How to troubleshoot Garmin GPS Navigator on No-Name China GPS

Splash Screen booting up

Ever wondered buying cheaper GPS devices from your recent trip to China and later found out it can't get a decent satellite lock here in the Philippines? Here's what I did to workaround the problem.

I am refering to this no-name China GPS you can buy online from your favorite China goods seller. This particular device used for this guide is a 5 incher running a custom firmware and win ce 5. It comes preloaded with Garmin Mobile XT version 5.010W.

When I fired up Garmin it loads a script Garmin.mscr which preloads Port Splitter 1.20 before it loads the Garmin software. It takes forever when detecting satellites to lock into within Garmin. I have tried every ports listed and no luck.

The Patch to Cataclysm and The Acer Restoration

Acer 5720G running Windows 7, patching
WoW backup on the external
500GB Drive

Patching World of Warcraft while taking a break from programming and getting the Acer to get back in shape before 12.07.10.

The Shaman's Acer 5720G that encountered white screen of death, During the time I tried to troubleshoot the error. I tried compiling  my own kernel at the time. So as to suspect a software glitch or error have caused this.

That led the shaman out of the game. There are many instances that I tried to isolate the problem whenever I got the time. And numerous occasions It get's to narrow the issue from a broader spectrum. Since most LCD has slim chance of getting defective than the inverter circuit. And several signs that make me suspect issues with its graphics card.

The Acer which eversince was running linux since I got it, from linux mint, fedora and much longer with ubuntu, accross each updates. I have been playing world of warcraft on this rig thru wine.

White screen of death

Been experiencing "white screen of death" on my Acer. I have tested external display, its working and system is intact. I found that this is common among Acer laptops, due to defective connectors or defective LCD inverters. I did check on the back plate, re-installed the video card, memory and all. But to no avail, still just the blank white screen on the LCD.