Comments on: Acer Extensa 4230 Laptop – Netbook

By: Kyle McIsaac

Kyle McIsaac — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:45:23 +0000

@Yuchen: I disassembled it myself and swapped it. It was a little difficult to locate all the screw holes, but it wasn’t too bad. Removal of the LCD panel and keyboard are the first steps. The processor is located next to the RAM on the bottom of the motherboard. You’ll see the heat=sink from the RAM access panel, but you can’t physically reach it without disassembling it first.

@irfan: The wireless switch only slides one way but it works as both enable and disable. Installing the Acer Empowering software and also the hotkey software will show if the wireless is on or off in big green text on screen.

By: Yuchen

Yuchen — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:57:41 +0000

@Irfan

I would just use wired after all theres not much difference in connection spped.
Well thats what I use anyways xD

By: irfan

irfan — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:14:24 +0000

To;Kyle McIsaac
thanks friend but the wireless switch has only one position i.e moveable but no on/off and come back to its origional position automatically.

By: Yuchen

Yuchen — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:08:59 +0000

@Kyle Mclsaac

Thanks and how did you upgrade the Processor? Did you send it in for some pro to do it or something?

By: Kyle McIsaac

Kyle McIsaac — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:18:35 +0000

I’ve upgraded the processor from the original 1.6GHz Celeron to a Core2 Duo T6570 (@2.2GHz) and 4GB of RAM. What drivers aren’t in Windows 7 can be taken from the Vista drivers.

@irfan: Yes the second LED is the wireless LED and has wireless hardware. You can use the second switch under the LEDs to enable/disable the wireless.

@Richard Cobwell: Yes, it can, as I mentioned. It’s a Socket P chip.

@Yuchen: No memory changes are available as I know of for Video.

By: irfan

irfan — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:08:56 +0000

i use window 7.The second(from left) LED out of four in the of laptop is blinking orange after each 5 second. Does this laptop have wireless network hardware or not and how to connect

By: samra mubarik

samra mubarik — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:45:36 +0000

its hardware drive is not showing up in my computer….somtimes pc recognises it and a message pops up saying new hardware found and it works…and then again it dis appears….it says there is some problem with one of the four usb ports…

By: samra

samra — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:56:32 +0000

i also can’t take pictures…..i can’t find any camera in my pc….its missing….and since it is built-in, i can’t plug it in and out or do anything with it…please help

By: samra

samra — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:27:33 +0000

i have extensa 4230 with built in webcam for video conference…i am having this problem that now when i start a video call, message appears that either i don’t have a camera or it is not plugged in….although voice call is connected but no video because my computer says the no camera found!!! i checked in programs n found itx program missing….i used the resource cd provided with it to install a program but even then it keep saying no camera found….please help me….what is the cause??? and what is the solution???

By: Yuchen

Yuchen — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:05:58 +0000

Hamid ..
This laptop does not come with bluetooth installed.

By: Yuchen

Yuchen — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:04:24 +0000

On the BIOS it won’t let me change the video memory. It’s currently set to 64Mb but I want to change it to something like 120Mb. Is there any way to make this option to change the video memory available?

By: ahmad

ahmad — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:48:42 +0000

guys i want to buy acer extensa 4230 i m a student of acca so ,how is it 4 me kindly reply

By: plz help

plz help — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:34:34 +0000

can u upgrade the processor on this laptop to 3GHz ?

By: Hamid Hussain

Hamid Hussain — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:33:22 +0000

HOW CAN I USE THE CARD READER?

By: Hamid Hussain

Hamid Hussain — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:16:38 +0000

HOW I USE THE CAR READER?