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    Acer Aspire 5610 problems!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by kslov, Jan 13, 2009.

  1. kslov

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    Hello all,

    Bit clueless when it comes to things like this so hope someone can help

    I have an Acer Aspire 5610 Media Centre Edition.

    My 1.3 Meg Orbicam is broken. When I click on the icon to start up it says:

    "Creation of the video preview failed. Please check the device connection and make sure that the device is not being used by another application or user."

    Someone recommended I go here:

    ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_5610/driver/

    to find the Bison driver - I have run the Bison v5.0.0.10 and it has put a bunch of files in my C drive but I dont know what to do next!

    secondly, the buttons on the right of my keyboard are not working - the FF, FB etc -basically the music button - quite annoying!

    Thirdly, the battery life has gone rubbish. I can fully charge it on the plug but after unplugging it lasts maybe a couple of hours at the most an gives no warning any more before going into hibernation. Any ideas how I might be able to up the battery life??

    Any help or advice gratefully received

    Thanks!!
     
    kslov, Jan 13, 2009
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