Hi people. According tot he specs on the ACER 9420 notebook series the 9424 should be able to deal with 4GB of Ram. So I installed a matched set Kingston. And what happens? The bloody thing only sees 3GB! Anybody have an idea OR done the same without any problem ( in which case I have a hardware...

Hi chaps, Any one know what the dipswitch settings are for next to the processor on the old ACER 950C Pentium laptop, there are 2 sets, the top right one has 2 switches, the bottom right one has 4 switches, I'm guessing they are processor voltage, multiplier, bus clock etc etc

We have a few Acer's in our environment. they all come loaded with their standard recovery software that gets activited by pressing Alt-F10. The problem I am having is that we have a legacy application we rely very heavily on that uses that same key combination for a very important process....

Hi, I'm mounting an Altos 1200 motherboard (M25C-2) in a case with 2 floppy drives connected in serial Is there a way of getting the BIOS to see the second drive, B? Only A is detected. BIOS has been updated to the latest version (m25cr5b4.zip) Thanks in advance

Can/will someone tell me how to remove and replace the hard drive in an Acer Aspire 5100 notebook. Thanks!

Recently the network card has stopped working. ON the back of the laptop by the network card the status lights are constantly on green and orange... and windows says the device could not be started.. can anyone help? the networ card is a : VIA RHINE II FAST ETHERNET ADAPTER

hello, i am helping a friend choose their first pc and would like to know how acer ranks in reliability, service, support etc. any and all feedback is greatly appreciated THANKS!

Hi all, i have a problem with my notebook. It suddenly stopped working, screen went black, powerled stayed on, and the 2 leds in front (beutooth and wifi) stayed on. After i turned it off and back on it gives the same. Ventilator starts turning for 3 sec, power led turns green and 2 leds in front...

I'm planning on upgrading the 160GB 5400 RPM hard drive and the two 1GB ram modules in my Acer Aspire AS1410 soon. So I took it apart and took pictures of the process to make it easier for myself when I get the new parts. I also wrote up a quick guide to help out other owners of the AS1410 or the...

Hi Does anyone know whether this machine has USB 2.0 or is it just USB 1.1? Ta

Hi Can anyone please tell me how to take my acer aspire 1300 to bits so i can fix this annoying DC power conector problem. Thanks Wookie

I have an Acer Aspire 1300 laptop with a shattered power socket. I have removed all the visible screws but it's still connected in the middle somewhere. I've tried all the usual places, under keys, the panel below the keyboard etc. but no luck. Anybody got any clues? I know what to do once I get...

Does anyone have or can anyone supply a source for a technical service manual for the Aspire 1315LC? I need to know the part number of the DC in socket, or at least the type of socket this is. If anyone can tell me where to get one that would be even better! Thanks in advance ...

Hi, I am looking around for a new laptop at the moment and have come across the Acer Aspire 1315LC/1315LM, I know the full specification of the laptop, but I can not find any reviews of it anywhere and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with Acer laptops. Are they reliable, sturdy, are...

Im having problems with a pover adapter on my laptop,the plug that goes into the laptop gets very hot!, it runs the laptop fine, and does not get hot when turned on and not plugged into the laptop, only when in the laptop, what could be causing the problem? THanks Eddy

Hi Does any one have acer service manual? Can you please forward me the same. I have Aspire 1356Lmi laptop and I want to change my keyboard to QWERT model. Regards Gopal Varshney

I have a Acer Aspire 1350 which refuses to start. To get any reaction at all, the reset button on the downside of the PC has to be pushed. After that some reaction happens when the power button is pressed: 1- The bigger and the smaller fan starts. 2- The diode for IDE blinks quickly once. 3- No...

hi I have the laptop aspire 1353 with windows xp home. unfortunately, it doesn't connect to the internet over my broadband cable modem, although the network cable (LAN) is recognized. any ideas? Dirk -- email:

Hi! Does anybody know how to change the harddrive on a Acer Aspire 1356LC model. - How to remove keyboard and so on. Thanks Manfred --

HI,My laptop keeps rebooting, I thought it might have been a problem with the OS so i formated. the first two times the computer started to format then rebooted again on the third try the format was complete but right after it formated again. Now I cant get A OS on it. Im thinking its the fan...