Acer Aspire 8930G Owner's Lounge

Hi, is an RGBLED screen available for this laptop?

 

Due to circumstances to boring to go into, my 8930g is now up for sale on eBayUK. It has been upgraded to x9100 and has twin 500Gb HDDs. For anyone who wants to put in a bid, you can find it at:

Acer Aspire 8930g Laptop with 2 x 500Gb HDD, Win 7 OEM on eBay (end time 28-Aug-10 16:12:50 BST)

Cheers,

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good luck with the sale
if i didnt have mine , i`d be bidding

 

would it be ok to upgrade from a t6600 to an x9100 processor? i was going to go for a t9900 but the x9100 looks a bit cheaper.

 

yes thats what i upgraded from

 

I recently connected my 8930 to a new 42" LCD tv using the HDMI connection.

I find that on the TV the display seems to be to big (eg the windows top bar and bottom task bars are off the screen) and cannot see any adjustment facility in the control panel to correct it.

Has anyone else experienced this and maybe have a solution?

 

do i need to ship my 8930G to recover cmos password??
anyone know where i drop off/ship it to in mississauga/GTA ontario canada?

my 8930G crapped out in F2 loop and i forgot cmos password......just got back from staples warranty repair dept and they can not recover Vista since they did not have cmos password...they also replace HD.......but i was able to backup data b4 i gave to staples for repairs....they suggested i ship unit to acer for $99 password recovery......i'm thinking of installing vista 64 bit

...thx

 

is there a link/sticky in here somewhere re installing win 7 - 64 bit on 8930G??

just need to know of issues/problems ppl entercountered

will be installing win 7 - 64bit version soon


thx

 

there shouldnt be any problems installing win7 64bit(i didnt have any)
win 7 has most drivers and acer website has any missing

 

@shakennstirred

thx for replying......i will give it a try after recovering cmos password

 

To PEWE, depending on the make of your monitor, you might have to rename the HDMI input to DVI-PC. That will make your desktop fit the screen perfectly.

 

If you have not recovered the CMOS pwd yet, there is a Live CD to recover it. It worked for me with a previous Acer laptop, and I don't know if it does wih 8930g. It is called PCCMOSCleaner:

http://www.pccmos.com/

 

This happens to me sometimes. It's really strange since it doesn't happen all the time. Could this be due to the bios?

 

If i remember correctly; same thing happened to me. I think I adjusted it from the NVIDIA control panel. Right click desktop > NVIDIA control panel > Display > Adjust desktop size and position > select "Use NVIDIA scaling"

 

A memory scan from crucial said im using ddr2 ram and not ddr3 wouldanyone know where i could find on my 8930 what type of mem i have as im sure it was ddr3 ty

 

use CPU-Z, that will tell you or speccy
cpu-z
CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

speccy
Speccy - System Information - Free Download

 

ty that was a great help i downloaded and got the answer in less than a minute my ram is:

3.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 399MHz (6-6-6-15) dunno what crucial been smoking lol

thanks very much

 

ive found 2 nice 4gb strips for £95 each, one is pc3-8500 1066mzh and the other strip is a pc3-10600 1333mhz can anyone advise on which i should go for please ty.

 

my mate tried this and it wouldnt boot from the disc
so i tried on my acer and it didnt work also

 

you need 2x 2gig ram
the 8930g has a max of 4 gig(2gig per slot) i dont think anyone has got one running with 8gig(4gig per slot)
you want 1066mhz(even though is only running at 800mhz on this laptop with the cpu u have)

 

ty seen a 2gb strip for just 40 quid is it important to have matching brands of memory? ill be mixing one from a company called elpida and one from pny

 

as long as there the same spec you should be fine

 

Hi shakennstirred. Do you mean no one has tried it yet? Or do you mean someone already tried it but failed to make it work with 8GB of ram?

 

i dont think anyone wants to spend the money to try
because the spec says 4 gig max

 

I'm looking at getting one of these, a few questions:



What is the battery life like with some heavy use (Not playing games though)?

