Acer 5920G, upgrade from 8600M GT to 9500M GS or 9600M GT

how to acer aspire phoenix bios update

just google it....

ACER BIOS Update instructions - System & Video BIOS - LaptopVideo2Go Forums

http://forum.notebookreview.com/acer/480992-acer-laptop-phoenix-bios-bios-mod-request.html

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sag...-your-phoenix-bios-bios-recovery-methods.html

 

Those are EPIC good temps for a 5920G, I run my downclocked gpu at 94 celcius (ati card), and my cpu is always 95-104 celcius (around that 104 my laptop shuts down though). If you use your laptop as a desktop like I do, you might consider simply removing the bottom panel and place your laptop on a laptopcooler. This method works for me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to play games anymore (probably due to a bad cpu repaste with AS5).

I've been running this acer at dangerously high temps for more than five years so don't worry about it, when it gets too hot it shuts down and thats it. It's like soviet technology, it works badly with a lot of heat and noise, but will keep on working for a hundred years.

edit: also wanted to note your re-pasting: the general rule is a rice drop, not an entire layer like bricklayers use when building houses Oh and wear gloves, I read somewhere thermal paste is carcinogenic, but if you browse forums on that topic the opinions vary from 'my teacher told me that ..' to 'nonsense, just dont eat it'.

 

Does anyone have some experiences on 5920G with Radeon 3650 Hd gddr2 ?
Or i should buy 9600M GT 512 ?
thanks for replay...

 

Hi

Can anyone tell me if the screws to attach the Graphics card on the Acer AS 5920G are M2, M2.5or M3?

I have a Asus 240M GT 1GB (60-NTSVG1000-A01) eager to be installed and the default screws are too short. :|

I tested the card in sort of a "ghetto" attachment and is working 100% with just modded drivers, temps would max out at 75ºc with very deficient fixing.

regards


ps: the shim is a polished 1cent coin (euro) , "ghetto"

 

This is a screen of "Acer Aspire 5920G Service Guide.pdf"



and this is the "Acer Aspire 5920G Service Guide.pdf" for download....

http://www.filedropper.com/aceraspire5920gserviceguide

 

Thanks for the reply, but I'm either seeing it wrong or it doesn't say which screws for the "vga board".

I'm assuming M2 or M2.5, I'll order of both in 12mm, can't find this sort of thing in my city :/

 

Please tell me about your upgrade. Do you have any good resault?
And the Asus 240M GT 1GB is very defecault to find it (in MXM edition)...how match cost?
Tanks...

 

- Copper Pad Shim Size:10mm*10mm*1mm for (4) RAM chips
and
- Copper Pad Shim Size:20mm*20mm*0.8mm" GPU chip.
This is my better try, please see the results:



10 min test (1280x800) with FurMark, 86 C max.

I will test it with Far Cry 3...

@ edit

40 minutes Far Cry 3 and the max GPU temp at 92 C.
This is the best i think, the only more that can i do is a better thermal paste.....
Please tell me your opinion....

 

Everything is working fine, its a much faster card compared with my 8600m gt 512 ddr2.

I get an avg of 30/40 fps in bad company 2 at 720p with the gpu avg in 60/70% usage, which means that the t9300 at 2.7ghz with the ram at 333mhz 4-4-4-12 is the limiting factor. ;-)

Temps reach almost 80c gaming because the polished 1 cen coin is too thick, I'll work on that when I have time.

It costed 100€ from some guy that repairs laptops through a site (OLX) where people sell used stuff, the guy lived 20kms from me, so went there with the 5920g and tested before buying. Quite lucky of me I think.

I had the 5920g set aside for some time to a hexacore crossfired desktop, but now using it as main computer as it's silent and consumes less power and I rarely game now.

