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Had an Acer before and got almost six years out of it and it still runs but I needed more memory but I was very leary about windows 8 so after searching I found this Acer on Amazon with windows 7 on it and I love it. It is fast, runs great and since I've had Vista in the past I really like the design of windows 7. Very happy with my purchase!
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I bought this computer from Acer. It arrived and I immediately used it using my Wifi. The connection would connect then cut off, then connect, then cut off, every minute or so. I called Acer. They told me to do a few things including downloading and reinstalling the wifi driver. That didn't fix it. I told the guy that I already did that before I called them. I asked them if they would just send me a new wifi card (internal) that is very easy to replace, but they declined stating that I have to send the computer back for a replacement computer. Before doing so, I decided to do a search on the internet for a fix. I found it. Instead of just re-installing the driver which is what they said to do, I deleted the existing driver and then reinstalled it again. That did the trick. It works perfectly now. If you have this problem, go to their website and download the driver. it is WirelessLAN_Broadcom_5.100.82.112_W7x86W7x64_ABefore you install it, go to your device manager and UNINSTALL the existing driver. THEN install this one. It now works perfectly. If you just reinstall the new driver over the old one, it will not fix the problem, so don't neglect deleting the OLD driver before installing the new one.
Now for the second problem. I know this computer didn't come with great sound capabilities but still, the volume, when set to 100% was VERY low. I made a few adjustments and now the sound is about 50% louder.
The solution:
Have song playing so you can here the difference.
Right click on the speaker icon in the task bar and select Playback Devices (or find it in the Windows Control Panel) The Sound dialog box opens up.
From the Playback tab select the Playback device being used, in my case Speakers Realtek High Definition Audio (marked with a green checkbox) and click the Properties button. A new dialog box Speaker Properties opens up.
On the Enhancements tab make sure "Disable All Sound Effects" and "Immediate Mode" are both UNchecked. Check Loudness Equalization (on my setup all other unchecked) and hit Apply.
Bingo! Sound volume is up a lot, maybe 50%!
For the price, this is an excellent computer. I gave it three stars because Acer should have been able to tell me how to correct the WIFI problem and the sound should not have been set to a LOW maximum volume.
Not all models have these problems, as they use different parts from different vendors when building these, as all computer companies do, but if you have either or both of these issues, the two fixes I gave will fix your problem.
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