Posts by The Doctor

I don't think that there are application specific assignments for the buttons. I use the left and right as forward and back scroll buttons for Firefox.

As far as the network management is concerned, I uninstalled the Acer included program and replaced it with Intel's own management program. Thankfully, the "Empowering Technology" window recognises when you've uninstalled the...

No, just do a Google for Omega Drivers...

I think the first pictures in this thread don't so much illustrate the brightness problem (which, once the tubes have warmed up, is not as bad as people have convinced themselves it is) but more an indication of the poor viewing angle.

The screen is very dim when switched on and the backlight takes time to warm up. Once it's done so, however, the screen brightness is actually not that bad.

I found that by the time the laptop was shaking hard enough for the screen to ripple, the Gravisense had been set of and parked the HD arm...

Although I haven't tried connecting my 8204 to any external display, my guess would be that if you connect yours and in the Catalyst control panel set the external display to WUXGA, then it should default to that whenever you do the...

Looking at the pictures, the plastic slats beneath the fan seem to have melted. On my 8204, they're the coolest bit since they have a constant cool airflow over them. Either the fan stopped working or the airflow through the vent was...

If you want to stop it waking itself up from sleep, make sure that in either the epower or windows power management window that "System Hibernation" is set to "Never".

I agree 100% with the above. Before settling on the 8204, I looked around and if you exclude all 17" screened laptops, there is nothing else that matches it on features and price. The only similar laptop is the Macbook and the...