![]() Nine Days With an Absurd $9,0. Gaming Laptop. There may exist inside of you a desire that burns white hot for the Acer Predator 2. X, but you will never buy this laptop. It is not for you, because if you want this laptop, you probably can’t afford it, and if you can afford it, you are probably old enough to not want to spend $9,0. But if you’re reading Gizmodo you’re still enough of a gadget fan to want to at least understand the $9,0. To that end, I spent nine days working almost exclusively with Acer’s ode to excess. Here is its story. ![]() All U.S. Garmin Compatible Maps. Welcome to the list of Garmin compatible maps for the United State of America. Click on a row for more info about a given map or. Garmin eTrex 20 hands on review including comparisons to similar units, links to other reviews, price comparisons, owners manual and more. Nvidia GeForce unhelpfully uninstalled its drivers, and the computer broke for twenty minutes. I uninstalled everything with the Nvidia name. Reinstalled. The best way to create a route/course to follow. There are tons of sites out there which will let you draw routes on a map and then allow you to download the route as. Day 1: The arrival. Our office manager looked suspiciously from me to the box, which is the size of three ten- year- olds squeezed together.“It’s a laptop,” I explained. While the office manager was incredulous, others were delighted. I want to sit in the box,” a colleague shouted while snapping photos. Following the included instructions, I managed to open the gigantic cardboard box—as well as the nearly indestructible Pelican case contained within. Desiring nothing more than to game, I plopped the Predator 2. X on my knees as I would a Mac. Book. Fortunately, I used to bicycle a lot, so I’ve got strong thighs that don’t weep under the weight of 1. When I told inquisitive on- lookers the price, they looked at me aghast. Why does a $9,0. 00 machine exist? I didn’t have a good answer. So I pulled the trackpad out of its slot and showed people that it can be flipped over and used as a number pad. Everyone agreed that was very neat. The trick earned the computer its first “wow” unrelated to size or price. After an hour and ten minutes of use, the computer died. It was after 5pm, and I did not want to find outlets for the computer’s two (two!) necessary power supplies, so I left it on a coworker’s desk and went home. Day 2: Set up. When I got to the office, I finally found outlets for the the 2. X’s two 3. 30 watt power supplies and began to use the laptop in earnest. It comes with Tobii Eyetracking, but it didn’t appear to be working. The Nvidia graphics drivers were out of date too. Nvidia Ge. Force unhelpfully uninstalled its drivers, and the computer broke for twenty minutes. I uninstalled everything with the Nvidia name. Reinstalled. Inexplicably, the eye tracking started working on the third restart. After three hours of futzing with drivers and settings, I got Rise of the Tomb Raider running. My coworkers crowded around the computer shouting their advice on how to walk in a straight line. Take a moment, remember when there was only one controller for the SNES at a slumber party. This moment was like that, but burlier. Yet there was exactly one coworker who did not care. She was the one who told me to mute the computer earlier when she’d had enough of Windows notifications exploding from the computer’s four speakers and two subwoofers. Now she was irritated because the work day was over and people were peering at a laptop. Let’s go get beer” she bellowed. The horde agreed. I saved my game and closed the laptop. The battery was still not fully charged. Day 3: Making my way downtown, part 1“You are taking this on the train.” It was not a suggestion. My boss and I agreed that you couldn’t review a laptop without testing its mobility—how easy it was to pack up and move around. In the case of the Acer 2. X, it is a chore. Thanks to the gentle curve of the display, the lid does not sit flush, so the 1. The 2. 1- inch display might crack. So I packed it back up into the Pelican case and headed home an hour and a half early. No one questioned this. A woman offered to help me carry it down the second flight of stairs to the train, but I declined. I need to do this for myself,” I said. On the train, everyone eyed me like you always eye the asshole with huge luggage on a rush hour train. It was only 4: 4. Thursday, but the train filled up the closer to Brooklyn we got. When I arrived at my stop, I had to muscle my way to the door and pray the wheels on the case didn’t roll over a foot. I am too delicate to be shouted at by cranky commuters. Off the train, I made it up one flight of stairs, a line of annoyed passengers forming behind me. A man wordlessly held out a hand and helped me up the second flight of stairs. New York is nicer than you’d expect it to be. It is . 4 miles from the train station to my home. The sidewalks aren’t the smooth and clean ones of the Flatiron District. They’re broken with concrete jutting up out of the ground. On the day I brought the Predator home, it had just rained, and while the streets were dry, puddles of brown, stagnant awful lay in a pedestrian’s path at every intersection. I lifted and dodged and hurried home. The shipping weight of the box is 7. Pelican case, power supplies, and 1. I was sure I was dragging all 7. The dog and cat were both alarmed by the monstrosity that took up residence in our living room. That night my roommate arrived home. She saw the computer on my lap and could not take her eyes off of it. Is it like.. for army?” she asked. Her voice was a whisper, barely heard over the hum of the machine. No. It was not for army. Day 4: I cannot feel my toes. The journey home had clearly affected me. Like the best friend in an 1. I was plagued by a cough and a sniffle and a weakness of indeterminate origin. My only salve was the laptop. I found a place for its two plugs, settled it on my lap, and downloaded Mass Effect: Andromeda. The machine did not like the internet in my home and it took an hour, three attempts to fix the internet, and one restart to download the game. The laptop rested on my thighs and destroyed all sensation below my knees.