Posts by jff1625

may be similar to problem i just got fixed. go into device manager (right click My Computer ->manage ->device mgr), choose secondary ide channel->advanced, see what transfer mode it's using. Mine was not working on DMA mode, but...

just switched to mobility catalyst 5.8 - yay no more white line at any res. it also fixed the ugly yellow botches i was getting in farcry. after i do some more benchmarking i'll upgrade to the newest one....

guess i';; try to get mine fully fixed while i'm still in new zealand. going back to usa in 2 weeks....

tm8104 actually comes with windows DPI set higher than normal to fix this very problem, but it's not a very good solution. you could always reduce the screens resolution for when your working on text, then change back to 1680x1050 for...

yeah the txt on my 8104 at 1680x1050 is pretty small, but its easy enough to make it bigger in most programs. i usually hit CTRL+ after loading a web page in firefox if it's got a lot of text, to make the text bigger. but i could never...

what country are you in? USA?

it shouldn't matter, but it'll charge quicker if you leave it switched off while charging. then again, my 8104 arrived with battery nearly fully charged, so you may be lucky there. anyway, memory effect and battery conditioning are...

i'm pretty sure you can pick just about any refresh rate you want when using an external monitor, depending on restrictions of your monitor

i bought my8104 in us and had service in new zealand under ITW and all they wanted was serial no, didn't ask for receipt

Quote: Originally Posted by SMP_Homer I'm using an IDE Ultra Bay case... allows me to slide in a IDE device, well, a hard drive is all I can fit in that, into my Acer, and access it w/o having to install anything...