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post #21 of 32
6/24/04 at 5:21pm
download a program called mobilemeter

http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconVa...310/mm0310.zip

powernow is builtinto windows xp if you patch windows update... you adjust it in your powersettings "always on" or "laptop/portable mode"
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post #22 of 32
6/24/04 at 6:17pm
shutty, check the power setting in control panel because if its set as battery or laptop or anything like that, chances are powernow will kick in and slow stuff down, and would therefore explain your 793mhz problem.
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post #23 of 32
6/24/04 at 7:12pm
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Originally Posted by Okle
shutty, check the power setting in control panel because if its set as battery or laptop or anything like that, chances are powernow will kick in and slow stuff down, and would therefore explain your 793mhz problem.
ya my laptop was on laptop/battery, i changed it to "always on" and the clock changed to 1.8ghz
thanx
and thanx rince for the link
S
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post #24 of 32
6/24/04 at 7:35pm
welcome you are.
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post #25 of 32
6/25/04 at 3:02am
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Hopefully I'll have time tomorrow and I'll try and run the battery down playing games... I tried with NFSU but my gamepad kept messing up so i lost track of time while i was searching for better drivers and junk, haha. I had the problem on my desktop too so now i've pretty much assumed my gamepad is broken
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post #26 of 32
6/25/04 at 4:42am
Sup fellas what kind or ram is good ? you know ddr333 or ddr400 512 stick is kingston good?
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post #27 of 32
6/25/04 at 4:53am
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Originally Posted by cagey
Hi all, I have a Ferrari 3200 on order and I was wondering if someone could answer some questions in regards to the battery. I know the battery life is "average" and I was wondering at what the options are for extending that - basically, is there battery hot-swapable with a spare battery? If not, how easy is it to change the battery?
Could somebody comment on this please? I have done numerous searches and haven't been able to find anything. I gather it is not hot swappable or it would say, so how hard is it to remove the battery and replace it with a spare?
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post #28 of 32
6/25/04 at 5:31am
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Originally Posted by Shutty
thanx rince, do i need to download something to minitor PowerNow!, I can't seem to find anything on my comp like that

Hum....i'm actually plugged in, but its still 793Mhz
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*edit* I rebooted and checked the Bios, and it shows it as 1800Mhz...so i'm really not sure what its runnin at.
To make sure that PowerNow! is activated in Windows XP, select Portable/Laptop in Control Panel>>Power Options>>Power Schemes that looks something like this:


Then you should be able to use AMD's PowerNow! Dashboard to monitor your system and to make sure that PowerNow! really is active and it looks something like this:


You can download the AMD PowerNow! Dashboard from here:
http://www.amd.com/images/PowerNowDashboard_setup.zip
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...5E4396,00.html

Also make sure that you've installed the latest AMD Athlon 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP that you can download from here:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/cont.../Cpudriver.ZIP
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...5E9706,00.html

For extended battery life watching DVD's I suggest you install DVDIdle that you can download from here:
http://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-idle.htm

"DVDIdle helps you to extend lifetime of your DVD drive. By using Smart Read-ahead Cache, DVDIdle saves DVD data which will be played soon onto hard disk cache or RAM cache, and feed it to DVD player then, so that DVD drive can take a rest. For example, a 6X-speed DVD drive will only work 15 minutes when you are watching a 90 minutes DVD movie."

Enabling this should extend the battery life of your notebook significantly
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post #29 of 32
6/25/04 at 5:36am
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Originally Posted by cagey
Could somebody comment on this please? I have done numerous searches and haven't been able to find anything. I gather it is not hot swappable or it would say, so how hard is it to remove the battery and replace it with a spare?
The battery is a pretty easy swap, like with the Ferrari 3000. Nothing to worry about
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post #30 of 32
6/25/04 at 5:41am
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Originally Posted by puka
Sup fellas what kind or ram is good ? you know ddr333 or ddr400 512 stick is kingston good?
Both sticks should be good, although I personally would rather prefer using Corsair Value Select PC3200 (DDR400) 512MB SO-DIMM sticks with the Acer Ferrari 3200
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post #31 of 32
6/25/04 at 6:04am
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Originally Posted by snorre
Both sticks should be good, although I personally would rather prefer using Corsair Value Select PC3200 (DDR400) 512MB SO-DIMM sticks with the Acer Ferrari 3200

COOL thanks bro! so there shouldnt be a problem if I put pc3200 512 and the other is still 256 ddr333 I'm pretty sure that they are compatible but please correct me if I'm wrong ! thanks
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post #32 of 32
6/25/04 at 6:27am
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Originally Posted by puka
COOL thanks bro! so there shouldnt be a problem if I put pc3200 512 and the other is still 256 ddr333 I'm pretty sure that they are compatible but please correct me if I'm wrong ! thanks
No, but they will both run at DDR333 then. You'll get better performance using only the PC3200 512MB stick.
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