Acer Aspire V5-122P Owners' thread

Took a look at this:
It all appears to work according to your instructions MSI afterburner shows the clock register toggling, however I'm fairly sure the bios is not allowing any gpu clock whatsoever to be applied so it sadly does not work or have any speed benefit.

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It does work. I can show you FPS differences with and without. It will gain you 10-15% FPS, so if it's running 20FPS to begin with you might get 22FPS, but if you're borderline 30FPS, the extra 3FPS is welcome. if it squeaks by at 27-35 FPS. Just keep in mind that it runs at 400MHz stock or 500MHz (497 actually) only if you set the clock over 500MHz in MSI Afterburner. There is no middle ground.

 

On all the benchmarks / tests I've run like msi kombuster, furmark, performance test or 3d mark the results or fps appears unaffected.
Some of the msi afterburner clock figures are false as you will see if you run a separate monitoring program like GPUz.
Could be i'm doing something wrong but msi says it's working.

 

Furmark, Kombuster, etc are useless for detecting these changes, all they do is burn up your GPU. 3DMark11 should show a noticeable improvement though.

Use MSI Afterburner's OSD function to make sure GPU clocks are activated. See this quick example I just did of Tomb Raider (I time accelerated the loading screens so you wouldn't have to wait through those), and set video to 720p for best viewing:

<iframe width='640' height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Fti9HLvL6gw" frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe>

End result:

400MHz GPU: 23.0 FPS
497MHz GPU: 25.3 FPS

That's a straight up 10% improvement.

One thing I realized is newer games you have to run at 1024x576 or 1024x600 because anything higher it just balks at it. But it's playable.

 

Looks like the Acer website has BIOS version 2.10 available for download. It is dated 2014-01-09 and the description reads as "Add new Wi-Fi module support."

Acer | Download

 

Good find. Who's gonna be first? lol

I hate the readme version updates of BIOS, usually they list one or two things, but change about twenty.

 

Well I found that it only works in balanced mode power plan when I get:
400MHz GPU: 19.1 FPS
497MHz GPU: 21.1 FPS
Get the same 497mhz results with high performance power plan without msi afterburner even running, for some strange reason msi does not push it to your 23-25 fps results, still investigating the cause to hopefully get the improved results

 

Weird. Are you running 1024x576? or a higher resolution? Make sure all settings are low and all features (check boxes) turned OFF.

Also note I started this thread on gaming performance of this machine: http://forum.notebookreview.com/gam...d-a6-1450-radeon-8250-gaming-performance.html

 

Yes 1024x576 I've followed your instruction's to the word but msi afterburner does not clock it higher than the high performance power settings. Maybe 2.09 firmware or amd 3.11 driver issue not compatible with afterburner?
Your other games thread looks good.

 

I'm running the 13.12 Catalyst drivers, maybe that makes a difference. I was running 2.09 firmware, just updated to the 2.10 and still works fine. ULPS *MUST* be disabled for it to work too, so as long as you installed the Sapphire Trixx, set disable ulps, closed Trixx, and rebooted, you should be fine there.

 

I'm new to the forum but have been reading for a while and I just ordered a V5 after doing a lot of research on the different models. This is the model I ordered from the Microsoft store V5-122P-0681 for $349, this model has the A6-1450, 6GB of ram, backlit keyboard and IPS display. This seemed like a good deal to me and I thought I would let anyone know who might be in the market for one.

 

Excellent deal! Great find!

Did you receive it yet? So confirmed it has backlit keybaord?

 

I just ordered it Sunday and it shipped out today. I will verify it has the backlit keyboard, but that is one of the highlighted features on the product page.

Buy Acer Aspire V5-122P-0681 Touchscreen Laptop - Microsoft Store

 

Thanks. I posted this in the Laptop Deals section... all credit goes to you!

Please let us know what you think. For $350 it's an awesome buy.

 

Jeez htwing, stop squeezing performance out of that lil acer machine lol. That's like trying to lose more weight on the day of a boxing weigh in and the fighter already looks drained and looking like a zombie and dehydrated lol. You got your w230st anyway for pure powerhouse gaming goodness in a smaller package so just use the acer v5-122p like a much better version of a tablet or an iPad for the same price range under $500.

