Acer Aspire 1410 and 1810 Timeline 11.6" Thread

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=468400

 

odd... I just downloaded the latest gfx drivers and went to control panel to uninstall the old ones, but they don't show

 

I think the 752 will replace the 1410 so that Acer can keep a lower priced option without taking sales away from the 1830.

 

Sorry, I lost track of you intent. I'm just saying that you might want to put it in a more useful place where others will find it. You put a lot of effort to provide some good information and will be lost in this thread in a matter of days.

 

I am holding out hope that the upcoming 1830T models will debut at the same prices as the current 1410/1810s ($400 to $600) while driving down the price of the 1410/752 into "netbook" prices ($300 to $400), considering the 1410 is being rebranded into the "netbook" 752.

 

my 1410 plays maplestory, so I'm happy.

 

I hope you're right. That's how is should be, but I wonder if Acer feels like they might have offered too much at the current price points.

 

I hope they don't feel that way either. That is exactly why I have become a big fan of theirs lately, their high value offerings, especially the $400 Aspire 1410 models.
If they can offer a Nehalem model at the same price (1830T, maybe Core i3?), I'll be very happy.

 

I haven't posted in a few months. Loving my 1810T so far. Quick question regarding my wireless connection though.

I have a D-Link DIR 655 and I have set up my wireless network with WPA2-Personal with AES encryption. It connects to the network but the speed always fluctuates from anywhere from 6.0Mbps to 27.0Mbps (in the Wireless Network Connection Status dialog). This isn't even wireless G speed.

I realize the specs says Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N, but is there anything I need to do to enable 300Mbps? I also realize this is the MAX possible speed, not necessarily the current speed.

In the Intel WiFi Link 5100 adapter properties, I have the:
-802.11n Channel Width for band 2.4 = 20 Mhz Only
-802.11n Channel Width for band 5.2 = Auto
-802.11n Mode = Enabled
-Wireless Mode = 802.11 a/b/g (there's no setting for just wireless n)
-Driver version = 13.0.01.07 (9/15/09)

My fiance has a HP DM3 and her wireless connection is always at 300Mbps.

What am I missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

whats the cheapest price for a 1810TZ that offers shipping to Australia?

 

Is it 300Mbps using the same router as you?

 

Yes. I'm usually pretty good with computers, but I'm stumped on this one.

 

Megatron1,
Don't know if this tells you anything, but I have a [waiting on arrival of an 1810T-8638 by Tues.] Toshiba U205 notebook w/ an IntelPro Wireless 3945ABG card and I use a DLink DSL-2640B wireless modem/router and I'm always getting 54 mbps, even at 40' away through 2 walls.
Not sure if by analogy that helps- btw: that 54 mbps is whats reported at the XP system tray. Not really sure if that's true; peak, average, or what?
Just some comparative info possibly.
I mean, how long does it take an NBR 'next' page to load?
I don't think it takes my sys more than about 1-2.5 seconds [if thats any indicator].

 

Hi all,

I have a quick question re the 1410 and the GPU....

My spec sheet says it has the 4500MHD but for the life of me I haven't been able to verify this using any programme querying the hardware.

How do I know that it really is the 4500MHD and not just the 4500M??

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

I believe all Acer Aspire 1410s are equipped with the 4500MHD chipset. If you want to verify anyway, you can see it if you:

1. Right click on Desktop
2. Select "Screen resolution"
3. Click on "Advanced settings" in middle right side of window
4. On the Adapter tab, you should see in Adapter String "Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500MHD"

This is all assuming that you have proper drivers installed already.

 

Thanks, mine says 4500M.......... I selected my model specifically because of the 4500MHD.

The actual model number of the laptop is 1410-743G16n. The specs on the box and the laptop sticker read;

Celeron 743
Intel GMA 4500MHD upto 1308 MB DVMT
11.6"
3GB Memory
160GB HDD
802.11b/g/n
6-cell Li-ion battery

Anybody else have this issue? Or have I been sold a duffer!!??

