http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/forum/advice-and-suggestions The Acer Guy Forum » Forum: Advice and suggestions - Recent Posts en-US Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:53:18 +0000 bbpress 1.0.2 q http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/search.php http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/aspire-6930g-111v-or-148v-battery#post-10627 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:45:02 +0000 u6b36ef 10627@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>@ batfink,</p> <p>(Good name by the way.)<br /> I just looked up the batteries for the 6930 for you. They are as follows:</p> <p>Battery SANYO AS-2007B Li-Ion 3S2P SANYO 6 cell<br /> 4400mAh Main COMMON Normal Type<br /> BT.00603.042<br /> Battery SONY AS-2007B Li-Ion 3S2P SONY 6 cell<br /> 4400mAh Main COMMON Normal Type<br /> BT.00604.025<br /> Battery PANASONIC AS-2007B Li-Ion 3S2P PANASONIC<br /> 6 cell 4400mAh Main COMMON PSS<br /> BT.00605.021<br /> Battery SIMPLO AS-2007B Li-Ion 3S2P PANASONIC 6<br /> cell 4400mAh Main COMMON PSS<br /> BT.00607.016<br /> Battery SANYO AS-2007B Li-Ion 4S2P SANYO 8 cell<br /> 4800mAh Main COMMON<br /> BT.00803.024<br /> Battery SONY AS-2007B Li-Ion 4S2P SONY 8 cell<br /> 4800mAh Main COMMON<br /> BT.00804.020<br /> Battery PANASONIC AS-2007B Li-Ion 4S2P PANASONIC<br /> 8 cell 4800mAh Main COMMON<br /> BT.00805.011</p> <p>The six cell batteries are the 11.1V, and the eight cell are the 14.8V.</p> <p>There you go.</p> <p>I'd be wondering why I had such battery problems though if I were you. I'd expect more than one hour from a new one. That depends how heavy you are using it though. Mostly a battery will last for about two and a half hours idling. If you run the laptop at load, I guess an hour and a quarter to hour and a half.</p> <p>You do however have to condition new batteries, and re-condition them every now and then. Also don't leave them continuously plugged in if you are not using them for weeks or forever.</p> <p>U6b36ef. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/aspire-6930g-111v-or-148v-battery#post-10616 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:38:32 +0000 batfink 10616@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Hopefully someone here will set me straight, but before someone says replace the battery with the same voltage as the old one, I'll explain why I'm cautious...<br /> I bought this Aspire 6930G (model 583G25Bn) a while back, as a refurbished unit. Therefore it didn't come in the original packaging and it's possible that the battery was pulled from another unit. Back then the battery would only last around 30 minutes then the laptop would switch off without battery warnings. I only had a 30 day warranty so got a replacement battery from the supplier, which lasted about an hour initially but fairly quickly went the same way as the first battery. Now the battery will last around 5 minutes before the laptop just dies, so it's a case of keeping it plugged in all the time. Otherwise this has been a good machine.<br /> So I was looking at buying a replacement battery and noticed that both 11.1V and 14.8V types are listed for this model. So, can anyone clarify which is the correct type? I'm unsure whether the 11.1V that I already have is correct and I doubt the supplier would have even bothered to check if the right battery was supplied. The DC rating on the laptop is 19V, 4.74A, if this helps at all. I checked on the Acer online store and they don't list the 6930G, but the 6920G, which I assume is the same, but they don't state the battery voltage, only that it's 8 cells and 4800mAh, which I think may be the 14.8V type </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/7736z-cpu-upgrade-possiblities#post-10562 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:08:37 +0000 puck 10562@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I see the 7736z has a socket P setup with a T4200 inside. What is the possiblity of upgrading this to a t4500 or maybe a t9900? </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/5715z-hdd-upgrade-sata-i-ii-iii#post-10425 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:02:53 +0000 PortlandBill 10425@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>My 80Gb HDD is filling up. It is a SATA I 1.5Gb/s.<br /> Can I fit a later SATA II or III HDD, or must I find an earlier standard one?</p> <p>I ask because an old Dell desktop refuses to recognise SATA II or III drives. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-8920g-blu-ray-please-insert-disc#post-9985 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:56:02 +0000 u6b36ef 9985@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Neither of you have said if your BD drives can read standard definition discs, and cd's.</p> <p>I'd check that.<br /> Second, have you the Blu-Ray DVD decoder installed.