“I cannot feel my toes,” I texted a friend at 3: 3. Playing the game on the 2. X’s keyboard and using its trackpad was a study in painful frustration. I couldn’t get comfortable. The Cherry Brown mechanical key switches were nice, and the trackpad gave me zero issues, but the spacing between the keyboard and trackpad felt all wrong, especially when the computer was sitting in my lap. I finally gave up and found my Xbox One controller. Gaming was instantly more pleasant. Day 5: Never mind, everything hurts. I played Mass Effect for longer than I should admit in polite company, and at the very least the gaming performance is incredible. The dual Nvidia GTX 1. GB SSDs in a speedy RAID 0 configuration, plus the 6. GB of RAM and the Kaby Lake i. It had zero issues giving me 1. And with two Nvidia GTX 1. As long as the laptop was plugged in. After a very rare bathroom break I sat back down, balanced the computer across my lap and was startled to see the game had slowed to a crawl. I quit. Restarted. Played again. It was still slow. Then I realized the plugs had disconnected, and I was running on battery power. I plugged back in and balance was restored Until my controller started to randomly disconnect every few minutes. As if the computer knew I’d been playing Mass Effect for 1. I got annoyed and powered off for the night. Day 6: It’s hot in here. It was over 8. 0 degrees outside. The heat didn’t bother me, until I balanced the computer on my knee. Then I was reminded of summers in Texas, my god daughter sitting in my lap, all sharp bones and sweat and a furnace that would rival whatever burns in your basement. The laptop is like a toddler I can put in a box at the end of the day. The discomfort grew too bothersome for me to ignore. I tried placing it on my secretary desk, but it was too big—too heavy—to be supported. I eventually gave up and went and played Mass Effect on my regular PC. I immediately missed the expanded field of vision the 2. X afforded me. The 2. X. Moving to my 5. K TV should have meant everything would feel bigger, but while the assets rendered by the game were larger, the 1. Yet I continued to play, because I did not miss the heat, or the disconnects, or the crushing weight of capitalism on my thighs. Day 7: A day of rest. I sat on the couch, and worked hard at my job, and I used the 2. X as a stand to hold my phone. It was better this way. Day 8: Making my way downtown, part 2. My dog has a fear of packed bags. I am always mindful of it, distracting him with treats whenever I have to pack a bag for a trip. As I dismantled the X- 2. I looked up. The dog thought I was going for good. But I was not. Instead, I took a Lyft to the office and an elevator up the stairs. Is that a laptop?” a co- worker laughed.“Yes,” I said. Day 9: Goodbye old friend. I shot photos in the afternoon. The laptop felt heavier than usual, its fans and cute little beeps were a cacophony overwhelming the quiet hum of the newsroom. Common Problems and their Solutions (Garmin)Submitted by jgermann on Wed, 0. Common Problems and their Solutions. Alerts won't work. Folders for Categories not working. Custom Road Avoidances have quit working. Garmin Express freezes at 5. Garmin Express does not work. Garmin Express won't show on screen. Garmin Express won't launch. Garmin Express will not show "Extras"I'm out of space. I can't see my Icons. I keep getting dings. Importing Routes to Device. I cannot keep Favorites Deleted. No "Go" Button. POI Loader Removes POIs. POIs: Can't get rid of POIs. POIs - How to load POIs to a GM vehicle. POI Loader Rejects my wav files. I have sox. exe but . Can't see a . system folder. Tour. Guides will not work. My Unit is Stuck in Demo Mode. Photo Realistic JCV file will not work. Missing Msvcr. 90. Dll in Basecamp. Cannot see Additional Maps I have installed. Charging Problems. My Unit will not speak street names. I cannot download newest gmap. Alerts won't work. There are several reasons why voice/sound alerts will not work and you get only a "Ding" when you expect a sound file to play. Sound file (. mp. POI file (. csv/. The character string to the left of the extension must be the same for the POI file, the sound file and the Icon (. Double extensions. Many computer come with Windows Explorer set to "Hide extensions of known file types". So, when you follow the instructions to name your sound file the same as your POI file to the left of the extensions, what you think ismylocations. The solution is to follow the instructions inhttp: //www. Unit will not accept . The early GPS units had . At some point Garmin decided that the expense of licensing the ability to play . Even though it is not documented by Garmin, . HOWEVER: 3. A. To use . POI Loader. Get the required version athttp: //www. B. Most sound files at the poi- factory are . Thus they must be converted to a . You can do this by using Media. IO (to convert one format to another, say . C. It has been said that the . PCM, 4. 4. 1. 00 k. HZ., and 1. 6 bits, Mono and that a stereo wav file will not work. If you have a stereo wav, there is a portable, freeware software package that will convert it to mono. However, my testing indicates that - with the correct version of sox. Folders for Categories not working. Many people like to have their Custom POIs divided into "Categories" to make it easier to locate a particular POI. An excellent FAQ on how to set up Categories can be found athttp: //www. Some of the "Gotchas" are* There must be at least two sub- folders to create categories but there can be any number of sub- folders.