Acer Aspire 8930G Owner's Lounge

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If you have made the recover cds there is a utility on one of the disks that enables you to change the sensr reading direction so that you can use it how you want (infact running it I found it now accepts finger prints in both directions). I haven't got the disks to hand atm so can't confirm which disk and directory but memory serves it's cd 3

 

Im just wondering should I get this Laptop.

The price for the specs are really good, the price on the website Im looking to buy is €1016.

Specs:
* Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 / 2.4 GHz ( Dual-Core )
* RAM - 4 GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) - DDR2 SDRAM ( 2 x 2 GB )
* Hard Drive - 640GB (2X320GB) - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
* Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
* Screen - 18.4' TFT 1920 x 1080 ( WUXGA ) - 24-bit (16.7 million colours) - CineCrystal
* Optical Drive - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM / BD-ROM - integrated
* Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT - 512 MB
* Bluetooth - Yes
* Notebook Camera - Integrated - 1 Megapixel
* Warranty - 1 year warranty

Now Im just wondering if this would be able to play new games such as Empire:Total war and such, you know yourselves all the new games out there.

And also is there any other Acer Laptops I could get with a good price but better performance than this??Couldnt find any, Im really impressed with this one.

 

many thanks , will take a look at my recovery discs and see if i can find it

 

It does play games quite well but tbh its main focus is media playing. The games I play wow, quake live and sumpreme commander all work well in 1920x1080 with a good-high detail settings

I've just looked on my recovery DVDs. Provided you made DVDs and not CDs you want disc 3 and it's in the following directory

Y:\Patch\Modules\Acer-HQ1\SET\Fingerprint patch

You then need to extract the archive MO01SET0O00000002.WIM (I used the free 7-Zip).

Now if you look in the folder 1 that you extracted there will be three batch files just run then one for your windows bit version (reverseSwipeDirection_
32 or reverseSwipeDirection_64)

If you dont have the recovery disks you can do it via the registry by editing/adding the following keys

32Bit

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Validity\vfs101]
"swipeDirection"=dword:00000001

64Bit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Validity\vfs101]
"swipeDirection"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Validity\vfs101]
"swipeDirection"=dword:00000001


I presume to change it back just reset the dword to 00000000

 

Hi Guys
a newbie her, just had delivered my 8930g 584g32bn. Really impressed.
Don't know if this has been covered before, but there are 2 hdmi sockets, one says hdmi and the other says display. Am I right in thinking that the one marked display will allow me to dual display to an external screen. The reason I ask is that I run a karaoke from my computer and just want to make sure that will work.

Cheers

Martyn

 

No you have one HDMI port the labled Displayed is a Display Port this is almost a competitor to HDMI and some computers are using them on this screens mainly due to the fact that it is royalty free where HDMI requires manufacturers to pay yearly fees to use sych Tech. Regardless of this though it does seem still rare to find tvs/monitors with a display port regardless of the royaly free satus.
As you don't know what display port is chances are your monitor doesn't support it but you may be able to use the VGA to output a 2nd external screen I have not tested if the the graphics card suppors this.

 

Just installed OCZ Vertex SSD in my 8930 and now Windows 7 RC zings.

 

Hi Folks,

just noticed im not getting any sound from the subwoofer when testing from the Audio panel.

clicking on the subwoofer icon produces no sound - is this correct?

 

Hi, mine does, check that the acer eAudio settings is at built in speakers and that the Vista audio is set to 5.1...
Cheers,
Chris

 

Yeah double check your speak settings also make sure you haven't checked the box to swap center speaker with the sub

 

many thanks for that , i did do a backup onto dvd so will have to dig them out and take a look ....thanks again for your help

 

hey every one i'm not an owner but should i buy one

 

This might be very useful information for you if you ever come across a problem when minimizing/maximizing windows especially a browser (any browsers) and it caused to lag/stuttering/etc.

The problem I was having is when minimizing/maximizing a web browser (doesn't matter which browser it is), it caused it to stutter and the vertical scroll when scroll up/down a page was very chopping/stuttering.

The problem came from the Nvidia video card, which mine is a 9700M GT and Nvidia is using a throttling program called Powermizer. Now, the Powermizer set the video clock speed to the minimum level until you are doing more intense 2D/3D graphics, it will kick-in and the clock speed reached the maximum performance.

