Official Acer Aspire 5739G Owner's Lounge

I thought that I would stop on upgrading the graphics system. But now I want this.

 

Check again, they have 960m as well. Don't know why you would need 745m.

Can't find a solid review. If you feel like it, give it a try and share the results.

 

GTX960M is 65W. Too much for my PSU, heatsink and motherboard, I think. PSU can be swapped to more powerful, but I don`t think that motherboard can deliver such amount of power to the graphics. And the heatsink - even if I change the fan (from MSI you mentioned) the heatpipe still will not be able to handle such heat and it will degrade very fast, I think.

Here are a test results for that thermal paste.

 

Just heatsink, scratch the other two. You can put more powerful PSU and I haven't looked into the schematics, but I think you'll be fine. My Acer 5920G was rated for up to 72W on the MXM slot
I was able to cool CPU that was pulling 110W from the wall, with a single pipe.
All in all get it, you'll have all the more reasons to upgrade the cooling

Well I don't see any of the more famous choices, so I can't draw a conclusion based on that review. I would recommend Gelid GC Extreme. Try it, if you have the money and time, try this one as well and share the results

 

This thermal comound is new on the market, it seems that`s why there arn`t any tests from famos people. When the time come for the thermal paste swap, I`ll buy it and share the results. But it will not be soon, I think.

 

Found a forum thread dated back in 2013, when I was looking for a review, not exactly new.

 

Guys, can someone tell me if temps of chipset are ok?

These temps are after launching WarThunder. After playing Witcher 3 for some hours, highest temperature of chipset was 148.

 

No way man. Since chipset shares SAME heatsink with GPU you can't have that much difference between them.It means there's gap or something between heatsink and core of the chipset that doesn't allow proper heat transfer.

 

The heatsink is pushed with force onto chipset. Strange Now I`ve played Witcher again and max temps were 178. That can`t be. My chipset would die already. In addition, I`ve made some logs and on the graphs I can see that max temp were around 60-70. It seems that is a bug in temperature readings, I think.

 

Lol you can fry eggs on it now , I guess try maybe to find another temp reading software just to see if it's the program or the sensor that are wrong.

 

I`ve not seen yet any other program, that is capable of reading chipset temps. I`ve asked other users in other forum, they`ve said that HW Monitor sometimes reads temps with bugs. One user have shown me a screenshot, where his GT240M max temp was 222.

 

Core Temp and speedfan came up as choices, ooogle it

 

Try HWInfo.

 

Good utility. AIDA - not free software, but this HWInfo is a good substitute for it. Thank you!

 

Hi everybody.
I own a Acer Aspire 5739G since 2009.
Now i want to upgrade the GPU and maybe perhaps the CPU too.
Can you guys tell me what CPU/GPU´s are compatible with this model?
I appreciate your help.
Cheers.

This are the actual Spec´s:
Intel C2D P8700
6Gb DDR3 1066
500GB Sata 2 HardDrive
ATI HD4570 512mb DDR2

 

O/S: 64bit Windows 7 (Free upgrade to Windows 10)

CPU: P9700, T9900 or X9100
(Install ThrottleStop v8 to reduce the voltage / heat)
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/the-throttlestop-guide.531329/

RAM: 2x4 GB ddr3 1066

GPU: AMD FirePro M4000 1GB (3YF07)/ 2GB (PR80C)
Buy the Dell version not HP version as it comes with a plug and play bios chip. The card also comes with an X-bracket which you will have to remove.
Use Download Display Driver Uninstaller DDU to remove the old drivers before you install the new GPU

SSD: 500GB Crucial MX200 / BX100 (with latest firmware)
You need to update the Intel Rapid Storage driver to handle an SSD: 11.7.0.1013 (64 bit)
If you're not up for a clean install you could clone your old drive as it's an exact match in capacity
Crucial now offer a very handy monitoring tool: Storage Executive (free download)

WIFI:
You may want to upgrade / swap the Intel minicard 5100AN to Intel half size minicard 7260AC (this will also give you bluetooth 4)
Use Intel driver Wireless_17.16.0_s64
WP-BT_17.1.1501.01_s64

Other things to consider:
Clean the fan and heatsink thoroughly (with spray air at least)
Consider making a 80mmx65mm 0.6mm thick copper Backplate for the M4000
Buy 20mmx20mm 1.2mm thick copper shims for the CPU, GPU & chipset
Get mini foam metallised spacers to hold the M4000 backplate in place (I found some on an Acer 5532 heatsink)
Use 1st class thermal paste (my suggestion: Prolimatech PK-1 high performance, non conductive and spreads very easily)
Use 1st class thermal pads: (my suggestion: Phobya XT pads 20mmx120mm 1mm thick)
Use the pads both where the M4000 GDDR5 meets the aluminium heatsink and between the GPU backside and backplate
Attach a finned aluminium 25mmx25mm heatsink to the south bridge

Upgrading the GPU, RAM, SSD and WIFI are relatively straight forward as you only need to remove the base unit cover. However, upgrading the CPU requires you disassemble the whole laptop.

