Recent content by Halnerd

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    Bad GT540M in Acer Aspire

    I sent the comp back to Acer for a third time. They told me they would bump the repair up to Level 2 technician, something about system level evaluation. I hope they can actually diagnose the problem.
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    Bad GT540M in Acer Aspire

    Hey all, I have an acer aspire 5742G series laptop. Its about a year old now. Recently I started getting some major issues with overheating and graphic problems in 3d games ONLY when I am using the discrete GT540M. I have no problems using the integrated Intel Video to run some low level 3D...
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    Socket FM1 Athlons

    Hey everybody, I was hoping to start a conversation about the new FM1 Athlons from AMD. I was planning on using one of these chips in a Mini-ITX SFF gaming rig. They appear to be well suited for this application; mature architecture (K10.5 I think, and no modules), lots of headroom with the...