Posts by drsixstring

Quote: Originally Posted by mvillesca The 100GB HDD I thought it had is now only 45GB cuz a DataRecovery File is set as a 2nd HD and takes the rest of my mem. This is pretty common with the Acer laptops. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by jabba2 I also noticed the ATI X200 driver on XP SP2 work better than Acer's X1100. X200/X1100 isn't listed in the "Graphics technologies supported" section on the...

Do you have any references/threads I could check out? Also, my heart's not totally set on 1gb. I could settle for a 512mb stick, if anyone has any recommendations for those.

I called Acer support and they said that there is no way to lock the function key.

I recently purchased an Aspire 5102, which I believe is very similar to other machines in the 3000/5000 series. The model I purchased off NewEgg came with 512mb of RAM from the factory, so I purchased a 1gb stick for an upgrade. ...

NHC looks pretty good, and its free. I'll definitely give this a try tonight. Thanks!

Wouldn't that just enable Scroll Lock? I'll give it a try when I get home from work.

Is there a way to "lock" my function (Fn) key? I want to be able to use the integrated keypad without having to hold down the function key. My only other option is to buy an external USB keypad, and I'd rather not do...

I bought an Aspire 5102 a few weeks ago, and have since formatted the entire hard drive and installed Windows XP Pro and Ubuntu (dual-boot). I've found that I need to install the EMpowering framework and the ePower Management...

AFAIK, all wireless adapters that support 802.11g are backwards compatible with 802.11b networks, but I'm also not sure about 802.11a networks. My question was/is more concerned with "better" as in the wireless button on the...