Acer Aspire 5020 Series AMD Turion 64 Notebook Review (pics, specs) - FOLLOW-UP

[REDFROG]

there are 4 files, 2 are text files, 1 security catalogue file and a system file.
theres no mention of .inf

[VidKo]

there are 4 files, 2 are text files, 1 security catalogue file and a system file.
theres no mention of .inf

The wireless driver is a zip file called 80211g.zip and contains 4 files:
bcm43xx.cat
bcmwl5.inf <-- This is the one you need to choose
BCMWL564.SYS
Version.txt

Windows Explorer doesen't show the actual extensions. In windows explorer the .inf file is called a setup information file.

Rgards, VidKo

[Chabadoo]

Which tool do you use for underclocking ATI X700?

I use ati tool version 0.23 - newer versions do not work...

but when I switch from minimum clock to maximum clock my system always hangs - any solutions for that?

[REDFROG]

thanks mate, would be nice if windows showed you everything wouldnt it.

[Slawek]

Hi Everybody!

I have a question to those of you who have installed on yours Acer Aspire 5024 original WinXP delivered from Acer. I installed my own Win XP (not from Acer) and now I have a problem with infrared port (before everything was ok). Could you tell me what are settings of the infrared port?
You can find it in:
Device Menager-->Infrared Devices-->IrDA Fast Infrared Port-->Advanced

I would like to get informations about:
1. Infrared Transceiver A
2. Infrared transceiver B
3. Maximum connect rate

Thank You,
Slawek

[Jos]

I don't have my notebook with me right now so I cannot check this, but as far as I can remember for the Infrared port in Device Manager you have to select "Vishay TFDS-6500 sensor" (from the standard Microsoft irda drivers with WinXP) for both transceiver A and B.

[Slawek]

Thank you, Jos, now is much better.

[Lubi]

Which tool do you use for underclocking ATI X700?

I use ati tool version 0.23 - newer versions do not work...

but when I switch from minimum clock to maximum clock my system always hangs - any solutions for that?

how do you mean it "maximum" ...??


btw: how like version more than 0.0.23 doesnt work? In which way?

[downloads]

A little update:

As for thr graphisc i got over 2800 in 3D Mark 05. I got 2801
The test was done after i replaced my DDR 333 with DDR400 and that's the info for anybody still having any doubts about DDR 400 working.

I got 1GB DDR 400 Kingston CL3 working just fine with 1.18 BIOS. Average memory read according to Everest increased from 2450MB to 3000MB.

Unfortunatelly there were no CL 2,5 let alone CL2 to be bought but i'm still very happy with the performance.
Maximum power consumption of my 1GB DDR 400 module (BGA package) is 5,4W whereas 2*256MB DDR 333 is 5W. Still when the CPU works @800Mhz even the DDR 400 run @320MHz, so i guess the battery life will not be shortened but may even be longer+ I expect less heat with only one module instaled.

[Lubi]

A little update:

As for thr graphisc i got over 2800 in 3D Mark 05. I got 2801
The test was done after i replaced my DDR 333 with DDR400 and that's the info for anybody still having any doubts about DDR 400 working.

I got 1GB DDR 400 Kingston CL3 working just fine with 1.18 BIOS. Average memory read according to Everest increased from 2450MB to 3000MB.

Unfortunatelly there were no CL 2,5 let alone CL2 to be bought but i'm still very happy with the performance.
Maximum power consumption of my 1GB DDR 400 module (BGA package) is 5,4W whereas 2*256MB DDR 333 is 5W. Still when the CPU works @800Mhz even the DDR 400 run @320MHz, so i guess the battery life will not be shortened but may even be longer+ I expect less heat with only one module instaled.

So you want to say, that you had 2799 points with you old memory modulesd and just 2 points more with the new DDR400 one? Well, .... ))

I just can't understand how U can achieve that....coz I got last omega drivers, performance set on the "Best performance" (both D3D + OpenGL) and also overclocked to 378-core:330-memory (this is maximum - after these values I got fragments...or dead pixels if you want) ...all working on Bios 1.18 and winXP 32bit and got just 2605pnts ....

so..?

I suppose you can somehow get higher overclock than me, which is - I don't know how - possible..