Acer Aspire One

[ianhnz]

Hi guys.

Bit of advise, please?

I have anAcer Aspire One Netbook Atom 1.6Ghz/1GB/160G HDD/Webcam/10.1'' Screen, that used to have Windows 7 starter on it.

Had all sorts of problems, with it so ended up formatting and installing Xubuntu 14.04 32 bit on it.

It's running a lot better now, but thinking of selling it and getting something better.

Any idea what sort of price I could try selling it at?

Thought of Trade Me, as don't use other sites, but any advice is appreciated.

Ian

[BBCmicro]

Selling it might be more trouble than it is worth. Our daughter had one of these - identical except I think it ran XP. Every now and then it would totally die and require a complicated procedure to get it going again - involved downloading a BIOS onto a USB stick (and it might have required a small USB stick which can be hard to find these days)

Unfortunately putting Linux on it might not have solved this problem (assuming it's the model I'm thinking of)

[ianhnz]

Selling it might be more trouble than it is worth. Our daughter had one of these - identical except I think it ran XP. Every now and then it would totally die and require a complicated procedure to get it going again - involved downloading a BIOS onto a USB stick (and it might have required a small USB stick which can be hard to find these days)

Unfortunately putting Linux on it might not have solved this problem (assuming it's the model I'm thinking of)

I think it may be the same, except operating system and I didn't do anything with Bios.
Was my DIl's and she had problems with it from day one.
I keep telling here to take it back and she did, a few times, but didn't take long for problems to come back.
I worked on it, for a while and gave it back, only to have it returned a short while later.
Can't recall how many times I did a system restore and reload.
I have Linux on it, for over a month now and problem has not returned.
You had to leave it turned on 24/7, as each time it would restart, would fail.
I tried about 4 or 5 different Linux before I settled for Xubuntu 14.04. I even tried a 64 bit version and that seemed okay, but lacking in ram.

Thanks for your comments.
Ian

[Speedy Gonzales]

involved downloading a BIOS onto a USB stick (and it might have required a small USB stick which can be hard to find these days)

Sounds like a corrupt BIOS, if you had to reflash the BIOS all the time.. The other ASUS mobo here, had the same prob with the latest BIOS for it. Every time I turned it on, (if the affected / buggy BIOS was on it), it rebooted / looped continuously. I had to reflash the previous BIOS to fix it

[ianhnz]

Sounds like a corrupt BIOS, if you had to reflash the BIOS all the time.. The other ASUS mobo here, had the same prob with the latest BIOS for it. Every time I turned it on, (if the affected / buggy BIOS was on it), it rebooted / looped continuously. I had to reflash the previous BIOS to fix it

Hey Speedy.

Guess I'll have to search for Bios, not that I've done a bios update for many a year

[Speedy Gonzales]

That was for BBCmicro's reply not yours. I dont think yours has the same prob. You probably wouldnt get much if Linux is on it. If I brought it, I'd probably re-format it anyway

[Driftwood]

How much would you accept for it?

[ianhnz]

How much would you accept for it?

No idea, open to offers?

[Driftwood]

You might br better trying your luck on TM.
I'd only be looking at it for parts.
What is the battery life?

[ianhnz]

You might br better trying your luck on TM.
I'd only be looking at it for parts.
What is the battery life?

I normally run on AC power, but when I unplug it says about 6 hours.
Yes I was thinking about Trade Me and was look for a pricing guide, as I have no idea.