</p> <p>I think I vaguely recall some users lost use of their BD drives after upgrading to Win 7. It should all be resolvable though, given the right treatment. Otherwise your drives may have become faulty, sorry. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-8920g-blu-ray-please-insert-disc#post-9863 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:55:00 +0000 dreadlord 9863@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>same on me 8920g. even i have orig BD demo stikk insert disk shows. any solution on these? </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/aspire-5920-reebooting-exactly-5-times-and-then-normal-boot#post-9021 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:42:43 +0000 TechieDiva 9021@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>missing a modem, or the modem has failed. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/aspire-5920-reebooting-exactly-5-times-and-then-normal-boot#post-9020 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:14:42 +0000 concillado 9020@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Hello everybody</p> <p>I have an Aspire 5920 which for some reason, upon Power-on/startup reboots exactly 5 times in a row (within few seconds from power on) and hereafter boots normally into Win7 and works like a charm hereafter.</p> <p>This problem also happens if the computer has been in "hibernate"-mode, then it has to reboot 5 times in a row, and then works perfect again.</p> <p>Are there any service-manuals that could guide me to which part of the mobo which perhaps needs to be resoldered or the like?</p> <p>Or do any of you know which part of the mobo/PSU that I should focus on?</p> <p>Many thanks in advance, here from Denmark! :-)</p> <p>/Ramon. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-5051#post-9008 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:24:03 +0000 marconi0 9008@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>how to replace on/off switch on the above. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/aspire-gemstone-8920-graphics-card-upgrade#post-8979 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:02:32 +0000 gibsonus 8979@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Hi</p> <p>I'm interested in upgrading the graphics card on an 8920g as well. How did you get on?</p> <p>Actually take a look here, one of the posters has the card and cpu u mention in his sig. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/help-with-ethos-5943g-radeon-driver-update#post-8664 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:05:23 +0000 farmski 8664@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Hi</p> <p>I am having problems updating to the latest ati driver, and acer seems to be uninterested in updating anything on their own site</p> <p>have you got any solutions to get the newest Radeon 5650 drivers for my laptop,</p> <p>Getting the drivers off ati site result in a... couldnt update your drivers, please contact manufacturer.</p> <p>and after searching around, this seems to be a problem for a few different laptop brands, where vendors dont update on their sites which causes the same issue when trying to get updates.</p> <p>have you got any suggestions... ideally a link to a fix and instructions would be great.</p> <p>many thanks</p> <p>matt </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/efi#post-8572 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:38:48 +0000 selvan777 8572@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I sure hope this forum doesn't die off cause it's not easy to finding community support anywhere else. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/aspire-gemstone-8920-graphics-card-upgrade#post-8533 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:54:05 +0000 djbenson 8533@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>hello, i've got an aspire 6A4G32Bn</p> <p>intel dual core t5750 (@2.0ghz)<br /> Nvidia Geforce 9500m GS 512mb</p> <p>i'm planning to upgrade to X9000 (@2.8ghz) and an ATI mobility radeon HD 3650 1GB MXM II video card</p> <p>the only thing is that i am not sure if my pm965 motherboard will accept the 1GB video card</p> <p>any help please? </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/efi#post-8430 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:22:16 +0000 selvan777 8430@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>How do I know if my Aspire 5251-1513 is EFI based? </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/upgrading-aspire-5738zg#post-8427 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:07:51 +0000 recoveryking 8427@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Personally, I wouldnt bother upgrading to be honest. the easiest upgrade you could do would be the RAM. However with 4GB already, unless your running a 64Bit version of windows then its pointless.<br /> Furthermore, even budget RAM (2x4GB) wouldnt be "cheap".