ACER 6935G, My Own Complete Review

@ asasa
The model is as it was assembled. I haven't changed anything yet. I don't have what to reproach, except maybe the video card, which is 1024 MB DDR2, instead a 512 DDR3, or the 5400 RPM hard drive instead of 7200 RPM. But as it is, i don't think that I could have found another laptop offering so much for the price I have payed.

 

Check out the new Synaptics drivers that comes with the scrybe software. They have implemented multitouch gestures (two finger scrolling, three finger touch and tap, two finger zoom).
More at http://www.uscrybe.com/use.html. Make sure you enable "install the latest synaptics drivers" when you install. Also, I recomend you uninstall the current drivers before installing the new ones.
The drivers (if you don't want scrybe) are found here
Also, Realtek launched HD Audio drivers - R2.44. Maybe they've corrected the BSOD on resampling above 24bits/48khz.

 

it feels so good to be back here to see u guys still active updating each other, for another thought, it seems that this tread was kinda dead few months back, anyway i'm just so happy to read that there are so many updates here, like a new bios and the scrybe (this was awesome find lordkag). so anyway,i'm kinda interested in this intel VT thing, but i'm so afraid that is won't work in this new bios and brick? i'm just not so good in such programming stuff, so i wish that if someone could find me an easy to understand guide on how to enable it, that would mean the world for me right now! thanks in advance aite guys! take care!

 

OMG guys, while i try to install the new bios, which is version 1.19, the Dos folder which include the application called "F", i try to run it but it's not compatible with my 64 bit win 7? then later when i try to run the InsydeFlash, it pop up "There is NO ROM file in this directory". what the hell wrong with this acer bios? need a big helping hand here! Thx in advance!

 

Cool the multi touch drivers works great

Now I can show off in class

 

@FENDI
1. For the BIOS. Rename KM2000FR.119 to KM2000FR_119.fd (or something with the extension .fd). Then run InsydeFlash and it will find the BIOS. The F.bat from the DOS folder only works in DOS mode (not the command promt) - meaning from a bootable cd in which you have to place these files and run them after booting from the CD (again, rename the file and modifie the .bat file inserting the new name of the BIOS). This is the safest way to flash your BIOS. You can use this Bootable CD and place the files inside it and save it.
2. If you intend to enable VT, search for the platform.ini inside the folder of the BIOS and add a path and a name (ex: backup name=C:\backupBIOS19.fd )to the backup name= (the 7th line) and save the file. Then run Insyde flash. It will take longer to start, because it is backing up your BIOS. Hit Cancel when it ask for flashing. You will find the BIOS at that specified adress. You will then download python from here and install it. Then place the backup BIOS you have obtained earlier in the python folder with the vtenable.py file, downloaded from here. Open a command promt in this folder and type "python.exe vtenable.py backupBIOS19.fd newBIOS19.fd". This new BIOS you will then place in the BIOS folder and replace the one inside. Then run InsydeFlash one more time (without the backup name). You will then check it with this. It will say Locked on which is OK. You can backup this VT-enabled BIOS if you want.
Make sure you run vtenable.py after you flashed your BIOS. Only works with the backup bios obtained with Insydeflash and not the original file.
3. Someone here reported throttling after flashing with this BIOS. So if you noticed anything like this I suggest you go back to the old BIOS.

 

Lordkag, if someday u need any help in any means, trust me someone will give u a hand no matter how, it's because u have already ease my pain with the BIOS thing, now at least i'm able to go to bed tonight peacefully. and i'm a true believer in KARMA, so thx alot lordkag! anyway about the VT, i'll keep u guys posted on the update when i'm done with it! and thx again lordkag for your guide, i understand it better! ^_^"

 

well lordkag, i seems to face a problem with this step "Then place the backup BIOS you have obtained earlier in the python folder with the vtenable.py file" just place them both in the python26 folder? and also "Open a command promt in this folder and type "python.exe vtenable.py backupBIOS19.fd newBIOS19.fd"" does it mean clicking the python application to run the command promt or the system command promt? thx in advance alright guys!

