Acer Aspire 8930G Owner's Lounge

Of course they can. If you usb device is bootable indeed. press F12 when starting and select the usb drive. bye =)

 

Thanks for the info, going back to 1.13

I guess I shouldv'e listened to the saying; "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"

 

I have been talking to Acer Support as well as several E-Mails regarding the issues with this Bios, it is hard to get things escalated to the top, but the last person I delt with assured me it was going there. So I guess we will have to wait and see what happens. As well I brought up the lack of VT support.

Steve

 

hello,i try to upgrade T5800 with Q9000 but nothing happened bios v 1.13,and install second hard drive in bios is there but on my computer is not ,anybody

 

For hard drive you may need to go into disc management and format it.

 

thanks hd ok now

 

Hi! If you manage to upgrade your laptop with q9000 please tell me beacause I'm quite interested in doing the same! Thanks and good luck! Bye

 

i already try but only what i have is black screen,but is strange i wonder what changes acer make on 8930g with q9000

 

i don't know what else to do I will talk to some of my netwok admin friends to see if we are missing something

 

so q9000 or q9100 is a no go for the 8930g? this is sad...

 

that is correct ,i was on zandparts web they offering 2 mainboards for c2d and for c2q,or they change eprom module who is saying the bios to dont run if quad is detected

 

After updating to bios 1.14 my serial numbers now reading as 1234567890123456 (in the bios menu)

 

yeah... i think mine change serial number as well...
and i don't see any benefits of 1.14. i flashed back to previous bios, i think the serial no. still 123456...
I can confirm the cinedash console doesn't work, sometimes doesn't even light up.
argh! still having throttling issues! even with undervolt! cannot use my laptop for fun gaming! argh!

 

anyone can tell me what for is this silver paper over HDD ?

 

It might be to reduce the hdd rf output to comply with regulations, basically to reduce radio interference i think.

 

don't you think this will increase hdd temp
I've replaced hdd with 7200rpm one just wonder if I really need this paper on
also sometimes I get strange click one or two in few sec gap sounds like from hdd anyone had this ?
my hdd is new

 

I replaced both drives with 500gb 7200 rpm drives and ued the metalic paper i dont notice any temp issues with the drives.

 

Too much trouble with v1.14, wrong serial number, and since yesterday no way to use the cinedash console and the touch pad... So back to v1.13. I think I'll email Acer to say that their V1.14 BIOS is quite bad.

 

Hi, the serial number reverting to default is because when Acer build the laptops they program into the bios the S/N of the laptop. As far as I can remember all the Acer laptops I've flashed clear out the S/N...
Chris

 

Anybody else get crackles from their speakers while playing sound; be it games or music? I have latest drivers etc so I don't think thats the issue.

 

Ok so We gone use 1.13 bios for now?

 

i couldnt flash bios v1.14 at all flasher is blocking when i tryAcer 8930g
Acer 8930g
dual Core t5800
4giga 1066mhz
9600m GT
2xWD scorpio 320gb
Bios 1,13
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit

 

Yes we have tell about this problem my friend on later posts. Try to use a flasher from an older bios update. just change the bios file .

 

I've emailed acer to ask them whether it was possible tu upgrade the cpu to a quad core. Their reply is quite disappointing. They were not able to give me the right chipset of the mobo, and only told me they would not be responsible for any problems if I changed the cpu...

 

Agony, I can see you have a quad core @ 2.26ghz, so I assume it is a q9100. have you upgraded your laptop yourself or have you bought it with a q9100? thanks a lot

 

Hi All
My 8930G is still on original bios 1.05 i think and have asked before about updating it but everyone says not to bother unless i have issues ....of which i dont . Since i last asked there has been a few more bios updates ...does anyone know what these update fix and is it now worth updating my bios or just leave alone ?

