I came across this old thread and thought I'd add, I had no trouble at all patching and reflashing my UJ-862 as RPC1 with the software from this page: http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=46246 It also worked as well on a UJ-842. With software like the free DVD Region Killer plus a player like ...

I've had better luck just getting and keeping the Ambit/Atheros cards working, in my small experience.

It's just like XP but with some of the fat trimmed.

I had smooth sailing installing Ubuntu 9.10 to a Kingspec 32GB drive on my X40, but found that Ubuntu with the default ext4 file system has some issues with possibly excessive writes too. I found settings not to record the last file access time (also a simple step in XP, as it turns out), greatly re...

sjthinkpader, thanks. Maybe with one of these (like the third link) I could run the SSD as a second drive in the X4 dock. This opens some possibilities, anyway.

I rather carelessly bought one of these Samsung SSDs on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-NEW-Samsung-16GB-SSD-1-8-NAND-FLASH-SLC-SALE_W0QQitemZ360209495111QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item53de28b447 They are 16GB drives, model MCAQE16G8APR-0XA. They were described as 1.8" IDE d...

I just bought a second X40 from eBay, sans HD, and am thinking of getting a Kingspec 32GB SSD and installing Ubuntu Linux on it directly from CD. Does that sound like a plan? Any known complications or gotchas?

Tim, thanks again. I'll try reseating the card when I get a few minutes.

Ah, I should have mentioned that I was connecting wirelessly.

I see that when I connect over Ethernet, no error events turn up.

Hmm, when I first reenabled wireless, no events turned up either, until the first restart.

Tim, I'll give that a go, thanks!

I found an Intel 2200 card offered new for $19.

Hi Everyone, Here is a sequence of system events at startup I've seen off and on lately, from my X40 running XP SP2. They happen in this order over about one minute: event 4202 The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{B03D4EFE-4BFD-46F9-AFEE-DE748DFD5771} was disconnected from the net...

This Apricorn universal hard drive adapter with its associated software works well for me, to clone from the internal drive to a second drive connected by USB. You can install the software or just boot from the CD-ROM. I can't say for sure if there are any issues with the restore partition, since I ...

If I had it to do over, and I had a used X40 in front of me I was thinking of buying, I'd put up some kind of uniform bright background and make a subjective judgment. For instance, Winword full-screen with a new document would work, apart from its narrow borders. And then I would resolve never to u...

I have a bunch of them on the screen of my X40, but I'm hoping that after a modest amount of hypnotherapy and some acupuncture, I'll learn to regard them with a kind of affection.

More seriously, they seem not to impair readability, as darker colors aren't visibly affected.

AndyP, thanks. How does the HPA show up in a drive mapping or file listing if present and disabled?

andrewstuartallen, I recently got this case on Amazon that the X40 fits into nicely and is really solid and protective but maybe a bit bulky (but it can hold a docking station, AC adapter, cables, etc.) And it was only c. $25. On the other hand, they seem to be out of them now. It is listed as the D...

Underclocker, are you saying that pressure from the outside (with the case closed) can cause spots?

My used X40 has some spots, and I've been wondering about them

I lately bought an X40 used and want to clone the disk. I think maybe a former owner has removed the HPA and service partition, if they were there, and so I can clone the disk normally with Norton Ghost or EZ Gig II. I've come upon a table of bootup option keys online. On my X40, F11 does nothing, a...