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    InstantOn question

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Jangio, Jul 20, 2006.

  1. Jangio

    Jangio Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm deciding between an Asus A8JM or W3J, and I'm pretty convinced that i want to get an Asus A8Jm, but i was wondering if the A8JM is the only one with the InstantOn problems, or does the W3J have them too?

    also, if anyone has any solutions to the problem i'd like to know as well.
     
    Jangio, Jul 20, 2006
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  2. Darrick

    Darrick Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    The A8Jm InstantON has been widely discussed, and ASUS seemed to have ran away from the problem by modifying the documentation instead of trying to fix it, so don't think there is a solution for it.

    Not sure about the W3J..
     
    Darrick, Jul 20, 2006
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    superman23 Notebook Consultant

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    It's not enough to bump the A8Jm from the top of my list, but it's pretty unprofessional to have a button on a laptop that doesn't work and not do anything about it.
     
    superman23, Aug 1, 2006
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  4. Darrick

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    Well, it does act as a second power button... which loads your default media player for you .. Such a wonderful feature hahaha
     
    Darrick, Aug 1, 2006
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  5. superman23

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    So it's supposed to function like HP's QuickPlay where it boots up it's own OS (or a stripped down version of windows) and loads a full screen media player for DVDs and CDs?

    HP's QuickPlay requires it's own partition with 1GB of space to accomplish this. If the ASUS doesn't have any disk space devoted to this then they probably never intended for it to function. You couldn't store any kind of media player in the bios memory.
     
    superman23, Aug 1, 2006
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  6. Darrick

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    Yup, I think it's supposed to load some kind of stripped down Linux and a media player as you said.... There is no partition that I could find besides the ASUS recovery partition on the HD.
     
    Darrick, Aug 1, 2006
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    I seem to remember hearing about a program that prepared the start up when you shut the system down... When you hit the power, it would boot almost instantly. Is that the same thing as "instant on"?
     
    Mikeoo17, Aug 1, 2006
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