 

I just ordered the 681 from the US second hand. The pictures of the actual item clearly show the backlit keyboard. Can't wait. Cost $345 imported in to the UK and shipped. Total bargain. The UK versions are pathetic, the majority are A4, and I don't know of any with the backlit keyboard.

Keep up the good work.

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Hi Avora,
How did you manage to order one from UK. I'd like to do the same from France. The French one is pathetic too, and too expensive

 

I had to buy one from the us and ship it over. Luckily I got a second hand one at $250 then another $100 shipping and import charges.

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How-to clean-install Windows 8.1 on your Windows 8 Acer Aspire V5-122P and activate using the genuine OEM Windows 8 Product key in the UEFI

By: davidricardo86 (David)

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Items required for this guide:
•Acer Aspire V5-122P w/ 40W AC adapter
• Magical Jelly Bean – UEFI OEM Windows 8 Product Key Finder
•Windows 8.1 NON-PRO OEM 64 Bit For System Builders – 3.63 GiB DVD Image ISO of the System Builders Microsoft Windows 8.1 64 Bit OEM
•8GB USB Flash Drive – Windows 8.1 Installation Disc
• Windows 8.1 Drivers, Windows 8 Acer Factory Applications

Optional items:
•16GB USB Flash Drive – Windows 8 Acer Factory Default Backup
•8GB USB Flash Drive – Windows 8 Acer Factory Drivers and Applications Backup


Before we install Windows 8.1, consider the following:
1.Plugging in your 40W AC adapter
2.Finding your Windows 8 Product Key using Magical Jelly Bean (do it, not optional)

Example:


3.Creating your Windows 8 Acer Factory Default Backup using a 16GB USB Flash Drive
4.Creating your Windows 8 Acer Factory Drivers and Applications Backup using an 8GB USB Flash Drive

Example:


Let’s create the Windows 8.1 Installation Disc:
1.Format an 8GB USB flash drive to File system FAT32, Allocation unit size 4096 bytes, and Volume label it "Windows 8.1"

Example:


2.Open Windows 8.1 NON-PRO OEM 64 Bit For System Builders 3.63 GiB DVD Image ISO using File Explorer
3.Drag and drop the contents of Windows 8.1 NON-PRO OEM 64 Bit For System Builders 3.63 GiB DVD Image ISO directly into the 8GB USB Flash Drive “Windows 8.1”
4.After the contents have completed copying, your Windows 8.1 Installation Disc is now ready to use, leave the Windows 8.1 USB Installation Disc connected

UEFI preparation and Installation:
1.Shut down your PC
2.Next, power ON your PC and begin pressing "F2" to get into the UEFI settings
3.Under the "Main" tab "Enable F12 Boot Menu"
4.Press "F10" to save these changes and exit or go to the "Exit" tab and select "Exit Saving Changes"
5.As soon as you exit, begin pressing "F12" to enter the "F12 Boot Menu"
6.At the Boot Manager Boot Option Menu, select "2. USB HDD: Generic USB..." (CAUTION: Your USB device may have a different name than mine, select your USB we just made above)
7.Begin the Windows 8.1 Installation by entering one of the following corresponding installation keys:

a. Windows 8 (Core): 334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT
b. Windows 8 Pro: XHQ8N-C3MCJ-RQXB6-WCHYG-C9WKB

Example:


8.Complete the Windows 8.1 Installation (go online, sign in, etc.)

Once at the desktop, let’s go ahead and activate Windows 8.1 using your OEM Windows 8 Product Key:
1.Open Command Prompt (Admin) by pressing;
Windows Key + X + A

Example:


2.First we’ll need to remove the installation key by typing;
slmgr.vbs /upk
3.Next we’ll activate Windows 8.1 using your OEM Windows 8 "CD Key" we found with MJB Keyfinder by typing (where "X" type your CD Key numbers and or letters);
slmgr.vbs /ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
4.Your clean installation of Windows 8.1 has now been activated

Let’s wrap things up:
1.Install all necessary Windows 8.1 drivers from Acer | Download and AMD Graphics &amp; Chipset Drivers
2.Install the following Acer Factory Applications:

a.Application: Acer Launch Manager - Version 8.00.3003 - 5.7 MB - Windows 8 64-bit
Reason: On-screen notifications; Airplane Mode, Caps Lock, Number Lock, Scroll Lock, Project, Touchpad OFF/ON

b.Application: Acer Power Management - Version 7.00.3013 - 21.5 MB - Windows 8 64-bit
Reason: Automatic Power Plan switching when connected or disconnected from mains (plugged-in-to-battery or vice versa); For example Plugged-in: High Performance, Battery: Power Saver

