9920G GPU Options?

Well, you know it has a bigger MXM slot, right? You could put something like a gtx 280m in there with .netrollers modded BIOS.

 

AFAIK the 9920G still has the normal (4-amp) MXM connector, not the 16-amp HE version, so a 280M will probably throttle severely. (For safekeeping, I set the power limits in the MXM structure as 30W on battery and 50W on AC, with 40W max dissipation. I have no schematic, so I can't find out the exact HW limits.)

 

Hey Netroller..

I may well give this new bios a go this week since my machine has been gathering dust for a few months and only just got hold of thermal paste to redo my cpu...

Do you have any quick links to the rescue disk you speak of, I can't even remember the bios type off the top of my head at the moment so will need to do some work before having a crack at it...

Edit: just found the other thread all about poss fix so will go give that a read first

http://forum.notebookreview.com/acer/575866-possible-fix-acer-x920g-vs-geforce-9600m-gt-issue.html

 

Hi Lockhart, did you get around to trying the new BIOS?

 

Nope not had chance yet. Def gonna have a crack at some point though and will feedback here....

 

It's happened again!

My SSD drive has died, can't see it in BIOS at all.

More data lost, wish I'd never bought one now, they seem very unreliable.

Will try for a Warranty replacement but I'll never be able to trust it after this.

 

It was MLC, right?

 

Nope a Vertex 2.

Rang them today they'll send me another, apparently there is a more up to date firmware, I hope that fixes this very annoying problem.

I bought my son the same SSD at Christmas and he's had no problems. Let's hope its third time lucky.

 

Got my third Vertex 2 SSD drive today, it has an updated firmware which will hopefully make it more stable.

It's certainly nice to bootup in 30 seconds instead of 3 1/2 mins, which my old 5200 harddrive took.

I've now got my fingers crossed for some long term stability.

 

also have 9920 with dead 8600M GT
i will buy new one from here
and flash vbios

also i will maybe try to buy T7800 from here
soon but would like to have intel x series in 9920 hope u6b36ef will test Penryn on 9920 soon.

 

@ azmoo,

You're in luck for the Penryn CPU compatibilty with the 9920; it's reported working. Just today blackened87 posted the very information here. http://forum.notebookreview.com/ace...-acer-x920g-vs-geforce-9600m-gt-issue-34.html

You will most likely find lots of interest in the last few pages on this other thread (as of today). NetRolller 3D is trying to find a system BIOS fix to make other cards work in the 9920. However though, blackened87's post, 07:53pm 17th Oct 2011, opens up options for getting any Acer compatible 8600M GT or 9500M GS flashed to the 9920 8600M GT video BIOS. That will make for easier shopping. Good luck.

I am wary of the link you added for the 8600M GT you are looking to buy. The details lower in the page claim it is compatible with 5920 and 9920 laptops. As we know this isn't possible (without modification of the video card BIOS), my guess it's more likey for 5920. (Unless they have both versions of course.) Most likely you buy it and flash it yourself to work in the 9920, but the are ready made ones on eBay. Like we said before the 9920 8600M GT has a specific vBIOS (video BIOS).

EDIT [RE CPU: More here - http://forum.notebookreview.com/acer/381963-souping-up-9920g.html]]
2nd Edit: You could allways try oven baking your failed 8600M GT to fix it, before spending any money. Take a look on youtube, for method. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDXGouSv_X8&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL78954C5CFF33BD2A
Theres's even an option to do it with a hairdryer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g-xt0CI

 

The current system BIOS in the x920G thread definitely fixes compatibility with any Acer-VBIOSed 8600M GT, as well as HP's 9300M GS. Still working on the 9600M GT.

The Asus GT 240M will not be supported, unless someone sends me a VBIOS from an MXM3.0 GT 240M. (MXM3.0 VBIOSes are relatively easy to mod into MXM2.1.)

And for those hoping for an ATI/AMD upgrade: Most probably a no-go. I've yet to see any ATI/AMD VBIOS that calls the MXM interrupt in any way.

 

Any chance of a direct link? Ive been through this thread lots of times and can't appear to find it!!!

 

It is in the very first post.

