Posts by Rachel Faith

Quote: Originally Posted by Synergi Northwood... benches higher runs cooler.. The Prescotts run hot..something that should be avoided in a laptop ..though this acer model your getting has a great cooling system. The...

Quote: Originally Posted by DWStrickland Both Northwood and Prescott support is there however. Which do I want... and why...?

Quote: Originally Posted by DWStrickland It pretty much boils down to the fact that they don't sell a model that is shipped with the Extreme Edition CPU. Therefore, I guess the CPU BIOS support was never added. Both...

Quote: Originally Posted by DWStrickland Interesting update. I do notice Micron lists a 2GB Registered PC3200 module on their site for $899 now. Therefore, to have 4GB of PC3200 I am assuming the price would be around...

Quote: Originally Posted by DWStrickland You are correct. If 4GB was not supported, it would most likely just not recognize the extra memory or possibly not post. As far as recommended memory, I believe the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Wraith Well, so much for my Acer 1714SMi, it was nice while it lasted, but over the weekend, my girlfriend somehow blew up the motherboard while sticking a 2Gb stick of RAM in it......

OK... Ram help please... What Brand do I want... I read that some chips dont like to work with some PCs... etc etc... I have about $500 max in my budget and Id like to get the BEST and MOST for that. Balancing cost with reliability. ...

Well... I did it... I got one on Ebay for $1375.00 US. The 1712SMI. I wonder if it will be the older unit with the 2x DVD or the Newer 4x? I wonder if it has any stuck pixels. Ya never can tell with ebay stuff... truly... but for the...

Quote: Originally Posted by crappy_baka i dont think the 1714 has a floppy drive, it seems that it has a 6 in 1 card reader just like the 1712 That was my guess too... they swaped'em out one for the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sharakkhal Naysayer? Just because I call BS on someone blaming the number of pages in a long post on no special Acer section? That's an interesting dictionary you have. Perhaps...