Categories Q & A

Q & A

Q: I am living in USA, must I pay VAT?

A: Since you are not going to consuming the product in Holland, you don't have to pay VAT.

According to the Dutch laws, if:

The consumer is in non-EU countries: 0% VAT

The customer is in EU countries: 19% VAT

For business user inside or outside of EU (companies, shops etc.): 0% VAT

 

Therefore, when placing order, please chose: EU country when you are obliged to pay VAT; No EU country when you are exempted from VAT.

 

Q: How much sending cost I must pay?

A: When placing order, please choose:

TNT Post delivery within Holland if you are living in Holland;

TNT Post deliver to Belgium or Luxemburg if you are living in Belgium and/or Luxembur...

There are up to 6 choices from which you would know exactly how much you must pay.

 

Q: How's Yeeloong packed?

A: Yeeloong is packed in plastic bag and then in strong gift carton box, this box is wrapped in foam envelop, and is firmly sealed with "Fragile, take with care" label.

 

Q: What would be the warranty?

A: The warranty period will be 1 year, you will get Warranty Certificate from us. If the product is defect, please send it back to us, we'll repair it and send back to you on our cost.

 

Q: Why are Lemote products defined as open hardware?

A: Because all system source such as BIOS, kernel, drivers etc. are open. For GNU Linux professionals, Lemote products have provided a platform for them where the sky is limit !

 

Q: I am in Spain, does Lemote provide Spanish key board?

A: The key board is standard QWERTY key board, we would not provide non-standard key board if it is not on bulk order.

 

Q: I don't use Paypal, can I use other payment method?

A: Yes, you can transfer the payment directly to our bank account through your bank:

Bank details
Bank ...POSTBANK N.V.
Account number ...4085222
IBAN...NL41PSTB0004085222

 

Q: I am from Canada, can I purchase Yeeloong from Tekmote?

A: In principle, Tekmote serves the clients in Europe. For non-EU clients we'll suggest them to buy from local distributors if there is any. While if you do wish to purchase from us, please take below issues into account:

1. The plug is Euro plug (with 2 round pins), 100-240V, 50Hz-60Hz, please make sure that it can be used in your area. If it is necessary, you need to change the plug by yourself, as it is difficult for us in Holland to find non-EU plugs.

2. Longer delivery time: the delivery time will be 7-10 days since you are locating in non-EU countries.

 

Q: I saw the BIOS is in Chinese, how can I switch it to English?

A: The BIOS is in fact in English, the few Chinese words that you have seen when turn on the laptop means: Press Tab to recover, Press Del to Setup.

 

Q: Where can I find the Wifi setting?

A: Wifi wlan control interface is shared with ethernet.

 

Q: Does the BIOS come from the coreboot project?

A: No.

 

Q: Does Yeeloong has any Palladium issue?

A: Palladium issue is mostly for NGSCB, it will not occur on lemote platform as lemote always advocate Free Software .

 

Q: Where can I find installation guide?

A: Please refer to:

- http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Projects/GNewSenseToMIPS
- http://tuxmobil.org/lemote.html

 

Q: What is the source code of Lemote?

A: You can find the source code at: http://dev.lemote.com

 

Q: What is the password to BIOS?

A: Loongson


Q: Can Fuloong 6004 be used as a media centre to watch film and videos downloaded from the internet?

A: Yes, it can. The maxium screen solution that Fuloong can support is: 1280 * 1024

 

Q: Does Fuloong support X or CMD?

A: It supports both X and CMD

 

Q: Is it possible for a YeeLoong netbook to continue running with its lid closed and remain available on the network?

A: Yes, when the lid is closed, there is no hibernation, therefore it keeps running and remains available on the network.