get your standard Clicker 5, Logo, etc...? 7. Security -- can these devices use proxy settings? (I'm assuming yes). Are they susceptible to viruses, and other common problems? Can they be passworded with a user base (ie-, pupils, staff, admin, or each individual user -- AD integration with Server 200x)? All of which are cons. The only pro I can think of is that these kids will be using touch devices for the rest of their lives. Teach em young. That said, the teachers need to be able to use them as well and, without being too harsh, most of the teachers I see daily aren't that capable with a PC.

Hi Folks, every year we purchase devices for our Yr5's, they then pay a little every term and own the device after 2 years. This year it appears Net-books aren't as popular (judging by availability). So I was wondering what people are using. We use Google Apps but don't really want to use Chrome books. We have the office suite available via 2X/Citrix but I find this a pain to use on the iPad. There doesn't seem to be central management for Android devices. Essentailly lots of pros and cons for each device and no obvious winner. Is the MS tablet robust enough for 9/10 yr olds? What does everyone think? Thanks Darren

Morning Guys. Here a nice bargain laptop for you for £439+vat+ £50 Cashback. http://www.laptopshop.co.uk/images_big/images_large/satproa300.jpg Toshiba Satellite Pro A300-2C3 Core 2 Duo T5870 2GB DDR 2 Memory 160GB Hard Drive DVD+/-RW 15.4" WXGA Wireless BGN Vista Business XP Pro We have only 50 of these left in stock so be sure to let me know if your interested as when there gon there gone, Dabs Price £475.00+vat Our Price £439+vat With £50 Cashback:cool:

Hey guys. We have just taken stock of the new Samsung NC130 Netbook which is a great soloution for schools and we can supply these for £245.00+vat Free Delivery, Educational Bids for large orders are available upon request. http://img.misco.co.uk/images/uploadedimages/large/20090901145606.jpg Product Description Samsung N130 Processor 1 x Intel® Atom™ Processor N270 (1.6GHz) 533MHz FSB with Chipset Intel 945GSE + ICH7M Cache Memory 512KB Cache - L2 Cache Hard Drive 160GB - Serial ATA-150 Networking Ethernet Fast Ethernet 802.11 b/g/N Telecom - RAM 1GB (Installed) (1 x 1GB) DDR2 800MHz Graphics Controller Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 128MB Integrated Graphics Built-in Devices 1.5 W Mono Speaker (1.5 W x 1) Wireless LAN aerial Notebook Camera 0.3 Mega Pixel Digital Motion Camera Display 10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600) SuperBright© Non-Gloss LED Display Optical Storage - Card Reader 3 in 1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC) OS Provided Windows XP Home Dimensions (WxDxH) 26.3 x 18.5 x 2.5 ~ 2.9cm Weight 1.25Kg Manufacturer Warranty 1 Year Collect and Return Also available is the new N140 for £285.00+vat Free Delivery http://img.misco.co.uk/images/uploadedimages/large/20090902135439.jpg Product Description Samsung N140 Processor 1 x Intel® Atom™ Processor N270 (1.6GHz) 533MHz FSB with Chipset Intel 945GSE + ICH7M Cache Memory 512KB Cache - L2 Cache Hard Drive 160GB - Serial ATA-150 Networking Ethernet Fast Ethernet 802.11 b/g/N RAM 1GB (Installed) (1 x 1GB) DDR2 800MHz Graphics Controller Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 DVMT 128MB Integrated Graphics Built-in Devices HD (High Definition) Audio 3W Speakers (1.5W x 2) Wireless LAN aerial Notebook Camera 0.3 Mega Pixel Digital Motion Camera Display 10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600) SuperBright© Non-Gloss LED Display Card Reader 3 in 1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC) OS Provided Windows XP Home Dimensions (WxDxH) 26.3 x 18.5 x 2.5 ~ 2.9cm Weight 1.25Kg Manufacturer Warranty 1 Year Collect and Return 10 Hour Battery Life and Chargable USB Again this is also available with educational discount for larger orders. Look forward to hearing from you,

No idea if this is the correct forum for this but I'm hoping someone can help. I have over 100 Toshiba netbooks in school that are labouring under the weight of age, and some Chromebooks that everyone is fighting over!! I have the bright idea of installing Chromium OS on the netbooks and whilst limiting their function, making them faster and more responsive - also giving a more 'unified' experience to the children. We have a Google Apps domain and the money to purchase more chromebooks is just not there. I have used the builds and instructions from Arnold the Bat's website and have got Chromium to work from a USB stick on our NB250 and NB300 netbooks (the NB510s are still a work in progress) EXCEPT When the netbook boots, the wireless starts up and is enabled, up to the point where the Chromium login screen loads, when it immediately becomes disabled (It's Atheros, not Broadcom) with no way to turn it back on. However when you attach an Ethernet cable and a LAN connection is established, up comes the wireless and connects - and stays connected when the netbook is detached from the LAN. The wireless remains connected until the netbook is restarted. So not a driver issue, maybe? My problem is that I have no experience with Linux/Chromium/Chronos and not a clue how to attempt to alter the default behaviour and I am hoping some very kind person can point me in the right direction. I have experimented with different builds downloaded from the website, to no avail. Any ideas gratefully received, thank you.

