few questions about my new asus a8js

1) How do i turn of the little chime that it makes when i boot up on the ASUS screen?

2) I use speakers (plugged into the headphones slot), is there a way to change the master volume to control the volume of this port?

3) Is there any weird spyware that comes with these computers? (purchased fro m portable one)


thanks

 

1. Check the BIOS - I don't have an A8J but I suspect that's where it would be.

2. The regular volume control will adjust the volume of the port, not just the built-in speakers.

3. Again, don't own one but a simple Ad-aware and Spybot S&D sweep in tandem should knock anything particularly bad out.

~ Brett

 

1. Hit "F2" when you start up and on the first page of the bios there's an option to turn it off or turn it down.

2. In volume control in the control panel..... of use your "Fn" key - blue letters in the lower lefthand corner of your keyboard and the volume down/up keys - "F10 / F11"

3. If it's a stock Asus unit - NOOOOOOOOOO and that needs to be clear because other companies put a lot of junk, including spyware on systems because they get a huge chuck of their margins from click-thru's from that stuff... P1 assumes all models are their own brand still, correct? Meaning, it's not an Asus A8js you bought, but a P1 something something? If not they may have changed what they do. However, if it's their own name and warranty, they could and probably do their own image on the hard drive and beyond that I couldn't tell you what would be on it.

 

unless you paid p1 to modify it in anyway, you have the exact same boxed sealed a8js the rest of us are getting.

same 2 year warrantee unless you modified it then you have a 1 year p1 warranty.

they call it the p1 mx.

 

.... yeah, if they modify the model stickers or branding, it also becomes their warranty as well.

 

A very nice customer just forwarded me this string, thank you!

1) When in the BIOS using your arrow keys go into the Advanced section and adjust POST sound.
2) For further boot changes, scroll over to the Boot Section and under Boot Device Configurations you can change Quick & Quiet boot settings.
3) Justin, you have a lot of nerve slandering us like such, I was told you did this before on the W3’s with the Combi. Graphite hard drive modifications our team designed and implemented to keep hard drives in optimal operating temps. And you stated it was false or a little tape, kind of a slap in our faces after all the time and monies we invested in them and I let that slide now stating that we are probably loading crap on machines…unreal.

 

Ivan,

Thanks, I think I answered that already for your customer.

Don't even start. I didn't say anything is loaded on your machines - I said I couldn't tell them - and I can't. I can only speak for sealed Asus units and beyond that I am no expert and don't claim to be. If you feel the above statement defames you in anyway, send a complaint to our general counsel. Afterall, it was your customer who asked the question and all I can tell them is if it's a stock and sealed unit from Asus - there's nothing to worry about. If it's not sealed from Asus and/or you do anything to the unit, I certainly can't give my blessings. So if it's a sealed unit from Asus, I guess your customer doesn't even have think twice. However, if their bootup screen is loaded with a portable one image, I'd certainly suggest they check their unit for other changes. I don't know what you do over there, but I do know some of your fancy marketing terms that part of Asus' stock packages, so I know you'll do just about anything to sell a product. So that would be where you and I differ. You've been doing for years and it's why you should continue to sell them under your own brand - so you can say what you want and not have to compete directly with others.

For the record though, if you post this forum, make sure to identify yourself. I've helped make this forum a place of full disclosure, so just make sure everyone knows who you are, please.

 

Ivan
I did have a question for you. Who on your team figured out how to remap th wires on the w3j bt cable so you can insert it into the a8j? Took us about a month to figure it out.

 

Justin, obviously you have been instrumental in helping Asus brand their name here in the USA and it is well deserved. You as a business owner should know better than blatantly making incorrect and/or slanderous accusations about other companies when there are competitive gains by doing such. The customer above never stated it had a P1 image anywhere and was simply asking how to turn off the Asus chime that is loaded by default by Asus on the A8Js, if you have not noticed. As for fancy marketing terms, Asus currently makes about the best mobile hardware around today and we are helping enlighten our customers of some of the benefits that Asus does not mention and I am not getting upset by such, I am upset by looking at your various posts that you reply to when someone asks about us and your posts are always derogatory and incorrect towards us.

As for signature when I have time will make a nice fancy flash one for you~

 

Thanks Eddie, being that we are close to Asus, physically ;-), we had the opportunity to go into the factory when needed to solve issues like such, have about 20 variations of BT cables now...your right that was a difficult one and it did take a team of ours and Asus to figure it out...

 

20? well i only got 2 variations but both need to be modded to work in the a8j. estore dont sell a8j bt cable obviously on purpose

 

Just sent you an email

 

Ivan - that post hasn't been edited and I strongly suggest you reread it. Either you have a guilty conscience, or you just read it wrong. I help on this forum... I know that's obvious. It's not going to stop me from making obvious points and suggestions and at the same time I've never felt the need to slander anyone..... I help others customers as much as our own - if not more -

The question to #3 was:

"Is there any weird spyware that comes with these computers? (purchased from portable one)"

My response:

"3. If it's a stock Asus unit - NOOOOOOOOOO and that needs to be clear because other companies put a lot of junk, including spyware on systems because they get a huge chuck of their margins from click-thru's from that stuff... P1 assumes all models are their own brand still, correct? Meaning, it's not an Asus A8js you bought, but a P1 something something? If not they may have changed what they do. However, if it's their own name and warranty, they could and probably do their own image on the hard drive and beyond that I couldn't tell you what would be on it."

