[sf-lug] Resurrecting an Asus EeePC 701 4GB

[Morgan.]

If you don't have a start-up screen with Asus logo, and cannot get to POST/BIOS, there might be something else wrong.  

This site says hit F2 to get to POST & then BIOS. 
how to enter into BIOS on a netbook ASUS EeePC

This site has other key sequences:  fn+F2 and fn+CTRL+HOME
How to unbrick an EeePC




On Friday, February 21, 2014 8:39 PM, John F. Strazzarino <jstrazza at yahoo.com> wrote:
 




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Some other thoughts:

Try putting linux on a different thumb drive (don't we all have a bunch of them?).  I have found trouble with the Sandisk thumb drives, which appear to have two partitions on them as well as some 'U3' software.

You might also try the 'universal usb installer' found on the pendrivelinux.com web site.  The installer and a multi-boot installer called YUMI seem to work
 well.  When using this software, I found that if the thumb drive is not recognized, then you need another thumb drive!

You might also experiment with a very small version of Linux called Xpud.  It is great for coffee shop type surfing.

Good Luck

John




From: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com>
To: sf-lug at linuxmafia.com 
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [sf-lug] Resurrecting an Asus EeePC 701 4GB
 


On 02/21/2014 04:18 PM, Matthew Petty wrote:

Hello,
I have this old laptop, and I want to get it working, if only to then sell it or give it away.
Unfortunately, when I try boot it, I end up with a flashing cursor in the top left.
I've used unetbootin to create a bootable USB stick with Puppy, and also with Xubuntu. But when I try to boot those, the same thing happens.

I plan to bring this machine to Noisebridge next week, but if anyone had any suggestions before then, that would be great.

Matt Petty
    Did you set the BIOS to boot from USB?

    Have you tried your USB drive with an other computer?

    bliss



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