While waiting for the interminable weekly software update to complete on the work laptop, I unboxed and fired up some new parts for my Asus EEEPC 1005HA. Somewhere over the summer I lost the power adapter for it, and it's been battery dead for a couple of weeks. I finally got around to buying a new eee PC power adapter off Amazon from Battery1Inc. I've read a lot of reviews about aftermarket adapters, and they universally warn that none of them fit right. For $17 I figured I couldn't go too wrong - and surprisingly it works perfectly! Right voltage (19v), right pin-size *and* pin-length. It snaps in place just like the factory adapter. Appears to be very similar to the factory adapter, too.
Now that the battery was recharged, I upgraded the RAM. I know that's spooky for some people, but Asus made it as easy as possible. Unscrew battery door. Pop up. Press the retaining arms out of the way. Use a plastic spudger (or plastic fork) to pop the installed 1GB memory module out. Carefully seat the new 2GB module on the pins and press down. Reboot, holding F2 down to get the BIOS to re-check the installed memory. Done!
Now I've got the one with more Gee Bees!
Anyway - the Netbook is now rebooting and installing a months worth of Windows updates, and the work PC is back online. so back to Omniture report trolling!
Have a great weekend!
W
(original post at 'on the geek side', my work blog)
(original post at 'on the geek side', my work blog)
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