Aspire 7720G major upgrade

I will if you guys want me to

 

Sure, you a master in this thread

 

Is that a little sarcasm I detect?

 

No, no sarcasm ;p I`m waiting for your overclocking

 

How drivers i could instal for 9600m gt ddr3? I bought this card and now I can`t installl any drivers, becouse on start installing is error.

If possible, I very please for links, becouse I have problems with my network and it`s hard working. Windows xp 32bit



@edit: Ok, I found on www.laptopvideo2go.com

 

Hey, where did you get the 1920x1200 screen? Do you think it would work in my aspire 7741g?

 

If you have problems with downloaded drivers, stuttering, freezing, etc., try 257.21, they work like a charm.
Regarding the LCD, I bought mine on eBay, I really can't say if it would work in your 7741G...

 

Well, what was the model / part # of the screen you got?

 

Hi, I bought an Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT 512MB DDR3 MXM II to replace my RadeonHD2300 and thanks to this thread I managed to find the correct driver that would allow the board/bios to recognise the card, my only problem is that the card didn't come with a mounting bracket & I don't want to destroy my working 2300 to relieve it of the bracket, Can these brackets be bought? It's wedged in with heat resistant sponge. Anyone point me to a source for bracket please?

 

Sorry it took me so long to answer this, I'm so busy lately. The LCD part number is LP171WU1(TL)(A2).

I saw them on eBay before, but can't seem to find anything now.

 

Holy crap! im so in for these mods for my 7720! I will be using one ssd and a 750 gb hard drive however. the ssd for the programs/os, and the big drive for file storage. How is it for mild gaming? say halflife 2 and far cry..

 

I remember playing HL2: Episode 2 on my old 8400M GS, so with 9600M GT there should be no problems.

 

With the Asus GT240M or Toshiba GT230M/GT330M cards, even modern games like COD:MW3 or Shift 2 Unleashed work well on this platform.
(Tests done on a 5720G, but the 7720G is electrically identical.)

 

sweet. all im using my 7720 for at the moment is controlling my fender mustang amp. might as well game with it too.

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well, im guessing my 7720 is not gpu upgradable. however, im guessing everything else would be....still going to be nice. ttomorad, what 1920x1200 screen did you use, where did you source it? I have to find someone with 4 gb of ddr2 wanting to swap with 4 gb of ddr3....

going to put the fast processor in it, a ssd for programs etc, and then swap the hd to the secondary spot for storage.

thanks for the info here!

 

@kojack: Do you have the integrated (Intel GMA) version?

 

I think so...yes..

 

Im on my 7720 now, it is the intel video. Im not sure if thats upgradable.

how about the ram using 32 bit vista. will I get an advantage using 4 gb if the video card is using some of the 3gig max 32bit can use?

I will definantly update the processor, ram and ssd for speed and hopfully I can get the high res screen as well.

 

Intel is *never* upgradeable. Period. No exceptions.

 

i can still upgrade the ram, processor etc. and put the black keyboard in.

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NetRolller,

As I am new to this site, you may have already explained the difficulty, but I am wondering why the 5315 and other similar models are not video upgradeable? there is space in the laptop for the card and an unpopulated connector pad.

Is it just the amount of missing parts or does the GMA3100 not share & release control with a newer MXM card?

Thanks
byghtn

 

Well, there were couple of crazy enough form members, that took a shot. The second went almost to the end - bought a proper heatsink and other necessarily stuff (including MXM connector), but no word from him, ever since Here is the topic.

 

hey triturbo...what car do you have? im going way off topic...ha ha..

I have a good friend here in newfoundland from bulgaria...very cool place!

 

Merely adding an MXM slot will not be enough - non-MXM boards are also missing components that supply the MXM card with power, and I'm sure that some SMDs are missing on the PCIE lanes as well. In addition, all graphics outputs are connected to the GMCH, rather than the MXM slot.

However, adding an MXM slot, power components and all the required SMD components to interface with the GMCH's PCI Express lanes WITHOUT rerouting the display outputs to the cards may make it possible to make a new ICL50 variant: 5720TG / 7720TG, with Optimus hybrid graphics.
(Of course, some BIOS modding will be required to prevent the BIOS from disabling the PCIE lanes if a GM965 chipset is detected.)

(For those willing to try this, the schematic diagram of the 5720G/7720G is available on the web, though I can't link to it as it is copyrighted. A little help on finding it: the ODM model of the 5720G/7720G is "Compal ICL50".)

Note: Contrary to popular belief, the GM965 *does* have all PCI-E lanes found in the PM965, just unused & soft-disabled in most notebooks.

 

Purchased it on eBay, part number is LP171WU1(TL)(A2).

 

Will my drivers recognise the higher resolution screen, Im getting bad vibes as I have the onboard intel video. I think im sol on the screen upgrade.

 

Drivers shouldn't be a problem.

 

perfect...so the only thing I will be lacking in is graphics "power"...Im going to be playing older games on it, hl2, far cry, etc. I should not have a problem then. going to get the t9300 as its 1/4 price at a 100 mhz hit, 4 gig ram, ssd for programs and os. the 1920x1200 screen. and finally, add the bluetooth and black keyboard to break up the beige/grey color scheme...

 

Not just graphics power - AFA<!-- -->IK Intel GMA uses BIOS straps to determine panel resolution, rather than the panel's EDID. The 5920's GMA version is known to require adjusting a (normally hidden, but unlocked in Kizwan's mod and my derivatives of that mod) BIOS option whenever the internal panel's resolution is changed.