Also i tried updating the Acer Bio Protection software last night to the latest one on acer's website but had issues with it ....it loaded no problem , put fingerprints in etc and rebooted ....it worked for sign in but thats about it ...cannot access system wizard via fingerprint ...sometimes says no hardware found so reverted back to old version and now works fine again ....does the new version now work with windows explorer 8 for password protection as the old version wont work with it ?
Anyone else had this issue ?

Any Help most appreciated
Karl

 

My friend sypieni I hope i can help You, I have bought 3 Acers 8930g one for me one for my sister and one for a friend of mine. My sisters is tha same as yours P8400 Mine is Q9000 (not the Q9100 it wasn't ever come to Greece)
The Q9000 in Greece is Working at 1,6 when is at 20% and when it is on Charge and Full throtle 2.26 and On batery and Full throtle 2.00 By Default all this.So I think THe Q9100 Will work at Full THrotle at 9.5x multiplier 2.527.
I have worked with the 3 of them the 2.26mhz ,2,53 mhz 2 cores and 2.0mhz 4 cores at games no diference at all about 2-3 fps.And the games that use tha 4 cores they need powerfull vga (to see diference) and the 9600 and '9700 they can't.
So The only big diference is the Multitasking on videos sounds and Graphics, at this point This is why i Buy the Q9000, BUT a big BUT the Magazines makes Bencmarks at the real Life the when you gone work at Videos like Converting them with a big files like 2or4 gigas you will see that The Quad Core is not working Over times and a 2 Core prosessor is still very fast to see any diferences. So Botom point is that the difernce is really low.
But IF a big IF you dont have an HD disk that bottlenecks the Quad Core at this multitasking threats Yes you wil see a Big diference. Some numbers will make you understand

Convertxtodvd 4 C2duo 2.26 1 movie convert on HD 43 min
Convertxtodvd 4 C2Duo 2,53 1 movie convert on HD 39 min
COnvertxtodvd 4 QuadCore 2,26 1 movie convert on HD 34 min
COnvertxtodvd 4 QuadCOre 2,26 1 movie convert on SSD Postvile 12 min

SO as u can see in real life All the components must be equal Your C2duo is to Fast for a HD disk and the time that you will see the 4 Cores at 100% its only on Bencmarks or an fast SSD that can folows.

WHen i Was trying to get the 9700m Gt from My friends 8930g C2duo 2.53mhz
We change the Prosessors for 2 weeks and it works like charm ITS REALLY easy So Yes U can add Q9000 or Q9100 on your Acer THey Use the Same mainboard chipset and cooling system ,when u do it add a good Paste on cpu and cooling system 2-3 degrees lower Silver paste if you can.
To be sure if the Model you have is the same as ours in Greece i will give you the full names of the three Acers 8930 g that we test.

8930G-944G64BN T9400 2.53
8930G-904G50BN Q9000 2.00
8930G-844G32Bn p8400 2.26

 

My point of view is that if it works dont change anything you will not see any diference.but if you want try the 1.13 bios is the most stable this time.
And yes use the old finger print because i heard that the new has some bugs

 

many thanks for the reply , i guess im best to leave the bios alone as its been running for last 12months with not issues .
As for the finger print reader i will leave it till another update comes out ...unless someone else knows how to fix the issue ?
I have read that the update fixes the issue with explorer 8 ....but if you cannot get it to work then what use is that !!

Cheers
Karl

 

Hi guys. Kinda new here.

Got my 8930G a week ago. Loving it..
I even managed to get Windows 7 Ultimate for £12.50 from Acer Upgrade website. (Yea my laptop came installed with Vista Ultimate)
I purchased the laptop from Play for £599

Here's the Windows Score


I am on 1.13 bios. Does anyone have 1.13 bios with VT enabled and SLIC 2.1 added ?