As soon as I opened up a browser, the video clock speed reached it max (to deal with the 2D effect), but it wasn't quick enough. It is too late by then.

To solve that, I used a program called Powermizer Switch to turn off the throttling function only under AC mode and on when in battery mode. You don't have to have it running in the background. Just set it and reboot.

No more 2D/3D stuttering or sluggishness.

 

Hi
I recently bought the 8930g. I've had about 2 weeks. The problem I am having is that it freezes quite often on startup. It has also frozen a few times while installing a game or other software. And last night I got the blue screen of death which said something about Page/stack......while playing Half-Life 2.
I'm not sure the blue screen is related to the freezing as I was running the game on the top resolution.
Does anyone have any ideas why it might be freezing? Has anyone else had this problem. I have heard that the 8920 or 6920 had freezing problems which was due to an error with the HDD.
thanks

 

beatbee,

Is the heat that comes out of the vent pretty hot? If it is mildly warm then it cannot be the video card.

Have you tried remove the video driver and install the lastes one?

Try disable the background programs via msconfig.

Do you have a spare SATA hard drive laying around?

 

MrRoberts
I don't think the heat is very hot. I've tried new drivers and disable background programs.
Acer told me to do a ALT + F10 and restore factory settings. Do you think this might help?
Will try tonight.
Thanks for your reply.

 

is anyone having problem with laggy flash video playback with their 8930G (vista 64bit)

 

Hi Peoples
I have a 8930 which is about 6 weeks old now and has started playing up
i came on here to see if anyone else had the same problem.
when i re-boot my laptop now it lights up but nothing except a black screen if i use the fix from here, i.e. remove power lead and battery for a few sconds then it boots fine, i was going to send it back to Acer as faulty but now i'm not sure what to do ? has anyone found out what causes this problem ? i have updated just about everything i can heeeeeelp
second problem i have since updating the nvidia drivers is that realtek audio device throws an error at startup saying realtek audio notification has stopped working ??

 

I too have the same problem when rebooting. I have installed vista x64 in dual boot ob D drive and this re-boots fine so can only assume its acers software causing the problem.

 

Hi, don't know about the black screen issue but the realtek one can be rectified by performing a system restore to the point before you installed the NV drivers, then when you install the newer ones make sure untick the audio driver..
Chris

 

thank's chris, i did think about that but the sound works fine through either device, the reboot problem is annoying though with a brand new £1 k laptop
I think there may be some conflict comming from the Acer enpowering software as when i try using certain parts of it the computer locks up as well

 

Hi, the problem is not the laptop but the install of the NV video drivers without unticking the audio ones first. It is a known conflict that happens between hardware drivers..
Chris

 

Lol flashback all over;
had the same problem
it went worse when i kept ignoring it and just pull out battery each time to restart.

SAVE Asap all your files you want to keep on the other storage disks.
then just use the Acer recovering system and its all gone then.

as mentioned before its becaus the conflict of realtek driver vs nvidia sound driver
it messes things up really bad.

 

thought i still got poblems with slow acceleration of webpages as mentioned before.

if you go to the new Starwars MMO site and look at classes pop open both storm trooper and bounty hunter page
your PC laggs like hell CPU is fully taken in :/

secund
when i play a game;
it starts to glitch after a while if not cooled probally with a extra fan :/
sounds just start to go slow motion and the game does 2

Any fixes for that ?

 

thanks chaps
looks like i will be starting from scratch then, hmmmmm
it's taken me ages to trim down vista as well, i might well stick on a new O/S as I have a few genuine OS's to try
thanks
Taz

 

Hi, seems strange you are associtating this to the sound drivers, before I learned the install procedure for the gfx drivers I had that bootup error message with the realtek drivers failing to load, however the laptop worked fine aside from the error message...
Chris

 

same here

also there is no need to use the recovery, just uninstall the nvidia driver by selecting only the audio hd driver from the nvidia uninstaller.

this solved all my problems (this and the swipe reversal a few pages back, mine was upside down)

 

Hi, good call Freezy, never had the guts to take that risk but it's good to know it works ok...
Chris

 

Can aNyoNe pleaSe tell me the cuRrent priCes of Acer Aspire 5935 and 5738??