<br /> Considering you can get a nice spec i3 sandygate machine for sub £400 I would just save your pennies :) </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/upgrading-aspire-5738zg#post-8390 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:10:34 +0000 Clueless 8390@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Let me start by saying I love my little machine.</p> <p>But I reckon it can handle more and I'm thinking of upgrading it as much as I can to run some better games (it can handle MW2 nay problemo)</p> <p>Currently has Intel Dual Core T4300 @2.1GHz, 4GB memory and Radeon HD4570 512MB graphics card. It runs on a Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset on Windows 7 Premium.</p> <p>Can anyone tell me what the max specs I could upgrade to are? Ideally I wouldn't mind getting up to 3Ghz processor and 8GB ram but I'm so inane I'm unsure how to check?</p> <p>On a side note, just how easy/ very difficult is it to upgrade on a laptop?</p> <p>Thanks for anything anyone can give! </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-t671-bios-frequencyvoltage-control#post-8067 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:38:34 +0000 brianthesnail 8067@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Hi guys<br /> i have a acer aspire T671 and im not sure about a option in the bios<br /> the option marked "frequency/voltage control" has several option within,however its the one marked "CPU Host/SRC/ATIG" that im not sure about<br /> i understand cpu host is regarding cpu speed however what does "SRC" and "ATIG" option mean ?<br /> the choices inside this option are as follows :<br /> default<br /> 100/100/100mhz<br /> 133/100/100mhz<br /> 200/100/100mhz<br /> 266/100/100mhz<br /> however looking at this its only the cpu host frequency which increases and the second two values stay at 100<br /> has anyone used this option or have any idea on how to use it .......<br /> ive used clockgen using the ppl code found on the motherboard and succesfully overclocked the pc to 3.5ghz from 2.8ghz( pentium D 915 )<br /> any help will be much appreciated<br /> cheers guys </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/5552g-7632-dual-usb-cardport-replacement#post-8030 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:59:00 +0000 davi.nya 8030@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Okay, so this thing is still under warranty but I am sick and tired of sending my computer away, placing orders with Acer, just so they can cancel the order without my permission and still 6 months later, I still haven't set this thing up as I'd like, so I am attempting this DIY-style, but I need infomration on a part or where to obtain it. I need the dual USB port/card (if you were typing on this model it would be on your right side), but not he ribbon.</p> <p>*crosses fingers*</p> <p>Any ideas? </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/what-linux-most-compatible-with-acer-aspire-5336#post-8028 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:39:10 +0000 girlfo 8028@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I tried &amp; failed to install linux mint 11. Maybe I did something wrong but this acer is not listed as compatible with that os. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/why-is-the-acer-aspire-5552-so-cheap#post-7970 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:33:39 +0000 indianajones 7970@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I have a simple question why is this laptop so cheap? The reason why I am asking this is because is because it is quad core, and has a large hard drive, I am increasing the ram to 7gb as its only costing £20 to do so , so why not, any ideas on how fast the laptop would run and if its any good?</p> <p>I dont understand why this laptop is so cheap compared to other quad core laptops ?</p> <p>Please follow the link to check the laptop I am referring to</p> <p><a href="http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-a...45101-pdt.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-a...45101-pdt.html</a></p> <p>Thanx </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/graphics-help#post-7948 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:15:59 +0000 red_brick 7948@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Morning, </p> <p>My question is can my Acer Aspire X3950 (i5-650, 4GBDDR3) run both the on-board and a second graphics card at the same time.</p> <p>The graphics card is an ATI Radeon, 2450 and works fine.</p> <p>I have three options in the bios, PCI-E, Onboard and Auto.</p> <p>On PCI-E the Radeon works fine, I have a DVI splitter on the card and am able to run two monitors in Ubuntu 10.04, no sweat.</p> <p>On Auto the bios favours the Radeon and again, all works fine.</p> <p>On On-board the system boots from the HDMI or VGA(DSUB) no problem.</p> <p>So my main question is, can it support both and if so, how do I enable it.</p> <p>Many thanks,</p> <p>Red Brick</p> <p>PS - I did a search and found no related articles. