The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    A few Problems with 7

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Turbo5lut, Nov 6, 2009.

  1. Turbo5lut

    Turbo5lut Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    First of all, I have a 4810T and Love it. When i bought it, it had everything it wanted; thin, good screen, larger harddrive, and 8 hour battery life. Only bad part was vista. Now i upgraded to Win 7 Professional and now my battery life sucks. 5 hours at best, now i have to bring along my recharger which is something i hate. I installed epower, and it has done nothing. Just today i found that my webcam will not work, the program won't launch ( i have tried to install in comptatibility Mode) and i tried to burn a Cd with Media Player and it said: "Connect a Burner and Restart Player". So what can i do to fix this.

    Thank you in advance, Hope to hear some answers soon.

    Alex
     
    Turbo5lut, Nov 6, 2009
    #1
  2. nlel1975

    nlel1975 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    33
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I have an Aspire Timeline 1810tz that came preloaded with Windows 7 64bit and I get 6.5 hours web surfing with wifi, so the problem is not windows 7.
     
    nlel1975, Nov 7, 2009
    #2
  3. 0wn3d

    0wn3d Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have the exact same problem with poor battery in Windows 7. Vista average 6-7 hours, W7 average only 3-4 hours.

    Whats going on?

    I wonder if the 4810T(G) Windows7 preinstalled versions suffer from this.
     
    0wn3d, Nov 7, 2009
    #3
  4. Just Lou

    Just Lou Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    62
    Messages:
    349
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Run this command, and it will generate an energy report on your C drive. You can then review any settings or errors, etc. that might be causing excessive battery use.

    powercfg.exe -energy -output C:\EnergyReport.html
     
    Just Lou, Nov 7, 2009
    #4
  5. Turbo5lut

    Turbo5lut Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5

    I tried to run this program, when i click on it something flashing on the screen for less than a second and then nothing comes up.

    Am i doing something wrong?

    and also the exact model i have is 4810t-8480 i don't know if this make any difference

    -Alex
     
    Turbo5lut, Nov 7, 2009
    #5
  6. Just Lou

    Just Lou Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    62
    Messages:
    349
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    "Click on it"? You need to run it with from a command line with the options. It takes 60 seconds.
     
    Just Lou, Nov 7, 2009
    #6
  7. Turbo5lut

    Turbo5lut Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    So i need to do it like this,

    C:\users\alex>Powercfg.exe

    Right?

    EDIT: so i figure out how to enter it, it came up with
    9 errors
    28 Warnings
    16 informational

    when i try to open the energy report, it says can not find even though i see it in the folder
     
    Turbo5lut, Nov 7, 2009
    #7
  8. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

    Reputations:
    4,745
    Messages:
    8,513
    Likes Received:
    3,823
    Trophy Points:
    431
    type cmd into the seach box, bottom left of screen, when you press the windows icon, then type cmd , then right click cmd and click run as administrator , then typepowercfg.exe -energy -output C:\EnergyReport.html and press enter.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Nov 7, 2009
    #8
  9. Turbo5lut

    Turbo5lut Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Yea i did that.
     
    Turbo5lut, Nov 7, 2009
    #9
  10. Turbo5lut

    Turbo5lut Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    am i suppose to open the energy report
     
    Turbo5lut, Nov 9, 2009
    #10
  11. Just Lou

    Just Lou Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    62
    Messages:
    349
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    If you want to see what it says. ;)
     
    Just Lou, Nov 9, 2009
    #11
  12. Ollollo

    Ollollo Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    12
    Messages:
    139
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Ollollo, Nov 11, 2009
    #12
  13. Turbo5lut

    Turbo5lut Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    This is what it tells me:

    This webpage is not found.

    No webpage was found for the web address: file:///C:/Windows/System32/EnergyReport.Html


    And i found out when i turn off wifi, on a full charge i get about 6 hours.
     
    Turbo5lut, Nov 11, 2009
    #13
  14. Turbo5lut

    Turbo5lut Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    anyone have any ideas?
     
    Turbo5lut, Nov 14, 2009
    #14
  15. Just Lou

    Just Lou Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    62
    Messages:
    349
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    If you ran it with the destination I posted, there's no reason for it to be in the System32 directory. It should be on your C:\
     
    Just Lou, Nov 14, 2009
    #15