 

Hi new here i will test your ghetto mod to my acer 5920g with the 1 cent to see if i can get better temps i have the stock vga 8600gt 256mb and 50-54c idle and 62-65c in full load with thermal paste on it
hope some time to change my gpu as all of you in to 9600 gt 512mb ddr3 and i will need all the help that i can get from you guys

 

DON'T! You have to put a spacer between the core and the heatsink because with this card the height of the core is lower, with the default 8600GT all you need is to replace the thermalpad (like grey chewing gum) and apply the thermal past.

 

ok skatan thanks for the heads up so to be clear you say to buy new thermal pads and above the thermal pad apply also thermal paste am i right?
because now i only have themal paste in the core of the vga.

 

Then leave it as it is


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I cant believe I can play BF3 with an avg of 30fps at 1024x768 on a 64 player server with the 240m GT and the T9300 @ 2.7ghz

 

if i buy this one VG.9PG06.003,Laptop Vga Nvidia 9600M 512GB DDR2 (VG.9PG06.003)
will it be compatible with my acer 5920g or will i have to do something with the bios i am now with the 3813 bios
Thanx in advance

 

@ aeolous

You must use this patched BIOS from .NetRolller 3D for BIOS update and then no more you are READY!

 

Thank you, ευχαριστω dedalos for your response hey i am also from Salonica, as soon as i raise the money i will proceed with the purchase of the new 9600m gt and upgrade my acer 5920g again thanks.

 

χαιρομαι φιλαρακι να συναντω καποιον απο πατριδα ...:hi2:
μην αγορασεις απ' οπου να 'ναι και ακριβα, ετσι κι αλιως μεταχειρησμενο ειναι το μηχανημα μας...δες εδω για παραδειγμα (οι γερμανοι ειναι φιλοι μας (ανουλα...))::

don't buy a new card for an old laptop, can you see this ebay page from Germany for used:
9600m | eBay

and one more, the DDR3 (512MB) is hottest than DDR2 (1GB) model...
other users, i am sorry for the Greek language, it is all in English too...

στειλε pm (αφου πρωτα τα ενεργοποιησεις για να δεχεσαι...) για οτι χρειαστεις με το 5920G αλλα και για οτιδηποτε φιλε.

 

If you look at service manual you can see that maximum length of M2 is is 4mm, max of M2.5 is 15mm and max of M3 is 4mm.
So I guess M2.5x15mm are VGA screws becuse there are no other 15mm screws...
If you already bought them, can you confirm?

 

How do i enable my pm's i can't seem to find it and i'd like to sent you a pm

 

You need at least six posts to be able to PM.

 

didn't know that thanks for the info

 

Yes, I got 9600m gt ddr2 ,and work ok,and temp is in idle below 50 degrees Celsius,and with 8600m gs was 60 degrees.

 

hi guys,

So it is confirmed that Acer 5920g is working with 9600m GT (with modded bios)? Only for DDR2 not the DDR3 version?

 

YES it is confirmed that Acer 5920g is working with 9600m GT.
YES for both DDR2 and the DDR3 version !!! (DDR3 version is hotter)

Attention, look for ACER VGA bios, some VGA bios from other manufactures (for example Asus, HP) NOT working in ACER laptop.

 

Hi all,

I ask for help to flash the bios of my 5920g.
I downloaded the bios 5920g_MXM_V3.WPH, and I'm trying to flash it with Winphlash but I have a problem.
When I click on flash bios tells me that the file is corrupt.
Can you help me to flash it? What software should I use to update the bios?

Thanks

 

maybe download it again, run it as admin, check your os (32 or 64 bit) is the same with Winphlash version....

 

hi guys,
i got a problem, i disabled the grafic card for wrong, now the screen is black. Can someone tell me the buttons and in which order i have to press them for to enable it without video? or How to reset bios settings?

edit: Solved >.<

 

Hey war10k666. I had bios problem flashing as well. The reason was, acer will not let you flash bios if you have windows 7 64bit installed. I had to install my old vista 32 bit os on a separate hard drive that I installed, then I could flash the bios. sorry if you run into the same problem

 

Hi i got 5920G and planing on upgrade from 8600m GS (problem) to gt240m
i got 9650m, 3 year ago and could`t get it to work (black screen won`t turn on)

am i gone have the same problem with gt 240,
ps i never flash the acer bios since it was new 5 year ago
since my 8600m is dead there is no way i can flash the bios

 

You shouldn't have problem, it's Plug'n'Play.