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/5920-with-5920g-motherboard#post-7942 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:52:47 +0000 tomsmith45 7942@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Hi<br /> I have a acer 5920, and was thinking of changing the motherboard out for one from a 5920g. I'm not sure, but does this mean i get the graphics card port, and will it work? Considering they are nearly the same laptop, it should. I was going to buy new hardware for this laptop anyway, due to needing more power but not having enough to buy a brand new laptop.<br /> Any help is appreciated<br /> Tom </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/ram-upgrade-question#post-7913 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:16:42 +0000 george357 7913@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I have an Acer Aspire 7552g-6061 which contains three memory slots for DDR3 10600 RAM. This is the motherboard specs:<br /> Manufacturer Acer<br /> Model Aspire 7552<br /> Version V1.03<br /> Chipset Vendor AMD<br /> Chipset Model 785GX<br /> Chipset Revision 00<br /> Southbridge Vendor AMD<br /> Southbridge Model SB850</p> <p>I ordered three sticks to replace the two that came factory and a friend pointed out that this may cause the RAM to operate as single channel instead of dual channel, unless the motherboard supports odd sticks as dual channel. Is this the case? If so will there be any noticeable loss of performance from running 12GB as single channel? </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/help-suck-in-altf10-mode#post-7870 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:36:49 +0000 silverpsycho38 7870@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Ok so I gave in and got the recovery disc and an external dvd drive to reboot the acer aspire1 aod150. Now my problem is that i load the disc's in the sequence requested by the computer. When all is said and done it states to click ok to restart the computer so I do so. After that the computer goes back to the beginning of booting from the disc. I would appreciate any and all help cause I need my acer back to working order. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/aspire-7000-coprocesor-in-device-manager#post-7817 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:10:34 +0000 amcbiker 7817@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Hi, I was wandering if anyone can help.<br /> I have just bought an Aspire 7000 and had to do a fresh xp instal. Everything looks fine but in device manager there is a yellow asterisk against coprocessor. Please does anyone know what driver I need for this.<br /> Thanks </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/8930-upgrade-ramcpu#post-7809 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:16:45 +0000 irishbros 7809@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Hi im also looking to upgrade my system im looking to upgrade my 8930 cpu:t5800 gpu:9600m </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/help-suck-in-altf10-mode#post-7807 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:58:04 +0000 silverpsycho38 7807@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I have an acer aspire one netbook model aod150. I received this because it was stuck in safe mode startup and i tried the alt+f10 thinking that would fix it but i have no recovery disk. now it is stuck in that mode and i cant get it out of it. Can someone please help me fix my netbook asap please. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/8930-upgrade-ramcpu#post-7787 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:17:08 +0000 nez 7787@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Hi<br /> I have an acer 8930g with<br /> Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 cpu @ 2.26,1000fsb, 3mb cache,<br /> 4g DDR3,<br /> Nvidia Geforce 9700m GT @ 512mb,<br /> Windows Professional 64bit.</p> <p>Any advice on upgrades? </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/upgrading-apire-8930#post-7766 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:06:43 +0000 Anonymousgamer 7766@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I have a acer aspire 8930g and I game all the time I need to upgrade my processor and graphic card </p> <p>so far these are my specs<br /> intel core 2 duo T6600 CPU<br /> 8gb of ram<br /> GeForce 9600M GT </p> <p>i need to upgrade all of this but the ram i just got this </p> <p>Thank you for reading at least </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-5750g-2638g75mnkk-core-i7-2630qm-2-ghz-156-tft#post-7748 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:29:11 +0000 TechieDiva 7748@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Just a reminder. This is not an official support forum. This is a community driven forum used by Acer fans to help others with Acers. There is no official support or presence from Acer. </p>