Posts by Falafel

I have the SD card reader working. I have not tried ready boost. Oh, the reader doesn't really work with 8 Gig SDHC cards such as the Patriot class 4 one I purchased. I have tried the PCMCIA slot as i don't have any use for it. I...

For people having issues with Vista, make sure you upgrade to the latest 3517 BIOS before install Vista. It will save alot of headaches. I had to resintall Vista after upgrading the bios to get the USB and O2Micro card reader to work...

Yup, i have Bios 3517 installed.

I have Vista installed on my Acer 8204 and everything works except that almost all my USB devices don't work properly. Vista will not work with any of my Micrsoft USB optical intellimice. The Orbicam works intermittently. I've...

The paint under your palm area is slowly being corroded going to happen. I posted about it a while back Here is the post

New Catalyst 6.8 drivers, get them while they are hot: http://www.ati.com/online/mobilecatalyst/

After using my 8204 since February without any issues, I started to notice the area under where my palms rest develop black splotches. I'm not sure if it is the paint wearing off or what. I don't have any residue on my palms. I was...

Don't know about Win2k3, but i'm assuming it should just work. I'm not dual booting, Vista is the primary OS on the laptop. I know ATI 1600, Bluetooth, VPN, Wireless, Remote desktop all work just fine.

Just to let all the 8204 owners out there that Windows Vista Beta 2 runs pretty damn well on the laptop. I've been using it mostly for work on my laptop and it has bene holding up pretty well.

Anyone know what it means when the Wifi indicator keeps blinking every 4 seconds? Does that mean no networks are found, or is there a problem? I don't see any wireless networks in the list.