It sees, it sees

Just in case you just got back from a sabbatical up in the mountains of Kota Kinabalu (I shall never forget, Fr. Nicomedes Yatco), Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista has been released 2 weeks ago. The first thing I noticed after installing the massive update was my web camera was no longer working. The hell. However I haven't got the chance to investigate just yet (or do some trial and error- yet again) because I rarely use my webcam in the first place. I'd probably do some troubleshooting when the need to use the webcam will arise.

But the good thing about SP1 is that somehow after installing it, my notebook could now detect more than 2GB of RAM. My problem before was that when I bought an extra 2GB RAM module, my system could only choose to detect either the existing 512MB memory, or the new 2GB, but never both at the same time. But now, praise Bill Gates and his nutsack my notebook recognizes both modules. So my RAM now is 2.5GB, yahoo! And the difference is quite noticeable. I can run multiple applications with a lot less lag, and get this- my notebook could now display the Computer Info splash screen in 60 seconds (sometimes even less) and shut down in 10 seconds. I love it. Actually it will probably display the splash screen sooner if it doesn't connect first to the Wi-fi network that it is configured to detect upon startup.

Just a tip for other Acer 4310 owners, install the 512MB module at the bottom slot first, then the 2GB on top. I tried the other way around and it wouldn't boot.

Could somebody tell me how to fix the camera? Thanks.

By the way, might I say that I am generating a lot of page views for my posts about this notebook. You techie cheapskate friends you.


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I can't freaking wait for Songkran. My friends are coming for a vacation!




UPDATE:

Apparently the solution for my webcam problem is a no-brainer: just uninstall, restart, and manually install the Bison driver again. Works fine now.

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