The next pre-release of the eagerly awaited Windows 7 is now out. It can be obtained through the Microsoft website (http://bit.ly/Ovq8H). If you are interested in upgrading from build 7000 I would advise that you hurry up and download it before they decide to limit the number of downloads.
A quick word of warning to those who followed my triple boot tutorial: reinstalling Windows 7 is most likely going to overwrite your MBR and remove Grub which means you won’t be able to boot into Ubuntu or OS X. There should be directions online on how to reinstall grub. I will update the post later with a link to such a tutorial.
*UPDATE* As promised, here is a tutorial from Fosswire which walks you through rebuilding your GRUB bootloader after installing Windows 7.
If you followed the previous tutorial on triple booting your eeePC, you probably have noticed that your OS X install does not have any sound. One work around is to buy an external USB audio card. I bought the cheapest one I could find (SYBA SD-CM-UAUD USB). However, I find in inconvinient to carry around the USB dongle. I had it in the case which came with the EEE, but it scratched my EEE.
After some research, I found a tutorial on how to enable the sound to work. I followed it and it enabled me to listen to music on my EEE without the external audio card. You can find the tutorial at IPIS-OSX.wikidot.com. I have created a zip which includes all of the necessary files in order to have you EEE happily singing through its internal speakers. Download the archive from here.
If you run into any problems, please post a comment here or on the IPIS-OSX site.
The Thinkpad T41 update project is officially halted. The system is going to be sold on ebay for parts and repair. After purchasing a “new” inverter from ebay, and putting it, the system seemed to work more sporadically than before. The “new” inverter actually displayed the signs described of defective ones.
I will post a link to the auction of the system once it goes up on ebay.
I have found a IBM T60 to purchase which is working and I believe will suite me well.
I recently purchased an IBM Thinkpad T41 from a shady man…but for a great price. I paid $75 for this beast of a system. At first, it seemed to have everything and it actually powered on….How wrong was I. The system lacks a hard drive at the moment. Once I was able to power it on it beeped like mad. After some research I found out that long beep followed by 2 short beeps means to check the System Board, DIMM, and LCD assembly, in that order. I took the memory out and tested it in my trusty T30. The memory works. I’m hoping the System Board is ok, since i have no way of testing that. Finally I called IBM support and they told me that the LCD inverter may need to be replaced. I used a tutorial from Laptop Repair 101on how to disassemble the LCD.
As it currently stands, I ordered an LCD inverter from Ebay. I am hoping that this would fix it as I can not wait to use this sweet computer.
If everything works out, this could be a wonderful system for about $100-130.
I will keep you posted on the progress of the system update / work status.
Edit:
Here are some pictures of the LCD taken apart: