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    Acer Aspire 6920G BIOS V1.14

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by DarkSilver, Jun 13, 2009.

  1. DarkSilver

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    Anyone know what are the changes and update for this new BIOS?
    Some experts here please help me.
    Thanks.
     
    DarkSilver, Jun 13, 2009
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    Whoa, where on earth did you find this gem?
    EDIT: Never mind, located here, under Aspire 6920G BIOS.
    Well, since there's no release notes attached to it, and I'm no good at reading hex, I haven't got a clue.
    BUT considering it's a public release, and roughly 1 year or so after the 6920G's debut...might it be a BIOS to crank up the fan speed and keep our GeForce 9500M GSs from going kablooey? (just thinking here)

    We need those release notes before we do anything shtupid.
     
    TehSuigi, Jun 13, 2009
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  4. DarkSilver

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    So, have you updated it?
    I has been updated it but I see no difference.
    Anyone have the changes log?
     
    DarkSilver, Jun 13, 2009
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  5. TehSuigi

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    Nope - BIOS updates are one of those things I don't do if I need my laptop for school.
    And I do.
    Maybe when my current spate of group projects and midterms pass.
     
    TehSuigi, Jun 13, 2009
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  6. DarkSilver

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    What are you studying?
    I am studying as well.
    Actually, when BIOSing, I afraid too. Luckily, it successes.
     
    DarkSilver, Jun 13, 2009
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    Business.
    Actually DarkSilver, you can test to see if the ACPI thermal tables have finally been straightened out (contrary to my original post, version 1.10 DIDN'T permanently fix things - I'm still undervolting and switching throttling on/off).
    Go run ORTHOS for a while, and see if the thermal throttling kicks in, and at what temperatures.
     
    TehSuigi, Jun 13, 2009
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  8. DarkSilver

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    The v1.14 didn't fix it as well I guess because when I play 3D intense games. I need to do "on/off throttling" as well.

    What if we disable throttling(lock throttle setting) completely?
    So, it won't go throttle by itself when we're playing games?
     
    DarkSilver, Jun 13, 2009
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    ...and what happened to 1.11,1.12,1.13. were they so bad that they were not released? strange that these things just appear with no release notes. anyonr from acer here?
     
    gazzacbr, Jun 14, 2009
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  10. DarkSilver

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    I also wonder why.
    Don't have release note was a pain.
    Somehow the public BIOS version for 6920G are 1.10 and 1.14 only.
    Last time, I saw 1.06 and so on in the acer D/L site. Now, left 1.10 and 1.14.
    However, I think it is safe to update it. Because I updated it successfully.
     
    DarkSilver, Jun 14, 2009
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  11. TehSuigi

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    1.06 and 1.07 are still on the now-deprecated Acer Euro FTP.
     
    TehSuigi, Jun 14, 2009
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    So, any news on what it does?
     
    matmat07, Jul 6, 2009
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    Not a bloody clue.
     
    TehSuigi, Jul 6, 2009
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    *bump* Stupid Acer, releasing a BIOS without any release notes... I'm curious as to what changes have been implemented. I guess I'll just leave it for now, since everything is working fine w/ 1.10..
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 16, 2009
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  15. DarkSilver

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    You can just update it if you want(just make sure you flash it nicely then it should work as usual).
    It brings nothing new=.=! I can't sense the changes.
    THROTTLING is still available. LOL.
     
    DarkSilver, Jul 16, 2009
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    Any news on this one? And check this out, my bios version:
    [​IMG]

    Damn you acer. So I guess theres no point in updating bios if the throttling is still there?
     
    MapMan, Jul 18, 2009
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  17. DarkSilver

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    This is your stock BIOS. Some BIOSes are unavailable for download.
    They came as stock BIOS. Hell yeah! There's indeed no point updating it.
     
    DarkSilver, Jul 18, 2009
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    So, besides the rmclock fix there isnt any other?
     
    MapMan, Jul 18, 2009
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    RMclock is currently the ONLY fix available for "newbie to advance" user in the world.
    Unless you are really PRO in computer stuffs, then you would able to change BIOS and some hardware to fix this throttling problem.
     
    DarkSilver, Jul 19, 2009
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