 

What risk? It's only a driver...
You can always use system restore or just reinstall it if the situation gets worse.

Formatting the harddrive to restore one dirver issue... Now THATS a risk...
"Where did I put that one file.... The one with the answer to everything?"

;-)

 

Check online retailers for your country, I use www.tweakers.net (dutch site with online price watch). I am sure there are simmilar sites for your country.

 

Hmmmmm i love mine to!! i have only just got it aswell

Did you get a remote with yours? will someone tell me how to get it to work!!

Thanks

 

hi again chaps, i got me a WD 320g HDD 7200 rpm "scorpio black" and put it in and when i booted up it took ages to boot and then said found new hardware, installing software, this took about 2 min's and then said hardware is ready to use, ok i thought so i went into "my computer" but it doesn't show the new HDD ? is there anything i need to do for the laptop to see the new hard drive ? thanks

 

You will need to partition and format the drive for it to show up in "my computer". You should be able to see it in disk management from the control panel. Make sure you choose the right disk when partitioning and formatting.

 

Thanks chaps
new to vista so couldn't find disk manager, sorted now and i have a nice quick scorpio black 320g spare drive split in two, i may well use it to dual boot with another O/S
thanks

 

Hello everybody
i purchased Aspire 8930G
Quad Intel q9000 2.0GHZ
18.4" Full HD 1080p Acer CineCrystal
Dedicated 1024MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
4GB DDR3
(battery life prolonged ,from 2:52min on 3:28min by what windows 7 shows in the tray after replacing 320gb 7200 rpm 2.5" hd with two
ssd samsung mmcre28g5mxp
Blu-ray Disk

Would anyone have info on how to raid this two ssd-s???

 

You might check the boot options and the bios.
Raid is useally set there.
As you need to reformat your drives I believe to make raid work.

Be sure to make backups ;-)

 

Hi, you cannot hardware raid the drives as this does not exist, common to the majority of laptops. You can use the OS to software raid them but the are more negative issues than positive...
Chris

 

correction battery life by windows is not so correct prox same time battery as before around three hours
there is no raid option in bios.
i have had it in alienware laptop however it was working very fine so if you know any software that i could use or os instructions would be nice..

 

Hi.
Sorry for the daft question but just got my new 8930 yesterday and i see it comes with a small DVB-T adaptor so i'm guessing this for a indoor aerial? so am i right in thinking the acer has a TV tuner which has to be enabled somehow or am i way off track here.
EDIT: Worked it out myself no problems in the end.

 

hey people im buying a 8930G in july as of good reviews, i am looking for a user manual for this laptop i cannot wait until i start it for the first time XD. so anyways a user manual link would be nice so i can read up on the laptop before i get it. a link would be helpful.

 

Hi, go here http://www.acer.co.uk/acer/service....tx1g.c2att92=122&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=2980211862 and put in Aspire and 8930G and it'll take you to a download page..
Chris

 

Does any 1 know how to disable the throttle

it really start to get to me :s
can't even play Prototype for few min and it starts to throttle
i'm cooling it like hell;
new driver dont work;
RMClock doesnt help anything :s

 

Anybody know how I can clean my 8930g because it's running hotter then usual and the fan might be dirty. Also, what would be the best cooling pad for this laptop?

 

Hello,

I would like to buy a 8930G but I also want to buy 2 ssd's for it.
Can anyone tell me if this can be done? Does 8930G support ssd's ?

Thank you

 

thank you crisscat now i can read up on my new laptop so i can get it straight out box on charge switch on and play with it XD

 

It depends on if the SSD has the right connector ;-)
Check the manual for the definite type, all I can say right now is that this laptop has sata connectors.

Personally I would only buy one ;-)
Use a regular disk for all your junk & data
Use the SSD for games and the OS.

SSD's are still quite expensive

 

Thank you for you quick reply.
The SSD has SATA2 connectors so I guess it will work no ?

 

SSD's are normally just recognised by the pc has a harddrive. It's the hds controller which determines if the pc can communicate with it. You have mentioned it's SATA2, the 8930g is sata2 compatabile so these ssds should work with no issues.

Also good to know you have money to burn . The two hds are gunna end up costing more then the system itself