3. At this point I highly recommend creating a restore point

Example:


4.Finally, install your programs (games, apps, tools, antivirus, tweaks, etc.) and disable any unnecessary startup programs and services
5. Enjoy your clean Windows 8.1 installation


Same guide, shortened and without pictures:

Spoiler

Here's what I do when I encounter a Windows 8 PC with a corrupted or missing OS and i have to get it back to working condition or if I want to install Windows 8.1 on a 8 PC:

1. Create a FAT32 Secure Boot enabled USB installation on an 8 GB flash drive or installation DVD (Windows 8/8 Pro installer)
2. Create a FAT32 Secure Boot enabled USB installation on an 8 GB flash drive or installation DVD (Windows 8.1/8.1 Pro installer)

3. Reset UEFI/BIOS to factory defaults to make sure UEFI and Secure Boot are enabled (to satisfy Windows 8/8.1 OS requirements)
4. Install Windows 8/8 Pro using the FAT32 Secure Boot enabled USB installation on an 8 GB flash drive or installation DVD (Windows 8/8 Pro installer), the OEM Product Key is automatically used to install and activate Windows 8/8 Pro

5. After Windows 8/8 Pro has been installed, install Magical Jelly Bean, or use RWEverything to extract the Windows 8/8 Pro Product Key and write it down
6. Next, install Windows 8.1/8.1 Pro using the FAT32 Secure Boot enabled USB installation on an 8 GB flash drive or installation DVD (Windows 8.1/8.1 Pro installer), in most cases you will have to use one of the following generic installation product keys (these keys are used simply for installation, your OEM Product Key will be used to activate):

a. Windows 8 (Core): 334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT
b. Windows 8 Pro: XHQ8N-C3MCJ-RQXB6-WCHYG-C9WKB

7. After Windows 8.1/8.1 Pro has been installed you will have to remove the generic installation product key and input your OEM Product Key:

a. Open Command Prompt (Admin) by pressing;
Windows Key + X + A

b. First we’ll need to remove the installation key by typing;
slmgr.vbs /upk

c. Next we’ll activate Windows 8.1 with your OEM Windows 8 CD Key by typing;
slmgr.vbs /ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

d. Your clean installation of Windows 8.1 has now been activated


Go over my guide a few times and what I just posted here, this is basically the gist of it.

 

@ davidricardo86

Nice guide, thanks.

BTW if you have some spare time, could you test if your other Wi-Fi cards work with new BIOS?
It's a really nice machine and Acer's ridiculous decision to put horse manure in place of a Wi-Fi card is really letting it down. It would be great if that could be bypassed somehow.

 

Awsome davidricardo86
Big thanks. I've been waiting for this one.

 

downloads you genius! I tried this and it worked! The hardest part was covering that number 20 pin with a tiny piece of clear tape. +rep This should be added to the OP for those looking to swap WLAN cards.

I'm no expert but the WiFi functionality works great, just as expected. Fn+F3 disables/enables all radios (WLAN+BT) but only WLAN disables/enables correctly. Disabling then re-enabling the BT radio causes a loss of communication with a BT device such as my Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse. Fn+F3 will not restore functionality, even though the BT radio appears to be ON and functioning. Disabling or enabling the BT radio through the Device Manager will not restore BT functionality either. Even the "Manage Bluetooth devices" menu in the Modern UI acts weird, at times it takes about ~20 seconds to show anything or just crashes and goes back to the Start Screen. This also doesn't restore BT functionality.

Restarting the PC restores BT functionality and the "Manage Bluetooth devices" menu in the Modern UI appears as it used to (it shows information, BT radio switch and doesn't crash). Its a rather minor inconvenience but apart from that both WLAN and BT radios/devices work fine. If I experience any more problems, I'll let everyone know.

I've had a similar thing happen to me. Corrupted data/files seemed to have caused the hangup. I don't know what else it could be.

Back when I had just gotten my V5-122P, I picked up two white colored generic MiniDP-to-HDMI adapters from eBay for $5 w/ free shipping each. Just saying.

