Samsung NC10

tipptop2008 · 31-07-2009 08:11AM

So I bought my NC 10. Got home, put battery and started charging it. Turned the computer on and it starts up. Then the screen goes black with a box saying Factory Preinstallatoin and says it starting Plug & Play and a few other things. After a few mins of this it states that the systmen is not fully installed. Please run set up again. Then I click ok and it just restarts my computer and goes into the same process again. I don't know a whole pile about computers but I surely haven't done anything wrong with it already????

The_Conductor · 31-07-2009 08:24AM

Sounds like a bad image on the hard-drive. Its a DOA- send it back immediately for replacement.

tipptop2008 · 31-07-2009 09:52AM

Cheers rang them there so its heading back.

Khannie · 31-07-2009 12:44PM

smccarrick wrote: »

Samsungs customised NC10-ubuntu (if your dad is willing to try Linux).

Where would I get this? (is it this you're talking about? edit: or the netbook remix?) I am close to buying a netbook (after much flaffing around and waiting for HD res screens to no avail...the 750 is underpowered for the higher res IMO, anyway....) and I'll just be sticking some flavour of linux straight on it. I was thinking crunchbang given the limited screen real estate.

Lastly....elara looks about the cheapest place to get the NC10 at the moment. Is that right?

RonanC · 31-07-2009 01:39PM

Any idea what this error message means?

I ditched VLC recently and am now using MPC for my NC10, but whenever I open a folder on an external hard drive with a large number of video files I get the error message followed by a crash. I never had this issue with VLC.

Khannie · 31-07-2009 02:50PM

Seems to be a common problem and not NC10 related.

RonanC · 31-07-2009 03:36PM

Thanks Khannie - downgraded to CoreAVC 1.8.0 and it works perfectly now!

J_E · 31-07-2009 04:59PM

Just a question, why are these NC10's so goddamn hyped?

Blade · 31-07-2009 05:14PM

Cydoniac wrote: »

Just a question, why are these NC10's so goddamn hyped?

No reason, most poor quality, overpriced products get 31 pages of positive comments :rolleyes:

Brian · 31-07-2009 05:30PM

I don't see an 81 page thread for the Eee 1000HE.

Khannie · 31-07-2009 05:34PM

Go easy ye cranks. :P

Brian · 31-07-2009 05:41PM

It's a good laptop 'n all, but I just don't understand why it's so popular when it didn't - in my eyes - do anything new. It's near identical to the Eee 1000H which is quite a bit cheaper (£40 on Amazon, cheapest vs cheapest).

Greenman · 31-07-2009 05:45PM

Cydoniac wrote: »

Just a question, why are these NC10's so goddamn hyped?

Can't fault mine.

vibe666 · 01-08-2009 01:22PM

Cydoniac wrote: »

Just a question, why are these NC10's so goddamn hyped?

because they took the netbook format and made it better and for a netbook, you just can't fault them, samsung pretty much hit the netbook nail on the head.

Rsaeire · 02-08-2009 01:02PM

Baza210 wrote: »

It's a good laptop 'n all, but I just don't understand why it's so popular when it didn't - in my eyes - do anything new. It's near identical to the Eee 1000H which is quite a bit cheaper (£40 on Amazon, cheapest vs cheapest).

Its battery life, when launched last October, was the best of any available netbook, without compromising the design by the battery sticking out, it has one of the best keyboard layouts, it looks great and it also has a great design. If you want some more information as to why, then have a look at any of the dozen or so reviews around the net singing the NC10's praises.

TinCool · 03-08-2009 07:48AM

Cydoniac wrote: »

Just a question, why are these NC10's so goddamn hyped?

Because it's the best piece of kit for what it is. I use mine every day. It sits on the coffee table and I power it up (have it on hibernate all the time), takes about 20 seconds and I've got a browser window (using Chrome as it's footprint is so small) open in front of me and off I go. Decent sized hard drive, great keyboard, very nice display, what more could you ask for ?

