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post #821 of 1526
10/28/04 at 3:51pm

Sentence Correction

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Originally Posted by crappy_baka
The Acer 1712 is in a larger group called the 1710
Does this hold true for the 1714...I kinda freaked when it came in today and it said 1710 on it when I orderd the 1714.

BTW...It's going back because of a bad pixel on the screen. I love this thing but after forking out big bucks for the computer, extra bucks for overnighting it and another $180 for a laptop bag to support it, I feel that I should be able to look at the monitor without staring at a defect.

Now it's only a single pixel but it bugs the hell out of me. Am I over-reacting or am I justified to demand a replacement?
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post #822 of 1526
10/28/04 at 6:28pm
yes all the 1710,1711, 1712 and 1714 are all part of the 1710 series.
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post #823 of 1526
10/28/04 at 8:35pm
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Originally Posted by IronSun
Does this hold true for the 1714...I kinda freaked when it came in today and it said 1710 on it when I orderd the 1714.

BTW...It's going back because of a bad pixel on the screen. I love this thing but after forking out big bucks for the computer, extra bucks for overnighting it and another $180 for a laptop bag to support it, I feel that I should be able to look at the monitor without staring at a defect.

Now it's only a single pixel but it bugs the hell out of me. Am I over-reacting or am I justified to demand a replacement?
Send it back ... Dead Pixs at the price we pay is uncalled for.... despite the industry standard. That is my call....

Mine should come tomorrow ... I was told they were going to check the laptop out for Dead/Stuck Pixels BEFORE they Shipped it. We will see.....
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post #824 of 1526
10/29/04 at 8:54am
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Originally Posted by $Circle$
Send it back ... Dead Pixs at the price we pay is uncalled for.... despite the industry standard. That is my call....

Mine should come tomorrow ... I was told they were going to check the laptop out for Dead/Stuck Pixels BEFORE they Shipped it. We will see.....
Hey $Circle$, let me know how it goes. I'm curious as to how widespread this dead pixel issue really is. If they can eliminate it (or at least reduce the numbers of bad screens) Acer can stand to make a lot of money with this laptop...especially if they focused on the gaming community.

I'm cross shipping mine and the new one should be coming in today. In less than 24 hours, I got the first one...let the company know that I had a dead pixel where they promptly placed an order for a new one which should be in around 11pm...same time I got the first one!

One of the things that I ensured before I placed an order was that I asked them if they would change it out if I had a dead pixel. They were cool with it.

Can't wait to get rolling with it!
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post #825 of 1526
10/29/04 at 5:38pm
Got my 1712 today ... charing the battery per
the User's Guide before turing it on -- Page 33. This is suppose to condition the new battery pack.

How long does it take to charge this battery pack to 99% with the laptop off? I can't find that anywhere in the manual.
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post #826 of 1526
10/29/04 at 6:03pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by $Circle$
GOt the 1720 today ... charing the battery per
the User's Guide before turing it on -- Page 33. This is suppose to condition the new battery pack.

How long does it take to charge this battery pack to 99% with the laptop off? I can't find that anywhere in the manual.
Acer say 2 h off & 4 h on ,,,,, if i read right.
I just charged on in 2,5 h & take out & use with no battery.
& don't take off anything from MOBO , if you got the battery on , you gonna wait 15 min or so to get system running back again ( some safety )
You just be carefull with those little screws , they sux
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post #827 of 1526
10/30/04 at 11:58am
Quote:
Originally Posted by IronSun
Hey $Circle$, let me know how it goes. I'm curious as to how widespread this dead pixel issue really is. ...
IronSun -
Booted it up and connected to network to transfer files. THen I checked for DEAD/STUCK Pixels ... None!!

I must say the sceen is good but not near as good as the screen on the Sager 4750. Oh well, I guess that is the price to pay for the Nvidia Card and True OpenGL.


Question... this thing came with XP Home on it ... I want to wipe the hard drive clean and re-partition it to one large partition and load XP Pro without the Acer Image crap. Is there anything I need to look out for or do different since it is a laptop as compared to a desktop re-load???
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post #828 of 1526
10/30/04 at 1:29pm
No, you can format it/ partion it the same as a desktop.
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post #829 of 1526
11/1/04 at 1:45am

GPU temp

I just quit playing Far Cry ( patch 1.3 ) after 5 h or so . The temperature on GPU was 70C just right after i quit . Played on 1024 x 768 on high details with 5.1 surround sound . This machine rocks compare to my old desktop
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post #830 of 1526
11/1/04 at 7:44pm
ZZtop77, Does your 1712 show that the DVD is a DVD+/-RW in the devise manager under the System for XP pro and software used to burn DVDs?