MSI Afterburner 300 beta 18 has built-in ULPS OFF/ON support as well as Enable Unofficial Overclocking Mode with or without PowerPlay support! They've made it much easier for everyone now, no more messing with the registry or installing Saphire, and no more editing/copying/pasting the msi.cfg file.

http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

http://download1.msi.com/files/downloads/uti_exe/vga/MSIAfterburnerSetup300Beta18.zip

I did test those other WLAN cards with 2.10. BIOS/UEFI 2.10 was the reason why I retested them in hopes that they would plug-and-play without that hardware switch problem.

Its really unfortunate Acer skimped on the battery life, WLAN card and a few other things. Even with all these short-comings, this little beast has been my everyday weapon of choice. :thumbsup:

You're all welcome, I enjoy helping. I'm sorry it took me so long to post it, I kept procrastinating and was busy with work and social life. It took me like 2 solid hours to create it making sure it was simply yet concise. I tend to be a perfectionist at times. Let me know how it all goes!

 

I added a second WLAN antenna and thanks to downloads I was able to bypass the hardware switch problem I was having by simply putting a tiny piece of clear tape over pin number 20 on the WLAN card.


Be real careful when opening the bezel. I gently used my fingernails to pry the bezel apart. Even hard plastic might damage the bezel if not careful. The bezel around the hinges looks like it could break easily so take your time.


IMG_20140129_225316955 by davidc646, on Flickr


It appears that the LCD and digitizer are glued together. Be super careful with it as to not get it scratched and just set it aside.


IMG_20140129_225343510 by davidc646, on Flickr


There is almost no room to run any extra wires due to the thinness of the LCD lid.


IMG_20140129_225403101 by davidc646, on Flickr


The LCD part number here.


IMG_20140129_225638568 by davidc646, on Flickr


Here is the LCD cable. In case you haven't noticed, "Angel" is the codename for our Acer Aspire V5-122P.


IMG_20140129_225822634 by davidc646, on Flickr


Looks like the digitizer control module.


IMG_20140129_230643020 by davidc646, on Flickr


This was the most ideal location I could find for the secondary auxiliary WLAN antenna. There isn't a whole lot of room inside the lid considering the thinness and interior design of it all. Acer did not even add a dedicated path for secondary auxiliary WLAN antenna wire. What a shame!


IMG_20140129_232751890 by davidc646, on Flickr


This was the most ideal path for the antenna wire. This ensured that everything would go back flush and not cause any bulges. Its hard to see so make the image larger to get a better idea. I just used clear packaging tape and folded a flap at the end over in case I ever need to easily remove my mod.


IMG_20140129_235656876_HDR by davidc646, on Flickr


After carefully making sure the wire was not causing any bulges or going the wrong way, I snapped the two lid bezels back together. The seam of the lid bezels should be flush without any bulging whatsoever. Depending on the antenna and wire, you may have a lot of extra wire to deal with like i did.


IMG_20140130_240029521 by davidc646, on Flickr


Attach the LCD assembly back on to the chassis. I found that setting the bottom case of the laptop upside down on a table and attaching the LCD assembly upside down was the easiest way without twisting the bottom case portion of the laptop. I then routed the antenna wires and tucked the extra white antenna wire in between the motherboard and the case. I then connected the terminal connectors as shown.


IMG_20140130_242316555 by davidc646, on Flickr


I everything is working so far. However, I am getting disconnected occasionally from both of my WiFi networks here at home. It could be our routers acting up. I will report back on anymore issues I may be experiencing including this one:

I'm no expert but the WiFi functionality works great, just as expected. Fn+F3 disables/enables all radios (WLAN+BT) but only WLAN disables/enables correctly. Disabling then re-enabling the BT radio causes a loss of communication with a BT device such as my Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse. Fn+F3 will not restore functionality, even though the BT radio appears to be ON and functioning. Disabling or enabling the BT radio through the Device Manager will not restore BT functionality either. Even the "Manage Bluetooth devices" menu in the Modern UI acts weird, at times it takes about ~20 seconds to show anything or just crashes and goes back to the Start Screen. This also doesn't restore BT functionality.

