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Traditions of Classical Notebook Building: Asus A8J Series Review (page 7)

Category: Mobile

by Alexander Britvin

[ 03/14/2007 | 09:42 AM ]

The notebook comes with a Fujitsu MHV2120BH PL hard disk drive (2.5” form-factor, 5400rpm spindle rotation speed, 120GB capacity, Serial ATA interface) and a Matshita UJ-850S DVD-burner with the following speed formula:

Writing:

• CD-R x24;
• CD-RW x16;
• DVD-R DL x4;
• DVD-R x8;
• DVD-RW x6;
• DVD+R DL x4;
• DVD+R x8;
• DVD+RW x8;
• DVD-RAM x5.

Reading :

• CD x24;
• CD-R x24;
• CD-RW x24;
• DVD x8;
• DVD-R DL x6;
• DVD-R x8;
• DVD-RW x6;
• DVD+R DL x6;
• DVD+R x8;
• DVD+RW x8;
• DVD-RAM x5.

The ASUS A8Jp comes with DDR2-667 SDRAM, the fastest memory type available on the Napa platform. Both slots are easily accessible, and each is occupied by a 512MB module. Your upgrade opportunities are limited to replacing both modules with 1GB ones. Memory works in dual-channel mode as is indicated by the next screenshot:

We measured the temperature of the hottest spots on the notebook’s surfaces with an infrared thermometer after it had worked for half an hour in the Classic test mode of Battery Eater Pro 2.60 (the ambient temperature remained constant at 22°C during this test) and got the following numbers:

• LCD panel – 40°C
• Keyboard – 32°C
• Bottom panel – 32°C

The next table lists the technical specs of the tested notebook in comparison with its opponent ASUS W7J: