Acer Aspire 5740G Owners Lounge

The thing with the dvds is like with HDD.Our 640GB HDD is actually 596 GB, because they count it as 640 000 000 000 bytes which is exactly 596 GB.It is same with dvds,usb flash drives and pretty much any storage media.

 

hey, i have a question! if anyone knows
i started using 3D on my 5740g, plugged on my samsung 3D tv, everything is working fine, games, iso 3ds, side by side, really nice, 15 months and this computer still surprises me, i really had no expectations that 3D was going to work that good! im using tridef drivers( TriDef 3D Experience | DDD )

but i've a question, actually not a question, im curious! 3D settings is showing hdmi 1.4a

is that correct? 15 months old laptop and already have 1.4a hdmi? :O
anyone knows?
thanks!

 

If the core temps are around 70C while browsing & listen to music or watching video, it does too high. If you already clean the FAN/exhaust grills/vent with compressed air but no or little improvement, you will need to reapply thermal paste.

The DVD-ROM discs are actually available in different sizes. Some have 4.3GB, some have 4.7GB & some have 3.9GB. So, the DVD-ROM drive will report the actual storage size of the DVD-ROM discs.

 

Only HDMI 1.4a supports "3d over HDMI" (relating to wikipedia). So, if it works, it means it actually IS 1.4a

 

AMD website says of Mobility Radeon HD5650:

I don't know how this works but I don't care- since it works

 

Maybe some kind of draft standard? Dunno... As you said - don't ask details when it works lol xD

 

Links to Catalyst 11.9 and new Atheros Wi-Fi driver (9.2.0.439) added to the second post of the thread.

 

Hey guys,

Can anyone tell me what the slot next to HDD is for?

(When you remove the HDD plastic, it is on the opposite side of the HDD's connectors, at the front of the laptop, but to the oppsosite side of the card reader)

 

I'm guessing you're referring to a free full height mini-PCI Express slot.
That can be used to quite a few things- although some interesting modifications would require some work on the chassis but basically you get use it for anything you want- mini-SSD, 3G modem, TV-Tuner (if you mod the chassis) etc.

 

yeah it works! with full hd 3D and DTS sound through hdmi!
just stopped playing mafia 2 in 3D! and watched 2 movies yesterday! worked like a charm

 

Is there any possibility for eSata/USB3.0? I've red about to remove the DVD for an HDD...Maybe there's space for an adapter?
Thank's for reply!

 

@rondera:
I think Downloads have already answered that question

It's near the HDD bay.

 

Great, Thank You! )

 

Hi all you wonderful knowledgable people who actually recognise this ACER 7540.....i have had mine for a while and am no geek i really need to be as im misusing this fine machine (well it is for me).......the local Peeee Ceeee shop has made a taws of rebooting the 7540 so im left to try and do it myself....i have the discs i downloaded from new but dont know what order to insert them for a reboot.....please help an old man!!

 

Hello mixedup, welcome to NBR

Unless a hidden partition had been removed the easiest way is to press F2 when you see Acer logo on the screen- this will get you into BIOS setup.
When you're there verify that D2D recovery (or Disk 2 disk recovery) is enabled.
If it isn't please enable it and save settings.

On next reboot press Alt+F10- that should start Acer eRecovery which will do exactly the same thing recovery DVDs would have- just faster.

All that assuming I correctly understood your question.

 

Hi I'm in need of help here. Or rather my friend is. He got an Acer Aspire 5740 from our college bookstore for working with CS5.5 (Adobe Master Collection) however whenever he tries to install it he gets a message that says something like incompatable graphics display... (sorry for the long sentence lol) anyway I will post again later today once he brings it over and I can take a look at the specs. But anyone have any idea why it won't install? (he downloaded direct from adobe.com so there should be no corruption or file damage.

 

Welcome to NBR.

Try to update graphics drivers first- no idea if it's related but that's one thing to test (most recent drivers are in second post of this thread)

 

The information You supplied was spot on all was in order re the ACER side of things its the AVG issue thats causing the blue screens but many thanks for your help pity there is no phone contact as i cant explain as i need to ......but would the reboot process take out the pre loaded Windows 7 64 bit programme
This came installed on the 7540...im worried about losing that at least the rest i can live with.....Joe (mixedup) old gimmer

 

eRecovery process does revert you to the same moment when you first bought the computer- new system, the same drivers that computer came with and the same pre-loaded applications that were installed at that time.

 

I cant get round this constant blue screen problem without a reboot it looks like so its not just a "put the recovery disc in" either all this bio thing i will still have to get the "local lads to do it..........once again guys thank you

 

Is there a set procedure for using the download discs......something about BIOS?...........they say its a big job.........i used to be ok with reboot in XP

 

Maybe you can take a photo of the blue screen and post it here so we have a better idea of what the problem is? Or write it down if the blue screen appears long enough.

 

My computer gets blue screen often too (im on inspiron 1520) but thats due to my hardware dying. I've had this for goin on 6 years and use it essentially as a portable desktop.
Here is somthing that may help.
If this truly annoys you and you are certain your recovery disc is not corrupted then do this.
[needed materials(OS recovery Disc, Drivers install disc, Copy of BIOS Setup for later reference) and whatever else you may need such as backed up files(not recommended if you are fixing blue screen as may be corrupted)]
1. Turn off computer [unplug internet from it too]
2. at startup choose boot from disc(OS Recovery)
3. Remove your HDD OS partition and re-install with disc
4. When it starts place in drivers disc
5. each drive should prompt 3 choices (repair,modify,remove)
6. Remove each driver starting with BIOS and then Install BIOS, repeat for each driver when Finished
7. Once re-install is complete turn off computer again and plug internet back in
8. at Startup go to BIOS and check settings to be certain everything installed correctly
9. then reboot and enter boot menu (or BIOS or wherever this is on your computer) and choose run diagnostic
10. once FULL diagnostic is done you should have no problems unless problem is hardware and not software.

[feel free to point out if i missed anything but this should work]

 

The cat 11.9 drivers gave me almost headaches...I got Blue screen crashes while installing and the performance is worse. I finally went back to cat 11.8 and everything is OK.
I should stop updating every month, especially since I don't game anymore and don't need the game fixes.
Anybody else had problems installing cat 11.9?

 

i'm using the one downloads linked. no problems so far

 

I've been thinking of installing cat 11.9 in my Ubuntu because at least one user in a different forum claimed his battery life was better with it... Has any linux user installed Cat 11.9? If so, how are you liking it? (Oh, and it looks like it only partially fixed some of the issues in Gnome3.)

 

Hi guys, I put a video link, to remove parts acer 5740G:

TécnicosCLIC - Reparar Portátil - Cambio DC-Jack - YouTube

Catalyst 11.9 work fine in my laptop... Battlefield 3 multiplayer beta, ultra config and max filters, 28_40fps to 1366x765 max temp 86. whit o.c 670/980 mhz.

well, other question. I seen that the mobility hd 6750,with ati try tools you can try raising and lowering the voltage of the gpu for extreme O.C , but I have bsod in the ati hd 5650,because is not suported in all version, someone else to try?

LINK: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1142028

 

I tried that but didn't work for me either.

 

Sorry Downloads, idont read the forum rules for hackintos...

 

Downloads.....thank you for the information....i finally plucked up the courage to try your suggestion....it worked exactly as you state saving me hours of messing about plus having the laptop in the repair shop for over two weeks...not to mention the 60-70 pounds charge .........makes forums like this well worth the interest.........notmessedupanymore....

 

somebody play Rage on this laptop?
i have very bad video quality in this game and 10-15 fps.

 

AFAIK talking about Hakintosh on this forum is strictly forbidden. So don't be surprised when Downloads removes your post

@starsay:
What u say?! BF3 on ULTRA DETAILS!!! Is that possible? xD
Oh, and blame me for not posting disassembly video earlier. I've managed to replace CPU, apply new thermal compound and reassemble that laptop in ~30 minutes after a few tries. It was a great fun to race with time while dealing with such a sensitive parts xD
BTW: Nice equipment you have there ;]

 

Hello. Is it ok to install rage performance drivers:
AMD Catalyst? - Rage Performance Driver
Did any one of you tried it? is it safe?

 

In Battlefield 3 I have a 18 fps on ultra, after restarting the game: (
can not change configuration low - Ultra in game, many options are not activated

 

i noticed something weird today. earlier used to get 60fps in resident evil5 (with no AA. rest maxed.).but today when i tried to play i got only avg 45 fps...what gives?? is it because of the new ccc drivers?? even though i never use mom.exe..i always terminate it from task manager because i noticed better smoothness in games while doing so. can you guys check if resident evil 5 works fine with ccc11.9??

 

Texture fix (load more faster) for rage: ConUltra-1024mb.rar
fps down...
With rage performance drivers works fine ,average 60 fps whit o.c 650/900, but i have popping again

 

@garfieldncheese

I don't have the game but I re-downloaded the benchmark and the score with 11.9 is similar to what I used to get on older drivers.

 

thanks downloads

 

I got bored and decided to do something downloads-style.
Thirst thing I got my eyes on was the stock battery for 5740G that I had replaced a month ago.
I pried it open and confirmed that it uses Sony cells- 6 x SONY US18650GR to be exact.
I found those online for some $3 apiece which means you can rebuild your battery for $18 + P&P.
It should be relatively easy.

 

You can change the battery (I mean cells) to other brand/better one.

 

I was too lazy to look for any other brand- just re-typed what I saw on the cell to see how much it costs.
Sanyo cells would be better though- you're right there's no point in using the same type of cell that just dies on you.

 

That's interesting! Will you be able to close the battery case decently?
I might consider that when it's time to replace mine.

 

The battery opens like an egg container- only from one side- it's one piece of plastic with plastic latches keeping it closed.
I closed it and it's fine- if you manage to break too many latches you may just glue the whole thing together- it's very unlikely that you'll be going through this procedure more than once.

 

Are these drivers for desktop videocards only?Tried to install them few times,but installing the video driver always failed.

 

Try these one mate: AMD Catalyst? 11.10 Preview Driver Version 2

With them and update 1 for Rage I play with 60 fps on MAX

 

They work for our video card?Aren't they desktop drivers?
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In a forum i read that we only need a .dll from the rage performance drivers.Someone extracted it and gave a link.With the .dll i play with max settings(8xAA,Vsync,Large texture cache,High filtering) with 40+ FPS.Amazing.

PS:sry for double post.I was about to edit my first post,but forgot.

 

For Rage:

max out 4xAA-60 fps o.c 650/900
AMD Catalyst? 11.10 Preview Driver Version 2

CONFIG: TEXTURE LOAD FOR GPU 1GB GRAPHICS MEMORY (WORK FINE)
http://www.mediafire.com/?yldv8kvayxk7pg9
(PUT THIS CONFIG IN THE GAME DIRECTORY BASE FOLDER)

YOU CAN USE DRIVER SWEEPER FOR REMOVE AMD DRIVER AND CLEAN REG. ENTRIES AND REINSTALL AGAIN.

 

I'm using the driver from my link and everything is working fine.

 

i confirm that! 50-60fps in rage with this driver (about 100 points more ind 3dmark 2006), no blue screen with install them (i have with 11.9), thanks!

 

Is there a page which sells keyboards or seperate keys? My Laptop losts his "t" and "f" button ((