Restarting the PC restores BT functionality and the "Manage Bluetooth devices" menu in the Modern UI appears as it used to (it shows information, BT radio switch and doesn't crash). Its a rather minor inconvenience but apart from that both WLAN and BT radios/devices work fine. If I experience any more problems, I'll let everyone know.

 

Excellent mod. So far I haven't had any speed or connection or power issues with my wi-fi card. If I used the machine more though I likely would do this mod with an Intel wi-fi card.

 

I received my V5-122P-0681 that I ordered from the Microsoft Store yesterday. I can confirm that it does have the IPS screen and backlit keyboard. I installed a crucial M500 120 GB ssd in it as soon as I received it. I have to say this is a very nice little laptop, especially for the price of $350. I was a little worried about what the speed would be like with the A6-1450 since my other laptop has an I5, but with the ssd installed this machine is very quick. The only complaint I have, and it is minor, is that the keyboard back lighting could be a little more even. I bought this for my wife to replace her Acer AO756 and she loves it.

 

Another stressful update - decided to go from win 8 to 8.1 via the windows store. 8.1 downloaded then kept coming up with an error 0x80070057 so i ended up following the instructions for a clean boot and install which seemed to work. When windows 8.1 installed configured itself, made me configure my ms account etc etc it rebooted to the login, which worked and then to a black screen with a cursor. ctrl alt del worked ok and i could open task manager. onto google and countless attempts later i managed to boot into safe mode via :- task manager>open new task>cmd>msconfig >boot and selected minimal boot. the laptop booted into safemode ok and i was able then to fix things by deleting the following in regedit -

navigate to hkey_local_machine/software/microsoft/wi... NT/currentVersion/schedule/taskcache/tas... and find the task for "Windows Activation Technologies" it was {1F6740AB-1107-454B-B549-4F100CC13B2A} on my system, Delete the whole folder.
rebooted and no more black screen with a cursor

worked a treat

 

Switched back to the original Qualcomm Atheros WLAN card. The Intel 6230 card was causing too many annoying issues as I had mentioned. Sure the OEM card is bottom of the barrel, but at least it works as expected. Whatever, I'll be trading in my V5-122P when Beema and Mullins come out anyways, I can wait another 6-12 months.

 

These issues are probably related to the card itself not the notebook. Intel 6230 is notorious for causing issues- something is wrong with BT part of the card because 6200 works fine. These problems manifest themselves even when BT is not in use.

 

I didn't realize the 6230 had that bad rep. I guess I could give my Intel AC 7260 WLAN card a shot?


Off topic

If anyone is still thinking about getting the Acer Aspire V5-122P, you may want to consider this too:

Lenovo IdeaPad S215 59410732 (A4-5000)


Notebookcheck Lenovo IdeaPad S215 Review

Processor:AMD A4-Series A4-5000 Processor (1.50GHz 1600MHz 2MB)
Operating system:Windows 8.1
Graphics:AMD Radeon HD 8330 MHz
Memory:4.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM 1600 MHz
Display:11.6" HD AntiGlare with integrated camera 1366x768
Hard Drive:500GB 5400 RPM+8GB SSHD
Battery:3 Cell 36 Watt Hour Li-Cylindrical
Network Card:Lenovo BGN Wireless
Bluetooth:Bluetooth Version 4.0
Warranty:One year
Form Factor:Notebook
Productivity Software Preload:Office Home &amp; Student 2013
Pointing device:Industry Standard Multi-touch 2 button touchpad

Pros: AMD A4-5000 Radeon HD 8330, dual-antenna WLAN card, 6hr 36 Whr battery, DDR3L 1600 MHz RAM, SSHD, Office Home &amp; Student 2013, anti-glare display, 2.86 lbs., Windows 8.1 preinstalled, physical mouse buttons

Cons: HDMI-only video output, non-touch non-IPS TN display, 8GB DDR3 maximum,

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$389.00 + tax + free shpping
Use eCoupon: S215DEAL

/Off topic

 

Unfortunately 7260 has its own set of problems (see this thread).
It doesn't work properly on 2.4GHz band, drops in speed significantly and doesn't recover, has issues when not connected to 802.11ac router and so on - not necessarily all at once though. One driver has one set of issues , next one introduces completely new ones and so it goes.

