There have been some posts [url=http://www.origamiportal.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=458&forum=8]in our forums[/url] about the AVS Now system losing functionality after upgrading the Samsung Q1’s memory to 1 GB.

So Tomi B did some hacking around and figured out how to get the hibernate file it needs up and running after upgrading.

According to the steps on [url=http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-WSOl1tg1dKXet7GA8E7VbQ–?p=170]his website[/url] you will need to:
1. Plug in an external keyboard.
2. Shutdown and reboot into AVS now.
3. As soon as the boot logo goes away (or is about to go away), hit F8 (repeatedly if need be).
4. You’ll get an option to “Delete restoration data and go to the boot menu”. Choose this.
5. XP will boot, but for me nothing showed up (and this is the point I was searching for the restore CD).
6. Wait until disk activity stops and slide the power switch. If it shuts down, great. If not, just hold it until the machine shuts down.
7. Reboot into AVS now again.
8. The system will boot up and immediately go into hibernation.
9. Reboot into AVS. This time it should work.

Hopefully this helps some people out with ithis issue if they’ve been having after it after performing an upgrade on their Samsung Q1.

Go check out [url=http://360.yahoo.com/profile-WSOl1tg1dKXet7GA8E7VbQ–?cq=1]Tomi B’s site[/url] for more Q1 information.

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