 

Sometimes the next page for NBR is less than a second, and other times it takes quite a while (like 5 seconds), so it seems always variable (based on my wireless connection speed).

This is why I'd like to determine what I'm missing in my set up.

 

4500m, 4500mhd and 4500hd are all the same, download gpuz if you really have to see it. There clocked at 475 mhz.

 

You are the man! Why didn't I think of GPU-Z. Clocked at 475Mhz so 4500MHD it is!!

WHOOP WHOOP!

 

an interesting discovery I made http://www.briteccomputers.co.uk/fo...re-access-to-acer-hidden-hard-drive-recovery/

Yes you should always update the chipset drivers to the latest version if there is one. The most current chipset drive I saw was made end of december 2009. You can find it if you search the intel download section and enter your chipset and os version as the filter. Be sure to download the correct 32bit or 64bit version of the chipset driver depending on which bit operating system you're using. I saw they seperated 32bit and 64bit versions of the chipset download. My educated guess is that installing 32bit chipset driver on the 64bit OS will cause your system to run like it's on a 32bit OS.

This doesn't sound like an error, it's likely the setting in your trackpad driver (ALPS or Synaptics). In my Synaptics there's a setting to briefly ignore trackpad taps while typing, it's for people not used to typing on laptops or for people who's palms always hit the trackpad while typing. You don't want the mouse clicking elsewhere when typing. Find the typing setting in your trackpad driver so you can play with that tap sensitivity and ignore time length.

 

All 45 series chipsets/VGAs are of the "HD" flavor, the underclocked version is GL40's at 400 MHz.

 

After reading this, it clicked immediately how much this made sense. Thanks for pointing it out! For future reference, I have a Synaptics driver. I opened it, went to 'device settings', clicked settings, another window opened, went to pointing->sensitivity->palm check and lowered the bar by one tick to get what I wanted!

 

Incorrect, I discovered in a thread I created, the GS45 chipset is clocked at either 320 or 533MHz. Most likely the ULV versions are clocked at 320MHz, which I discovered my (now former) Lenovo U150 was, and is very likely the 1410/1810 is as well.
GPU-Z also reported mine at 475MHz, and as the GM45 chipset, which is incorrect.

 

http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/specupdate/320123.pdf

Take a look at page 18 of the document.

GS45 comes in two flavours, however the low-power one is able to increase the speed in case of (hd)playback

 

I may have found a way to edit OEM recovery discs to add menus or options to select from OEM recovery or retail windows install. If you're aware of .wim files on retail windows discs they're some type of image/archive/catalog of bootable environments. Retail vista/win7 has 2 entries in the boot.wim file called "Microsoft Windows PE" and the 2nd is "Microsoft Windows Setup" there's additional characters to ID 32bit vs 64bit among other things.

However on my Acer recovery discs there is only 1 entry in the boot.wim named "AcerWinPE20", so my theory is if I add the retail .wim entries into the Acer recovery .wim file I can combine them and have a selection menu all on the same 8GB usb that will let me chose to install Acer recovery or retail windows.

I used a microsoft tool found on both retail vista/win7 discs and my acer recovery disc called "imagex.exe /info" at the command prompt to view a description of what's inside a selected .wim file.

I'm sorry this post isn't really structured in steps I'm working on a great many things right now and needed to post this find before I forget all the details.

EDIT Mar 24th 1:24AM EST:
I was able to replace the Acer/Vista Recovery CDs/DVDs eRecovery Management Tool menu with the standard retail Windows 7 setup screen. I replaced the Acer recovery discs' "drive:\SOURCES\BOOT.WIM" file with "Vista-Win7Drive:\SOURCES\BOOT.WIM" from the Windows 7 Upgrade DVD (any retail Vista/Win7 disc will do). I did a straight copy, paste, replace from windows explorer.

