The Acer Guy

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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If you’re reading this you want to install something more than Windows XP in your Aspire 5920, then probably you’re interested in … Where I find and how I can install all drivers …??

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I’ve been trying to sum up the courage to do this for a while, and then it came to me in one quick, blindingly obvious flash.

You know the reviews section I half put up a while back? I now want to bring it down. Actually I already have.

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One of the most frequent questions I receive (and poor old Simone has to answer to) is “How do I put Windows XP on my PC?”

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I was shopping for a notebook for college and felt what better kind of notebook to get than a ‘gamer’ notebook. Currently I am in a BA program for Video Game Art & Design, so I didn’t want just a decent notebook for college – I wanted something with at least a good video card that can handle 3D modeling and games.

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The new Acer Aspire Gemstone, co-designed by BMW is yes, shiny. Not to mention, it is better looking in some perspectives then the older models in the Aspire series.

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On another post, I received a question from Troy about getting sound from the HDMI output on his Aspire 5920.
I’ve come across this problem before on my home theatre set up so I thought the problem would be similar.
What you have to do is go into Control Panel –> Audio Devices (DO NOT click the [...]

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I received an interesting question from Eoin (Fitzer) and Colin earlier on and thought I’d write a thread about it.
Eoin asked “I would like to reassign the ‘dummy’ bluetooth button…is this possible?”, while Colin wanted to know “is there any way of making the media touch buttons on the right usable with winamp or any [...]

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A while ago I asked how good the Aspire 5920 was for games. The following article is Jing’s response:

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This review of the Acer 5920-6313 is written specifically for TheAcerGuy.com. The reason I mention this is because TheAcerGuy already has an excellent user review on the European version of the 5920 and I do not intend to cover all the same ground in my review as was already done by Jing Yeow since they are in the same case and very similar.

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