I thought I was to get a DVD+/-RW as well when I purchased this laptop but all that shows up under the Devise manager and the DVD software I use is a DVD-R.
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post #831 of 1526
11/2/04 at 8:05pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by $Circle$
ZZtop77, Does your 1712 show that the DVD is a DVD+/-RW in the devise manager under the System for XP pro and software used to burn DVDs?

I thought I was to get a DVD+/-RW as well when I purchased this laptop but all that shows up under the Devise manager and the DVD software I use is a DVD-R.

$Circle$ got no answer for ya , don't know , it don't say, it seems Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K13RA & does not show if is + or -.
& i do not burn any DVD yet , so just don't know , sorry can't help

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post #832 of 1526
11/3/04 at 12:27am

Monitor Flickers...any ideas.

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Originally Posted by rcbuggyman
Hey, thanks for that help.

Now, I have another question, when I am using the battery, and a few minutes, the screen starts to slow its refresh rate slow enough so that I can see it. Is this common?
Hey rcbuggyman,

Did you ever resolve your flicker issues...I'm running into this also...seems like a potential power issue. I notice that it gets worse when the hard-drive cranks.

If you found a solution to this, could you share it?

TIA!
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post #833 of 1526
11/3/04 at 2:09am
The LCD ended up going bad, I posted a few posts back about how I had to get my LCD replaced. It was still under warranty, so it didn't cost me anything, but it was a royal pain in the butt. I use the computer for school work, so not having it for 4 days was not fun.

Anyway, my LCD started to make a hissing noise when it turned on, then one day it just went dim. The brightness still worked, but it was already as bright as it would go, and it was extremely hard to see. So I took it and got it replaced. They told me that it wasn't the backlight.
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post #834 of 1526
11/4/04 at 1:40am

Sata To Ide ?????

Did anybody try SATA HDD ?
http://www.addonics.com/products/io/adsaide.asp
Does it fit in there ? Is it working ? Anybody try anything else ?

Thanx for help
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post #835 of 1526
11/4/04 at 4:31pm
guys, i just ran 3Dmark05, and i got 349 3dmarks?!?!?!?! this machine should get alot higher...did i do something wrong?? anyone else have this problem.
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post #836 of 1526
11/4/04 at 8:20pm
I had the same monitor flicker but only when on battery.
Replaced the drivers with the standard drivers supplied and the flicker has gone. Don't know if it was the drivers i was using ( latest fron Nvidia) or if the problem will return but it may be worth a try.
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post #837 of 1526
11/5/04 at 2:45pm
Hey...has anyone heard of rumors that the 1714 is going to be discontinued? I know the 1712 was discon'd couple of months ago.. Reason I ask is I just checked some prices and a couple of vendors are now listing the 1714 (NEW IN BOX) at around 1775 (XP Home). Called one of them up and he confirmed the price and said that Acer is discontinuing the 1714 and his listings dont show a 1714XP PRO version anymore.
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post #838 of 1526
11/6/04 at 9:13pm

Keyboard for 1712

Anybody here know any site in usa or europe that can i buy a new keyboard for my aspire 1712?
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post #839 of 1526
11/7/04 at 3:01pm
All the acer retailers in the UK now show no listings for the 1700 series laptops.. looks like i was to late to buy 1 and Acer have discontinued them.. Bummer :-(
Correction to this post.. several of the Largest retailers are no longer listing this series. The acer Uk home sits still lists it but they may be a little slow to update their own info.
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post #840 of 1526
11/7/04 at 3:33pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by sychnant
All the acer retailers in the UK now show no listings for the 1700 series laptops.. looks like i was to late to buy 1 and Acer have discontinued them.. Bummer :-(
Correction to this post.. several of the Largest retailers are no longer listing this series. The acer Uk home sits still lists it but they may be a little slow to update their own info.
Try here
http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/hard...quicklinx=33G8

It looks like they have some on order and you might get lucky.
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