Acer TravelMate 8204WLMi frequently drops DSL Connection

[Zoomastigophora]

Like I posted way earlier, the EEPROM flasher needs the original version of drivers that Acer has by default. Otherwise, it will blue screen with a kernel fault. The repair guys may have changed drivers. Get the ethernet drivers from the US Acer support site as it's less updated than its European counterpart.

[TexasLad]

Howdy Folk,

UDATE: Still have not been able to update firmware. However, I bought a Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Router (mainly for the display) (cable connected to the old computer) and decided to try my 8204 Wireless on that. Worked like a charm!! I do get the ocassional drop out, but usually easily re-acquired. So I am in the process of moving everything over to this computer. Have not updated any drivers yet... any recommendations as to which ones are necessary or desireable?

Thanks for any response,
TexasLad

[orthorim]

Forget about Vista on the 8204. It's slow as a dog. I installed the BIOS and all that but I suspect there are some driver or other issues that make Vista really slow. I have Vista Ultimate and tried it for a week or so before going back to XP. I could deal with the many Vista annoyances such as UAC (can be turned off) and seemingly senseless user interface changes, but in the end it just ran very slowly.

The bottom line is, stick with XP, enjoy how fast it is, and "upgrade" to Vista only when buying a new machine.

Also, the 3GB limitation comes from the mainboard, so if you stick in 4GB you will only have 3 of those in Vista.