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post #381 of 1526
7/1/04 at 6:58am
Hi,

a little question for how have done the upgrade of bios :

now that the SMART is disabled, programs like mobilemeter or others continues to read the cpu and hard disk temperatures or now is not possible to use it anymore ?

Thanks.
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post #382 of 1526
7/1/04 at 1:32pm
+=========================================================================+
| MODEL NO. : DT3 RELEASE DATE. : 04/26/2004 |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| BIOS REV. : 3A19 CHECK SUM. : |
| : VGA Intel 3102 |
| : KBC: PQ3a30 |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| LAST BIOS REV. : 3A18 LAST RELEASE DATE. : 04/23/2004 |
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Intel VGA BIOS MBI change: None |
| |
| BIOS Changes: |
| 1. Per Acer, change O2 AudioDJ BIN file back to the same as 3A14. |
| |
| Note: |
| 1. CPU throttling policy: |
| Windows: Temperature higher than 70'C, STOP clock 37.5% |
| Battery mode: STOP clock 37.5% |
| |
| KBC Changes: PQ3a30 |
| 1. Change brightness table to fix LCD flicker issue. |
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| RELEASED BY : Jackson Yen CHECK BY : PAGE : 1/1 |



It'd be interesting if we could contact Jackson Yen and get an unrestricted Bios release. Doubt it would ever happen but it's a nice daydream.
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post #383 of 1526
7/1/04 at 2:33pm
Almost 15lbs, wow! With the AC adapter probably looking at 18lbs or so. Jupiter's got moons that weigh less than that.
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post #384 of 1526
7/1/04 at 3:14pm
Exactly what I'm looking for though. Why should I pay for a some mobility when I want none?
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post #385 of 1526
7/1/04 at 6:37pm
Has anyone found out what the changes made by 3A20 are; I am loathe to install until I know what it will do (and what it wont)

Thanks
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post #386 of 1526
7/1/04 at 8:05pm
Hi there! Here's my small contribution:

Latest Aspire 1710 BIOS link---->
http://stkts.sertek.com.tw/notebook....apse=55.2#55.2

[Everything can be translated by using an on-line translator (like Altavista) with Chinese (Traditional sort).]

The unique difference from previous BIOS releases is the following:

"1. Update O2 AudioDJ BIN file to latest version."

So, I suppose the latest release is good news for people who used to have problems with AUDIODJ.
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post #387 of 1526
7/3/04 at 5:50pm
My DVD died on me yesterday now I have to find a way to just ship the DVD instead of the whole system becuase the system works just fine. The sad thing is I never even got a chance to use the burner on it. I guess playing all those movies and games on the system really made the DVD work to hard. Maybe the DVD is not the greatest out there I don't know. Anyone else have this problem at all? If so please tell me if you had to send the whole system or if you could just send the DVD back to them and they send you a new one. Also where is everyone able to order the internal parts from (ie. the DVD, graphics card etc...) I can't find anywhere on the acer site to order internal parts should something go wrong. this would help me in case something else should go wrong.

Here's my current config:
Acer 1712 SMi-XPP
2 Gb 400 Mhz PC 3200 RAM
200 Gb WD 7200 RPM 8Mb Cache
BIOS 3A19
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post #388 of 1526
7/3/04 at 6:01pm
Thanks for that

Regards
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post #389 of 1526
7/3/04 at 7:59pm
If you call the Acer technical support number (1-800-816-2237 USA), then you will hear an option for purchasing spare parts. However, if a specific part is defective, it will be replaced for free under warranty. I am sure they will just simply ship you a replacement DVD drive and request the other one shipped back.
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post #390 of 1526
7/4/04 at 12:49am
anyone know of ANY bags for this thing?
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post #391 of 1526
7/4/04 at 3:34am
Quote:
Originally Posted by DWStrickland
If you call the Acer technical support number (1-800-816-2237 USA), then you will hear an option for purchasing spare parts. However, if a specific part is defective, it will be replaced for free under warranty. I am sure they will just simply ship you a replacement DVD drive and request the other one shipped back.
thanks! that helps except of course for the fact that they seem to be closed this weekend so I probably won't get it shipped for a while now. But it is a great help.
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post #392 of 1526
7/4/04 at 7:15am
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Originally Posted by pingu
anyone know of ANY bags for this thing?
well, I've seen these on the belgian acer site (pricelist xls):

Acer XL case for Aspire 1700/1710/2000
Nylon mid range 15" 1700/1710/2000
Acer Executive Notebook case 15" 1700/1710/2000

these are bags acer offers themselves
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post #393 of 1526
7/4/04 at 3:04pm

a little 56k6 prob... ;-)

Well this is the one(Targus) I've got for now... Still lookin' for a great backpack...
For now this is a good option, have a look:


The case empty and open.






The case with my 1712 SMI (European, so a 5700Go with 64 Mb ) open and closed.



The frontpocket for your "brick" and some other supplies.



The backpocket for some documents.

I think it's really worth the money, but if you have to carry a lot around, a backpack would be nice...

So far the case.

I've been testing the 5700Go 64 Mb a bit, and what strikes me is that the original drivers(shipped with ur notebook) for the videocard are the best so far. I've tried a whole bunch from this site

Now I run the original drivers with nVidia Coolbits for the oc.

Results:



This is the maximum safe overclock.



This is what I run 24/7.
Not to bad for the 64 Mb version...

Wil test it with some Mushkin Black level II 3200 soon.

Is there a way to cranck up the FSB on this machine? Hardware/Software solution?
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post #394 of 1526
7/4/04 at 4:52pm
Yes, the original drivers installed for the NVidia GeForce FX Go 5700 have been excellent. I have not had a single problem with any of the many games I have thrown at it. I am sure it is getting tired of Knights Of The Old Republic though since that is the main game of the moment.
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post #395 of 1526
7/4/04 at 4:55pm
so they just put a full size hard drive in there? can you put a desktop graphics card in there?
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post #396 of 1526
7/4/04 at 5:22pm
Unfortunately not, but with since PCI-E is coming along nicely, it should be possible in the near future.
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post #397 of 1526
7/4/04 at 5:57pm
its the only laptop i have heard of with a 120 gb 7200 rpm drive though.
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post #398 of 1526
7/4/04 at 7:37pm

Backpack

Once again backpack messages are appearing. The STM Large Loop will hold our laptop and then some!. It has three verticle compartments. The laptop is suppossed to go into the middle one. However, ours is so large that it has to go into the back (closest to your back) compartment. Standing upright (empty) it is 20 inches high. The front most compartment has a deep mesh pocket in it along with two closeable pockets and a place for three pens. The straps are well padded and there are two pockets on the outside for water bottle, newspaper, or whatever else cyclindrical you want to put there. I'm really impressed with the design. Just do a search for one. They are Austrailian (sp) and they will ship to you and charge in US dollars. If anyone wants pictures let me know and I'll see what I can do.
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post #399 of 1526
7/4/04 at 11:22pm
Mayaman2: Yes, the Aspire 1700/1710 series use a standard 3.5" HDD so you can technically have up to a 250GB 7200rpm 8MB HDD desktop hard disk. This can obviously increase as a new wave of larger, faster desktop hard disks hit the market later this year.
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post #400 of 1526
7/5/04 at 12:17am
what type of benchmarks does this monster get? it should beat my desktop.
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