VanillaCoffee
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So I had been after an Asus 901 Eee PC in white for a while.Yes I know its old but I like it. One showed up on the popular auction site so I had to have it and its in very good cosmetic condition and works but has a couple of minor issues to fix such as the CMOS battery and the main battery doesn't hold a charge.
Now those of you who read my earlier post about the previous Asus 1000 Eee PC I bought at the car boot sale that was totally shot.... well some parts from that are going to be re-used like the main battery. The battery from that I've now have it slotted into the Asus 901 and it looks like its charging up so although its a black battery it isn't to noticeable on the 901 and if its working then its all good. I can then work on the original 901 battery and see if I can get it open without damaging the battery casing to see if I can re-cell it with some new rechargeable cells.
I will be doing a few upgrades but first I need to replace the CMOS battery which I think I can take off the broken Asus 1000 that CMOS battery might just work. I can then get on with the upgrades. This netbook can take upto 2GB of RAM but currently has 1GB installed. The internal storage seems to be pretty small so I'll be taking a look at that and see if I have something of larger capacity.
This 901 Asus came with an XP driver CD which is very handy encase I want to install its original OS it shipped with and it came with its original ASUS bag/pouch. Its in such good condition its almost to nice to take out with me so I may just keep this as a collectors piece and try and re-build the original battery.
Now those of you who read my earlier post about the previous Asus 1000 Eee PC I bought at the car boot sale that was totally shot.... well some parts from that are going to be re-used like the main battery. The battery from that I've now have it slotted into the Asus 901 and it looks like its charging up so although its a black battery it isn't to noticeable on the 901 and if its working then its all good. I can then work on the original 901 battery and see if I can get it open without damaging the battery casing to see if I can re-cell it with some new rechargeable cells.
I will be doing a few upgrades but first I need to replace the CMOS battery which I think I can take off the broken Asus 1000 that CMOS battery might just work. I can then get on with the upgrades. This netbook can take upto 2GB of RAM but currently has 1GB installed. The internal storage seems to be pretty small so I'll be taking a look at that and see if I have something of larger capacity.
This 901 Asus came with an XP driver CD which is very handy encase I want to install its original OS it shipped with and it came with its original ASUS bag/pouch. Its in such good condition its almost to nice to take out with me so I may just keep this as a collectors piece and try and re-build the original battery.