I know its a silly question but... regarding the 2GB ram upgrade, I really have no idea about the ram slot,

667 MHz CL5
533 MHz CL4

which one should be a better choice?

Just bought my q1u ultra :)

is there still a problem with the AVS software once you have upgraded to 2gb. i am just considering it at the moment.

 

thanks

 

ash

I finally cracked this whole AVS Now thing myself. I have the original Q1 and upgraded it to 2GB of PC5300 667 mghz RAM so I could get Vista installed. (mostly to run Oragami 2.0 - only will install on Vista). Like everyone else has seen, AVS stopped working after the upgrade. Not even the F8 and deleting restore data will work. I had to start over at the top to get everything back in order. Here are the steps I took.
1. After installing the Ram, I had to format the whole drive. There is no other way to get this to work with Vista and AVS now.
2. Install AVS now with the AVS Now restore disk. After install, do not reboot and allow it to try to create the cache file via hibernation or you will have to do step one again.
3. After this step, download the Gparted partition program from sourceforge.net and burn the iso to disk.
4. Run Gparted and make the avs now partition 5 gb. This is all that is needed. I would start this before you go to bed because it requires 3 steps that take about 5 hours to do. Resizing the large disk for OS install, moving this partition to the end of disk, then resizing the AVS now partition.
5. Run the AVS now program and let it create the cache file and startup. It works just fine with nothing on the other partition but really useless right now until we can see the file system we are about to install.
6. Run the Vista install. When you get to the part where it you see the disk to install on, click on advanced and format the large partition and make sure it is clean. If you get any error messages, start the Vista install over again and do the format again. Let Vista do its thing and install.
7. After you are in vista, install the samsung Q1 drivers for Vista from the samsung site for chipset, lan, wlan, audio, video. Do a restart into vista. TURN OFF USER ACCOUNT CONTROL (UAC) or else you will get really frustrated and break your Q1 by accidentally throwing it off the balcony. - start menu--> type user accounts in the search --> click on search result in the top. You will see the option to turn it off.
If you get blue screens, install the rest of these drivers in safe mode. Shutdown and restart. Let it log in and check to make sure things are running. shutdown
8. Start AVS NOW and press f8 a couple of times and choose the option to delete the restore data. If you do not do this, you will not be able to see your Vista file system, rendering AVS now useless.
There you go guys ! Hope it helps.
I could not find this info anywhere on the net so I hopt it helps someone. Later!