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post #1021 of 1272
1/17/05 at 5:51pm
hi everybody, any news about uj-825s for region free?
or if anybody knows a way so we can shrink the DVDs with shrink?
thx
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post #1022 of 1272
1/18/05 at 12:14am
Hello!
Just an update again. My Ferrari is working great since the last time I've posted :-) I'm happy happy :-). Btw, my Kingston Memory arrived today, will be installing them tomorrow! Yipeeeee!!!!
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post #1023 of 1272
1/18/05 at 12:52am
algirdas u were complainin about a slow loading of windows on the welcome screen well then during this slow loading process plz check if the bluetooth LED indicator is flashing. i guess u have sp2 installed and there is a certain issue that Microsoft published concerning this problem. bluetooth isnt able to find some devices because it doesnt have the proper authorization or smthn of that sort. to be sure if thats happenin check ur system event viewer and u should find an error called BTHUSB i think.
i have a question myself now, i understand that the Ferrari 3200 has a max of 16X writing speed right? well the only 2 options that i had on NTI-CD Makter were 4 and 8. although if i check in drive properties is shows me that i have 4-8-12-16. also in My Computer if i check the properties on my DVD-Drive under the recording tab i can only choose between 1-2-4-8-Fastest. and besides changing these values didnt affect the actual writing speed so i was just wondering how could i get my 16X workin and if anybody has this same problem...
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post #1024 of 1272
1/19/05 at 4:47am
Shadinio,
This maybe a dumb answer. I'm not sure if I'm correct but I'll try, 4-8-12-16 I think stands for max speeds for specific media 4X DVDRW, 8X DVDR, 12X CDRW, 16X CDR. That's how I understand it. So if you're writing DVDR, up to only 8X will appear in the option. You didn't mention which media are you writing to, is it DVD or CD?

In my DVD ROMs recording tab, I have 1-2-4-8-16-fastest. I'm not sure why you don't have the "16" there.
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post #1025 of 1272
1/19/05 at 10:10am
rain director r u using NTI CD maker or some other software?
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post #1026 of 1272
1/19/05 at 10:33pm
the first thing when i got my f3200 was to format it and unistall nti and put nero and alchohol. not that is bad, to tell you the true i did open it just 1 time. i just want the others.
i have the same problem and i believe the answer is that depends what are u try to burn (many files or one big) and if laptop is many hours open in use.
sometimes burn my movies in 4x speed and other times in 2x
same and cds other 16x others 8x.
sorry for my english im from greece.
my only problem is that i cant copy dvds from the other regions i have choose.
and we have the most cool laptop in the world
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post #1027 of 1272
1/19/05 at 10:39pm
I've now finally updated my overclocking/performance tweak guide here:
http://notebookforums.com/showthread...976#post455976

I've also updated my battery life optimization/tweak guide here:
http://notebookforums.com/showthread...650#post458650

See my post here for a quick overview of all my guides:
http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=41052

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post #1028 of 1272
1/19/05 at 10:59pm
Hi Snorre, a quick question,

I just upgraded my Ferrari to 1G RAM with a pair of Corsair XMS 512MB PC3200, same as yours. I used the CPUID-Z version 1.26 and it does register it as having 1GB Ram, but on the memory section the Channels # only says Single. is this normal and same on yours? I ask this becuase I thought having used 2 slots should register it as Dual Channel or is this just an Intel thing as I noticed it does say Dual on a Intel Pentium notebook when 2 slots are used.

With 1GB RAM, few improvements were noted:

1. Windows now seems to run more responsive
2. Faster loading times on HL2 and runs much smoother overall.
3. Aquamark increased specially CPU score now increased to over 8000+ without OC whereas previously I could only get 7800 max.
4. The current discharged on battery now reduces down to 17.99 where as previous would be around 18.9, so guess it uses less current and means more battery life.

Oh the subject of battery life, I noticed that my battery already has an 18% wear, so no wonder it can never last over 3 hrs. It states 64680W full capacity, but on max charge it says 53038W so I am lossing 18% of juice max time now is around 2hrs +
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post #1029 of 1272
1/19/05 at 11:30pm
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Originally Posted by wikedlam
Hi Snorre, a quick question,

I just upgraded my Ferrari to 1G RAM with a pair of Corsair XMS 512MB PC3200, same as yours. I used the CPUID-Z version 1.26 and it does register it as having 1GB Ram, but on the memory section the Channels # only says Single. is this normal and same on yours? I ask this becuase I thought having used 2 slots should register it as Dual Channel or is this just an Intel thing as I noticed it does say Dual on a Intel Pentium notebook when 2 slots are used.
Yes, that's the same with me and that's normal since all socket 754 processors like those in the Ferrari series only support single channel memory.

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Originally Posted by wikedlam
With 1GB RAM, few improvements were noted:

1. Windows now seems to run more responsive
2. Faster loading times on HL2 and runs much smoother overall.
3. Aquamark increased specially CPU score now increased to over 8000+ without OC whereas previously I could only get 7800 max.
4. The current discharged on battery now reduces down to 17.99 where as previous would be around 18.9, so guess it uses less current and means more battery life.
Ok, nice to know

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Originally Posted by wikedlam
Oh the subject of battery life, I noticed that my battery already has an 18% wear, so no wonder it can never last over 3 hrs. It states 64680W full capacity, but on max charge it says 53038W so I am lossing 18% of juice max time now is around 2hrs +
There's a 1 year warranty on the battery I think, so I suggest that you contact Acer for a replacement.
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post #1030 of 1272
1/20/05 at 3:34am
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Originally Posted by shadinio
rain director r u using NTI CD maker or some other software?

