Posts by chriscatt

Hi, all LCD screens have a refresh rate at 60MHz, it's got nothing to do with the video adapter. Taken from here http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/Monitor.htm "Strictly speaking, the refresh rate for an LCD monitor is called its pixel...

Hi, taken from the Acer Advantage instructions; "Proof of the date of purchase can be provided in the form of a copy of the invoice or till reciept, which should be sent to Acer." ChrisC

Hi, just done that with my desktop and I get this: Description RADEON X800 Series Manufacturer ATI Technologies Inc. Total Local Video Memory 256 MB Total Local Texture Memory 256 MB Total AGP Memory ...

Hi, "So, your warranty is definitely from Acer and not a third party company?" Yep, says Acer Advantage on the pack, purchased it from here http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Warranty_Packs/cat.asp It doesn't say if it's...

Errr, I've just purchased a extended 3 year warrenty, parts and service. Cost me £45 and it must be activated 360 days from the date of purchase. It reduces to 90 days if accidental damage is covered. Perhaps it is different in the...

Hi, so hypermemory is just a invented myth then as no-one can actually provide any proof that it exists? Char1320 Overdrive is only for XT versions of the graphics card which you don't have... ChrisC

Hi, would someone tell me how to get hypermemory to work with the latest, or 5.9 cats? I've a 1801 with a X600 and no way is there anything that indicates that I have hypermemory. Perhaps someone could post pics actually demonstrating...

Hi, my HD was formatted to one large NTFS partition. I had to send it back in for repairs so I needed to put it back to factory install. It was easy, I just booted from the recovery CD,without doing anything to the partition, followed...

Hi, partition magic is not required, run convert from a dos prompt thus: To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt Open the Command Prompt window. In the command prompt window, type convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs For...

Hi, "What else? Make sure you use account with admin rights to install rivers" Won't that play havoc with the electric components or have you a laptop powered by a waterwheel? ChrisC