Posts by dariusw

I have a TM8204 that's about 3 years old. Its fan died, so I brought it to an Acer support vendor to have it fixed. When they replaced it, it started crashing under load, turns out they mis-seated the fan and the CPU was overheating. ...

My Acer 8204 has started rebooting on its own. At first, it was only enough to think it was just a fluke. Unfortunately, they seem to be happening more and more often, and it's rendered my machine completely inoperable. I looked...

OK, so I've got an Acer 8204 that I bought in Feb 06, and it's run great since then. One day, it started making a clicking noise which sounded suspiciously like a breaking HDD. I powered it down, and the Win files were corrupt. But a...

OK, I'm using my 8204 for sports video analysis, and gave DVD burning a shot. Currently, I'm working an el cheap Canon ZX200 Mini-DV camcorder, shooting in widescreen mode, and I use Adobe Premiere to capture the video. I'm...

Yea, I figured that going for Core Duo would get me in the latest generation of tech, and it was barely more expensive than customizing a whitebox to get similar specs. Eventually, I'll have to see if this thing is upgradable, but...

Yep, I splurged and bought an 8204. Should be here Monday...wooohoo!

OK, my trusty Mitac 8050 got stolen last night, and I'm in need of a replacement. I don't necessarily need to go barebones, but I definitely need the most lappie for under $2k that I can find, and in a hurry. 60 hr weeks go a lot...

After playing around a bit, I downloaded the Intel PROSet 9.0 drivers/util, and now it works way better. I haven't gotten a single drop on my pre-n home network or g work network yet! darius

Ok, I've had this problem for a few months now, but wasn't sure whether or not it was me. I built a Mitac 8050 with the Intel PRO 802.11b/g wi-fi mini-pci card, and on 802.11g networks, it tends to work fine, see lots of signal,...

Yeah, Richard asked me to do something outside of WinXP, so I used a Linux bootdisk to get a prompt, and then tried those keys ... no luck, so it's unfortunately getting RMAed. Hopefully he'll turn it around quickly -- I'm lost without...