New to Travelmate 4402wlmi

Hello guys,
I just got my new 4402wlmi, and it is working great.
I successfully installed Windows XP x64 edition,
and I do encontered some random missing file errors.
However, I successfully installed the xp by manually copying the missing file to the destination folder after its first reboot using my original xp.

I found all its drivers at Acer's European site and it's running smooth, Except:

my wireless (it's broadcom 4318 802.11g) can't find any available network that can be found under original xp, and I don't know if it's the driver problem (my driver version is 3.100.64.0)

And that's the question I want to ask. Do you guys also have that problem? What should I do?

Thanks.

 

Problem Solved!

I searched internet, only found some unlucky guys like me.

And I start to think, how about combining the 32-bit software with 64bit driver?

And that worked.

Install 64 bit driver -> install original 32 bit driver(just run the setup) ->install launch manager.

Then, press the key in the front panel twice (disable n enable), and it worked!

It is a x64 notebook, every part of the book runs great on X64. Nothing really happened when watching DVD. Heat n noise can also be solved by CPUCOOL.

Turion 64 ML 30 + Mobility X700 + 15.4'' WXGA+ 100G 5400rpm + 5'' Curved Keyboard + XP Pro - 1.3'' - 6.6lb > 1129$ @securemart.com

And after a while, even the touchpad touched better!

Now next step would be: suse 9.3 x64 + solaris x64 + vista;
And how to undervotaging CPU.


Battery tests will also be done later.

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Nothing is better than this considering its PPR (Performance/Price Ratio).

 

Good to see you like your notebook! I agree, that's a great notebook for the money. 100GB Hard drive (5400RPM no less!), DVD Burner, X700, and a Turion. Great combination.

 

I say its a beast combination... but compared to yours... heh...
Btw Diamondcore, why not install suse 10.0?

 

Suse 10 x64 installed, and most of the things are working OK, including Lan, Video, Sound, USB and CPU management.
However, the ndiswrapper module (for wireless) is not included, and I just had it downloaded, compiled and installed (current version:1.4). It seems smooth. I'll test it as soon as I'm home.

I just wonder if there are some extra drivers for those fancy bottoms under Linux.

Exploring my new book...

Btw, does anyone know how to install Solaris together with Windows in the same harddisk? I have it installed before, but I guess it needs a whole piece. (There's no option for me to leave those NTFS partitions along :| same with Mac OS X 10.4.1 x86)
And that's the reason I install Suse 10...

The heat is a problem under linux. I guess maybe 1 or 2 years later I'm going to change it for an MT processor. One possible solution is to leave the left-most 1/5 of the laptop hanging off the desk. It will be much cooler by doing so.

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After a whole nights' fighting and researching, I believe I got everything to get a Travelmate 4402wlmi's wireless on-line in any condition.

Things to prepare for suse 10 x64:

ndiswrapper --- windows x64 driver wrapper;
link: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net

Windows X64 driver for the AMBIT G wireless card:
http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/tm_4400.html

Acer_Acpi --- tools to enable/disable wireless radio, which is the same function as the front-panel botton in windows.
Download link: http://www.archernar.co.uk/acer_acpi/acer_acpi_main.html

If the wireless router is using WPA-PSK TKIP or any other 802.11x, wpa_supplicant is needed (SUSE 10 already has one), and the only additional step is to run a "ifup wlan0" to get involved with the DHCP after all the things are setup correctly (you might need to read the wpa_supplicant support).

Generally speaking, Suse 10 is a beautiful system with a crapy kernel. One most important defect is its memory management. It sucks. My 512 mem is way too small on suse for multi-tasking. The KDE and X will take up hundreds of MB of memory and only leave a few (one digits) mbs to the user after running for a while. If you want to use it, reboot frequently.
And, generally, all the linux sucks. Comparing to windows, it's just like a toy plane to a real one. Due to the X, Eclipse runs at least 50% slower than running under windows. And I guess that's why suse made its version 10 free.

Windows or Unix, no linux.

 

VMware Workstation 5.5 supports 64-bit guest virtual machines, so you might be able to install Solaris while running Windows.