Posts by mkmcgregor

Same with my 5570. No problems. Of course I never upgraded the drivers on that box; other than WHQL drivers from MS update if there were any. FerrariZoid, did you ever upgrade any drivers from manufacturer. Of course, every...

This is for an Acer Apsire 5601Z I've seen one post on this topic, and it did provide and immediate solution, but I'm looking for a long term solution that hopefully does not require a reinstall of the OS. I plug a standard USB...

From what I've seen in other posts, it'll be about 3-8 weeks to get the unit back. The biggest concern would be whether you can live without your laptop for that long of a period and whehter they actually fix everything in the first go....

I mentioned that Acer downloads specfically, since they do not change and was the source of the version that I downloaded. The version of the wireless that resolved ths issue was Broadcom 802.11bg Wireles LAN Driver v.4.2.2.7. The...

This may not be your problem, but it was definitely my problem for my 5610Z with an internal Broadcom 42xx wireless card. I had the same issue; Sleep would shut off the monitor lamp but not the harddrive or put the unit in low power...

It should work by default if you have the touch pad drivers loaded correctly; look for the touchpad icon down in the system task area. Basically, you need to be in a window, the active pane, and it will scroll up, down, left and right...

Acer 5610Z (5610-2966) Laptop So far I am mildly impressed with the unit; even when running Vista basic. It loads in an acceptable amount of time. Shutsdown in a like manner. I have startups that somtimes take an extraordinarily...

Processor upgrade - you more than likely cannot go to core solo or duo; BIOS support for posting the CPU and the chipset support for the CPU. I'll defer to better opinios than mine. Video memory - Yes, the 950 is using some of your...

I answered my own question. It does NOT clock up the memory with 667 mcapable module in place. The chipset is correclty identified and is limited to 533Mhz on the memory clock. I was also amazed at how bad the Vista basic ran in 512MB...

Ironically, Acer on their support FAQ recommends checking for a label on the bottom that says "Bluetooth". So, just buy it, check the bottom, and eat the restocking fee if it does not have that label. The button is a facade....