goodday!!! how can i fixed or trouble shoot my acer aspire 5000 it was given it to meby my sister but i cant used it becaused when i turn it on system error appeared in the screen i have little knowledge in electronics repair but not on computers system.pls adviced or tell me what to do to add on...

I use a travelmate 800 and experience some problems with the Display. some days ago I could see a Message (big green letters) as I switched on and of my bluetooth or wireless ... but just today i realised that those messages do not appear anymore!!!! did i mess with a setting or is this a...

Any one know how I can get one? Thanks.

Hi you all, I have an ACER Aspire L100 Desktop with Win XP Media Center 2005 SP2. In it a hard disk of aprox. 250 gb, devided into two partitions (C:\ and D:\) each 113 gb. Besides that, also a hidden partition of 6 gb with the preinstalled systemfiles. After I already changed the D partition...

I am unable to get the monitor to show in dislay properties. It only says plug and play. I have downloaded a driver from Acer's website called "X223W_USB_Display_R4.3" and installed it but can not find a driver in it when I go to Monitor/update driver in display properties. I can't find one in the...

I am tying to find a 32 meg memory upgrade for the above laptop made by TI/ACER. The few places I have seen that had the memory have wanted as much money that I could buy a faster, new laptop ready to go. Anyone have an old machine that I could have the memory out of it? Please reply by removing...

I just got the new acer computer got it as part of a deal with AOL i think it was 18 month contract and get a free acer laptop, was this the best computer i could have got or do you think i should get a better one??? Bill

Hi I was wonder if anyone knew what the maximum CPU a TravelMate 292LCi could take. It currently has a Centrino/Pentium M 1.4GHz and I am looking to take it to a 1.7/1.8Ghz Pentium M/Centrino. it has 855GM chipset in the laptop and runs 400FSB. Can anyone help or has anyone done this...

Hi, folks! The other day I picked up a new laptop. I have no programs that are compatible with Vista so I downgraded it to XP. I'm still hunting for all the drivers ... but that's not my question! I have noticed with utilities like CPU-Z that the CPU clock is not throttled down when it...

a EX member of staff at my workplace has placed a User lock and BIOS Password on the laptop. I have tried resetting the BIOS by removing the battery for 1 hour and tried CmosKiller with no avail. is there anything else I can try before I send it to an acer dealer for repair. ( i really dont want...

Is there an easy way to remove the stickers, i.e.: ATI, XP, AMD and the big ACER, from the area below the keyboard? I hate to scratch up the surface. Bob

Is the microphone built in to an Acer 3100 supposed to be fairly responsive. I have to yell into mine to record my voice. I have boosted the level and unchecked the mute. Anybody had any experience with this? Bob

Should the microphone on my 3100 notebook be fairly sensitive? I have set the gain all the way up and shut off the mute. I have to yell into the hole or tap on the case to get much sound on the recorder. Anybody used this feature? Bob Fay

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I have a Acer Aspire; Notebook that has a HDMI socket on the left side. Is this an input or an output? I have ordered a cable and I am wondering what I can use this port for. Can I play my DVD player into my computer? Can I use this to connect my TV as a monitor? If this is possible, how do I...

Has anybody had experience upgrading from Win98 to WinXP on a Travelmate? When I did it I got an extra Temp folder (using short name protocoll, as in the dos 8.3 convention). This extra temp folder is entitled c:\Documents and Settings\DRF015~!~BOB\LocalS~1\temp. It is always empty, and if I...

Has anybody upgraded an Acer laptop from Win98 to Windows XP?

I've got a Travel Mate 506 that won't boot. All it does is power on, beep 4 times and shut off. Does anybody know whats wrong, and a possible correction?? Thanks, Bob

In the upper area of the keyboard is a button with the letter P on it. I programmed this once to open the Google chrome browser. I cannot remember how I made this setting. What do I have to do to change this to another program? Bob

Hi folks, I got this Acer Travelmate 360 with 20GB of HD in it. Tried to upgrade to 60GB but when I put in it's System CD to start installation, it reads "This CD is not for this computer". Tried formatting the new HD but still the same thing happens. What should I do??? Best regards,