Comments on: Samsung Q1 in the buff!

By: Robert Sanders

Robert Sanders — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:40:15 +0000

i am trying to replace the hard drive on my q1 with a new 120gbyte samsung drive. The problem is that my unit, like the one shown, has the hitachi thicker connector. is it possible to shave the connector to fit a toshiba thickness?

Thanks

By: Brad Maxam

Brad Maxam — Tue, 29 May 2007 11:05:54 +0000

Hi, I have a Q1 that a customer dropped and destroyed the screen. I have been able to remove the cracked one but am having some trouble finding the replacement LCD screen. Any ideas? I am a very expierinced laptop tech and this was tear down was fairly simple and straight forward. All ideas are appreciated….

Thanks!
Brad

By: johnell

johnell — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:58:51 +0000

hi! have a question. is it possible to completely remove the front face plate of the Q1 from the board/LCD? need to know coz am planning of repainting the Q1's case to FLAT black. thanks!

By: medah4rick

medah4rick — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:51:32 +0000

if you can switch the cpu then you can try it for all of us. what kind of socket is that anyway?

By: Eugene Martin

Eugene Martin — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:37:44 +0000

Installing the 1GB module was simple. For novices, (1) be careful with the case screws-these are blue Xylan coated, so don’t overtighten [I use a torque screwdriver], and (2) make sure those wire are not caught underneath the replacement module. Also (3) don’t get rid of any tape that had secured the bare wires. After a fan noise developed in the case, I had to look inside again to reposition one of those wires.

Incidentally, I was looking at the cpu; seems it is secured to the socket by two solder beads at one edge. Shouldn’t be a problem hot-knifing the bead so that the Pentium M753 could be substituted. Thoughts?

By: Damir Islamov

Damir Islamov — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:12:08 +0000

Samsung was very eager to have crack on the UMPC’s: they even did not wait for their own 1.8 inch HDD’s to enter production! I have no doubt the disk guys now are tasked with domination on the market and we might see first samples of them in the upcoming Q1B.
And Intel chipsets suck for UMPC: having two PCB for two chips/bridges greatly increases the cost. VX700 rules (or must do so :)

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:12:34 +0000

Ramon, I don't think it's the memory but instead an issue with Windows XP embedded or a setting within it. I'll have to research, but I'm wondering if this is why Samsung doesn't have a 1GB version of the Q1 for sale yet.

By: Ramon

Ramon — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:59:05 +0000

I bougth a Kingston SODIMM DDR2 PC4200 533Mhz and dont boot the “AVS Now”.The screen is locked showing the message “Starting AVS Now …”.
This memory same dont compatible?.

By: Anton P. Nym

Anton P. Nym — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 08:29:33 +0000

David Keppler, try using the resolution switcher and setting it to 1024 x 600 emulation. That should let you use the tutorials… that’s how I finally got to see them.

— Steve

By: jk

jk — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 08:15:07 +0000

David Keppler, this is a known problem with the Tablet tutorials, they run at a fixed window size and can't be resized for smaller screen resolutions.

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 08:15:05 +0000

Yeah, I hope you didn’t just invalidate your warranty…however, if there isn’t a spot in the case for you to access the RAM slot, you might be ok, since taking the whole back off will be the only way you can get to it.

You’re a brave man Kevin – I ‘ve restricted my “taking things apart to find out how they work” on things that are old and/or cheap :)

By: david keppler

david keppler — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:12:00 +0000

Quick question on the Q1, have you tried the tablet tutorials? I cant get the interactive ones to work. The basic tablet intro says tap the start button in the window, but nobutton is shown!

By: Spit

Spit — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:25:32 +0000

I have done the upgrade I bought a 1Gb 667 module for £39. Took about 10 minutes and has worked flawlessly. l did it the same days I got the Q1 and have had no crashes at all. Go for it.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:56:29 +0000

Hello, Could you take closer micro shots of the hard drive area, the connectors, the memory. Thanks. This is amazing to see. Wow.

By: Ansin Ozturkmen

Ansin Ozturkmen — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:38:35 +0000

Kevin can you take a look at under the fan and hard drive? Is there any mainboard parts under those or it's just space?

By: ray

ray — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:14:39 +0000

anybody made the upgrade yet? im thinkn about it, is it worth it?