Whichever route you take purchase a pair of antistatic gloves and set of antistatic tweezers and read through the Aspire 5739 5739g Series Service Guide pdf manual. You can find the manual through Google.

There are plenty more in-depth tips everywhere throughout this forum thread. Make sure you spend a while reading through.

Good luck.

 

Thanks for the tips madace, especially the graphics card.
I don´t need to dissemble the whole laptop to change the CPU, at least i changed mine to test another CPU from a friend´s laptop, and it was a piece of cake in my opinion.
Cheers.

 

Just to be clear - the service guide agrees with you. Tried it that way first off and managed to put a permanent kink in the heatpipe - had to replace the whole heatsink. Dumb huh!

Let me know how you get on.

 

Changed CPU couple times on mine without BIG problems.With heatsink I had to CAREFULLY wiggle it until it got freed up enough to take out and slide CPU back under it, not as easy as doing it with everything taken apart but possible.
On slightly different note the PR80C that I got was also M4000 1GB version instead of 2GB even though seller listed it as 2GB one. I wonder if anyone actually got 2GB version? Also my OS showed it as HD 7700 series video (M4000 drivers didn't work so I used AMD detect utility which classified it as HD 7770 according to clock speeds)

 

As I`ve already said both PR80C and 3YF07 are the versions with 1GB VRAM. As I understand it is another revision of M4000.

In addition, M4000 is made on the basis of 7770M, that`s why AMD and GPU-Z detects it as 7770M. If you install it in DELL, which has special drivers for it, it will be recognized as M4000. And, maybe, you have 7770M`s vBIOS in your card.

 

Guys, have anyone tried to disassemble the keyboard? Is it glued or can it be disassembled? One of my keys has stuck and I don`t want yet to buy a new keyboard because of only one key.

 

Had the same problem a couple of months ago. It turned out to be a screen bezel rubber cap had broken off and found its way underneath the key- so easily fixed by flicking it out (no key removal). Beforehand found this on youtube:

 

hello to all! i am cearching alot of time now how to make more efficient the cooling of the laptop that we have.it came to me an idea of thermoelectric cooling and i would like to ask if someone has done anything simillar

 

Hello, nio13!

Such idea was discussed, if I`m not mistaken, in that thread already. Do you know how Peliter plates are working? When the power is applied to the module, one side "generates cool", other side "generates heat". Here is a theory. The main problem is on the side, that will be heated. In one module systems, for example, the temperature difference of two surfaces can be 70C or more. You`ll need additional radiators for that Peltier plate. I don`t hink that it is possible to creat such system in our laptop.

Here is another resource, where someone discussed this.

In addition? Why do you want to make such mod? For instance, you can see my 5739G in my signature. If you read some pages back, you`ll see my results after cooler system modding. I was only using AS5, thermal pads and one copper shim.

 

thanks for your early reply.i haven't any experience in mods so some pics would help.the only thing that i have done is to change the cpu to T9800 but it shuts down after some hour

 

It seems your systems is overheating. Have you monitored your temperatures?

In addition, lot of pics are here, in this thread. You should read it through. It is a great library about mods for that and some other laptops, that are very same as 5739G. If you have specific questions, I`ll be able to answer them in order you not to read all pages of this thread. But some of them are discussed here tons of times. Such as cooling mods. So, for example, for copper shim you should search information using search option. I, avora and some other users have posted pics about that mode. In addition there are even hardware mods - installation on some circuits in laptops in order to manage the manual control of FAN speed, for example.

All, that I`m using in my laptop, you can see in my signature. There are links almost for every mod that I and community have made.

Guys, have anyone thought about buying M5100 and mod PSU for 120W? This card is really cheap now on ebay.

P.S. I`m still using my keyboard with broken rubber pad under "D".

 

The M5100 should work, if it's a DELL, otherwise (HP) might require a vBIOS (either chip or integrating in the system BIOS). As for PSU, no mod needed, CoolerMaster's 120W works fine, it's slim and has two USB charging ports (one 2.1A for tablets).

