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How to Decode Asus Notebook Model Codes

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Hi again, my dear visitors

I think you know Asus brand, right?
Asus is a big (may be a biggest) computer hardware seller (including laptop), and also well-known in most countries of the world.
Laptops from Asus comes with reasonable price, fair speed, and good serve of customer services.



I got my own one, and now it seems to be slow and useless for a heavy tasks like creating 3D work and so on.

Look at your Asus laptop (if you have one), you may see a line of codes started with character 'A'. Yeah... as you can guess, 'A' stands for Asus for sure, but what are the rest? That's our today's topic about.
Now, I'm going to teach you how to read the Asus code for Intel-powered Laptops



Let's see this example:

Model Code: A8Jn16DSM100Td

Separate it to this: A8-Jn-16-DSM-100-Td

You'll see that the code is just a combination of sub-codes.
The meaning of sub-codes can be categorized by colors as followings:

Red: Notebook series model
Orange: Graphic card model
Green: CPU clock
Blue: Optical drive type
Purple: Harddisk capacity
Black: CPU type

cofusing?

Let's see more details...

Some notebook series models

A8 = All-purpose laptop with 14" wide screen, 2.4 kg. weight
A9 = Large laptop 15" , 3.2 kg. weight
F2 = Large laptop่ 15" , 2.9 kg. weight
F3 = Large laptop 15" wide screen, 2.9 kg. weight
M9 = Small laptop 14" , 2 kg. weight (light)
U5 = Small laptop 12" , 1.4 weight (very light)



Some graphic card models

H, F, R is on-board unit
Jn = Geforce 7300 (replacement of Jc)
Jm = Geforce 7600
Js = Geforce 7700
Je = Radeon X1450
Ja = Radeon X1600
Jp = Radeon X1700

CPU clocks

From the example, model A8Jn16DSM100Td tells us that the CPU clock is 16. The number sixteen must be calculated before knowing real CPU clock. To calculate the clock, simply divide that number by 10 and the result is the minimum range of clock frequency, that is 1.6 Ghz. For the maximum range, just put 9 at the end of the minimum range, and you'll get 1.69 as a result.
Total CPU clock available for this model is between 1.6 to 1.69 Ghz.

Optical drive type

DSM = DVD Super Multi
CMC = Combo Drive

Harddisk capacity

The unit of harddisk capacity showed as GB (Gigabytes), so 100 means 100 GB

CPU Type

c = Celeron
d = Core Duo
Td = Core 2 Duo



For the nearly coming CPU - Core 2 Quad, its code should be something like "Tq". And you may made a guess for more future model codes or even those existing model codes in the market.

That's all for how to decode Asus notebooks model codes. I hope this could be help for whom who wants to buy a new Asus notebook, beacuse you now have an ability to define its specifications by just looking at its code!

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