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    Calling ALL W3J owners... HELP!!!

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by gwesterbanned me, Jul 17, 2006.

  1. gwesterbanned me

    gwesterbanned me Notebook Geek

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    Hi.


    I just want to ask if the north american version of the W3J has it's memory soldered onto the motherboard. The thing is, that according to my uncle who was going to buy the W3J for me as a graduating present informed me that in HK, the W3J (not refresh) hase 512MB soldered onto the motherboard.


    Please, Can anyone with the W3J refresh please check the RAM compartment and tell me if the memory is soldered on!!



    PS: the W3J is supposed to have 2 sodimms free right?

    Thank you so much for any help you can provide.
     
    gwesterbanned me, Jul 17, 2006
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    All the base W3j's are the same, your uncle is probrably misinformed. Only one ENSEMBLE has a 512 ram stick soldered on, which is the W5f.
     
    coriolis, Jul 17, 2006
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  3. gwesterbanned me

    gwesterbanned me Notebook Geek

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    so it makes no difference that he's buying it from hong kong?


    becuase I really hope he's misinformed :)


    Thanks!
     
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  4. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Not at all, pretty much everywhere you buy it, its the same laptop motherboard, just with a different CPU and amount of RAM, which i decided by the ASUS Area(ASUS N.A., ASUS UK, etc.)
     
    coriolis, Jul 17, 2006
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  5. _radditz_

    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    I have never heard anyone say their W3J has memory soldered on. I know its in the W5 range but doubt its in the W3 range.
     
    _radditz_, Jul 17, 2006
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  6. gwesterbanned me

    gwesterbanned me Notebook Geek

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    THANK YOU BOTH Coriolis and _radditz_


    I will ask my uncle if he messed up... hopefully by friday I will get a new W3J thanks to your help!!
     
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  7. MilestonePC.com

    MilestonePC.com Company Representative

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    Definitely, W3J has no any memory soldered on the mainboard. Probably, the user get some wrong information about this. So far, no many models from Asus have memory soldered on except small LCD screen model such as W5A, Z33a, W7j...

    Cheers,
    Joseph
     
    MilestonePC.com, Jul 17, 2006
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