AS6920 Owners Lounge

Hi, why do you think you need to, have you a problem with your BD drive?
You could cause more problems if you are not careful..
Chris

 

I don't have any problem with the BD drive, just curious....
Anybody have tried?

 

I actually tried the firmware update - won't work b/c ours is an OEM drive with OEM firmware.

 

Thank you for your answer... TehSuigi.

 

i have run hwmonitor and core 1 and 2 are about 4-6 degrees C different, is that normal?

 

Moderator's Edit: Installing OS X on non-Apple hardware violate Apple's EULA. It's illegal and therefore NOT allowed to be discussed on these boards!

 

Yeah, that is normal Gazzacbr.

 

oops, it was a hypothetical situation with lots of if's, but i will not mention it again (on this forum )

 

Anyones power button make a crunching sound? Sounds like a small piece of flexible plastic moves when powering up.

Not a problem all works well just wondered if its a design flaw.

 

how many of you register your products with acer?
you still get warranty if you dont register, right?

i dont think ive ever registered any of my products before...

 

hi folks,
in the acerpanam specs it says 6920g one or two hard disks, can we get another one inside? http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/forms/portal20.cfm?recordid=648&formid=3404&website=AcerPanAm.com&siteid=7117&words=all&keywords=&areaid=2

 

has anyone gotten the fingerprint reader to work with firefox or opera?

 

Gazza, I've opened the system up - there is physically no room for a second hard drive. The specs page for the 6920G might've been mindlessly copied over from the 8920G, which can accept two HDDs.

 

@TehSuigi, yes, thats what i thought when i opened up also but was hoping i had found another upgrade option, looks like i might be in the market for a 500gb drive then. my 320gb has had random problems since new, occasionally i get disk errors and 1 or 2 corrupted files, but very random.

 

Too bad we can't have a removable ODD (optical disk drive)... then I'd so buy that 64GB Samsung SLC drive...

 

Ey guys i could use some help. My Drive C is suddenly show low available memory. Most of my data is on drive d, especially the big movie and music folders. I never really noticed the memory on drive c. i just know that i used drive d a lot more. The other day though, my drive c suddenly just showed 5 gigabytes of free space left! suspecting a virus, i did an anti-virus scan using mcaffee and none were found. The next day it went back up to around 10 gigabytes and stayed there for a while.. today it dropped by 3 gigabytes... what's wrong? is my hard drive about to fail on me?

 

Hi, you might need to look at the size of the restore disk usage within Vista, there is a good guide here to reducing it in size http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/reduce-system-restores-disk-usage-in-vista/
Chris

 

Well, it's not hot-swappable, but all it takes is a single screw to remove the ODD and pop in one of these beauties.

 

but then you lose your cd/dvd/bd
how about 64gb express card?
64GB Express
you could also have 32gb sd

 

Found somthing else that most latops just dont do well compared to this one

I use skype all the time to talk to my girlfriend as she lives miles away, in another country in fact :/ A headset was a must as using the speaker and the intergrated Mic just created a really bad echo. With this laptop no matter how loud i have it she can hear me great with no headset and no echo can be heard..... Sweet. Found that the intergrated Mic was very sensative too so another thumbs up for this great peice of kit. She heard me fart the other day haha

 

@Coops025, nice to know but too much information ;-)
will give that a try as vbuzzer is not too good with the cheap headset i've got
(when i get my home internet re-connected :-( )

 

Have this happened to anyone, sometimes the speakers or subwoofer makes this static noise when I'm watching a movie or playing music.

 

Occasionally it sort of weirds out resulting in some distortion, but closing any noise-making programs and re-opening the music/video file fixes it without fail.

 

Do you guys have the Acer eAudio Management set to Stereo or 5.1 output?

 

When I had eAudio still, I set it for Stereo.

 

yeah this has been happening a lot for me lately...
usually happens when i have multiple programs playing audio at the same time

 

Hi I am new here. I own a Acer 6920G and I would like 2 format the protected partition because my Acer eRecovery dosent work anymore. Lucky I've made a recovery backup but let say if I use live CD and format the whole harddisk, can I use the acer recovery disc to install back my windows cause I do not have any vista installation disc to install back.

 

Played with this and Stereo is the way to go for me

 

well, acer ePower management says 'battery is degraded and should be replaced as soon as possible' thats not good, right? readout from everest:
Field Value
Power Management Properties
Current Power Source AC Line
Battery Status 100 % (High Level)
Full Battery Lifetime Unknown
Remaining Battery Lifetime Unknown
Battery Properties
Device Name AS07B41
Manufacturer SONY
Serial Number 517E
Unique ID 517ESONYAS07B41
Battery Type Rechargeable Li-Ion
Designed Capacity 53280 mWh
Fully Charged Capacity 14652 mWh
Current Capacity 14652 mWh (100 %)
Voltage 12363 mV
Wear Level 72 %
Power State AC Line

Anyone got a battery replaced under warranty?

 

Ouch thats a pretty poorly battery you have there

Out of interest how was you using it on battery? Didi you let it run completely flat?

As far as im aware only heat can damage a battery and letting it run down fully.

 

Hey, remember how I said that the 1.10 BIOS update fixed the overheating problem?
Yaaaaa...it's still happening. Far less frequently, but TF2's combination of CPU and GPU stress always seems to set it off.
Methinks it's time to undervolt moar.