Hi All! I'm looking for a used EEE PC 1000h, non-working preferable. I'm only interested in the casing (in decent condition preferably). Colour is irrelevant Cheers

Hello fellow Edugeekers We are looking to purchase 3 netbooks for our primary school (for out of class learning/mentoring) and wondered if anyone could recommend something REALLY good but not too expensive?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iN6_nIJQcbM/SVLTwbErOvI/AAAAAAAACUA/IpFRwcb8dq4/s400/Merry-Christmas-with-tree.gif Hey Guys Yes its that time again , we know you have been waiting for it. The Great Computer Products Ltd Edugeek Christmas Prize Draw! From Today untill the 18th December 2009 All customers that place an order will have their names entered into CP's Xmas Stocking (One Name One Entry) for a chance to Win a Fantastic Boombastic Netbook shown below. http://www.samsung.com/uk/system/consumer/product/2009/08/27/np_n130_ka01uk/01_medium_NP-N130-KA01UK.jpg Specifications Product Description Samsung N130 Processor 1 x Intel® Atom™ Processor N270 (1.6GHz) 533MHz FSB with Chipset Intel 945GSE + ICH7M Cache Memory 512KB Cache - L2 Cache Hard Drive 160GB - Serial ATA-150 Networking Ethernet Fast Ethernet 802.11 b/g/N Telecom - RAM 1GB (Installed) (1 x 1GB) DDR2 800MHz Graphics Controller Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 128MB Integrated Graphics Built-in Devices 1.5 W Mono Speaker (1.5 W x 1) Wireless LAN aerial Notebook Camera 0.3 Mega Pixel Digital Motion Camera Display 10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600) SuperBright© Non-Gloss LED Display Optical Storage - Card Reader 3 in 1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC) OS Provided Windows XP Home Dimensions (WxDxH) 26.3 x 18.5 x 2.5 ~ 2.9cm Weight 1.25Kg Manufacturer Warranty 1 Year Collect and Return The Competition is open to Edugeek Members Only So If you are a member but dont have an account open with us then be sure to visit us on the link below and we will get back to you straight away. http://www.c-p-ltd.com/images/apply_educational_ovr.png The Draw will take place on the 18th of December 2009 by close of business and the lucky winner will be announced on Edugeek! Good Luck All and look forward to hearing from you all;)

Ive got a small and rather annoying problem with a netbook I have. The problem is it won't shut down then you tell it to shut down it just restarts, its using windows xp. Its an Asus. Ive tried using the CMD to restart and then shutdown to shut it down, System restore, check disk, disabled AV software and I think ive tried more, but can't remember thought i could put up with it but i cant take it anymore!

I am a Tech at two elementary schools and have been put in charge of ordering replacements laptops for our Mobile carts (Carts filled with about 20 iBooks hooked to power and printer, etc.). We have decided to purchase Netbooks to replace the iBooks and I have narrowed it down to three that would work for us and have done so much research on them that it would be nice to have the opinion of others working in the field. Toshiba NB505 HP Mini 110 Asus Eee PC 1001Pxd I have about 100 I need to order between the two schools. I think I am leaning toward the Toshiba or HP, as I have read reviews about netbooting being kind of a big pain on the Asus. Not too fond of all the bad customer service reviews with Toshiba and HP either. All we need them for is basic computing, Internet, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and maybe 1 or 2 small educational apps. Does anyone have an advice, suggestions, etc. to help me decide? Also, all come with only 1GB memory, do I upgrade right off the bat, or do I wait a year or two?? Thanks for any help, I am a Tech, new to working in a school district....Corporate work experience....Totally different! Thanks again!

Our ICT department would like to purchase four netbooks. They've decided on the Toshiba NB300 (but I'm sure they could be persuaded otherwise). They need to order them by Friday 26th March. Thanks

Thought I would try again in here as my last thread in Hardware went unanswered. Has anybody used one? What is the battery performance like? How do they compare to other netbooks? What are your experiences with the warranty service?

Morning my fellow edugeekers. You all getting as much snow as us? :-) I am trying to find where I can buy replacement keyboards for a notebook (Compaq Mini 311) and laptop (Compaq Presario CQ61) but I am really struggling to find a place to buy which isn't ebay (not allowed :-( ) Where do you all get them from? Thanks a lot. SamanthaJane