Nope does not effect much of it and it is not noticable. As it is actually an ide emulation of the sata controler. In layman's term is that ur bios 'tricks' ur installer to blive it is ide lol.

why do u call it as layman term?sorry im new here lol
so changing it wont affect my settings..size and all that?

layman's term = more easier or simple means. Hmm if ure doing fine with your current setting then why bother to change it ? Just change it when u cant install xp or get BSOD while starting up/installing. Just leave it if nothing wrong as ur bios does not need to 'trick' ur os lol ..

Is it possible to overclock a laptop? Sorry, newbie to laptops!

Not advisable because lappy's component are tightly integrated into 1 tiny space and the thermal dissipation solution are built to dissipate certain amount of heat only. When you overclock it, you are really shortening the lifespan freaking fast. But again, why spend the money on lappy if you know you are going to overclock? Not senseful right??

oh.i get it..haha..i was hoping i can overclock it..and btw..will it shortens even if i use a strong cooler pad?

A cooling pad merely sucks out the hot air inside the laptop. It does not in any way reduce the heat emitted from the component itself. Think like this, a cooling pad only sucks away the smoke from a frying pan, it doesn't reduce the heat of the pan itself

Which cooler pad is strong cooler pad?

strong cooler pad ? for me is table fan if wan strong ..got 3 modes summore hehe

Haha. Come to think of it, I used the same method 10 years ago, when my AMD desktop keeps having BSOD: I left the desktop side casing opened and blast a table fan on it. Miraculously, no more BSOD

As chinese sayings " No matter the age of the method as long as it works!" Nowadays some fan got remotecontrol and cold air cooling somemore ..

my friend buy this acer model during penang pc fair..but the box not including any CD or driver, is it true?

yes that true...but you need to do some backup when require by
laptop...its about 3 DVDs requires

anything happen to your computer just alt+F10, that will format and reinstall all program back
to default setting

Acer nowadays does not provide the recovery cd anymore. Need to make urself from the Acer module. Applicable to those that comes with OS license. There should be a Resource CD for drivers and applications.

hafz and xin,
tq for feedback....I will inform to my friend.

no matter wad ppl say about ati with dedicated rams on notebooks, plz lar you're paying 2199 for a dual core, not a core 2 duo. the difference between this ZG and the vanilla 4730z is the graphics, the ram size, the license, and the 3 years warranty. don expect dual core to run cod4 and crysis smoothly. but u should expect smooth playing on hd movies.

and oh btw, i lol at your freebies. CDs? Ethernet Cable? Vacuum? lol~! all total up to around rm50 or less...

this is considered normal for notebook lcds. unless you're using the new LED screen. notebook screens are all cheap tn panels, not those premium panels used on good lcds. >.<

agree lol..2199 for smooth crysis?i think need more than that..desktop ftw =D..dont say like that la..so cruel @@

Mayb upgrading the processor to a C2D would be a good booster. I have my 4yr old acer notebook with C2D inside, mayb i should get this and put change the proc lol ..

meaning..upgrade the processor is changing the whole thing?@@

lol .. just change the processor ma. Locate the cpu holder then take out the processor and replace with C2D since the mbo supports C2D hee l