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post #741 of 1272
10/1/04 at 1:06pm
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Originally Posted by monologuist
I've been having a couple of small problems with my new Ferrari:
1.The trackpad left click will sometimes activate without my touching it...I'll just be moving the cursor around and it will click on its own.
This is because "tapping" is enabled in the Synaptics touchpad driver settings:
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"Tapping" means quickly touching and then lifting your finger off the TouchPad surface. A light, quick tap works best. Very hard or slow taps are less effective. Tap once for a single click, or twice in rapid succession for a double-click.
You can disable this feature by going to the Control Panel->Mouse->Device Settings->Settings->Tapping and unchecking Enable Tapping.

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Originally Posted by monologuist
2.After closing the lid and letting the machine "Sleep", and then returning and firing it back up, the screen is suddenly distorted...sometimes only on the windows log on/off screen, but also sometimes when I restart windows....I have to reboot the machine to get it back to normal.
This is a known bug with the Omega Drivers, but can be fixed by going to the Control Panel->Display->Settings->Advanced->POWERPLAY and unchecking Enable POWERPLAY.
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post #742 of 1272
10/1/04 at 5:51pm
Acer is sending me a new Ferrari 3200 Monday and taking the "old" one back.

Bootz
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post #743 of 1272
10/1/04 at 8:22pm

1.5ghz problem

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Originally Posted by alden
I just recieved my Ferrari 3200 and it recognizes the processor as a 1.5ghz????? Whats up with that.. Also could someone like possibly post a good tweak guide here so you dont have to browse through 40 some pages in this thread?

I noticed that too, when I first received my Ferrari this past monday... I changed the power settings from 'portable/notebook' to 'always on' and it jumped up to 1.8 ghz.
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post #744 of 1272
10/2/04 at 8:00pm

To all babies who want's it all but dont't wanna make an effort...

Guys...!?!

I often read these lazy inputs about "not wanting to go thruw the whole discussion forum"... What a crap ! If you are REALLY interested in your new Ferrari, you would just LOVE to read all about it! I wouldn't count all the times Snorre had to repeat him self because of you lazy jokers. You better shapen up or just stay out.

/ Waxi
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post #745 of 1272
10/3/04 at 1:55am
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Originally Posted by snorre
Battery life tweak guide

1. First make sure the new battery pack is properly conditioned (see this).
2. Make also sure that the LCD Auto Dim is enabled in the BIOS Main menu.
3. Disable WLAN & Bluetooth with the buttons in front (if you don't use them ofcourse).
4. Go to the Control Panel->Power Options->Power Schemes and Select the Max battery power scheme.
5. Go to the Control Panel->Display->Advanced->POWERPLAY and enable POWERPLAY.
6. I recommend using DVDIdle to save battery life while playing CD/DVDs.
7. If you've upgraded to a Hitachi Travelstar 7K60 hard drive you should enable A.B.L.E. with the Feature Tool (also available on the Ultimate Boot CD).


Hi Snorre, I have upgrade my HDD to the Hitachi 7k60 and also ran the Feature Tool but unable to find A.B.L.E to enable, what is this and where do I enable it.

Thanks for your help
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post #746 of 1272
10/4/04 at 1:27pm
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Originally Posted by wikedlam
Hi Snorre, I have upgrade my HDD to the Hitachi 7k60 and also ran the Feature Tool but unable to find A.B.L.E to enable, what is this and where do I enable it.
Within the Feature Tool program it's called Advanced Power Mode (Alt-P), so make sure this is enabled. You can even adjust the drive's power consumption and acoustic level (Alt-A) with this tool
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post #747 of 1272
10/5/04 at 5:56am
Snorre, Hi, Soz to ask so late into the thread.

IS there any way that you may know of to oc the 3000 model?

