Posts by Thorz

The features of the XP SP2 driver suck. You cannot use for example a bluetooth headset with your computer, and you loose a lot of nice services that were included in the Widcomm drivers / software / stack. I have an Acer Travelmate...

M8: Are you using the Microsoft bluetooth stack after upgrading to SP2 or are you using the Widcomm stack? I didn't have any problems either in the upgrade but the bluetooth driver was replaced with the Microsoft Generic one and as fas...

I am desperate! My 2 years old Acer Travelmate 630 pressented today 2 problems that it never had before. First I was trying to download a security certificate from my bank webpage and it gave me an error. I then turned off the...

Quote: Originally Posted by DWStrickland Mini-PCI is mainly a slot used in notebooks for communications devices. In most current notebooks, the mini-PCI slot is used for the wireless LAN card (802.11b, 802.11g,...

I have a 2 years old Acer Travelmate 630 and the battery is dead. I am needing a new battery but after seeing the prices that Acer has I would preffer to have an OEM one of it is from the same or better quality as the original. I...

What is this mini PCI that they speak about in the manuals of the 8006i? Is it possible to upgrade the graphic chip on this laptop in the future? I am still in a review process with this unit. I will post some findings when I have used...

The screen is not so good IMO. Viewing angle is the bad part of it, but as some others have said before it can be comparable to must non-wide screen units. I have read that Dell screens are top notch even in non widescreen models...

Ehem... bump?

I have a 2 years old Acer Travelmate 630 and the battery is dead. I have called Acer and the original battery is very EXPEN$$$IVE! Is it possible to find other batteries for this laptop in another place? Where can you recommend me to...

Is it possible to make one dummy battery compartment cover by yourself?