 

What is this Numbers?
My numbers are on
Windows 7
CPU 7.0
Memory 7.0
Aero 5.5
Gaming 4.8
Disk 7.8

Your Aero and Gaming Graphics is to Hi i dont think 9700 has so big numbers

 

I don't know but thats the score I get irrespective of any drivers

heres CPUz & GPUz

 

I can understand your graphics numbers are to HI

 

Thanks a lot for all these informations! Well I am quite interested to add a q9xxx because i do a lot of multitasking and I've got a quite fast SSD from corsair so I think a q9xxx would be suitable. I was quite worried to add a q9000 because of sancimax saying he failed in adding a q9000... Don't worry for the paste, I've some MX-2 in stock So you think I should buy a q9000 or a q9100 (or even a qx9300 if i go mad^^) and upgrade my 8930? thanks mate =)

 

I have no problems adding the Q9000 to my friends 8930g.
The WInter you will have no problems even at 2800mhz on QuadCore but the summer at 2266mhz it has REALLY hi temps so If you have a cooling solution go for the 9000 ,if it was Desktop i was telling you the higher the better but in laptop the cooling solutions its a problem.So Q9000 and overclocked the winter to the 9.5 multiplier 2,53mhz.
Ps. Try to go on a store that is your friend and tell him to add the Quad core on your laptop and if its locked bios then dont buy it.

Ps2. If you can please add the scores from your windows 7 ultimate x64 and what nvidia drivers u have ?

 

Has anyone had problems getting the web camera to work with this laptop since installing Win7 x64? I can't seem to get it working...I've downloaded and tried all the crystal eye drivers from the acer uk website, but no luck. Plus an additional note I cant get it to work on ubuntu either and it used to work before I formatted vista and installed Win7. Can anyone tell me of drivers that they have installed which worked. Thanks

 

Anybody installed Nvidia v195.55 and still able to adjust the screen brightness on the 9700m GT ??

 

No u cannot adjust brightness in 195.55
In short they suck

 

my webcam is working
im using the latest driver off the acer site

 

Bah!! I'm wondering if it is damaged, wonder if there is anyway to figure that out? It just says 'Camera not found', anyone else ever seen this message?

 

8930G I have a laptop with a Q9000 processor. The notebook, when the processor reaches 70 degrees Celsius, the speed slows down by half. It happen when I run the twice the test Julia of the Everest and check the speed with RMClock.
Does anybody have the same problem?
Sorry for my English.

 

you could try to force driver uninstall via device-manager.. and select opyion remove driver for HD, afterwards download drivers and then SCAN for hardware changes

 

I just searched for the device in Linux and i couldn't find it listed so i doubt the camera is f**ked. :'( What to do...

 

I can do it with the usual Fn + Right/Left arrow and I'm on 195.55 and 9700m GT. Can change it from NVIDIA Control Panel as well.

 

You are a witness of the famous throttling issue. Most discussed topic here about our 8930G. Do a search for it.

 

What is the lsusb output? Mine is listed there even when no GUI app lists it.

 

OMG JUST NOTICED THE SAME 195.55 WITH 9600GT 1024MB VERSION..

Nothing seems to work for getting the screen brightness up or down, for me it's stuck on 50%

Manual changing in POWER option doesn't work, damn this is my first big problem!

 

PROBLEMS SOLVED WITH 195.62

 

I found a website where it is said how to enable VT on a 8930G. Seems to works, but I do think it is quite crazy to do so. Anyway if somebody is interested in modding his bios, this may be useful.

http://marcansoft.com/blog/2009/06/enabling-intel-vt-on-the-aspire-8930g/

Bye =)

 

Hello everybody,
stupid me but i am getting my acer 8930G this weekend, if the plane doesnot crash

I ordered also an pcmcia card (sweex firewire) as they said it would fit. i am having however doubts now as i read the quickmanual and there they are talking about that there is an expresscard. now i read that they are totally different! is that so? does the pcmcia card enters the LT?

and as i want to change to w7 64bit..... does someone know this is working?

Thanks a lot for your time and responses.

paul.