Acer 8371/3810 Owners Thread

haz_pro · 6 Dec 2010 at 23:26

msi afterburner i imagine.

chrismscotland · 7 Dec 2010 at 08:35

e36Adz said:
Both 720p and 1080p run fine, iv tested quite afew films on it.

Thats good to know mate thanks!

chrismscotland · 7 Dec 2010 at 08:37

Well I ordered mine yesterday from the same place everyone else has and paid for the Next Day Delivery, does it usually show up the next day, who do they use to deliver and do you get a tracking number at all?

Southy_ · 7 Dec 2010 at 09:14

I ordered mine yesterday as well, it has been dispatched but I didn't receive an email or a tracking number.
Hopefully it makes it to my office, website had some issues with my address!

chrismscotland · 7 Dec 2010 at 09:19

Southy_ said:
I ordered mine yesterday as well, it has been dispatched but I didn't receive an email or a tracking number.
Hopefully it makes it to my office, website had some issues with my address!

Yeah I've not had a tracking number although "My Account" shows as Dispatched yesterday so fingers crossed!

e36Adz · 7 Dec 2010 at 09:20

haz_pro said:
msi afterburner i imagine.

Yep, MSI afterburner to overclock, GPU-Z to monitor gpu temps and Furmark to test stability, although Furmark does also have an option to monitor temps aswel.

Southy_ · 7 Dec 2010 at 09:49

yay, mine just arrived!

chrismscotland · 7 Dec 2010 at 09:52

Southy_ said:
yay, mine just arrived!

When did you order it yesterday? And do you know which courier it was?

Southy_ · 7 Dec 2010 at 09:54

I ordered it around 12:30.

Courier was TNT

Edit: I had a number beginning SM, that is your customer number for the TNT tracking

chrismscotland · 7 Dec 2010 at 10:08

Southy_ said:
I ordered it around 12:30.

Courier was TNT

Edit: I had a number beginning SM, that is your customer number for the TNT tracking

Thanks mate, checked its out for delivery!

chrismscotland · 7 Dec 2010 at 11:36

Got it in my hand now, cant open it til later though I'm at work

Southy_ · 7 Dec 2010 at 12:04

I'm at work getting ready to install linux on it

chrismscotland · 7 Dec 2010 at 12:14

Southy_ said:
I'm at work getting ready to install linux on it

I'll probably put Windows 7 on it but not until the weekend, is it 32bit or 64bit Vista that is pre-loaded?
Need to find my XP Disks so I can Dual Boot once W7 is installed as I don't want Vista!

MasterPlan1 · 7 Dec 2010 at 12:33

Southy_ said:
I'm at work getting ready to install linux on it

If you get the vga_switcheroo to work, let me know please, as it's annoying me that I have to have one Windows machine left in my house

MasterPlan1 · 7 Dec 2010 at 12:38

fraxos said:
Does anyone know if there are any other SSDs which could fit? The reason I am asking is because the Toshiba controller used for the one above has not been receiving good reviews...

OCZ Vertex II 1.8" I guess that'll work

kevpuk · 7 Dec 2010 at 12:57

chrismscotland said:
I'll probably put Windows 7 on it but not until the weekend, is it 32bit or 64bit Vista that is pre-loaded?
Need to find my XP Disks so I can Dual Boot once W7 is installed as I don't want Vista!

32-bit, wierdly/unfortunately, seeing as supplied with 4GB RAM :confused:

chrismscotland · 7 Dec 2010 at 13:01

kevpuk said:
32-bit, wierdly/unfortunately, seeing as supplied with 4GB RAM

Ah well no matter will be 64bit Windows 7 that gets installed and probably a Dual Boot with 32 Bit XP to allow for running any programs which get funny about 64 bit, even though it will only recognise 3.5 GB RAM in XP it will still be more than my netbook!

molinari · 8 Dec 2010 at 09:28

Mine arrived yesterday afternoon

. Will be putting Win 7 64bit on this morning and then putting it away until Christmas as it's a present.

Paul11 · 8 Dec 2010 at 09:29

are people installing win 7 from a usb stick ?

chrismscotland · 8 Dec 2010 at 09:30

Paul11 said:
are people installing win 7 from a usb stick ?

Its certainly do-able, I bought an external DVD drive cheap for my netbook so will be using that, I think its meant to be easier.