Looking for Answers about samsung NP900X3A?

With the screen on full brightness, wireless on, and a difficult program running, 2.5-3.5 hours is about what I get. Wireless draws a lot of power from a laptop. That alone is probably costing you 1 to 1.5 hours.

Extreme example: Lowest brightness, wireless off, and a very easy program, I've gotten 6 hours. (playing an old DOS game in a room with all the lights off, so I had the screen turned down)

Yes, 3.5 hours is normal. Many people reported the same thing. Hope it will be better in the next generation

That's about right. It could vary based on your power settings. 3 hours of straight use sounds accurate.

In addition to previous answers, consider also that a battery would last less as time passes. Check the information provided by the manufacturer regarding battery life and ways to maximize it.

Yes all models of the Series 9 have SSD drives as standard. Size varies depending on model from 128GB to 256GB.

Yes, all NP900X3A's have SSD drives. Some 128GB and some 256GB. Unfortunately, Samsung is installing SATA 2 drives and not the faster SATA 3 drives.

Yes, Brian is correct

Yep, sure does. Just take a look at the specs :)

You need the Samsung Micro HDMI to VGA Adapter for Series 9 Mfr Part#: AA-AH1NAMB/US
For more information visit: http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/laptops-accessories/AA-AH1NAMB/US

I have heard there are limitations to the length of the VGA cord you can use with the adapter and display issues if the VGA cord is longer than 8 feet.

More details would be a great help. However you should be able to connect your Digital Projector via a standard VGA Cable. Some projectors take a proprietary cable to connect to a computer. Most of the time it is at least a VGA + USB on the computer side and a lot of projectors have a DVI connection on its side of the connector cable. If its not the cabling, then Windows should autodetect the other 'monitor' and you will be able to right click on the desktop and adjust video settings to eithe duplicate the Display from the desktop to the projector or extend the desktop to it giving you a screen which is only seen on the projector.

Samsung has an micro HDMI to VGA dongle available.

I've answered this elsewhere. The problem is the Duralumin case and, no, Samsung does not have a fix available and new models are not fixed (as far as I know).

I can't speak for the Broadcom WiFi card, but for the Intel card (and perhaps also for the Broadcom card), the issue is with the default power management settings. If the laptop works well when plugged in and using the "Samsung Optimized" power plan but works poorly when not plugged in, this is your issue.

To fix it, go to Control Panel (View by: Small icons) *or* right click on the battery icon in the system tray area, then select Power Options. For the current plan, click Change plan settings, then click Change advanced power settings. Expand Wireless Adapter Settings, expand Power Saving Mode, then set Plugged in: to "Maximum Performance" (see screenshot). This is the only setting that works properly--I've tried all of them. Make this change for all of the power plans, or at least all of the ones you intend to use.

Shouldn't hurt anything if you used the cancel button when the update was in progress. It'll just ask you to install the updates again. Run the updates when you have time to let her sit.

Using the Samsung Easy Display Manager.

You can find both adapters under accessories section.

It is available now under accessories section

Yes, the settings you will need to change are under Control Panel->Power Options->Advanced

Find the setting for closing the lid and change it to 'do nothing'. You'll need to change this for both plugged in and battery for Power Saver, Samsung Ballanced, and High Performance. Six places total. Of course, you can customize this if, for example, you want it on while plugged in, but to sleep if on battery.

There is a build-in power saver setting, that keeps your battery healthy by letting it charge till 80%. If you want to disable it, look for an Energy setting in the Control Center.

Usually, the harddisk volume is given in GB (gigabyte) according to the International System of Units (SI), where 1GB means 1.000.000.000 bytes. Computers use the binairy system where 1GB equals 1.073.741.824 bytes, so there's a first big difference. The rest is 'lost' in a hidden recovery partition, that you use to.. recover your system (duh!). Type 'disk management' in the start menu and you can check it yourself (don't delete that partition!)

I don't think so

No it does not yet. Rumors that future versions will have a SIM card for this.

download "Easy Display manager"

Nope. Wish it does. It is one of the reasons I switched to series 7

by following the instruction manual

You can find instructions for upgrading the memory in the User’s Guide. To access the User’s Guide click Start > All Programs > Samsung > User’s Guide.

But it will void your warranty see more here http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00032143&fm_seq=32311

Power supply is now available under accessories section

No there is not and I don't think there will be. Too many proprietary connectors (micro HDMI and ethernet)

Not sure that you have the same issue as me but there is a known issue with the micro-HDMI to VGA adapter not working with projectors/monitors when the cable to the projector/monitor is longer than say 6-8 ft or so. I believe Samsung is working on a new dongle that will resolve this.