What is Ubuntu compatibility like, what is the battery life when running that?

I have seen people mention upgrading it, is this easy? Can any part be replaced? I'm getting a 2nd-hand one so there isn't a warranty.

What is the track pad like? Is it anywhere near the wonderful macbook track pad?

What is portability like? I'll be taking this on the bus to college, I won't do much moving around at college but would the bulk eventually get annoying?

Anything else I should know?


Thanks in advance.

 

I had this with my Samsung 40" LCD

change picture on tv from full 16:9 to Zoom
i think.. bin a while but one of the picture settings on the tv sorts this out

 

:::

Answer in Blue Colour...!

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Woohooo!!! Mine arriveed yesturday. This machien is amazing. Only a couple of things that I'm not to keen on and they're the unresponsive CineDash and the hard keyboard. But appart from that, I'm well chuffed.

Right then, anything I should install or tweak to improve performance?

 

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Okay, been a few months since my last post, so here goes...
At the risk of becoming redundant, I'd like to see if anyone's had any improvements in the Windows 7 battery life killer problem. I ran a very, VERY simple test this morning. Disabled the driver called "Microsoft ACPI-control method battery." Had no battery icon/estimated life indication, BUT the battery lasted 66 minutes to the second as opposed to the 25 minutes and some change I was getting previously. The official Windows forum about this problem hasn't had any major conclusions since their first "It's the manufacturer's fault" claim.

Added injury to insult, Microsoft posted a link to a battery life analyzer tool. I tried it, and it told me there was a problem with my battery and that the screen brightness should be lowered for battery life. So, nothing new, just slapping me in the face with what I already know! And this is coming from PAID employees of Microsoft!

I'm going to get a new battery since it seems like the only solution at this point, but on that battery, I would almost be afraid to enable ACPI with it in!

One more possible solution, would it be feasible (or logical) to install a second HDD in the extra slot in the case and install Ubuntu on it? From what I've read, Ubuntu hasn't killed batteries on laptops post-Windows 7.

Thoughts? Comments? Ridicule?? haha, not really, none of that please!

 

Quick thought: If I reverted all drivers back to stock (i.e. using the eRecovery application) does anyone have any clue as to if that would help the situation?

 

Hello everyone!
I have an acer 8930g and i can't find a solution for my problem-the 4 side buttons(bluetooth, e-mail etc) dont work anymore. When i press the buttons nothing happens. When i try to install the blutooth driver it's says no bluetooth hardware found. All those wore workink. I'm using vista home premium 34bit with everything(driver, acer app.) installed from the acer support site.
Is there anyway to activate those buttons, what i'm not doing wright?
Thank you verry much!

 

I'm thinking that the connector for those buttons is loose/off. When I get home tonight I'll send you the pdf I have (if it doesn't violate this site's terms). It's a service manual that's pretty in-depth.

On a side note, do you have Dritek Launch Manager installed? Lol and is it 32 or 64 bit? Part of your problem is vista, IMHO

 

hi i installed 2gb mem in my 8930g today bringing it up to 4gb in total, ever since my screen will occasionaly just turn off forcing me to start the machine up from scratch again, can anyone shed some light on this please?

 

Thank you very much for replay. I have vista home premium 32 bit, the original OS. I also had Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit and the same problem. When i first received it everything was fine but after. i send it to warranty for a hinge cover replacement and since i received it back the problem started. I have lunch manager installed. I hope the connector is loose/off, do u have any idea how hard is to get there?
Thanks for help!

 

check the rams seated right, even take the ram out and see if it still does it

 

alright, well, the service manual is too big to attach! >.< but just search for Acer Aspire 8930Q Service manual (There's an 8930Q and an 8930. They're basically the same and from the same site)
Now, did you install Win7, then revert to Vista?
And yea, it'll probably be a day's project, but if you sent it to Acer, there's a VERY GOOD possibility that they knocked something else off (my CineDash touch cover is coming off. It's held on by literally nothing right now...until I Gorilla Glue that sucker! )

Agreed. Also, it might be a heat problem. I know on mine there's some kind of cover on them. So if anything just find a cover or a heatsink (if existing) or anything that would assist in dissipating the heat. I also believe there's a screen over the grille for the memory, or there is on mine at least. It MIGHT be beneficial to remove that

 

Anybody tried installing Windows XP on the 8930g ?

 

Bad news i tried to open the case but there are some warranty seals there. The only option now is to send it back to warranty.

 

Ah, how long have you had it?/What warranty do you have on it? Bc I bought mine last June, and sent mine in for a clicking noise (case fan) in December of the same year. When I (finally) got it back in January, they told me my warranty was up. So I would check with them before you send it in...might be a lot more $$$ than you/I think!

 

Hi, can anyone help me with a serious problem i got with my 8930g: it does not power on.
I bought it in june last year, upgraded it to windows 7 and used it with very few problems until last week, when all of a sudden it abruptly powered off and would not turn on again. I tried the static release trick that i read somewhere, but i fear my problem is more serious. On the pc no lights come on. On the power unit the green light still comes om fine. Battery was also fine just before the crash. I suspect some fuse went inside the pc or the motherboard has a problem. I'd like to fix it myself rather than sending it in. Can anyome give me some advice? The only thing that happens when i plug the power unit into the pc is that there is a very slight ticking noise from near the on/off switch, about as slight as a pocket watch. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Curehead

P.s. Warranty expired

 

well ive taken out the mem and put it back in and ran it with just 2gb of mem and all seems fine the machine is quiet with no screen shut down problems, with 4gb ive noticed the fan is louder the second you boot up, i think like you say it may be a heat prob cos ive played burnout paradise with my nvidia reaching 76 degrees and thers has been no screen probs but this might be because ive not screwed the access panel back on which may be acting as good ventilation perhaps?

or maybe re inserting it all helped

 

I'm driving myself nuts trying to decide between a 8930g or a small for factor PC for my bedroom.

 

You should bring your notebook to the service. It looks like the cables in the power connector are torn.
I also have this problem a few months ago and I see this connector. The cables are really thin.

 

Hi,

I'm the proud owner of an Aspire 8930G for over a year now, but since I installed Windows 7 x86 Pro a few months ago, I keep having problems with the audio drivers.

This is the situation: i'm using Skype with camera every evening, everything works fine untill I start some other audio channel (this can be a standard game, some avi file, mp3 or anything). Slowly the whole computer keeps slowing down untill I have no other option then to reboot it, and start all over again.

I tried everything: disabling audio enhancements, restarting Windows Audio (only works for a while), disabling HD Audio in Device Manager, chaning the energy settings...
The only thing I can't seem to manage is to lower the priority of the audiodg.exe process, it keeps giving me access denied.

I also managed to find out, that with the new Realtek drivers, my laptop shuts down at random moments. I do think it has something to do with the heat.. Is there any known problem with latest Realtek drives that heaten up the system?

Now, is there any fix that really works? I tried to do everything, but the problem keeps occurring...

 

Is it true that the 8930g with the T6600 (2.2 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) CPU and the 9700M GT 512MB struggles to play COD 5 World At War ?

 

cant see how audio driver would heat up the laptop
shuting down ramdomly is more likely a driver error
i have no problems with the realtek driver here

 

I'm sitting here trying to decide if to buy a 8930g and my questions get ignored.

 

all depends what you want it for i got the 8930g cos i was drawn to the nice big screen and blu ray player, i also dont mind plonking it down on a train table to use when im travelling, i know the little netbooks are the the trend for that sort of thing but im quite happy to use mine anywhere.

 

Thanks for the reply jon.c

The one i'm thinking of has the same specs as yours in your sig.

Does the fan make much noise when it spins up and does it push alot of air as a friend had a large Rock laptop a few years ago and that was like a Hairdryer running and it used to blow paper across the desk.

And have you tried Call of Duty 5 World at War as somebody suggested it wil struggle with that game because of the T6600 only has 2mb of cpu cache.

Thanks