Yes I'm using NTI
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post #1031 of 1272
1/21/05 at 12:22am
X-bit labs reviews the Acer Ferrari 3200 and compares it to the Asus A4S00K here:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mob...r-ferrari.html
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post #1032 of 1272
1/23/05 at 10:06pm
There's a buzz, HP is going to come out with their own WilliamsBMW notebook :-)
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post #1033 of 1272
1/24/05 at 12:40am
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Originally Posted by lotech.nz
I made and posted this the other day and after checking out the drivers for the 3200 they look identical - if someone with a 3200 could try this, I would be keen to update support:

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Modded BCM Tray Icons for Acer Ferrari 3000 V1.0 (06.07.04)
by lotech (www.lotech.co.nz)
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I hated the icons that came with the Wireless Tray util installed on my laptop so I thought I better do some tweaking. The replaced icons use Apples wireless icons (and as a result I can take no credit for their design) - but damn if they don't look better. No more cryptic colour scheme to show the signal strength. It is based on V3.30.15.0 of the Config utility.


INSTALLATION
1. Close any wireless services you have Open and disable you WIFI card under
Control Panel / Network Connections.
2. Rename c:\windows\system32\bcmwltry.exe to something else (such as bcmwltry_old.exe)
3. Extract zip contents to this c:\windows\system32
4. Restart, enable WI-FI & enjoy.

PROBLEMS
There shouldn't be any issues as is just a hacked version of the only version of this available. As usual if you break something beyond belief I take no responsability for your problems - although I doubt this will happen.

FUTURE
More support for other Acer Laptops with the same wifi card - chances are it works with these now. If anyone tries it please email me so I can add it to the listed supported models.

PREVIEW


DOWNLOAD HERE (73kb)
This works perfectly on my Acer Ferrari 3200, great work!

I've also added this to my list of drivers & utilities here:
http://notebookforums.com/showthread...768#post403768
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post #1034 of 1272
1/24/05 at 11:00pm
I've updated my performance tweak guide and added some hard drive performance tweaks here:
http://notebookforums.com/showthread...976#post455976

I've also added some advanced options to my battery life tweak guide here:
http://notebookforums.com/showthread...650#post458650

Enjoy!
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post #1035 of 1272
1/25/05 at 10:28am
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Originally Posted by snorre
This works perfectly on my Acer Ferrari 3200, great work!
Hm, I didn't find the bcmwltry.exe file in my windows folder. I have Ferrari 3200. My Wifi card works fine. I managed to get the icon only by double-clicking on the extracted executable, but the old icon does not disappear, i.e. I have two icons for wireless!

What am I doing wrong?
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post #1036 of 1272
1/25/05 at 10:13pm
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Originally Posted by algirdas2004
Hm, I didn't find the bcmwltry.exe file in my windows folder. I have Ferrari 3200. My Wifi card works fine. I managed to get the icon only by double-clicking on the extracted executable, but the old icon does not disappear, i.e. I have two icons for wireless!

What am I doing wrong?
They've removed the Broadcom WLAN Tray utility from the newest driver packs, but you can get it back by installing an older one like this one:
http://www.averatec.com/customercare...rs/AE64002.EXE

And then upgrade the driver with the newest one available:
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp2...00/SP29361.exe

Ok?
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post #1037 of 1272
1/27/05 at 2:22pm
hi again. i just wanted to ask if anybody fix or knows a way for using other regions of DVDs with shrink.
and that my cursor do the same and to me sometimes,
it appers above left, or down left.
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post #1038 of 1272
1/29/05 at 11:48pm
Anyone having issues with the PC Card slot?

I am trying to read a Compact Flash card in a CF PC Card Reader.

It comes up and XP SP2 is busy trying to load drivers for it and then errors saying that this driver is incorrect for the version of Windows.
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post #1039 of 1272
2/1/05 at 3:34am
Hi everyone!!
First of all I want to thank all of you for all the useful information that helped decide to buy the ACER Ferrari 3200. The lapie is awesome!!!
It has been 4 months that I have me Ferrari and I think it's time to upgrade some hardware. I've been reading that most of you upgraded your hard drive to Hitachi Travelstar 7k60. Can anybody tell me if the Travelstar 7k60 is noisier that the factory hard drive??
Thanks!!
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post #1040 of 1272
2/1/05 at 3:37am
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Originally Posted by flush
Anyone having issues with the PC Card slot?

I am trying to read a Compact Flash card in a CF PC Card Reader.

It comes up and XP SP2 is busy trying to load drivers for it and then errors saying that this driver is incorrect for the version of Windows.
I dont think you can read Compact Flash in the Ferrari 3200. The only supported onces are Memory Stick, SmartMedia, Secure Digital and Multimedia
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