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post #101 of 786
3/3/05 at 9:14pm
We will not charge any labor to upgrade any of the notebooks we sold. The only charge would be for the compinent itself and shipping

Rick
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post #102 of 786
3/3/05 at 9:19pm
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Originally Posted by istnc
We will not charge any labor to upgrade any of the notebooks we sold. The only charge would be for the compinent itself and shipping

Rick
Nice....

What you should charge for is the extra mile to give people the peace of mind.

For example: Additional Small Fee
+ Artic Silver Compound
+ 48-Hours Burn-in process
+ Full system memory test and diagnostic
+ The 24points / 48points inspection and stamp of approval
+ Free software (freeware you could download off download.com, such as spyware and other utilities)
+ etc, etc, etc, etc...

Some people would actually pay that small fee for stuff like that. This will lessen them having to waste time and receive a defective item and shipping it back for repair or replacement. Also, it save them a lot of headache, etc.
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post #103 of 786
3/3/05 at 9:27pm
Nope........

We will update the BIOS ( to whatever the current version will be ). No charge for artic silver, no charge for testing prior to shipment.

This is all standard for us regardless
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post #104 of 786
3/4/05 at 12:16am
oooo even better
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post #105 of 786
3/4/05 at 12:23am
Yonah does look very promising, just have a look at all the articles floating around and the IDF stuff from this week. Too bad by the time you ca upgrade to a Yonah, you'll probably think the Go 6600 is too slow.
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post #106 of 786
3/4/05 at 12:57am
Thread Starter 
Meh... it might be replacable
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post #107 of 786
3/4/05 at 2:03am
does the Z71V support the new faster hard drives. I can't think of the name of it. but i konw some people weren't buying the Acer 8104 because it didnt support it.
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post #108 of 786
3/4/05 at 2:49am
the z71v does support the sata notebook hard drives from what i read....
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post #109 of 786
3/4/05 at 4:15am

OOOH Please please (please) help

Drumroll...soon I will make it out of single digit posts, but until then I'm really worried.

So this awesome lappy comes out (the asus we're all talking/drooling about) and I've been waiting and saving for something like this for awhile and I go to order it.

I do all the wonderful rituals of selecting the goodies from the drop menus via ISTNC because they sound like awesome people and they have amazing prices.

Next, my folks are wonderful and just let me put the order on their plastic so I go through and begin the order process, I get all the way to the reciept and start to cry.

There on the reciept in large, bold, RED font is a horrible statement.

"transaction status: DECLINED"

Oh NO! I whimper, what could this mean? Was I naughty last Christmas and Santa finally caught up with me?

So seriously, what's going on? Did I somehow enter the credit info wrong (lame)? Did my 56k connection time out somehow and doom me (i was never actually disconnected during this time) Was the order declined because ISTNC is out of the pre-order phase or what? Is there actually a charge on the card?

Maybe the wonderful ISTNC people will answer these pitiful nub questions and put my mind at ease. and yes I did send them an email right now because i dont want to call at 11:15 pacific time.
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post #110 of 786
3/4/05 at 9:36am
Plenty of units available !!
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post #111 of 786
3/4/05 at 12:32pm
is the warrantry from istnc or from asus themselves?
like if we upgrade to 3 years?


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Originally Posted by istnc
Plenty of units available !!
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post #112 of 786
3/4/05 at 12:34pm
Also, does anyone have reviews of the nvidia 6600 video compared to some ati video cards? (all mobile of course)
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post #113 of 786
3/4/05 at 1:17pm
will it be possible to upgrade the video card later ?
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post #114 of 786
3/4/05 at 2:04pm
most likely not

i wonder if the napa platform will support ddr3
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post #115 of 786
3/4/05 at 2:45pm
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Originally Posted by istnc
Plenty of units available !!
So how long from order to ship date? Thank you.
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post #116 of 786
3/4/05 at 2:55pm
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Originally Posted by Protean
will it be possible to upgrade the video card later ?
It depends. From what I've read, there are 2 ways of installing the Go 6600. If it's installed directly on the motherboard, then it is not upgradeable. However, if it's installed via Invidia's MXM interface (same idea as ATi's AXIOM), then it should be upgradeable. Rick, do you have any further insight? (and wouldn't it be great if it is?!? )
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post #117 of 786
3/4/05 at 6:17pm
Regarding warranty. The ASUS notebooks are warrantied through ASUS, yet all warranty repairs are performed through thier authorized resellers. We handle the warranty and bill ASUS accordingly.
With regards to the video card, the jury is still out on that. I have yet to be able to pin anyone down from ASUS to clarify whether or not the video card was replacable. At this point I would say NO !

Rick
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post #118 of 786
3/4/05 at 6:20pm
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Originally Posted by FiloD
So how long from order to ship date? Thank you.
Units are expected to be delivered between Mar 14-21. From that point, orders will be shipped as they were received during presales. Currently the units "should" ship two days after receiving them, worse case scenario would be three days.

Rick
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post #119 of 786
3/4/05 at 6:22pm
Thread Starter 
@Djembe_Rob: Isn't the nVidia's interface called MXM? But yeah, that would be sweet if it is.


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Originally Posted by SignofJonah
Oh NO! I whimper, what could this mean? Was I naughty last Christmas and Santa finally caught up with me?

So seriously, what's going on? Did I somehow enter the credit info wrong (lame)? Did my 56k connection time out somehow and doom me (i was never actually disconnected during this time) Was the order declined because ISTNC is out of the pre-order phase or what? Is there actually a charge on the card?
That almost certainly is a problem with the credit card. You may have entered the info wrong, you may not have enough money (unlikely), your credit card may be suspended... there are many options.

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Originally Posted by sxm
is the warrantry from istnc or from asus themselves?
like if we upgrade to 3 years?
It is a three year manufacturers warranty, so I would assume it is from Asus.

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Originally Posted by sxm
Also, does anyone have reviews of the nvidia 6600 video compared to some ati video cards? (all mobile of course)
I don't think there are any yet. However there should be some shortly. If you go by desktop cards, the 6600 outperforms the x700 by a bit.

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Originally Posted by FiloD
So how long from order to ship date? Thank you.
I believe it is shipping mid-late March, when they receive the first bunch of them.


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Originally Posted by IST
Plenty of units available !!
So Asus has replenished their WSXGA+ screen supply?
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post #120 of 786
3/4/05 at 6:24pm
We were allocated additional units from ASUS, so far nothing has been mentioned regarding their LCD shortages
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