* There can only be one level of sub- folders* There can not be more than 3. A file set can include a sound file and/or an Icon file* . POI sub- folder on the device will be read in the alphabetic order of the folders on the device. Can't get rid of POIs" above)David King reported that if you are using no sub- folders (ie. There was an excellent post by bear. If you individually compile POI files or groups of POI in different folders to a location on your hard drive then the order is .. If you start with a empty POI folder on the GPS or SD card then the first GPI file you load into the POI folder will always be the first file displayed on your GPS. If the GPI file has multiple files and folders compiled within it then they will be displayed in alphabetically, folders first then individual files. The 2nd GPI file will always be the 2nd file or group of files in the display order on the GPS, regardless of whether you update them later by copying updated files over top of them. So, in short, they are always displayed in the order they were originally installed on your GPS and will be alphabetical in folder first, then file order within each GPI file. I also update multiple GPSs regularly and have done it with individual files since each person wants some different and some of the same files. No matter if you do it with individual files for each POI or individual setup folders for each person, itsstill a lot of of work to keep track of everyone's files. Some like alerts, others don't, the variables go on. Using a single POI folder. One advantage of running POILoader on a single folder with sub- folders like the following is that the files will be in folder and alphabetical order. The folders become categories on the GPS that make the list of scrolling through files much shorter.\My. POIs______\Favorites______\Food______\Storesetc. A disadvantage is that you have to go through all of the files and individually configure them before running POILoader if some people want alerts, or different distances, or different icons or WAV sounds, etc. POILoader in Express mode. Using individual POI folders. A disadvantage if you run POILoader on each of the following sub- folders individually you end up with multiple GPI files. Favorites\Food\Storesetc. Then each of the multiple files in each folder will be in the root of your Custom POIs. These files will display in the order that the GPI files were originally installed on the GPS but alphabetical within each file. The advantage is that if you only have one update file you can quickly run POILoader in Manual mode for quick alerts with different distances. But what about order on the device if one does not use sub- folders. Box Car tells us in a post that. Box Car wrote: Files will be in alpha order when and only when you use subfolders. If all the files and their associated icons and sounds are in the top level folder, they will be stored on the unit in the order they are read. This lead to determining that the order in a single root folder will be in "Creation Date" order. Why have my Custom Road Avoidances quit working? Custom "road" avoidances may need to be re- set after each map update. Custom "area" avoidances should remain accurate and intact after updating maps on the device. Garmin Express freezes at 5. Taken from a Garmin FAQ dated)If Downloadable Content (DLC) fails or freezes at 5. SD/SD card. This issue can occur on both Mac OS X and Windows operating systems. To correct this problem, follow these suggestions: * Ensure the GPS device has the latest firmware version using Garmin Express* Ensure the latest version of the Garmin Communicator Plugin is installed* If the SD card you are using has a write- protection switch, verify the switch on the SD card is in the unlocked position* Take steps to ensure the computer's USB configuration is as simple as possible: a. Do not use a USB hubb. Use the USB ports on the back of the computer if using a desktop PCc. Unplug any other unnecessary USB devices except for the mouse and keyboard, reboot the computer, and try again* Use a separate micro. SD/SD card reader instead of inserting the memory card into the device* If the issue occurs using Internet Explorer on Windows 1. Internet Explorer as administrator and try again: 1. Click Start. 2. Type Internet Explorer. Right- click Internet Explorer. Select Run as administrator* Windows users may need to reset Internet browser settings: Open Internet Explorer. Press Alt + T on the keyboard. Click Internet Options. Click the Advanced tab. Click the Reset button under Reset Internet Explorer settings. Click Reset. 6. Click Close. Click OK8. Close all Internet Explorer windows and try again* Windows users may need to clear the Windows temp directory: 1. Press the Windows + R keys together. Type %temp% in the text box. Click OK4. Press CTRL + A to select all files. Press Delete on the keyboard. If prompted, confirm the deletion. If prompted, skip any files that can't be deleted. Close the window* Once the web browser can consistently communicate with the device's memory or micro. SD/SD card the DLC download should complete. Garmin Express does not work. Your computer and device may be one of those that have problems with Express. If this is the case, then use Map. Updater. Garmin Map Updater PC: http: //download. Garmin. Map. Updater. Garmin Map Updater Mac: http: //download. Garmin. Map. Updater. Garmin Express will not show on screen". Because Garmin Express is displayed as a window with a fixed size in Windows and Mac OS X, certain resolution requirements must be met in order for the window to fit on the screen. Also, if the computer is set to magnify the size of text, this may cause display issues with Expess. If Express does not fit on the screen or content within Garmin Express is cut off, follow these steps. Windows PCExpress requires a resolution of 1. To adjust the resolution: 1. Press the Windows key + R2. Type Control Panel, then click OK3.
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