 

I never use my battery, I took it out. Always have ac adaptor in 24/7.

 

well, i did condition the battery as in the acer manual but then i tend to run it on battery until it needs charging. i should remember to take out the battery when eg gaming or backing up as then it is on mains all the time. i will try to get replacement anyway, under warranty, its only 6 months old, or just buy one.

 

I have a Acer 6920 (not the G version and running Vista x64) which has an on board fingerprint reader, which doesn't work. It will read my finger, show that it got a good finger print. It does this 6 times, then tells me that the finger print verification failed. I was able to produce the same results on the floor model of my unit at the store I purchased it at. Acer support is "zero" help as usual. Any ideas? I suspect its vista 64x version drivers for the reader.

Also, I am looking at upgrading my cpu from the T5750 to the T9500. Are there any 'ES' cpus that are better than the rest for this notebook?

 

I wouldn't say so, Michals. The FPR on my Vista-64 6920G works just fine.
I admit, getting the fingerprint registered with the program in the first place is a bit of a hassle, but that's because it needs as close to the same swipe three times to register. If you change how you swipe from time to time, it won't work.
Personally, the FPR's kinda sketchy to begin with, but when it works, it works well.

As for the CPU upgrade, the best engineering sample is NO engineering sample. They are not meant for sale or resale, and maybe have stability and performance issues. Do yourself a favour, and just get the retail model.
Or save some cash and just get the T9300 - it's only 100 MHz slower.

 

Sometimes the finger printer thing can't seem to recognize your finger. To be safe, I scanned every single one of my fingers. When I login, I swipe different fingers until it gets a green circle.

I'm too lazy to use password to login.

 

What's the cheapest you have got this laptop for and what specs does it have and it has to be new

 

What is your budget? What are you using it for? Try Google for pricing, ask here for guidance about what type of notebook you should get based on your needs/wants.

 

I found a 6920 for $800 the specs are:

# 2.00GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5750
# 3GB DDR2 SDRAM (expandable to 4GB)
# 320GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
# Variable speed Blu-ray Disc reader and CD/DVD multidrive
# NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS with 512MB dedicated memory and up to 768MB (shared) memory
# 16.0” Acer WXGA CineCrystal (1366 x 768) LCD
# Wireless a/g/n network
# Wireless Bluetooth
# Integrated webcam
# Ports: 6-in-1 Media Card Reader, 4 USB 2.0, VGA port, HDMI port, Headphone/speaker/line-out with SPDIF support, microphone-in, line-in jack, RF-in, Ethernet LAN (RJ-45), Modem (RJ-11), consumer infrared (CIR), Acer CineDash media console with volume control, ExpressCard slot
# Windows Vista Home Premium
# Software Included: CyberLink PowerDirector (trial version), Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (60-day trial version), Anti-virus (trial version), Microsoft Works 8.5, NTI Media Maker OEM
# 15.2”W x 10.8”D x 1.5”/1.7”H
# Weight: 7.7lbs
# 1-Year Limited Warranty.

I will be using it for games, web - browsing, school work, and making music on Ableton Live.

 

I believe the term is "DAYUMN." I spent $1099 CAD when the 6920G launched for a config that had a slower CPU and a Blu-Ray drive.
Go for it - that 9500M GS is a great little GPU for the price.

 

Good good, but the thing is im buying this in a couple of months I only got $60 saved up so far

 

I was playing a PS1 game call Final Fantasy 9 with a PSX emulator. Some reason my CPu went berserk, rose to like 80%. I'm afraid to run that game again. I don't know why it does that. It's only a PS1 game.

 

Partly because emulation of even fifth-generation consoles like PS1 and N64 is surprisingly CPU-intensive.
And I would avoid talking about that sorta stuff on NBR - it's rather illegal.

 

Im looking to buy a new OS to get 64 bit and put in a 2 gb stick of ram. Im trying to make it run better for games I have on it. I can barely run COD4 and World of Warcraft doesnt run as smoothly as i want it to. So the sum of my upgrade is about $125. I wana know if its worth it or if its a bad idea or tips.

 

I'm not sure to switch to 64Bits OS will improve performances in Game. The problem is more from your graphic card.

 

@TKS4242: please post specs for better help (laptop model, cpu, gpu, and os). you have a 6920? new os will not help, old xp is still fastest. graphics card will generally be your bottleneck. i have changed out my graphics card for 9600 and that has made huge difference
clean os on separate partition is also good.

 

this drove me crazy when i changed to 64-bit also. changed registry setting,

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Validity\vfs101]
"swipeDirection"=dword:00000001

google for reverse swipe trick (cant remember where i got it), i now only swipe from front to back and it works first or 2nd time

 

so on my aspre 6920 where can i get a different graphics card and is that possible? Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family [Display adapter] (2x)
Generic PnP Monitor (15.9"vis) I thought chipsets were built in to motherboard so I couldnt upgrade them?

 

Nope - the Aspire 6920 (no G) has an Intel integrated graphics processor, and can't be upgraded.

 

So is my plan okay? Buying the 64 bit os and the 2 gig stick of ram? It comes toa sum of $125. Not bad. Will I be able to run COD4 and WoW nicely if i wwere to buy these?