Posts by colinw

I'm with Michael on this. I'm still happy with the 8204, and there is currently no other laptop available in the UK that is comparable in all areas, so, if I was in the market today, I would still be chosing the Acer.

I had a similar problem (January build also), so on advice on this forum (you might find the original thread if you do a search) I went through all the settings in ATI CC and manually rest everything to maximum and that seemed to do the...

Downloaded again, saved to desktop went to open file and got the same message. Tried to "run" at the download screen (instead of "save") still the same. Am I doing something basic wrong? Incidentally I am trying to...

Hmm, when I try to open the zipped file from the Acer FTP site I get the error message that "the zipped file is either invalid or corrupt" ??

I use "extend my desktop", drag the window on to the external screen and then set my laptop to shut down the screen when closed (I think it does this automatically), or, thinking about it, you could do exactly the same with the...

I would like to update to 3312, but I've never messed with a bios before, is there anything I need to know (a step by step guide would be great)?

I have an exclamation mark against "Intel(R) Active Management Technology - SOL (COM7)" in device manager. Is this the same issue (I have never attempted to use the VOIP yet)?

Dan Try this thread - it may help http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=137292

My 8204 does the same on start-up and shutdown, and I'm sure I have read a post on here where somebody else mentioned it. I don't know what's doing it but if you do identify what it is and how to fix it please post and let us know.

I was considering doing this also but so far my stock card is working fine for me. However, do a search for Atheros on ebay and that will bring up some Super A/G cards. By all accounts the swap is pretty simple and painless (but...