Thanks and all the best

Rich
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post #748 of 1272
10/5/04 at 12:46pm
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Originally Posted by richard.unwin2
IS there any way that you may know of to oc the 3000 model?
I'm not sure, but perhaps one of these overclocking tools will work on the Acer Ferrari 3000:

CPUMSR:
http://www.cpuheat.wz.cz/html/CPUMSR_main.htm

or

8rdavcore:
http://www.hasw.net/8rdavcore/

or

CrystalCPUID 4:
http://crystalmark.info/soft/CrystalCPUID4.html

or

ClockGen (CG-RTM560266):
http://www.cpuid.org/clockgen.php

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post #749 of 1272
10/6/04 at 6:37am
Thanks snorre, checking now.

Just seen there is a 3400 available now can't keep up with them lol.

Thanks again
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post #750 of 1272
10/6/04 at 11:38am

Ferrari 3400????

Does anyone know when this will be available in america?

Thanks!!!

Skeet
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post #751 of 1272
10/6/04 at 11:19pm
Got my replacement 3200 today. Not the whole kit, just the 'puter itself, no battery, and a few small telltale scratches on the case, indicating it's a refurb. But it does what the first one didn't, which is to connect and maintain a connection on my wireless network.

So far, so good.

Bootz
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post #752 of 1272
10/8/04 at 9:53am
Hi, i want to change my wallpaper, but it keep changing to the ferrari wallpaper, should I unistall the FerrariWallpaper ??

thx
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post #753 of 1272
10/8/04 at 10:25am
Hi there

3400 info

http://www.amdboard.com/ferrari_3400.html

http://computer.kelkoo.de/b/a/sbs/113501/7374902.html

Hope it helps.
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post #754 of 1272
10/8/04 at 9:03pm
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Originally Posted by Pllat
Hi, i want to change my wallpaper, but it keep changing to the ferrari wallpaper, should I unistall the FerrariWallpaper ??
Yes.
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post #755 of 1272
10/10/04 at 1:07pm

Problem with connecting the TV

Hello everyone. I too am a proud owner of this fantastic Ferrari 3200 notebook, but I have run accross a problem that I would like to receive help with.
I have an older model of TV by Philips, and I would be very interested to use it as my second display, but unfortunately it just shows me everything in black & white. I don't believe that there's any problem with the TV itself, as normal channels work just fine, it's just the EXT1&2 that are receiving their signal from the notebook through S-Video cable (with the SCART-adapter) that doesn't want to use colors. I have tried all PAL/NTSC options, and they present no changes at all.

Does anyone know what could be the problem and how to fix it? (Is there any definite difference with 4 or 7 pin S-Video cable? *doesn't believe that would be the cause*)

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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post #756 of 1272
10/11/04 at 1:33am
Hey Guys,

New BIOS out for the Ferrari 3200 version 3A27

This is to fix the following issue:

Disable legacy USB and IO decode when accessing ESCD
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post #757 of 1272
10/11/04 at 1:59pm
I like to ask, has any Ferrari 3200 owners flashed their DVD Drives firmware to become region free?
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post #758 of 1272
10/11/04 at 3:21pm

3400+

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Originally Posted by richard.unwin2
The only change was the processor????????? NO NEW PCI-E GPU!!!!!!
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post #759 of 1272
10/11/04 at 6:55pm
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Originally Posted by wikedlam
I like to ask, has any Ferrari 3200 owners flashed their DVD Drives firmware to become region free?
No, there's no region free (RPC-1) firmware available for the Panasonic UJ-825S drive in the Acer Ferrari 3200 yet AFAIK. I use DVDIdle Pro instead, since that also includes DVD Region+CSS Free

guilherme: What do you need PCI Express in a laptop for?
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post #760 of 1272
10/11/04 at 7:01pm
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Originally Posted by snorre
No, there's no region free (RPC-1) firmware available for the Panasonic UJ-825S drive in the Acer Ferrari 3200 yet AFAIK. I use DVDIdle Pro instead, since that also includes DVD Region+CSS Free
just for information
DVDIdle Pro does not support the Mat****a UJ-825S drive in the Acer Ferrari 3200....
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