 

Ok,

I have to do some more reading about it...the rest is a given but, I would really like to get the 1920x1200

 

Hi, was just reading the thread, I also have an Aspire 7720g, mine has T7500 @2.2 ghz, 2gb ddr2, and 500gb western digital (250x2) hard drives.

I wanted to upgrade to SSD and was looking at a corsair 120gb force 3 ssd sata-III, and leave one 250gb western digital hard drive as a storage hard drive.

My question is, will the SSD be compatible with my laptop, and I am still running windows vista as I can't afford windows 7 yet lol, also is it worth upgrading to 4gb ram, is it a massive difference,
Thank You

 

SSD will be compatible with your laptop, but it will not work at full speed since 7720 doesn't support SATA-III but SATA-II. This, however, shouldn't concern you. Maybe it would be better if you get Windows 7 as they have support for TRIM, and 4GB of RAM isn't a massive difference, but one could say that your computer runs "easier"

 

Thanks for the reply, I cannot decide between the Corsair force 3 and intel Intel X25-M and i cannot afford windows 7 yet

 

I would go for Corsair, great quality and reliable company, never had a problem with their products, X25-M seems a little outdated, but that's just me

 

it will still be WAY faster than a 5400rpm drive!

 

Of course it will be faster, that's not even for a debate

 

so I would go for reliability over speed when it comes to ssd, the sandforce drives are garbage..

 

Hello! Guys,

Hope you all had a great Christmas and looking forward for the New Year.

I need help from you guys.

I bought an Acer Aspire 7720G, 500GB HDD ( 2 x 250 gb ), T7500 @2.2 GHZ, 2GB DDR2. Well, my ex-employer removed the hard disk ( long story ) and now the laptop does not have any HDD.

All, I want is to put in a new hard drive, OS, and if possible to upgrade it.

Could you all help me as what to buy and how to upgrade it ? What are the best options around? It used to have Vista Ultimate. As long as Adobe CS 5 works I am happy for it. Not a gamer....

Thanks

 

Is money an object or is it whatever you want to put in the machine? big difference here. If you have a budget, there is one set upgrades to do, if you don't care about money then max out everything.

 

I'm not really sure what this sentence means... Do you just want a new HDD + fresh OS on it or upgrade just everything you can?

 

i understand what he said but cant tell you what he meant ha ha.

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Dear People,

Best wishes for 2012.

I read very much about upgrading a Acer 7720G

I also have one. Which came with T7500 and 8400m GS

A plan to upgrade to an T9500 and a the best possible video card available.

Probable a 9650m GT but still doing research by google and this forum on this.. gonna work... it will fit with heatsink etc...

But what i don't understand is people are talking here about mod drivers?
Why mod an inf line in a driver?

If i gonna use the latest nvidia drivers why it doesn't gonna work?
I now use the latest 285.62 on my 8400m GS and works perfect for me.
Do i have to mod these drivers for a new graphics card?

 

Because some drivers don't recognize certain mobile GPU's during installation, that's all.
If your 8400M GS works fine with 285.62, that doesn't mean that these drivers will recognize your 9600M GT, 9650M GT or any other card you decide to buy. Also, I had major problems using 280.xx revision; stuttering, freezing, lag every few minutes, and I'm not talking about gaming, simple mouse click was a problem. Since then I use 257.21, no problems, but as I explained already, they also need a modified INF to recognize my 9600M GT.

 

The best GPU you can get for the 7720G is the GT 330M. The best plug-and-play one is the GT 240M. (The 330M is 25MHz faster than the 240M, otherwise they are the same.)

A modded inf is needed because the default inf files only contain records for "supported" configurations, i.e. for cards that originally came with your machine model. When you plug in an Asus-made GT 240M into an Acer, it will show up as an Acer GT 240M, which doesn't really exist, and so will not be present in the inf.

 

I'm not sure if this is entirely correct... Before my 9600M GT my 7720G also had 8400M GS... That card originally came with my machine model and I remember having difficulties finding drivers even then; some worked, some didn't. New revisions were always a problem, and modded INF was necessary to install them. Only the ones that were downloaded from Acer's site worked, but if you look at their support site now you will see that the latest revision for Windows 7 Ultimate is still from 03/04/2010 and for Vista - 12/08/2008.

So, new drivers will most likely need modded INF, regardless what type of card came with your machine model, IMHO.

 

I am buying an intel ssd soon for my aspire 7720g but i also want to upgrade ram
You said you bough 2x2gb of crucial 667mhz ram
can i use pc2-6400 800mhz kingston ram?
I cant find anywhere what the highest speed i am allowed in the 7720g for ram, how do i find out?

 

Hmm... These cards are MXM-A isn't it. That would not fit i guess... isn't it?

 

As it is SantaRosa it'll probably act as mine. You can put 800MHz modules, they'll be downclocked to 667MHz, BUT with better timings. Don't expect miracles though, the only difference you'll see is in the benchmarking world

There is MXM-II GT240M, ASUS one as stated.

 

According to the service manual, only 667MHz DIMMs are supported. In theory, if you install that 800MHz kit there should be no problem, it should work on 667MHz.
If you can buy a 667MHz kit, go with that.

 

Thanks a lot for the replies, I guess I will go with 667mhz then and the SSD, will wait till i get more money for the gpu haha, and do not know where to get the processor because they all seem rubbish quality on ebay or just replica.