 

Yes i use the 9920g regularly and is still going strong 18 months after the repair, i have a pretty good desktop which is my main machine and although i'm not a gamer the 9920 gets used a fair bit when on the road.

apologies for the long wait for a reply

cheers

roger

 

Modded VBIOS for the 9600M GT GDDR3: request download ticket | 9600mgt-ddr3-9920g.rom - ifile.it
And the FX 770M: request download ticket | 770m_9920g.rom - ifile.it

Should work with my SBIOS mod.

(Didn't test with a 9920G, but the same mod applied to my GT 230M's VBIOS triggered the same mangled colors in my 5720G as a 8600M GT removed from a 9920G. So, the color error on the 9920G should be gone.)

 

I have just done exactly this. I have a 9920. I have installed a 8600MGT from a 5920. I have flashed the vBIOS to 60.84.62.00.39 but i can still only get a display on an external monitor. I have also flashed the sBIOS to CV120_MXM_V2.

I can actually see the screen displaying a very dark grey "light" when using vBIOS 60.84.62.00.39. Ive tried other 8600MGT vBIOS's and the screen stays dead black. I always get an external monitor displaying perfectly.

Has anyone got any ideas

 

Your inverter is dead.

 

Ive ordered one. Lets hope it fixes it! Thanks for your help.

 

Wow this thread is still running two years after I started it!

I've just resurrected my 9920G to use to read the online Newspapers after cancelling my real paper which had gone up to £27.40 a month.

I'm still having to use an external monitor, as far as I can make out there's still no solution for using the on board screen with the ATI 3650.

Have I missed something?

 

Oops it may have been 2010 but it was only 13 months ago!

 

New inverter gives same results. Grey screen that i can make black by pressing funtion/F6. Always displays on an external monitor no problem. I can see the backlight working if i look behind the panel.

Im at a loss!

 

@Puddleduck: There is no solution for the HD3650, or any other ATI card for that matter, and probably there newer will be one. The problem is that (true at least for all ATI cards I've seen so far) ATI's cards are not MXM, they merely soldered a motherboard GPU and associated VBIOS on an MXM PCB. The 3650 never reads the MXM structure, and instead always assumes that a 6-bit dual-link LVDS display is connected, with EDID data available over the card's I2C link - this is not true for the 9920G.
(The same is true for Nvidia's GT216-series cards, though unlike ATI, these ones do show some hope because MXM3.0 GT216s are true MXM, and an MXM3.0 VBIOS can be converted to MXM2.1.)

Your best bet is getting a 9600M GT or an FX 770M.

@helpmedisappear: What happens if you boot with only the internal display connected?

 

Hi PuddleD, as far as I can tell , no support for ATI cards since, to quote Netroller "And for those hoping for an ATI/AMD upgrade: Most probably a no-go. I've yet to see any ATI/AMD VBIOS that calls the MXM interrupt in any way." EDIT, somehow missed the other replies before typing this!

My 9920G is totally dead now, whether power supply or laptop issue, light on power pack just fades when plugged in to laptop..... so given up on it and just used some of the parts from it. Real shame but spending any more money on it just for the hell of it without knowing if it will work again doesn't seem worth it.

 

I can see the backlight working with either an external monitor connected or not, just no display

 

Dates in US format so almost 2 years ago, April 2010

 

@helpmedisappear: I think your LVDS cable may be loose.

 

Thanks for the replies and hard work guys.

Will look at the two alternative cards.

 

Hi all,

Just a quick one to say i've outfitted my 9920g with the t7800 cpu (2.6 ghz) today and all is well. It seems to handle alot more alot quicker although the windows experience score is still curiously low due to the graphics card apparently......

cheers

roger

 

Yep the weak graphics card does hold the 9920 back.

 

Hi Puddleduck

I have exactly the same laptop with same problem. Did the Ati Radeon Hd3650 work?, and if so what mods to bios did you have to change?

Earthie

 

The ATI cards wont work. You have to go with a 9600GT.

 

please i need your precious advice as soonest as possible...
i need to relife my acer 9020g.
-what i have to do?
which card except 8600 gt is fully compatible with the laptop?
i tried 3650hd no success...
i really appreciate your answers.

thx

 

Welcome to NBR forum!