 

That is awesome information! Than, when I`ll have extra money for that, I`ll make another upgrade for my 5739G. But my X9100 will be definitely be a botleneck for M5100.

 

Hey guys! My LED panel is not responding to my commands. It lit, but if I touch any of the controlls, nothing happens/ What can it be?

I`ve not done anything with a laptop for last 6 month, by the way.

 

I'm with Core 2 Duo P9600 and AMD M4000 but I know Dell is releasing new professional laptops that will hopefully have MXM cards so we can go for an Nvidia Maxwell-based card like an M1000M or AMD solutions like a W5170M (an improved M5100) or a W5130M (an improved M4000).

Sorry I couldn't answer your second post, anyway my 5739G has been turned on once or twice last year so it's a powerful paperweight like yours

 

So, I`ve removed my multimedia board and discovered, that two pins on the bus were shorted. I`ve left them to their places, attached bus connector back to the bus socket and than turned on my 5739G. Everything on themultimedia board is working for now! )))

Edited - the multimedia board is not working again. That is after another restart.

For M1000M on notebookcheck is written, that it will have 40W TDP. That are good news too.

kontini, that are awesome news! I didn`t know about new line of the cards from DELL. By the way, what does that sentense mean - "paperweight"? I`m not familiar with that, sorry. )))

 

Hey, my old 5739G is still worth of something - it is able to launch and play Fallout 4 on 1366x768 and medium-low settings with 30FPS at 90% of time! I didn`t expected this from him as minimum requirements are CPU with 4 cores and GTX550 Ti.

 

Of course it still is worth and I said that because of I use it really few times because of a desktop and my 5739G is on the desk together sheets, pen and usb drives.
BTW my desktop has a low-end graphic card so to play Pro Evolution Soccer at 1080p I have to go for my 5739G because I have a full HD display on it and the game runs fine ;-)

 

Hello, I am going to make a small upgrade to an Acer Aspire 5739G (with C2D P7450, 2x 2GB DDR3 1066Mhz Samsung RAM) and I was thinking to upgrade the ram and the OS from Windows 7 to 10. My first problem was that the CPU does not support VTx that Windows 10 wants, but I saw others installed them and I will try to install them later. About the Ram I saw that the maximum capability is 8GB, so I decided to choose 2x 4GB DDR3. At the shop the guy told me that the early's DDR3 laptops accepts only the clocks that have by default. So I choose 2x Corsair 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SODIMM (CM3X4GSD1066). I tried them on the laptop, but they are not working. I will try to make a BIOS update, but my feeling says that corsair aren't fair enough memories, and I'd better choose Kingston, even if they were @ 1333Mhz.
Thank you for your time.

 

Hi guys,

I have bougth hd6770m, i erase gt240m driver and change it. When i start computer with 6770m its open but screen not response. What can i do before change it etc. bios?

 

Bios blind-flash, if your 6770m has bios chip. Or bios integration in system bios, if GPU doesn`t have rom chip.

 

Can I use it? if it possible, how can I do it? sorry for language

 

I used kingston (hyper X) or G. skill (something with jaws in it), and didn't encounter any problems. Don't worry about the frequency match that's BS it will work fine with 1333 or 1600 ones but @ 1066 actual speed.
P.S. I'm soon moving on to Precision M6600 thread as I bought that beast @ really good deal (i7 2nd gen quad, 16GB ram (32GB max), 1080p 17.3" led LCD, lighted keyboard AND 2GB ATI M6100 Video card), for now with Samsung 840 SSD its freakin FAST, and as far as cooling it has 3 heatpipes for video 2 for CPU and 2 fans cooling them. On that note my 5739G will soon be up on e*bay and I'm still deciding should I sell it with the M4000 (HD7770), M5950 (HD 6700) or the Geforce GT240 that it came originally since I still have all of those cards lol. With GeForce it should gain audio through HDMI which it lost with ATI cards but as far as selling point who knows if it's worth it.
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It's kind of hard if you don't know the basic programming I tried and almost bricked my whole laptop but guide is somewhere in this forum or the 5717 one I think

 

Just like propolkin I think you have card without bios chip on it, I would say the safest way is to get one that does have that bios chip on board otherwise you have to mess with system bios which can make your laptop a nice dead decoration.

 

How can I found this guide, maybe I try it. Where can I found hd6770m plug and play. Or higher nvidia cards.

