Recent content by Stoo

Hey old timer, thanks for the pointer. I ran the Crucial memtest and got this result:- DDR2 PC2-6400, DDR2 PC2-5300Memory Type: DDR2 PC2-6400, DDR2 PC2-5300, DDR2 (non-ECC) Maximum Memory: 4GB Currently Installed Memory: 4GB Total Memory Slots: 2 Available...

I`m so very disappointed, but thanks for the advice Unfortunately all the vents are fine, just tiny, badly placed and partially obscured by the casing. They seem to be added as an afterthought because even with the fan running at full nothing much comes through them. I think I`m going to...

I`m back again. Having had my laptop for the best part of 18 months now and it suffering from an overheating Turion X2 Ultra so that I can`t run much of anything with even a 1280*720 medium gfx setting without grinding to a frazzled halt I`m thiinking maybe a new faster/cooler cpu and...

I finally gave up with Acer and downloaded a 64bit version of win7. Installed it and activated it fine. My 32bit key worked just fine too. Because the hidden Acer D2D reinstall partition puts back a 32bit version of Vista I decided to port it over to a larger external drive (Just in case) and...

After a final email I received a most amazing reply :- "We are sorry to inform, this unit shipped with Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit and we will not be able to supply any other versions of it. If you wish to install any other operating system on your computer, then you can for a retail...

Hi there Frank. Have previously tested machine with 64bit Win7 and all 4GB RAM was visible. By the by am going to give Ubuntu a look see anyaway. Thanks for your time, as ever always greatly appreciated. Stoo.

Thanks hugely for the reply. Unfortunately the original install was a 32bit Vista and no disks were supplied then. The upgrade to 32bit Win7 was sent to me. At no point was it ever mentioned that Vista was either 32 or 64bit just that is WAS a fully 64 bit machine with 4GB RAM. Do you think I...

Having bought my Aspire7535G from Acer in Jan 2010 preinstalled with Vista OEM I was thrilled when a month later my free upgrade to Win7 arrived. However, what I wasn`t so thrilled with was that it only contained the 32 bit Home version. Acer were very happy to extol the merits of their 64bit...