Read this post. For example, 9600M GT with modded bios should work. You should ask the NetRoller3D

 

thx is there any other help you can give me?

no such file
pls reupload

 

There is lot of help topics in this thread about upgrading with such video cards.

 

PLEASE COULD ANY ONE reupload the mod vbios files...

 

Ask directly NetRoller to re-upload the bios file in this thread.

 

There's no point asking. First off all it's been done multiple times back when he was active on the forum and as you can see nothing came of it. Secondly he has not been online for 5 months or so.

 

i note this...
i was wondering if anyone else could reupload the modded vbios files???

 

I happened to have the 9600M GT vbios modded for 9920g :
9600mgt-ddr3-9920g.rom
but lacking the Fx770M one - if someone have this one confirmed working - please post here.
BTW I saw .NetRolller post somewhere saying about Fx770M - 9920g mod: EDIT: Does not work; it seems that this VBIOS doesn't support EDID-less displays at all.

 

Anyone had tested fx770m or fx750m on 9920g?

if flash a fx770m @ 9600gt (ddr3 512mb) will resolve the EDID problem?

1 i will simple edit fx770m as 9600gt acer with nibitor

or

2 i had a 9600gt bios,i'll backup it and after flash on the fx770m

i see a 9300gs Vbios mod for 9920g...is the fx370m the 9300gs alter ego card?

thanks a lot

@netroller3d : u italian...me too...can i contact to u directly?

salud
bb75

 

I'm not really Italian, but right now I'm living in Italy.

You don't need to do anything with nibitor, just flash the 9600M GT ROM with "-4 -5 -6".

 

Hi,

Can some tell me the exact 9600M GT card that will work on the Acer Aspire 9920G and what VBIOS I will need ?

Many thanks

 

Good afternoon, one person have a laptop acer 9920g with 20" display, graphics card NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, processor Intel Core 2 Duo to sell for 400€, somedy can tell me if is a good choice or is better the hp hdx18?
Thanks in advance by your attention.
J. Goncalves.

 

Both of these are pretty old, although hdx18 might have a configuration with better videocard (8800M GTS)
Not saying that 8600M GT is a very unreliable card, that tends ro fail too often.
Anyway, I would recommend looking at newer Sager \ Clevo laptops with 18.4 screens (like x8100), or Alienware M18x - they are indeed more expensive, but you may actually find a good deal on the secondary market.

 

I sent out a private message today (shown below). I thought I'd tag it to the end of the thread so people know how it finished up for me. Best of luck to anybody with this problem.


I did get it working in a limited fashion (no acceleration) by baking the GPU in the oven. There are many descriptions of how to do this on the net. Do it only as a last resort. The problem was caused by bad soldering. Heating can make it better. There is no flash option for the HD 3650 apparently according to the forum it's missing a required chip. So I have a laptop for net browsing OR with the HD3650 installed I can play games but need an external monitor. Best of luck. Barry.

 

I have a FX770M card just buy and i flash it with vbios from
HP EliteBook 8530W witch i found on
VGA Bios Collection: HP Quadro FX 770M 512 MB | techPowerUp
and i got interesting result :
Acer Aspire 5920 (sbios moded from Netroller 3D) working perfect
Acer Aspire 6930G original sbios (i do not have any modded) work ok with internal screen but not
with external also HDMI does not give any picture.
I will try tomorrow Aspire 9920G with this vbios also i will try vbios 9600M GT from Netroller 3D !

Edit :
Acer Aspire 9920G does not give any sign with this video card.(try 2 vbios-es )
Acer Aspire 5920G has problem with unstable driver as well as 6930G.
After while i got blue screen with warning over video driver issue !
Any idea what for driver will fit ?

 

hi guys
send modified bios to [email protected]

 

About which bioses you are talking about? If you want to make an archive of modded BIOSes, you should find and download modified BIOSes by yourself.
Это ты интересно загнул. Если ты действительно хочешь сделать что-то типа архива с БИОСами, тебе самому надо искать и качать их. Никто специально для тебя их закидывать не будет.