Acer Aspire 8930G Owner's Lounge

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I use a wireless X360 controller with the program Xpadder5.3
on both my laptop & desktop as a sort of wireless mouse + mediakey combo

and can offcourse still use it for games (even the ones who don't support)

 

Hi people,

I bought an 8930 a couple of weeks ago, and have just had a replacement authorised.

Reported a fault the day I got it, with AC in and power on, the battery was discharging. This was giving me a regular click noise about every second, also noticed the little AC light strip above the power button would pulse with this.

Turned out it was just an underpowered adaptor (they gave me a 65W, should be 90 I think).

Maybe your clicking has something to do with the battery or power supply? Is your laptop drawing more power than is being supplied at times maybe?

 

Mine is a 90 watt just checked , and the light above the power button does not pulse.

I have a replacement 8930G on the way, it should be here Friday.

 

Bah, getting the runaround from laptopsdirect/acerdirect/buyitdirect... may or may not actually end up an 8930G owner

 

Hi, what runaround are you getting, I've dealt with this company for quite some time now and aside from the occassional hiccup, 8 rucksacks ordered only 7 in the box, I've had no problems. You should be ringing this number for technical help; Acer 0870 8531000 ...
Chris

 

Hi,

Thanks for the info, I've got one of their managers emailing me today/tomorrow with an offer.

Don't want to give a full report until the dust has settled, but so far I bought a 'box opened, as new' 8930G, it didn't work properly and wasn't 'as new', sent it back, they fixed it, now arguing about the condition. They really haven't been interested in hearing about it.

I'll let you know how they resolve it in the end.

 

goodluck

 

Can anyone tell me, when installing a 2nd hard drive in the additional bay of the 8930G does it require a bracket?

 

The original does not have a bracket just some silver paper round it, so you will not need one for the second i think, it must be a tight fit.

 

I didn't. It fits very well without a bracket.

JJK

 

I've installed a 2 x 500 GB western digital scorpio blue drives, with the 2nd one in the machine crashes when copying anything to it etc, the machine behaves much better with it removed, faulty drive perhaps?

 

Have you tried running HDtune on both hdd`s and see if you get the expected transfer speed.

 

What is HDtune?

 

The most used hdd benchmark on NBR

http://www.hdtune.com/

download link below.

http://www.hdtune.com/hdtune_255.exe

 

I've just moved from Vista Ultimate 32bit to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on a clean install. Couple of things I need to sort out...I no longer have the ability to adjust all the 5.1 speakers as before, Fingerprint enrolment program allows me to swipe my finger and recognises it but It won't validate. It normaly takes 3 succesful swipes to enrol a fingerprint but after 6 successful swipes it still gives me a red cross. I no longer have any blu ray playback software as it's wiped off the Acer Arcade software (which wasn't good anyway). Any suggestions for cheap 3rd party blu ray playback software would be appreciated!

 

You need acer eaudio app for sound and you should be able to re-install arcade deluxe from recovery discs if you have made them or from partition. As for fingerprint software I had this same problem and all you need to is push your finger towards screen instead of away and it should work.

 

Wow! Thanks for the info! Already fixed the Fingerprint prob.....I did make 3 recovery DVD's from Vista but how do I go about getting the fixes off them in Windows 7??

Thanks again

 

I thought the recover dvd`s were an all or nothing install, I put disk 1 in W7 and it did nothing.

 

Yeah, had a quick lok through the 3 dvd's and the apps are there but not 'wim' file format whatever that is.....not sure if it would work in '7'.
Acer Arcade was shxt anyway so looking at Cyberlink DVD Suite 7 Pro for £17 on Ebay......will it play my blu rays and akkow me to fix the 5.1 surround sound?

 

I downloaded a copy of Acer Arcade Deluxe 2.0 from rapidshare to play my blu-rays

 

I haven't heard of Rapidshare, not really keen on using Arcade Deluxe again.
Any other recommendations??

 

Help, please!

I have purchased a new 8930g laptop with these specifications:
- Processor: Q9000 a 2Ghz.
- Memory: 4Gb DDR3 (2xDDR3 modules).
- Graphics: nvida gforce 9600GT with 1024Mb dedicated.
- Hard disk: 1x320Gb at 7200rpm.
- Screen: CineCrystal at 1920x1080.

Laptop is right, but when I run everest benchmark some times I get a 2100 score points (first time everest benchmark get 11200 score points). At this point, laptop is very slow. Just my netbook witha an atom processor like faster...

What about overheating on this notebook?

 

It sounds like you might have a throttling issue , see below.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=403988

 

And, do you thint it is an issue on muy notebook particulary or an issue on this model?

 

This 8930G is mentioned in the link i provided, so possible, do the test it mentions to find out.

 

9 out of 10question here can be answered one first page trough google

*sigh*

Owell... props for Tinderbox being sa extremly patience!!

 

Has your 8930g model this this overheat issue?

 

Not mine fortunatly, but I must say I only use it on AC-power with for performance options enabled and GPU pretty much Overclocked and never have any problems...

only problem/shutdowns occur when using high overclock combined with latest drivers for desktops modded so that it support our mobile gpu

when I found out I went back to latest official laptop driver via nvidia

 

I have a stock Acer Aspire 8930g laptop.
It has a 500 GB HDD, 64-Bit Windows Vista Home Premium, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor (2.0GHz), and up to 2815mb NVIDIA Geforce 9600.

I can start the computer, do stuff for like 5 minutes, than the computer freezes. I wanted to install an update on it "Important for 64bit Systems" and it got to 78% than crashed. I have to press the power button in order to shut it down. I did a standard scan with Avast! when it was working (0 viruses), but now I know it won't be able to complete a full scan. Idk what to do, and I don't play gunz anymore so if you let me know I'd appreciate it.

 

Have you checked the memory for errors, you can do a memory check in vista, just type memory into the "search program and files" , when you click the windows logo bottom left-hand corner of the screen and click on "windows memory diagnostic" it will re-boot your notebook and test the memory.

If you want a more though check use memtest86+ a free download.

 

Was this directed towards me? If so than I'll do it [;

 

yes it was, if you need a more though test click on the link below.

extract and burn to a cd-r

http://www.memtest.org/download/4.00/memtest86+-4.00.iso.zip

 

I ran memory diagnostics tool. I think it has to just be shut down (the right way) since I rarely shut it off, and when I have I've usually pressed the button (I'm a hehe) so yea. but I'll let it work its thinggg.

 

Okay ty news. I did it, and no memory problems were there. I went upstairs, uninstalled unnecessary programs, than came back downstairs. My mom wanted certain on the computer on a disk, so I moved it to the desktop, and right when I went to get the disk it froze again. I'm forced to press the button because control+alt+delete wont work. :|

 

In windows 7 i found the problem with the drivers , it was the card reader from silicon, i go to the official site and download the win7 drivers now its all OK.
Before i change my western 500giga HD it has 75mb read on HD tune.
and the Intel ssd 245mb read.

I have a question with can i change the onboard 9600m with something better 200m series ???
My friend has the same 8930g laptop but the lcd monitor it has better colors and brightness both have the same specs 1080p why?
Both we have power plan on perfomance .

 

Acer can use lcd panels from different manufactures , some are better than others for colour, brightness, viewing angle.

I have a CMO panels on my 8930G , you can find out which panel you have with the free PC Wizard.

http://www.cpuid.com/download/pcwizard/pcw2009_v1911.exe

 

I've asked the same sort off question multiple weeks ago... no answer

but I did alot of research, found out it is an:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9600M-GT.9449.0.html
65nm die shrink gpu

so technically all other 65nm should be easier to be supported that 55 & 45

a 9800M GTX is the best supported by the bios unfortunatly, because I can get 280M GTX for even beter prices

 

The 8930G uses an MXM-III slot , but the original heatsink has to match the replacement card and that is the tricky bit, unless you are good at metalwork.

more info below.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=396320

http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/types.html

 

new realtek audio drivers out today v2.36
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

 

What type of hard drives fit in the additional bay? Is it any 2,5 inch drive or only the thin (9mm?) ones? And is it the same for 8935G as well?

 

i know its been answered before but i cant seem to find it, can the ACER ASPIRE 8930/8940 run XP mode on Windows 7 or not?

i mean the CPUs can but is there still no BIOS option to allow it?

 

I have never heard of any machine not capable of doing that...

Since it can run W7.. it 200% runs XP (compatability) mode

 

any recommendations for a good notebook cooler effective for out 8930G? The one where the placement is good for the location of CPU/GPU?
i read someone created custom one, but i don't have time to make my own.

 

so are you able to run XP mode on Win7 with your 8930?

ive read on some sites that ACER does not allow BIOS enabling of Virtualization so even if the CPU can run Virtualization the feature is OFF(by default) in the BIOS

im planning on getting the new 8940 with the Core i7 720QM and no XP Virtualization mode is a deal breaker

SONY has blatantly turned virtualization OFF on its laptops rendering XP mode useless on its VIAO line

 

I know the standard bios doesn't have VT enabled but there is a guide somewhere which tells you how to enable it.

But may I ask what all the fuzz is about?

Why is VT such a big deal for everyone? I do not see which programs use the VT? Must be because I do not use any progs, but nonetheless I would like to know why you would use it?

PS I would go with the 8942 if you are planning on buying a new one. The 8930g also has throttle probs.

 

Below is the guide to enable VT on the 8930G, though i have not tried it myself as my CPU does not support VT anyway.

You can use securable to check your VT status

http://www.grc.com/securable.htm

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=408124

 

the question still remains can the 8930/8940 run XP mode in Windows 7?

 

My VT has been enabled by following the guide above. Did it a few days back.
Though I have yet to test the XP mode in Win 7.
But I don't see any reason for it not to run.
Just a reminder, Take caution in flashing the BIOS!!!

 

8930G, If you have an vt enabled cpu and you enable vt using the guide above, also you need to have W7 pro or above to have xp mode, if you have all three then yes.

 

do microsoft say you need a vt enabled cpu to run it?

edit
ok yes u do bugger lol
have to sort my bios out
you can download XP mode, so even win 7 home users can use it
get it from here
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/