Booting my modified Acer recovery brought me to the Win7 screen to chose your country/language. After selecting that the next screen asked to begin installing windows 7 or "Repair Your Computer"; chosing that bottom option to repair brings me to the Windows Recovery Environment with the 720x480 "System Recovery Options" dialog box. The 7 options in the box are "Startup Repair", "System Restore", "System Image Recovery", "Windows Memory Diagnostic", "Command Prompt", and 2 buttons labeled "Shut Down" and "Restart".

Since this worked out so straight forward I think there's a way to replace all the Vista data with the Win7 data and keep the original Acer eRecovery Management Tool/environment/process. Which should make a custom Acer eRecovery Management Tool of Windows 7 without ever having any Vista data installed on the drive.

 

Nice work....

 

I just received my 1810T-8638 and spent about 3 hours unpacking, booting up, customizing and taking pics of it compared to my [old] Toshiba U205 [12.1", Intel T2300, 3.5 gb ram, 100 gb hdd, xp pro].
I have at least 20 pics, but I won't bore you with all of them, but it is interesting to see it compared to what I thought was a great ultra-portable [Toshiba] until now.

The most obvious first impressions compared to my Toshiba?
Smaller, but I knew that going in. The 0.5" diagonally smaller screen doesn't sound like much, until you do a side by side as my pics will show.
Thinner, much more than I anticipated.
Lighter by about 1.25 lbs.
Lots of shiny, since my Toshiba only has shiny on its display screen.
Keyboard: I reallly like the keyboards' size, albeit it reduced, and the size of font on the keys is great- I can almost even read the Func. keys w/out glasses. Very unlike the HP 311 mini. The HPs' function keys are a joke and the rest of the kb is very poor in font size/low contrast color. It was one of the many dealbreakers for me. While on the topic, one minor reservation I have about my 1810T is the keyboard. It does seem to flex a bit. That's a surprise since I read a review, not here, which trumpeted the fact that the kb had no flex and was considered solid. Moreover, I'm not saying it won't hold up, but it doesn't seem to be this notebooks' strong point. In sighting down the keyboards surface, I can see minor undulations in the surface from keys that protrude only a 1/2 or 1 mm above an adjoining key.. not a lot, but just enough.
Another minor quibble is that the SD card slot is slightly out of alignment by about a 1/2 mm when the card is fully seated. Starnge how the 'dummy' that occupies the slot when an actual card is not inserted, sits flush and square w/the egde of the port.
These are the only obvious signs I could find of a minus of build quality control; they could be corrected by Acer for a truly great ultra-portable pc. I could overlook all of this if they had just used a matte exterior and display frame vs. super glossy. Even better if the display itself was matte.
I still think its excellent though compared to the other 3 or 4 big players out there.
I'll post pics later.

 

The glossy issue is exactly why I went with the Gateway version of the computer. It's exactly the same, minus the fact that the interior is matte (+some some other small cosmetic differences). I'm covering mine on the outside with carbon fiber vinyl (pics soon) and I will be converting the glossy screen on the inside with a matte sheet that will eventually sit under the bezel. (pics also soon).

All in all, I'll be ending up with an all matte computer. Something I'm terribly excited about. I also have a Dell Latitude D820 and love the matte screen + non fingerprint magnet matte exterior / body.

 

If you're referring to the height of the keys not all being exactly equal when not touching keys I noticed that too. Like the spacebar is just a tad higher than the keys around it. Still it's not an issue to me, it could be there way of ensuring the keys remain at an equal height for a longer period of time by placing keys pressed most frequently with a higher spring.

Most importantly the 1/2mm protrusion of the multi-card slot is done on purpose to make it easier to "spring"-out the card. The spacer it comes with doesn't actually squeeze into the slot, it just sits there. Yeah the button-like depression does click with the spacer but if you use a pin or paper clip you'll feel the spacer slides out as easy as going in; proving that it doesn't actually hook/sqeeze into anything. Fortunately this is contrary to how the actual memory cards hold in place.

