Installed slightly modified version of windows 7 to fit on the 4 gb ssd. Bsod using newshosting andor xbmc hey guys, hopefully ive followed all the instructions right and can solve this problem because its driving me nuts. Xbmc on asus transformer asus eee pad transformer tf101. I bought, from ebay, a modified xbox that could run xbox media center xbmc.
Old asus 701 netbook back to life with arch linux and 2gb ram. Turning your asus eeebox b202 into a xbmc the tomes of. Installing windows xp to the eee 701 using the eee 900 recovery disc possible july 12, 2008 by admin and so ive convinced myself to switch to windows xp on my wife and kids can use it. Quoting from the web site, some good reasons to use leenux. I have been having problems with windows 7 on it recently after running it with that on for a few years. Many but not all things work and the install is mostly painless. Within the last 2 years, the hardworking xbmc team has come out with xbmc builds for android, raspberry pi, ios, and other architectures among the widely used. Ik heb ook eenx xbmc op mn eee 900 gezet om zo 720p af proberen.
It provides a center for the community of eee pc users and developers, including source code, eee community browse eeepc 701 iso at. I pulled it out of the box, let it charge overnight and plugged it into the ethernet cable of my network to install all the windows update updates there were 77. Ive just clean installed windows 10 on my eee pc 701sd with 64gb ssd, which had windows 7 on it and used the tutorial for clean install without upgrading first, to activate. How to turn the eeepc into a media centre and get iplayer to work.
While xbmc functions very well as a standard media player application for your computer, it has been designed to be the perfect companion for your home theater pc. It provides a center for the community of eee pc users and developers, including source code. Asus 701 eee pc 4g iptv player with arch linux youtube. After spending several evenings exploring the motherboard of my asus 701 eee for usb signals and 5v off in standby heres what ive discovered. For the sake of posterity, im posting this video of a user running os x on the 701. I have a black 701 model which i impulse bought after the price hit. First released on august 11, 2008, the asus eeebox pc series is marketed as a small, light, inexpensive and energyefficient counterpart to the asus eee pc netbook subnotebook laptop series.
Eee pc users, remember the good ole days of the 701. Mon eee pc 701 recycle en media center avec le logiciels xbmc et relie a ma tv philips 81cm. Are there anyone out there who would like to volunteers to help us make xbmc portable for us, a usb edition of xbmc for windows. Supply power to monstrous gaming rigs with our power supply units. This topic will guide you stepbystep through installing microsoft windows xp on an asus eee pc netbook, which comes preinstalled with linux distro and has no cddvd drive. Xbmc can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. If you want to follow my progress andor help me get it done. Installing windows 98 on an asus eee pc 701 sound programming.
Old version of xbmc media center for windows 7 download. Highend components and thermal solutions, made possible by our years of industry experience, provide better. You will now have a start button at the bottom of your screen after the eee pc restarts. Installing windows xp to the eee 701 using the eee 900. With xbmc, it rocks but is heavy on the battery, so its more for the hotel room than the planetrain travel. Problem with xbmc i am having a problem on windows 7 with a xbmc 12. Get this build of chromium os and follow the instructions to get it on a usb flash drive that is at least 4gbs big. Wine, a windows emulator for linux, is also a oneclick affair. Cannot connect asus eeepc netbook to wireless network. Xbmcbuntu is both a live ubuntu based os with xbox media center.
Im writing this whilst listening to mp3s via xmbc running on my eee with projectm running. Theres a 5v trace off in standby thats available without draining current from the existing usb connectors take a look at the picture above, snapped with my sony ericsson k850i. The model 701 listed in asus literature as the model 4g and related models 2g surf, 4g surf, and 8g are the oldest models, and therefore most of this wiki was written with them in mind. Windows automatically installed drivers for everything except video and asus acpi drivers. This post explains how to install xbmc on windows click here a linux installation guide. Install extra packages on the asus eee pc techrepublic. Things that where considered when buying a htpc that led me to the asus eeebox pc eb1501.
However after a bit of digging i found a discussion of linux v windows on the eee forum here, which indicates that it a problem with the firefox linux flash plugin. Turn your old netbook into an economical media center with kodi. Cannot connect asus eeepc netbook to wireless network i have an asus eee pc netbook 1015pe running windows 7 starter. Repurposing an old asus eeepc 4g surf 701 netbook with. Remember the mad scramble to install windows because xandros wasnt powerful enough for some people. Kodi is available as a native application for android, linux, mac os x, ios and windows operating systems, running on most common processor architectures. The big problem with putting a new os on the eee pc 701 is that its hard disk actually an ssd gives you only about 3. I have a problem with install the os in asus eee pc 4g, i try it with v8 lxde. In the asus eee pc is a subnotebook computer internet access to this computer is part of the asus eee product line.
How to install windows xp on an asus eee pc using a usb drive. Now, not even your pc always consumes the maximum current nor will. This is an opensource project for asus eee pc series. The pc is a few years old, works well, except for some recent minor technical issues, including not being able to complete a full iso backup, although. It is nice to use in public transport, has twice the battery life, autosleeps nicely. Isnt that 4 gb soldered flash drive used as a cache drive. My eee specs are asus eee 701 2gb ram 4gb disk 4gb sdhc. Rather than install windows xp which once id spent additional money on. Xbmc is a free opensource media center application that has quickly become a go to software for anybody who wants to setup a htpc. It uses a 10foot user interface and is designed to be a media player for the livingroom, using a remote control as the primary input device.
It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media. In this video we are converting our old windows pc into a powerful media center computer using linux, openelec, and kodi. It is the lowend laptop computer running on a simple linux operating system. Xbmc is an awardwinning free and open source crossplatform software media player and entertainment hub for htpcs. Plays most multimedia files as well as dvds, audio cds, vcds, etc. Convert your old pc into a powerful kodi media center with. Whether you have windows or a light linux distribution, xbmc has versions for both operating systems that can be easily installed, but if youre only going to use the netbook as a media center, it might be a good idea to install kodibuntu, a kodifocused linux distribution that automatically runs the program on startup and that uses all your.
How to install windows xp on eee pc 701, 900, 901 via usb stick and windows box is a nettop computer line from asustek computer incorporated, and a part of the asus eee product family. The asus eee pc 701 4g is one of the earliest eee pc. It allows you to manage and play movies, music and pictures. I tested on an asus eeepc which was ok, but a new ivybrdge notebook was obviously. How to turn your old netbook into a living room media center. The program is particularly suited for use on a media pc. The video plays for few seconds and then just freezes.
Kodi formerly known as xbmc is an awardwinning free and open source gpl software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on linux, osx, windows, ios, and android, featuring a 10foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. Dont throw away your old asus eee netbook, because it can gain. Kodi is available for multiple operatingsystems and hardware platforms, featuring a 10foot user. How to turn the eeepc into a media centre and get iplayer. The nice thing about xbmc is that theres a version for linux running on. Xbmc, developed originally for xbox, is an open source media center for windows, linux, mac os x and xbox. Download the edition of windows 8 that was originally installed on your system. Now, the installation of windows 7 on this eee is not justanotherwindows7installation on a netbook. Remember the brave few souls who tried installing mac os x on their severely underpowered 701s. Ive been running xbmc x box media centre on my old modded xbox. The asus eee pc 701 is a good candidate for a windows 98 install. Kodi formerly xbmc is a free and open source media player application developed by the xbmckodi foundation, a nonprofit technology consortium.