Posts by Zipf

My Acer 3680 is working okay now. I updated the BIOS and then fully restored the system from the CDs. I then removed all of the Acer programs. (Even the eRecovery management which I had to do by hand, disabling/deleting services,...

Another update.. The Intel Chipset update didn't work. I still have a lot of "An error was detected on device \Device\CdRom0 during a paging operation." and ": The embedded controller (EC) did not respond within the...

I recently noticed that a few CD errors reported in the event log. I went to Acer's website and I installed the Intel Chipset drivers: http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/dat...80_Chipset.zip (2/16/07) [So far - after updating the...

I recently purchased an Acer Aspire for ~$400 from Best Buy (512 MB Ram, CD/DVD ROM). When I first started using the computer, I noticed that some CDs and DVDs didn't play exactly right. I noticed a few crashes. I assumed this was...

I recently discovered that I had mistakenly deleted one of my service files. Looking at the Event Viewer, I saw: "The HP Pci Information service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file...

Well I ran the HP batt check and it said the battery was broken (it now lasts ~20 minutes vs 3.5 hours last week). I will get a warranty replacement this week. My father's V5000 is a bigger model but the wattage is the same. Maybe...

In the last seven days my batterly life on my Compaq Presario V2000 has dropped from 3.5 hours to under 1 hour. I have been on vacation and I had used my father's Presario V5000 power supply. (The voltage rating was the same and the...