The Acer Guy

So I have showed you here how to simply upgrade your wireless card in the 5920G *IF* it is using 2 antennas like the original intel WiFi 3945ABG, what if you want to upgrade to say intel 4965AGN, intel 5300 or anything requires 3 antennas instead? Don’t worry, I got you covered here
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Envy MacBooks with 2 finger easy scrolling on the touchpad? I have a gift for you all!
With this driver, you can have 2 finger scrolling, chiral motion scrolling, momentum, 3 finger flick, 3 finger launch. Best of all, it works well with the Launch Manager patch!
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you can see it in action in my video here:
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Having trouble fitting all your games and movies on your laptop? Well, this does not just apply to Aspire 5920 itself, laptop with 2 harddrive bays can get up to 3 using this mod – THAT is if you are not going to use your DVD-ROM(bluray or whichever one you might have).

Got one of these [...]

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Orbicam driver for Windows 7.
Just got this mail from Phil and wanted to post it up in case others find it helpful. Thanks Phil!!
“I replaced Windows Vista Home Premium with WIN7 enterprise and I never checked if an Aspire 9420 was OK with this. All worked fine except the camera and girlfriend was giving me [...]

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Hello to all! Yes it has been a while since you have heard from me!
Apart from one of my other articles, the “Morris’ Aspire 5920 GPU Swap/upgrade”, use that as a reference for part of the dis-assembly for the cover and the GPU, now we are going to swap the heart of the 5920G out!
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Not too sure why there are not much talk about the WiFi Link 5100 or 5300 compatibility for Santa Rosa with PM965 chipset, so now, I put it to a test for everyone! Guess what? it works!
This is the card, Intel WiFi Link 5100 (looks cheap……)
Remove the 9 screws to remove the back plate
the corner [...]

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Don’t like glossy laptops you scratch or attach finger prints so easily? Need something mobile and light, yet having a big enough screen for web browsing? don’t have the budget of more then $500USD? Aspire 5534 sounds just about right!

Fortunately, I get to get my hands on one of these babies, I took my friend to shop for his first laptop, this is what we came across, $399.99CAD with AMD Turion 64btit, 3GB, ATi Mobility Radeon HD3200, 250GB HDD, pretty nice for the price I say! Thanks to David, my friend, we get tot take a peek at this product!

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Well, well, the title explains itself, sure you want to get Bluetooth for your beloved Aspire One and not worrying it sticking out “injuring” the USB port while traveling, Or maybe you are just too scared to crack open $300 USD or more electronics. How does cracking open a cheap $10-20 Bluetooth and do a [...]

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Source: http://www.batteryuniversity.com and http://uber.la/archives/1232
* A typical lithium-ion battery provides approximately 300-500 discharge / charge cycles.
* Avoid frequent full discharges because this puts additional strain on the battery. Several partial discharges with frequent recharges are better for lithium-ion than one deep one. Recharging a partially charged lithium-ion does not cause harm because there is no memory. [...]

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Windows 7 Upgrade Quick Guide
Getting Started
You have three options when installing Windows 7:
· Upgrade current Windows Vista to Windows 7 (recommended)
· Clean installation to replace Windows Vista
· Clean installation to coexist with Windows Vista
Upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7 (recommended)
If you select this option, your original Windows Vista will be upgraded to Windows 7 and [...]

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