 

ATI M4000 (or HD 7770) is the best so far for it for it's price/performance ratio.
You will have to look for dell branded one (look for item 231769534901 on e*bay to see one) and avoid HP (like 261883923675 one). As far as color dell makes red and blue but I don't think the color matters as long as there is VBIOS chip installed (small square black chip in the top right corner if you look from the front where GPU chip is.

 

Here is a guide on how to integrate vBIOS in sBIOS. Nothing really complex. I`ve made such a mod when I`ve bought M4000 from HP.

First of all, post a photo of your video card. Maybe it has ROM chip on PCB. If no, we`ll try to guide through the vBIOS integration (without our responsibility, you must understand it).

And, if you gonna buy M4000 instead of your 6770M, you should post a photo of it here before you buy it. We`ll recognize, if it is that version of M4000, that is really plug-n-play.

To Sanek1982. For example, I would sell such 5739G with M4000 if your card doesn`t have any problems with drivers. In such build, as we with you have our 5739G, this laptop still is capable to kick some newer laptops. So you`ll be able to make extra money on it. By the way, how much will you ask for M4000 separatelly?

 

I plessure with this things, you guys know it. I tried t9900 but not eneough cooling system then i bougth p8700 it's good. Ram upgrade 4*2gb 1600mhz but it works 800mhz. Put ssd but ahci mode shut down, Ide mode 3gb/s works. Maybe someone needs this information.

I bougth this one, guide is simple. I don't care laptop, i plessure only. http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-EliteBoo...414448?hash=item4af294bf30:g:QFUAAOSwo0JWJJUU

Two files in ROM zk6_3311.BIN and zk6_3311.WPH There is no *.ROM files.

 

I put P9700 in mine with TDP of 28W and it works pretty good, as far as SSD samsung 840 and 850 work fine with AHCI enabled (checked the samsung magician just now to make sure) I think it's best to enable it in bios and then do completely new OS install instead trying to change it later. As far as sata it only supports sata II speeds (3 Gb/s) so SSDs are not working at their fullest unfortunately. G Skill ram works at 533 Mhz CL 7 (according to CPUz) but since it doubles it's basically 1066 like it should be. The only thing that has problem is sound from speakers after I took it apart (I guess I didn't installl something back properly) and if you use cd rom there's interference coming through speakers or headphones as well but I think it is design flaw that is present in all of these.
I haven't encountered any driver issues and I'm with Windows 10 now. I also upgraded wireless card to Intel 7260 AC and the 5Ghz speeds are MUCH faster (it basically works as good as wired connection) than 2.4Ghz ones mostly because the 5 Ghz channel is not so populated as 2.4G N one in my area. If you live in the area with not many WiFi networks you might not see big difference though.

 

No issues with drivers in either Windows 7 or 10, personally I think GT 240 probably as good as some of the new built in video chips (especially in AMD APUs) and I did experience some throttling with heavier loads so I'm wondering if it's unable to dissipate all of the heat from M4000 in time. Realistically speaking it wasn't designed to handle even that much extra TDP from video card.
As far as selling M4000 separately I was hoping to get in the area of $75 for it but that is still undecided since I might leave it in the laptop. The whole laptop is not more than $300 worth right now I think but considering it more than 6 yr old it's still good unlike some HP garbage that had nothing but problems with their video chips because of poor cooling design.

 

Okay, i give up. Can you find to me a M4000 plug n play on ebay? I want to pull off gt240m and put m4000 then i push start then it open. I'm going crazy, thanks for your answer

 

This one.

 

My screen was broken, and I changed it. I don't remember clearly but old one is most glorry newer one. Older starts B156... new start Claa... serial number. Is it possible glorry? Do must change it, if must which one preffer? Lg, Samsung, au or chei. If it possible 1920*1080 better

 

If you're asking about glossy or not it doesn't matter much. Glossy is more clear and vivid but prone to sunlight reflection and other reflections, matte will be better in sunlight. As far as 1080p you will need different LCD cable and some light modding involved so it's up to you.Manufacturers don't mean much as long as it works properly (quality and some specifications do differ with some manufacturers but unless you are looking for something specific you will need to do lot of research otherwise)

 

No, both of them glossy not matte, sorry for language again. I want to say older one was more shine, light was powerful. But, i'm not sure so I can't buy new other manufacturer's panel. If anyone know diffrence between Lg, Samsung, au and other one. I want to buy more shine, i don't want press fn+> okey now I remember it's brigth I want more brigth