I too wish the screens on these were matte. It would reduce glare and make ALL viewing angles much more possible. I'm debating finding an anti-glare film for the screen.

As for the exterior, I'm using a 1410 and I really like the glossy rims. I have the 1410-8803 Ruby Red and the casing around the keyboard is a nice non-shine dark red while the outer casing behind the screen is a much brighter glossy red. I love it, no boring everywhere grey and no common safe blue. I'm a noticeable red and funny enough women perk up to the red and find the laptop cute and attractive. Go figure a woman would pay attention to the colour before anything else about this very convenient laptop lol.

 

now here's a problem I wasn't expecting. I tried to use the Acer recovery I put on USB (original Acer Recovery CDs/DVDs copied onto usb flash drive) and it couldn't copy files to the SSD. Right on step 5 when it was supposed to copy files to my drive it just prompts me "Please insert Recovery Disc 1 into optical drive, then press "OK" to continue."

DOH! anyone know how to get around this?

 

I used windows update and applied an optional chipset update and it downgraded my driver to 8.15.10.1892 from 8.15.10.2086. Guess I won't be applying optional windows updates anymore. Wonder why they can't detect better?
So I went back to control panel to uninstall the 1892 driver again and I noticed there was an optional box to tick labled "delete driver software" when uninstalling driver. I didn't tick this but everything seemed to uninstall fine anyway. Anyone know what this tick box was for?

 

Regarding my earlier post about my new 1810T and it's little build quality eccentricities, I wanted to clarify for 'Ghetto' that the sd card slot is what seems to be not aligned squarely to the case or chassis. Meaning that when the sd card is inserted, its protruding edge is a little skewed to the right edge of the case. Not a big deal, since it still reads/writes and deploys easily.

It does protrude or extend beyond the edge of the case a little, but that's expected to facilitate removal.

I agree with the idea of using an adhesive film over the exterior and display frame, if its a laser cut matched item and it bonds well enough to resist lifting away along the edges, otherwise I'll just always carry a lens cleaning cloth to keep it somewhat clean looking.
I do remember noticing in a review somewhere that the Gateway model had matte display bezel and a textured lid surface, as I recall. Not sure if they went with a matte display. Of course I didn't realize at the time that the chassis is identical to the 1810 or even that Acer owned Gateway. I would have gone with a 1410 but I wasn't sure if they were available w/other than the Celeron processor. Also, I didn't see any w/BT.
Yeah at $600 for the 1810T-8638, I think I overpaid and I'm certainly gambling on Acer quality having improved from their first years. Based on the overall combination though, I don't see anyone out there who can match specs and price, so time will tell.
Happy so far though.

 

leif2 I think it's to actually delete the driver files off your hard drive and reclaim the space. See sometimes when you uninstall a driver and reboot the PC if the files (especially the inf file) are still there windows will reinstall the driver automatically. Deleting it ensures that an old unwanted driver shouldn't come back and, in the case of video controlers, the standard VGA driver will be installed on reboot untill you install your new driver. If you ever look at the folders for nvidia and ati driver extraction they're a few hundred megabytes and if the driver isn't deleted then a problem can occur if you delete the installer folder. Because the driver might try to reinstall even with files missing.

 

Do you just pull your SD cards out or do you press them in first to unlock them?

 

I always press the SD card to "spring"-out but I have tested out removing a microSD card from the adapter while the adapter was pressed in. On Vista it doesn't seem to care if I remove the card before using safely remove; actually there is no "safely remove" for the card slot. To do that I always have to right click the card and chose eject. I always have my usb devices set for quick removal not performance. ReadyBoost on the card slot randomly fails after several days/weeks of the laptop being on especially when its idle/sleeps after days/weeks of use. I could just be that I never updated any of the drivers/windows updates since getting the laptop too.

 

Does 1810TZ run Adobe CS4 products smooth? like premiere, photoshop, illustrator etc..

