Posts by johncons

Okay, here's my story Got mine laptop back from the service center on Tuesday. Everything seemed to be ok except for the wireless - it couldn't find any wireless networks, although there were pretty many of them around. I noticed that...

Extended warranty might have been an option if somebody offered it down here. The rules are different for Eastern Europe, like always Plus you say that the more advanced piece of technology a notebeook is, the more probability it...

Quote: Originally Posted by orbb Might as well cut the losses and buy a brand new notebook (with an extended warranty this time). Yep, I also though that if the repair would cost $600-$700 or more I'm buying...

I'd say a faulty batch of motherboards. I'm from Europe but guess it doesn't matter coz as far as I know all Ferraries are being assembled in Taiwan and then shppped worldwide..

Yep, same here - more than 24h has already passed and still no reply from Acer (Eastern Europe devision).. I'm in Estonia (small European country near Russia and Finland) so there're no Acer repair centers here, they use certified...

Okay, got some results from the service center. They told that the motherboard has died.. And since my warranty was already expired they told it would cost around $350 (work included + should take like 2 weeks to get all the required...

I was also able to see these pixalated lines on an external monitor but only for about 30 secs (then the external went black. works with another computer just fine) when Windows was loaded and the welcoming screen was shown. I couldn't...

I guess your problem is similar to this one: http://www.notebookforums.com/thread175162.html Seems like a very common thing last time with Ferraris 4000?

Same problem here, dude, same symphoms Happened yesterday with Acer Ferrari 4005 and the warranty has expired like 1.5 month ago.. I took it to the repairs center, should get their responce tomor. Will let you know what it is. My...

Cool Thanks for the manual!