 

Thanks for the reply,

i will order gt240m and will get back how it went

it just shame to see my old laptop still in mint condition not working

 

Thumbs up! Keep us updated :thumbup:

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

 

Hi, i got the same problem.. 8600M gt 512 broken..just tryed 2 time to pun in to bakery for 10 minutes to 200°c.. but still no work..
Black screen...
I want to replace the video card with another of better or equal power..
I never change the bios..there is still the original..
What video card i can buy and use without upgrade the bios?
I tryed tu use a 9600M GT but don't work..
Help me please

 

Must bake your card 20 min at 200°c. see this
Oven Baking Fix Acer Aspire 5920G Nvidia Geforce 8600m GT Graphics Card GPU - YouTube

The best solution for you is flash the .NetRolller 3D patched BIOS
5920G_MXM_V3.WPH
OR
5920G_MXM_V3.WPH
OR
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and install the 9600m gt (512 or 1024).

Other solution without flash BIOS is 9500m gs or 8600m gt or can you see here
http://forum.notebookreview.com/acer/396320-acer-mxm-models-cards.html

...:hi2:

 

in your opinion i can install the ati 3650M 512MB with the original bios? or not?

 

You can. Hopefully the GPU would be OK, since lately the users are having troubles.

 

trouble?you mean the same that i have had with my 8600GT? or different problems?

 

I mean if it's faulty or something like that.

 

triturbo, have you ever tried to install core 2 quad mobile cpus in your 5920? Which chipset version do you have?

 

PM965, but that's not an obstacle as far as I know There's some (means quite a lot) soldering involved as well as socket modding. And that's the theory In practice, no one knows how it would turn out.

 

finally i found a 8400M ..i have update the bios..i m going to buy a 9600M GT 512DDr3; i must put the 3° bios that post dedalos91?

 

Hi, my name is Dionisis and I am from Greece.
I have a broken card 8600m gt and I was going to buy a 9600m gt with ddr2 memory.
New NVIDIA VGA Card 9600M GT MXM II DDR2 1024MB G96 630 C1 VG 9PG06 009 | eBay
What is your opinion?

@dedalos91
send me your μέιλ because I am desperate!!!

 

this card that you want is a good option.
don't worry, all will gone just fine....
tell me here if you want help, because is better for all other users...

give me your email....

 

OK. :thumbsup:
Need to flash the bios to work this card, I understand this.
I don't understand if I need some copper in the gpu to touch in the heatsink or only with the paste is ok

 

Yes must to use copper pad in the GPU and RAM chips...plus a good thermal paste
Please to see my previous posts....

 

Yes, I see your post and I confused.
My English is not so good.

Another problem.
I can't flash the bios in windows 7 ultimate 64bit.

 

you can try this (run it as administrator)

Zippyshare.com - WinPhlash_64-bit_v1.0.2.5.zip

copper pad for the GPU chip must be 20mm*20mm*0.8mm
and
for RAM chips 15mm*15mm*0.5mm (i think, must open the back of my laptop for sure)

finally not use Phobya Thermal Pad....


P.S

i can't sent you pm, send me a pm, your e-mail
(στειλε μου εν μνμ pm με το email σου (εγω δεν μπορω, δεν μου δινει επιλογη για να μιλησουμε ελληνικα

 

I try that :thumbsup:

 

Think thats work.
I try it and I am back :thumbsup:



edit:
Thats Works
Thanks!!!

 

One more question
The asus 9650gt works with 5920g?
That " http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wholesale-A...-II-VGA-Card-G96-650-C1-C616MP2-/190975297310 " it works?