In the form of questions, I'm asking the customer flat out for more information. I don't feel comfortable answering what may seem like a general question, especially when in parenthesis they specify it's from one place inparticular - especially when you're known for rebranding your systems as your own. Our custom systems have our own image on them - no - no spyware or malware of any sort either.... but the point lies in the fact I said nothing of the sort to deserve the response you gave and I help people on this forum, unlike you who does not participate. I try not to ever mention any other company, so don't start by telling me or the forum there are all these slanderous accusations and only derogatory comments towards to. You do realize you're defaming me by making these accusations of accusations and sounding like a fool to anyone who could take the time to read what it is you flipped out about.

But there you go..... is that an admission that you're just pointing out the high quality piece of the Asus puzzle? Because everyone I've ever heard from over the phone, by email, in person, and on the forum all want to know what portable one has special hard drive shock absorber and proportable doesn't offer that. It wouldn't be deceitful if it wasn't purposely done to claim you have a better product than other Asus dealers.

Finally, since I don't want to continue this conversation any further, I would like to point out that not only have you caused confusion by changing your name from laptops inc to portableone a year or more after we proportable, but you didn't start selling asus models until well after that point. You can give me all the credit in the world and I'm just going to suddenly side with you. I don't beleive in the tactics you folks take and we routinely have to clear up. I'm sure you're a great human being, but I will continue to correct those that question exactly what all of these special terms you use are unless you folks clearly show and prove what you are improving on. People believe what they read and you understand that and that's why you don't want anything to the contrary being said.

To summerize - you realize you started all of this because I said "some companies make their margins on include bloatware". I didn't feel the need to point out the obvious, but if that's what got you going, there are two names that are certainly much bigger than the both of us notorious for this and I felt their names need not be applied, but it certainly didn't IMply you. We both know what I'm talking about and likewise, you don't know what we sell - oh but you do, because we're quite clear about everything and maintaining Asus' warranty and the integrity of their package. End of story.

 

Okay guys... enough is enough. Although there was a general blurb about bloatware on "branded" notebooks, I don't feel that Justin accused PortableOne of putting bloatware on their computers. Let's get back to the main issue... the issue(s) that the OP had. Any more "finger pointing" between ivang and Justin will be deleted from this point on.

 

Aurora, leave this post here no finger pointing.

Justin, you stated people believe what the read and that’s exactly my point. A good customer emailed me stating that I should respond to this post because to him or her we could be installing spyware for monies. Just post facts, please. We in no way are trying to compete with your business, in fact, I had the W3’s & W7’s pulled from our site because we are aware that there are exclusive dealers such as yourself who brand and survive on the success of Asus products exclusively, we used to with Fujitsu products, story to be told one of these days. We are a corporate and government VAR, systems builder and integration center for smaller mobile computing dealers and we do not rely and focus our efforts into web marketing etc, we pound concrete etc.., so when I review some of the posts you have made about our company after I was responsible for pulling various machines from our site altogether to ensure people such as yourself, you were not even offering the A8J’s etc…well it makes me upset and want to put everything up at cost just for spite, so please if you have something bad to say here is my email address: [email protected]

 

It's just nice to know you care.

 

I do. Maybe having one too many glasses of wine tonight, but what you have done for Asus we did for Fujitsu for almost a decade. I remember it was back in ‘98 when I really started convincing all the IBM, Dell, & Sony customers why Fujitsu was better, surprised Sony even lets us sell their products after all the customers we moved to Fujitsu. Before I go off on too much of a tangent, after being Fujitsu’s right hand and instrumental in pioneering their market share here for over 8 years and than being burnt by them like such, I just wanted to fold, still in disbelief and really do not know how to trust any of our partners after such, so would rather just do like all the rest of the so called pc mnfrs and just market ourselves… but it was and is our great customers that came out of the wood work to help encourage and stand by us during these tough and taxing times. It is customers and forums like such that make you realize that there are not too many var’s that customers really trust and count on these days, maybe just a handful world wide. Mostly just a bunch of discount website’s like new egg, buy.com, zip zoom fly and etc that sell everything under the sun at little to no profit until they weed out the competition, after certain var’s spend countless hours on educating and convincing them on what to buy. You’re doing a hell of a lot for Asus and you and all us var’s need to stick together and ensure that we’re not wasting all this time branding and standing behind something for nothing, after all it really is service that separates all the products nowadays, since only a handful of manufacturers make everything nowadays…

 

Yeah, maybe a little too much vino there pal. I don't disagree with you about Fujitsu and yourselves, and certainly agree that we have much more in common than competition and that the world is big enough for both of us - without a doubt..... the two of us and other dealers in this forum all really have the same common enemies and competition is good..... however often it's focused on a much smaller group of people and while we hurt each other in a way, we make it much easier for others.

... and I'm certainly in agreement that certain discount places are just that and a customer should be surprised if anyone there even knows what they're selling, let alone supports it and then sets margins to a point just to put others out of business because they're already making their money on other things.... sadly it's a fact of life and something we all must deal with. If you want to talk more about the suffering of the VAR, you've got my contact info....

BTW - I've learned you can get yourself into some trouble if you post on a forum after some drinks...

 

Without meaning to be overtly inflammatory, and to use a well-known quote:

Want me to pull out a ruler?

 

Haha... I told Sam (Aurora) yesterday that I felt like the kid that got punched in the face because the bully thought he looked at him wrong and then the teacher asked if we both wanted to go to the principals office.... so, I get your quote.