 

Yes it does.

 

Hi all - new member and first post.

Got a Acer 1810t, 32bit. All I can say so far is that I am verry pleased with my buy (even though I hate it when better models appear all the time; duo processor, with bluetooth...)

Anyway - I have a question regarding a charger. I live in the EU and are lokking for a neater charger - like this;

http://cgi.ebay.com/EU-Home-Travel-...Computing_LaptopAccess_RL?hash=item4a9f32e4a8

But - does it fit - I really cannot figure out if this will work on my 1810t

Help appriciated!!

 

The little socket(the little round thing that goes into the notebook)fits.The aspire one and the 1410-1810 have the same size socket.Now,as fa r as the quality of this product i have no idea.It doesn't have a brick.!!!

 

Thanks, qualitywise I agree, no clue whatsoever. But this is exactly the kind of charger I´m looking for.

However, I´m unsure of the specs; is it the right output mumbojumbo? voltage and such...

Thanks for the FAST reply!

 

Yes, I had the same "mis-aligned SD slot" on my 1810T.

My touchpad crapped out (erratic behaviour) and I'm getting a replacement from my retailer this afternoon. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that all is well with the new one!

 

hey

i want to buy an 1810TZ but i want to upgrade it to ddr3
does this work ?
because the 1820 has ddr3 but i dont need a touch screen ...

mfg lampe

 

No, the 1810 is stuck with DDR2.

 

Anyone have links to where I can get a third antenna to use with the Intel WiFi Link 5300 card?

Also, pictures on where to install the new antenna would be great!

 

Today's 1810T pricing and availability has me confused, and I may be missing something. I'd like built in bluetooth and it looks like this only comes in four of the Acer 1810 models of which the 8638 is the only one in stock anywhere in the US. The 8638 seems to be selling for $600 at one place and for $680 or so at a few others. Other SU7300 models less blue tooth are selling for like $680 also. SU4100 models (w/o BT) seem to be selling for less than $600 and are widely available. I've read that the 4100 and 7300 are pretty much identical in performance for the casual user, so why such a premium for the SU7300? Demand perhaps? Geek appeal? Is the $600 8638 model (SU7300 and BT) an aberration that I should jump on? I must be missing something here. The 8638 appears to be one of the first models introduced last October, the others being introduced later, some just recently. Anyone know of any advantage/disadvantage that I may have missed. I've read though this thread and except for the virtualization in the 7300, which is a don't care, I don't think I see a difference that I would notice. What about build quality or heat differences between models? Are there any difference between a $600 and $680 8638 model besides the pricing?

 

The new 1810 dropped the bluetooth and icreased in price from599$to 680$.Other than bluetooth there is no other difference at all.As far as the su4100(TZ) in my humble opinion is the best bang for the buck.

 

I ordered an Intel WiFi Link 5300 + these antennas:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170369106134

If I am understanding things correctly, I'll only need one of the antennas included in that set since the 1410 already has two antennas installed.

Also, instead of taking the whole 1410 apart, can I just wrap than new antenna's wire around the inside / interior of the bottom half / part of the 1410's body / case?


Finally, I ordered this bluetooth module for it too:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120493968317


Anyone else using the above module with a 1410? Did it come with the correct cable?

 

You should also check the Canadian olympic editions.

 

Yes. I put this in my 1410T a week ago and it works perfectly. Be careful following the installation instructions that the wire does not get threaded under the right key on the mouse pad. It can interfere with its operation. It is the correct cable.

 

Thanks for the confirmation on that. Is there a thread w/ instructions on installing this properly or do the instructions come w/ the bluetooth module?



Also for everyone that has installed an Intel WiFi Link 5300:

If I add an Intel 5300 to my Aspire 1410, could I just purchase a third antenna and instead of taking the whole 1410 apart, wrap that third antenna around the motherboard / around the interior of the bottom half of the 1410's shell / body?