If you want a cheap reliable card - Intel 6200 would be fine (just don't buy one for Lenovo or HP)

 

7260 at first had some issues, but seem to have been resolved for the most part. Although I still occasionally get complete pauses in transmission for several seconds every so often while gaming, which of course, results in odd behavior or getting booted from the game.

 

Nothing seems to be resolved judging by the thread I linked to and the second part of your post
I'm afraid it's not going to get resolved either- that's in turn - judging by the tremendous success Intel have had not-fixing issues with 6230.

For some reason people seem to think Intel makes good wireless cards, while in fact they suck at it big time. So far they made 7 series of Wi-Fi cards out of which only three (cards not three series) were genuinely good - Intel 6200, 6300 and 5300.

I would advise against buying 7260 for future-proofing. There's no alternative at this point if you need 802.11ac to work but if you don't have to - give Atheros and Broadcom a chance (and Intel too since three stream ac card must be in the works).

Sorry for the OT.

 

Oh come on 7260 isn't that bad. Although I previously had a 6300 and it was great.

 

Hi,
My first post in this thread.

I recently purchased a V5-122P and have to say for the price its not bad. I have replaced the hdd with an ssd and re-installed Windows 8 so its running pretty nice.

My main gripe is the touchpad. Is it supposed to be so noisy, it just feels very poorly designed?

 

Just to report back on the problem I had late December with this V122p. I returned it to the supplier, who diagnosed a problem with the hard drive and returned it to Acer (or rather, to Acer's sub-contracted repairers). They replaced the hard drive, and returned it - only for it to report that the installed version of windows had an illegal activation code...! Back to the repairers, who fixed that problem. It now works fine, with the latest (as of late January) bios and Win8.1.

Thanks again for everyone's help.

 

I find with the touch pad that Web pages can stutter, where as the touch screen will scroll perfectly. For the price I'm not complaining though. I love this little thing.

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the 122P-0864 doesn't have a backlit keyboard I own one and am currently using it

 

Thanks for the update.

I think only the 600 series have the backlit keyboard.

 

Hi, Does anyone know if a WIFI card with two connections can be used? I want to use a different card because the Atheros that comes stock doesn't work well for me. I have one that I took out of my Compaq Presario CQ62 (no longer functional) but it has connections for two wires, a black (numbered "1") and a grey (numbered "2") while the 122P only has a single black wire to its card and only a single connection (I don't know much about this so if it has a different name please excuse me)

 

It will work with one antenna although rather poorly (that is assuming that the card will work at all). It would be best to route a second antenna within the notebook.
Otherwise you'll just replace one card that doesn't work well with another that doesn't work wither.

 

Oh yea, I just saw davidricardo86's post where he did that. I'm not too confident about attempting something like that by myself at the moment my mother would kill me if I made a mistake and damaged anything and davidricardo86 gave a number of warnings to be cautious, plus you're saying it might not work. I guess I'll have to forget about that so im still stuck in the crappy WIFI crew YAAAAY!!!

 

This little laptop wifi works fine provided you are not too far from an access point, would not recommend modding it unless you are prepared to forgo your warranty.

 

Can't modify anything, even adding RAM or SSD/HDD, will void warranty. But for a $300-$350 laptop, the rewards are worth the risk. As far as wi-fi card though, after seeing the troubles davidricardo86 went through, I'm not going to touch it. So far mine has worked adequately. I also bought a USB to Gigabit ethernet adapter that has been working swell. Caps out at about 40MB/sec, but still better than the 6MB/sec I get at best with wi-fi.

 

I am assuming its ok to re-apply thermal paste to the cpu?

Has anyone done it?

 

I have put arctic silver 5 on the apu. No difference in temperatures sadly.

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I might give it a go.

Is the apu changeable in these laptops?

 

No, it is soldered. It is really quite small and cute.

 

Two things I'm crazy enough to try:

1. De-solder my A6-1450, solder an A4-5000

2. Beef-up the heatsink with additional copper pipe(s) and fins

 

but why??? XD

 

If you were to desolder it, you'd have many problems. BGA requires hot air or infrared machines and a very precise thermal control to avoid warp the board etc. You'd need a pre balled chip to go back on... Which would be difficult to get a hold of, unless you could buy the correct stencil and balls to flow on to the chip. The size is identical. The power could be an issue, I'm not sure how much current the motherboard can provide. It would be an epic project.

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