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- Packard Bell lives!
- A recent poll of TR members voted Packard Bell the worst PC manufacturer of all time. Surprise! Packard Bell is still alive in Europe and is now part of Acer. by John Sheesley
- Tags: packard bell nec, acer inc., retail, web site development, blogging, productivity, manufacturing, web technology, internet, john sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Acer Aspire Laptop - suddenly died!
- HelloI was wondering if anybody could help. I have an Acer Aspire laptop, about - 6 months old. I was working the other day when it made a strange noise and suddenly shut down completely. There is now no life in it at all - no lights or noise when...
- Tags: missalissab@..., acer inc., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-11-23
- Acer aspire 5920g Bios and boot passwords removal
- Hi,I have recently bought my new Acer Aspire 5929G-1A1G16N notebook. I deceided to put bios and supervisor password on the notebook. I did it through the Acer's software, not through the bios. Just before rebooting i installed daemon tools and alchohol 120% which asked me to reboot my notebook. After...
- Tags: rostikk@..., acer inc., password, bios, supervisor password, notebook
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
- Acer Aspire 5100 - Locked Keyboard/TouchPad
- Hi, hope someone here can help me. I've got an Acer Aspire 5100 and 2 nights ago i was using it and all was well. Fell asleep while watching a movie on it and it blocked 2 hours after i fell asleep more or less. Thought nothing of it, turned...
- Tags: keyboards, bios, memory, homertrix.ray@..., keyboard, cmos, acer inc., acer aspire 5100
- Discussion threads 2007-10-31
- What PC is better, the Acer L100 or L320?
- Want to buy a new slimline PC, either Acer L100 (AMD Athlon 64 X2 Processor 3800+, clock speed 2 Ghz), or the L320 (Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor E2140, Clock speed 1.6 GHz). Which would be better to buy and why? Any info would be great?Thanks.
- Tags: processors, chrisf29@..., acer l100, acer inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-30
- What is better, the Acer L100 or Acer L320?
- Want to buy a new slimline PC, either Acer L100 (AMD Athlon 64 X2 Processor 3800+, clock speed 2 Ghz), or the Acer L320 (Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor E2140, Clock speed 1.6 GHz). Which would be better to buy and why? Any info would be great?Thanks.
- Tags: processors, chrisf29@..., acer inc., acer l100
- Discussion threads 2007-10-30
- Missing XP files during Windows Media Center install?
- While I was setting up a dual boot OS using WindowsXP Pro and Windows Media Center Edition, I got several messages during the WMC install referencing missing XP Pro files. It asked me to insert the XP Pro disk but the problem is that XP Pro was already installed...
- Tags: digital media, bbusbee, media center pc, microsoft windows xp, microsoft windows xp professional, acer inc., disk, microsoft windows media center, windows media, microsoft windows
- Discussion threads 2007-10-24
- Acer Aspire boot-up problem
- My Acer Aspire 3680 notebook is only three or so months old, and it's already having an issue... I tried to turn it on and it went to the white screen with the Acer logo, but after a minute it went to a black screen that said things like "Media...
- Tags: jubakka, acer inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- How do I move the hard drive partition on my Acer Travelmate
- Hello, I installed a new WDC 120GB hard drive in my Acer TravelMate 2301 because the 30 GB OEM hard drive was nearly full. I moved all the data stored on the OEM hard drive to my new hard drive successfully. However, the ACER harddrive partition also was...
- Tags: tfly5331@..., hard drive, new hard drive, acer inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-11
- Acer 5101 AWLMi
- Can anybody tell me, if i replace AMD Turion64 with 64 x 2, wil it work?
- Tags: markleigh1@..., acer inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- PROPRIETARY - At what point is it simply an insult ??
- DO YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET BACK INTO YOUR ACER NOTEBOOK AFTER LOSING YOUR BIOS PASSWORD??I DO - AND IT'S NOT THANKS TO ANYTHING ACER WAS WILLING TO DO.I purchased an Acer Aspire 5100 notebook in February. I needed a new one, one that was faster and more...
- Tags: notebooks, desktops, wckall@..., acer inc., bios, notebook
- Discussion threads 2007-09-26
- Dual Boot Vista-Xandros won't boot Vista
- I have just installed Xandros Desktop 4 on a new Acer 4310, which i bought because it is available outside Australia with Linux preinstalled.The Vista section of the Dual Boot won't boot, it just goes blank after being selected.I cannot access anything in Windows, but I can see from Xandros...
- Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), linux, rob.pilgrim@..., xandros, acer inc., microsoft windows vista
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- beep sound while booting Acer
- HI. beep sound coes while booting y Acer travelmate having windows XP pro 2002 sp2. automatically a letter gets typed in my password block. I cannot type letter'm' from the keyboard now. what is the problem, please help soon. thanksre: beep sound while bootingSounds like a key is stuck or...
- Tags: keyboards, pratsbpl@..., keyboard, acer inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-08
- Acer 5570z
- How many Display adapters should there be on my notebook? and when I switched my laptop on it told me that it found new unknown hardware. When I look in devise manager under sound and video itnow has an unknown devise. Any suggestions please. Thanks
- Tags: notebooks, contactdanie@..., acer inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-02
- Acer acquires Gateway to become world's 3rd largest PC vendor
- Many thingsPrice is actually not at the top of my list. I look at service and support over the long haul. I need to know if there is someone competent on the other end of the phone when I call. I also don't need someone that is...
- Tags: desktops, pc, electronics_md@..., acer inc., gateway inc., mdg
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
- Acer is acquiring Gateway to become the third largest PC vendor
- Plans are afoot for Acer to acquire Gateway in a $710 million deal that is poised to make Acer the world's third largest PC vendor. J.T. Wang, Acer's chairman, speaking at a news conference in Taipei declares that, "This is the biggest acquisition in Acer's 30 year...
- Tags: gateway inc., pc, acer inc., hui, desktops, mergers & acquisitions, corporate law, hardware, investment, finance, business operations, paul mah
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- remove bios password from Acer, aspire 9300-5349
- i remove cmos battery but bios password did not remove, how can i remove itFor LaptopsYou generally have to go to the manufacturer for assistance. This is due to so many laptops being stolen...They will require you to prove ownership etc, then will assist you in unlocking the system.Update the...
- Tags: serabi3015@..., bios, acer inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-23
- Acer Aspire Vista Restore Disc Creation
- Hello there. I've Googled high and low looking for a reasonable solution to my question. Maybe my googlefoo isn't up to par or maybe there answer really wasn't there.I really would like to make a restore disc before I start using this new lap top. ...
- Tags: demonicriver@..., disc, acer inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-23
- Acer Travelmate 4150
- I have a serious problem - my acer laptop doesn't want to boot. When I turn it on, the fan, HDD and lights seems to be working but the screen stays black and it just freezes. I've tried to take out and clean all the parts that can be easliy...
- Tags: szymanekk@..., acer inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-17
- NTLDR problems
- I have an Acer Aspire 3620. I had a trojan horse attack my system and in which it took me some time to get rid of it. Afterwards it said that a file that I came to find out was missing. I called Acer's tech support number and tried to...
- Tags: productivity, spyware, spyware, adware & malware, shuber87@..., acer inc., ntldr
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