 

@FENDI
First of all, what BIOS are you planing for the VT-enable? If you are going for the 1.13 just make the backup and then proceed. If you are doing the 1.19 then you must first flash it, make a backup and then with this backup we will enable VT-x.
This backup BIOS will be place with the vtenable.py in the folder in which you installed python. You must start a system command prompt in this folder. Press SHIFT+Right click on the python folder and select open command promt.
You can use the following reg to add a command to right click or use this software.

 

It's now possible to use VT-x WITHOUT the need to enable this by modding BIOS:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=23016

 

alright thx again lordkag, anyway i'm done doing the all those step to unable the VT, so in the end when i check the securABLE,it said "YES" in hardware visualization, not "Locked ON" compare to what u said. so can i know is it already activated? Thx in advance!

 

i think i still done really understand "The F.bat from the DOS folder only works in DOS mode (not the command promt) - meaning from a bootable cd in which you have to place these files and run them after booting from the CD (again, rename the file and modifie the .bat file inserting the new name of the BIOS). This is the safest way to flash your BIOS. You can use this Bootable CD and place the files inside it and save it." must i rename the F.bat file into newBIOS19.bat? and how can i modified the file? and must i use the bootable CD? because everytime i click it, pop up and says that it's not compatible with the 64 bit version of window? and more thing "If you are doing the 1.19 then you must first flash it, make a backup and then with this backup we will enable VT-x." so now i think i know why i did't get the "Locked ON" thing on the securABLE, maybe because i miss out the step above! help me out guys! headache all over now!

 

*done = don't

CORRECTION

 

@FENDI
It is done. This is what we wanted. YES for Hardware Virtualization, meaning it is enabled. I said "Locked ON" only because this is what I first obtained when I run vtenable.py. Locked On means that it is enabled and it is locked by the BIOS so it can't be changed by applications. Now I get YES for Hardware Virtualization too. Both of them are telling us the same thing - that we have hardware virtualization. So, congratulations!
For the second thing. The bootable CD is the safest way to flash your BIOS. Not necessarily that the InsydeFlash is worse, only that is better to do it with the bootable CD, because you do not get OS and apps interfering with the flashing process. The bootable CD that I reccomended only contains the necessary files for the boot and nothing more.
To do that you must do the following: open the bootable CD with an ISO editor (I used PowerISo), and add those three files, f.bat, flas h it.exe ( without the spaces) and the BIOS renamed to something with the extension .fd (like bios119.fd, mybios.fd, etc). But first you must open the f.bat with notepad (right click -> open with -> notepad) and replace "fla s h it.exe KM2000FR.119" (without the quotes, and without the spaces in the fla s hit -> the site is blocking the word, thinking it contains obscene words) with "fla s h it.exe bios119.fd" (whitout the quotes and spaces) and save it. Place these three files in the CD with the ISO editor and save it. Then burn this CD, boot from the cd and then type: "f.bat" (without the quotes). The f.bat will be executed, meaning the fla s h it.exe will be executed, flashing the bios mentioned in the f.bat file.
It is necessary to rename the bios and to modifie the f.bat file only because the Acer team forgot the add an extension to the BIOS and curiosly, they made the same mistake with the batch file.
You are not forced to use the bootable CD, use the InsydeFlash (I use it too). Only use the bootable CD if you want to use the safest way.

 

man...i wake up in the morning, this is the first thing i'll do, now i can go back to sleep! haha! Thx alot lordkag, this is the answer that i'm waiting for! and yea, acer don't really do things well huh...too depends on the 3rd party to handle all those bios and driver stuff, because when i 1st change to win 7, driver problem was a NIGHTMARE! anyway talking about driver, which version of graphic driver are u guys using now currently? since now NVIDIA driver are facing alot of problem? and thx alot again lordkag, peace!

 

i wonder why my Scrybe doesn't work ? I install the latest Synaptics driver which is v14.0.3, and enable Scrybe to install the latest update. and what i get after installation is " Scrybe don't work in 3 finger startup and Scrybe control panel doesn't even has a single word display, just plain box." weird? anyone had a solution in mind? Thx in advance!

 

@FENDI
The latest Synaptics drivers are 15.0.9 found here. I suggest you uninstall your current drivers (both synaptics and scrybe), restart and then reinstall them. Scrybe already contains the synaptics drivers, but I suggest you install them separately: scrybe -> synaptics.
I get the same thing on scrybe panel, no words appear, it's something in the program, maybe an error for x64. But it's not important beacuse the settings are made through the synaptics panel. The scrybe panel only contains the adding of an association symbol-program.

