Posts by luc4net

I had the same problem with the screen of my 1714smi. One day the screen started to flick and the next day went dimmed on the bottom. ACER UK toke 10 days to fix it. But the most bizarre think is that I have an extended 3 year waranty...

I copied my mp3 library which is about 80 gigs, across to the HD of my 1714 smi . Once I finished copying if I click the main folder Properties to check the total size it comes up as 12.6 gigs??? If I open the inside folders...

k; i get it now..helpfull people at valuelist.co.uk btw ATA is the old stuff. SATA is the new. The 1714 has a ATA100 IDE controler motherboard and thats that. The 1712 comes with a 120 seagate barracuda, dunno about the 1714. All and...

!!! HELP !!! ??? I'm getting confused here ??? I ordered a new 250 WD hard drive for my 1714. That means I will end up with the original 120 gigs drive as a 'spare'. In order to make it usefull I'll have to find a 'house' for it. So...

I don't know if this helps but I found this and I'm thinking of getting it: http://www.valuelist.co.uk/ProductDe...productID=2656 What do you think guys?

Quote: Originally Posted by DWStrickland I have the Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB, and it works flawlessly in my Aspire 1710. k; i just ordered a Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB from eBuyer. We'll see...

Quote: Originally Posted by Wraith ATA150 should be backwards compatible. I'm using an ATA133 drive in my 1714, no problems at all... unless someone knows differently. Someone asked about the Antec notebook cooler -...

Quote: Originally Posted by Wraith ATA150 should be backwards compatible. I'm using an ATA133 drive in my 1714, no problems at all... unless someone knows differently. Someone asked about the Antec notebook cooler -...

Well, My 1714 SMi is up and running and it is a beauty!! No dead pixels at all in what I can only describe as an amazing screen (and I'm used to the quality of a lacie CTR "21). Now I haven't fully tested the power of this baby...

Quote: Originally Posted by crappy_baka Im downloading as we speak and my harddrive is at 58C while my Cpu is at 51C (i think this is kinda norm for downloading a HUGE FILE). The laptop dosnt get too hot espically if...