Hi Guys,
I installed the new AMD Turion 64 Driver (May 2006) and after the installation Windows tries to find a new hardware. At Device Manager it appears as SM BUS Controller. I can't find any drivers to this...
All info I found in this forum and at searches shows that is not a good practice to run the Li-On batteries under 20%.
So keep 3% won't help at all. Try to search the forum and you'll have enough info to decide what's the best for...
I had 2664 3DMark05 marks with 6.2 and now with 6.4 it wen't down to 2600. That's almost a 3% drop. I'll run the test againg, if the score doesn't change I'll change back to 6.2.
Guilherme
You can get tools from Acer Empowering technology here http://websupport.acer.com.tw/support/driver/index.asp . No, it will not help with the fan. The fan in the Ferrari line is set to always on.
Guilhemre
Empowering Technology tools are working fine here. Better than native windows. However, i don't think it really helps with performance. I like the ePower Management and eData Security Management tools better. I'm also using ePerformance,...
AMD PowerNow! does the trick, but you can customize it at your power settings. I'm using Acer ePower Management but you can do it at Control Panel > Power Options and set to run at full speed (2.0G) at all times or change speed as...