 

thx alot for the help lordkag, now i got my BIOS unlocked, my scrybe works now all because of your help! thx! anyway, just a question for we the one who use NVIDIA GForce 9600M GT, what version of the driver are u guys using now? i still use the 186.81 which is i think it's outdated, is there any new driver for us to install beside 195.62? Thx in advance!

 

I use the 195.81 beta drivers. The bad thing about those drivers is that you have to use Fn+F6+arrow to control brightness. But it's compensated by the gpu-acceleration for youtube HD videos (with the flash 10.1 beta 3), support for CUDA Toolkit 3.0, direct compute, OpenGL 3.2, OpenCL 1.0, new Nvidia PhysX drivers and several bugs fixed, with a higher WEI score for graphics.

 

lordkag, is there any over heating issue on your laptop while using the 195.81 driver? because i read alot of forum saying that this driver is not stable, it might burn your display card i wonder?

 

I hadn't noticed any overheating since the installing of these drivers (one month ago, I think), and I tend to be very carefull with those things, having Everest and GPU-Z always to check my temps and nothig went off the line (below 45 in normal use, 60 in powerful games). The problem was with the 196.75 drivers, removed by Nvidia, due to fan malfunction.
I use 195.36 on Ubuntu and no problems there.

 

thx for the advice lordkag, i'm using the 195.81 beta driver now, and i don't seem to face any over heating issue, thank god! anyway i was wondering about the physx application u are using? are u using the latest version? and why they are only 32 bit version on my laptop?

 

damn after 1 problem comes the other, now i'm facing what this called "Dritek General Port I/0" device is not working properly? what is that? everything in my laptop seems to be in great condition, nothing break down or anything, but my TuneUp Utilities shows that this is not working properly? don't know whether i should trust Tuneup or not? any help guys? Thx in advance!

 

Hi FENDI,

The Dritek General Port I/0 is related to the Launch Manager application. If you select Show Hidden Devices from the View menu in Device Manager, it should show under Non-Plug and Play Drivers.

I currently have the latest Windows 7 Launch Manager (3.0.02) on my 6935G. Previously, I ran the Vista version (2.0.02) in compatibility mode. When I uninstalled the Vista version, it left behind the Dritek General Port I/0. As the Vista Launch Manager was no longer there, it showed it as not working properly.

What I did after uninstalling the Vista Launch Manager was to uninstall the Dritek General Port I/0 from Device Manager. I then installed the new Windows 7 Launch Manager.

Hope this helps.

 

Hi Manaspire,

Thx alot for the help, PROBLEM SOLVED! anyway what was "Dritek General Port I/0" thing? after we uninstall it, will the new launch manager replace it? but as long there are no error, i'm very happy enough! Thx again Manaspire!

 

No problem. I believe the Dritek General Port I/0 was just a driver (called DPortIO.sys) for the old Launch Manager. I don't think the new Launch Manager uses this driver as it wasn't installed with the new version.

 

yea...as long there is nothing wrong with the laptop, i'm ok with it, really really hoping that my laptop is gonna be a good boy after this, and stop giving me problems for awhile! hehe! anyway many thx to all of u guys over here for the willingness to help me out! this is the best place for 6935g, no where else! and i mean it!

 

guys, new problem here! i wonder why my pc only detect that i only have 1 core eventho we all have dual core? it's there any way to get my both core working? Thx in advance to u guys out there!

 

I removed also the Dritek General Port I/0 as it was left by the old Launch Manager. Uncheck the option. It only uses the specified number of cores during boot.

 

hey hey guys!

sorry for the late reply, was at granma spot for the past 2 days! anyway thx lordkag for the advice, i just uncheck the option and set normal startup, restart my computer and i'm able to see both core option available! so guys, i just wonder that anyone here that play games? because i feel that some of the games are not compatible with window 7, example : FIFA 10.

 

I saw on your desktop screenshot that you have allods online installed. Is it any good, and worth playing?
Also i remember that i played fifa10 on my laptop. I could run it on win7 without any problems. Only problem was, the game didn't support 1366x768 resolution.

