1GB Turbo memory available from Zepto

PLease note you cannot select both a TV-Tuner and Turbo memory into the same machine

 

I presume this is because because the chassis has two mini-PCIe slots, one of which is taken up by the wireless module so the TV module and Turbo Memory have to fight over the other.

As a matter of curiosity, what is the TV antenna arrangement for the internal module? I have an external USB TV tuner and I have to connect it to the household external antenna to get a signal. Or is the internal module only recommended for locations with very strong TV signals?

John

 

Yes that is correct regarding the mini-PCIe slots they do have to fight it out.
Tv signal is never guarenteed obviously. There is an adapter included so there is an ariel connection on the notebook. You could use a small portable antenna or plug it into your main house antenna. With a digital picture you need a strong signal otherwise the picture and sound is likely to break up, on a analogue signal you would just get a reduction in the quality of the picture but with DVB you will get it fine or not at all.

 

What exactly does turbo memory do?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Memory

 

Read this Anandtech article.

There are mixed results for performance boost (may get fixed in time by better drivers) but good evidence of some increase in battery run time under some situations.

John

 

Zepto could you please update the international website with the new HDD's and 1 Gig turbo memory. All the other websites seem to be updated, even the French and Netherlands (which still show the 6224W with a 2.4 available).

Much appreciated.

 

I will do that today!

 

Is it possible to buy the turbo memory and retrofit it ourselves?

Also, do you believe that this is a better solution than a hybrid hard drive?

 

You can buy the Turbo Memory separately. You can fit it yourself (on 6x24W it requires removal of the keyboard to access the socket).

However, getting it to work may be more difficult. See my post here. I haven't yet spent more time solving that problem.

Is it better than a hybrid HDD? The Turbo Memory is 1GB. I believe half is used for file caching and the other half for storage of pending HDD writes. If so, this is twice the current memory on the hybrid HDDs. Plus you can use the Turbo Memory alongside any HDD, which gives you more choice.

John

 

But by fitting the Turbo Memory yourself you void the warranty on the machine.

 

This is an interesting issue. Are you saying that user fitting of Turbo Memory means that I cannot claim on warranty for an unrelated problem such as the hinges breaking?

John

 

Installing Intel Turbo Memory is not harder or much different to installing ram? why does it void warranty?

Also, I know it is hard to install all the software and things. But people have to do this anyway since Zepto does not give a restore image for reinstalling, that has ITM pre installed. Most people reinstall Windows every 6 month or more often. Atleast then they need to install the drivers alone.

 

Well basically whenever a customer takes the machine apart (other than fitting new RAM or a new HDD on the underside of the machine) they void the warranty. Also the warranty is voided if a later error occurs that is somehow related to the customer exchanging those parts themselves. I might not be popular by saying this but those are the rules we go by. The repairdepartment do consider a case when we receive it to see if the problems happening has anything to do with parts fitted by the user themselves, so broken hinges would still be a warranty case if it was a general issue on the particular model, if not it would be a case of having to pay for the repairs.

 

I guess it's reasonable. It's hard to tell if the problem has been user-caused or caused by zepto when assembling the model if you disassemble your laptop and reassemble it yourself