Abelloid · 04-08-2009 04:02PM

Picked one up on Sunday and now have it dual booting with Windows 7 on D, anyone got any tips to keep it running smoothly?
As mentioned earlier in this thread I plan to fit 2gigs of RAM and disable page filing (Yes?), disabled the Aero theme.. what else?

Is it worth installing any of the Samsung battery/graphics software?

The_Conductor · 04-08-2009 04:09PM

I'd advise doing a thorough trawl of your startup services and disabling anything thats not necessary (perhaps have google open and make sure you don't brick the OS while you're doing it!!!). You've now got it running Windows7 on a gig of RAM- with an Atom processor- thats pretty good going. You really should up the RAM though at an early opportunity. I wouldn't disable page filing either- XP is a whole different beastie to Windows7- 2Gb of RAM is not sufficient to cover page filing in Windows7 (its fine for XP though).

S.

Neuro · 06-08-2009 02:15PM

Can anyone recommend a good (and cheap!) slip case for the NC10?

Gran Hermano · 06-08-2009 02:35PM

Neuro wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a good (and cheap!) slip case for the NC10?

https://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15379

Laxie · 06-08-2009 04:53PM

Got mine today and LOVE it!!! Where's the best place to buy nice cases for it on this side of the pond?

Blade · 06-08-2009 06:24PM

Laxie wrote: »

Got mine today and LOVE it!!! Where's the best place to buy nice cases for it on this side of the pond?

http://www.gearzap.com/netbook/samsung/samsung-nc10-accessories.html

I'd go for the ones that are up to 10.2" instead of up to 12". Also I wouldn't buy anything else from them apart from the cases as the prices seem very high, but the cases are good value. Postage to Ireland is cheap 3 or 4 pounds per order.

MarthaT · 06-08-2009 07:09PM

Laxie wrote: »

Got mine today and LOVE it!!! Where's the best place to buy nice cases for it on this side of the pond?

amazon uk is always good

KStaford · 06-08-2009 09:25PM

got one today also. I have installed Win7 on it just now. It seems that most of the drivers/utilities that come with the device do not have Vista/Win7 software. I have managed to install easy display driver but thats all so far.

Has anyone else installed Win7 and how did you get the shipped software (such as pointing device, etc) installed on it ? or did you live without ?

Abelloid · 06-08-2009 09:45PM

I'm still settling in with mine, running driver installations under XP compatibility helps.

I need to boot into XP to see what I'm missing, I don't have the Fn + F7 and F8 keys working.

Youtube and Flash video in general is a bit disappointing, I read this is an Atom processor problem though.

KStaford · 06-08-2009 10:36PM

JustinOval wrote: »

I'm still settling in with mine, running driver installations under XP compatibility helps.

I need to boot into XP to see what I'm missing, I don't have the Fn + F7 and F8 keys working.

Youtube and Flash video in general is a bit disappointing, I read this is an Atom processor problem though.

EDIT: Just found this article with some helpful tips for installing NC10 drivers/utils on Win7.

what do F7 & F8 do?

Abelloid · 06-08-2009 11:50PM

KStaford wrote: »

EDIT: Just found this article with some helpful tips for installing NC10 drivers/utils on Win7.

what do F7 & F8 do?

Nothing.

Haven't read the manual or used Xp so not sure.

Neuro · 09-08-2009 02:09PM

Gran Hermano wrote: »

https://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15379

Only $5 with free shipping! Nice one, cheers mate...

Greenman · 22-08-2009 10:18AM

My only gripe re the NC10 is poor the speaker quality. I wonder have the later models improved??

The_Conductor · 22-08-2009 10:20AM

Greenman wrote: »

My only gripe re the NC10 is poor the speaker quality. I wonder have the later models improved??

In all fairness- most people who want to listen to music or whatever- will use headphones. Very few people will use built-in speakers to listen to their music.

Samsung NC10

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