modem is liteon
webcam is suyin

thx!

another question...
can tis lappy use Empowering Technology And Ultilities in Windows XP?
As i noe, it's designed 4 Vista... Any1 try in XP?

anyone is using vista ultimate 64 bit here??i'm using vista ultimate 64 bit but my aspire 4520 can't detect my modem...anyone can help me on this..

me too! hving prob on playing dota!
i try 2 update my vga driver 2 ForceWare Release 162.18
but tat driver cant detect Geforce 7000m
wat version of vga driver should i use?

This post has been edited by nckent: Aug 22 2007, 09:20 AM

not yet working on XP (Empower Tech and utilities). The only thing working on XP is the Launch Manager. Anyone whose CIR is working on xp?

try to download from this site for XP driver..
ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/asp...spire_4220_4520

and this i found when i do some g00gle, usefull info http://komku.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-...spire-4520.html

Hi, try not to use the forceware driver..i had some bad experiences with it and for some reason, the systems seems a lil bit slower with it ...use the one provided by Acer China.

Btw, about gaming performance, i've tried to chuck quite some old and new games into it (C&C 3, Doom 3, NFS2, WoW) and most of them work fine...just that in order to play with medium-high graphics with AA for these games, have to lower resolution o (So far i tried all the games are quite smooth @ 640x480 except for Doom 3 (lags in big rooms, didnt turn on AA, just 640x480 with medium quality), but if bump up to 800x600 will lag, unless you tune down the level of graphics to low or something, which is unacceptable for me ).

But I must say, it does blow the X3100 away...I feel that the Geforce 7000M should be able to handle games of today at a playable frame rate. Has anybody tested it with other games? Please share share ur results

This post has been edited by ctwolf88: Aug 22 2007, 08:57 PM

jz tried, tis driver not work...

tis 1 oso not work 4 me..

nw im using Forceware v101.29
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index....view=getnewpost

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Added on August 22, 2007, 9:07 pmwow i feel tat tis laptop's heat is quite high...

any1 of u got use software cooler?
i tried install cpuidle extreme but seem didnt work on tis chipset...

This post has been edited by nckent: Aug 22 2007, 09:15 PM

Like i said, try the Acer China one. Yes it might take 1 hour to download but its the best driver among the selection. http://www.acer.com.cn/driver/download.asp...0/WinXP/VGA.zip

This post has been edited by ctwolf88: Aug 22 2007, 09:47 PM

CNC3? how playable is it?
wat level of detail are u setting?

i found at acer.com.sg bout 4520 bluetooth and CIR, http://acer.com.sg/support/drivers.asp?pro...hnical+Bulletin

btw, we can add how much ram (max) to this model, and what type of ram we can use??

This post has been edited by t4ch4_p0k: Aug 23 2007, 09:59 AM

so the CIR is only for the remote control and will not work as an Infrared port....sigh...

800x600, AA on, custom in between low-medium graphics around that.

Hmm, but then I just experienced the weirdest problem from the laptop, it cannot charge when you turn it off and can charge while the thing is on ...I was like WTF man..it was working few weeks ago but then last night when i charge it for 6 hrs, this morning i turn in the battery was still 20%!! After that I tried charging it while it was off after restarting, shut down also cannot, but if I charge it while the laptop is on, then the meter increases o_O. Maybe i should try to take out and put back the battery and see how...but has anybody exprienced this?? Totally weird.

Update : Omg, I just noticed that I was using ONLY 64mb shared for the video card...after going into the bios to up the video memory to 256mb, the performance of the GPU is now maxed out = a bit more FPS.

This post has been edited by ctwolf88: Aug 23 2007, 05:06 PM

my fren had da same prob then he asked comp shop technician
he told my fren it's bios prob...

try update ur bios from v1.3615 to v1.3618
http://stkts.sertek.com.tw/notebook.nsf/f8...1d?OpenDocument

I have Acer 4520 Aspire, I hv installed the liteon modem drivers for XP but some how it still gives problems while connecting to the net through dial up. Any soulution to this?

i would like to know how much can it reach? can it reach beyond 256?

No, 256mb is the limit..and so far i did get marginal improvements in some games..not much though..So i'd just put it on 128. 256mb is the maximum you can set. Just go into Bios by pressing F2 while the thing boots up and change the memory allocated for the graphics from 64 to 128 or 256.

nckent: Thanks for the link...the problem's fix already

This post has been edited by ctwolf88: Aug 25 2007, 01:54 AM

i know that.. i am using acer 5540 but this lappy can only set to 128..

that's why i wanna change lappy.. for better online gaming.. online gaming doesn't need much graphic though.. btw, do I have to add RAM to support the GPU?

o, i see...well, its integrated so its shared with the system memory. So, as usual la..if u have 512mb ram with 256mb set for the gpu, then you'd only have 256mb of ram left for the system. Its not a must for you to add ram if you dont mind it being a lil sluggish (unless you set the gpu to use a minimal 64mb of ram). But, I strongly suggest adding up to 1gb or perhaps 2gb of ram.

Then again, the increased amount of memory allocated only increases the performance slightly...its still down to the processing power of the gpu.

This post has been edited by ctwolf88: Aug 26 2007, 01:18 PM

Hi guys, I got mine a few weeks ago and the first to thing I did was to test this baby out with some games.

Thought I share some findings about this machine;

1) Ran 2 games so far --> C&C Kane & GTA San Andreas.

No problems with C&C but can't run GTA SA EVEN after I've installed the right nvidia driver from that china web site. I think reason could be this
card is really meant for Vista not so much for XP and I am running it on XP Pro.

Solution? Install driver NVIDIA GeForce 6100 instead. Why 6100? Cause I tried many others which worked but will crash your PC after playing for
a while so I'll save you guys out there some time. Also the plus from using this driver for the card is that the performance has improved~!?
Somehow I think acer release the correct driver for this machine to run on XP but prolly did a half cooked job cause when I ran with the correct
driver even on C&C the performance sucks, everything seems to slow down.

2) The problem with the keyboard lag is not happening to me but the keys needs a bit more pressure when pressed else you'll miss a few characters.

So far no problems with this machine been playing games for the pass 24 hrs no crashing or problems whatsoever. I like this baby --> boots up fast and a real value for money.

Share your thoughts with me.

Cheers,

Bobby

This post has been edited by Delta_gate: Aug 27 2007, 12:16 AM