 

hi atridhr,

still remember me? anyway about allords online :
1. this game was made by RUSSIAN.
2. it's a FREE TO PLAY online game.
3. 2 CLAN = THE LEAGUE and THE EMPIRE
4. Player Vs Player based once you reach level 20+
5. GRAPHIC is a plus in this game, everything seems nice.
6. LEVEL CAP for the game was 40 at the moment.
7. you can BUILD YOUR OWN SHIP with your crew inside and go for raid.
8. Still in OPEN BETA.
9. GAME COMPARISON = WORLD OF WARCRAFT.

well i played this game for like 1 month plus, and i join one of the best guild in the game which is Bloodpact, http://bloodpact.mmoguildsites.com u can check them out, so just about any FREE TO PLAY online games, u will instantly know that no matter how great u are going to be in the game, like the armor or weapon u loot from monster drop, u will still fail to the other guy who trow money into the game for all his item, and in the end u will also need to spend money into the game to be competitive and doing quest. But still, i recommend u to try if u love World of Warcraft style, check out this site to know everything about the game http://allodsdatabase.com/ . But the truth is that i just uninstall the game yesterday, maybe i'm just not into it anymore, still u could give it a shot. currently i'm waiting for FIFA ONLINE and NEED FOR SPEED WORLD, both are FREE TO PLAY, u got to check them out and EA guarantee the game will be a FAIR PLAY game whether u spend money on the game or not! and i recommend checking www.mmorpg.com if u are searching for the next online game to play.

 

Hello Fendi, how are you?
How can i not remember you
Great info you gave me there, thanks.

Cant wait for FIFA ONLINE and NEED FOR SPEED WORLD to go out. Didnt know they will be free to play. Thats great.
Ill download allods and give it a try. Will see how that goes, cuz i usually cant play much games because of my work.

 

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/notebook_winvista_win7_197.16_whql_uk.html

New Nvidia Drivers Hopefully they will fix the backlight problem. Anybody want to try them.

 

Yes, they have fix it.
197.16 now works with Fn+F6. The temps also looks OK.
I will test the new Realtek R2.45 to see if there are any bugs.
Also the new Synaptics drivers (15.0.10) are working OK. Waiting for scrybe to fix their bug with the blank panel.

 

Yep looks like they've fixed it.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/synaptics-driver-enables-multitouch-gestures-on-older-trackpads/

Thought I'd put this in as well. Its meant for HP but I've had it installed for a week and it works fine.

Two finger scrolling
Three finger hold launches your favourite program.

 

finally new nvidia driver are out for us, everything run well now, no worries of the temps as lordkag said too! awaiting lordkag to check out the Realtek driver, and i have a very noob question to ask u guys which is, how can i open the synaptics touchpad panel? i can't find it anyway in my control panel? how can i set multitouch setting? anyway scrybe for me and lordkag are for blind people at the moment because of the blank panel! and for @atridhr, once u're done downloading the game, try it out, give me some of your feedback of the game, and if u enjoy playing it, i can get u into playing with some real pro players, which they could help u up, but they only play in the tenesse server and play on the empire side. i was busy with my work too, can't really focus much on gaming, just play it when i need to keep continue to be fresh while resting awhile! but i'm always back here every hour! hehe!

 

look under hardware and sound for mouse and then its the last tab in the mouse settings

 

All fine with the new HD audio drivers.

 

It seems like Acer released a new BIOS (1.20) and removed the 1.19. Any problems with the old one? I hadn't tested the 1.19 after the bugs with the 1.14 version (also removed), but I am curious about this one. It is named KM2X64.fd (an indication of its purpose?). I will wait to see if they don't remove it in the next days. I wonder if they are using us as testers and wait to see the results. Don't they have the time or the desire to launch a proper BIOS without worrying that you might brick your laptop?

 

i'm using the 1.19 version bios, everything seems ok to me, but after they suddenly remove it and replace it with 1.20, it makes me worried that something is wrong with the 1.19 version and i hate going tru activating the VTX thing again. anyway if acer continue to keep on this kinda attitude towards their customers, trust me they will never ever beat HP for the number 1 spot and they are lucky enough to be 2nd because of the price they are offering is much cheaper but comes with a bunch of stupid customer service and driver details! If customers with abit of extra cash, and they read about what acer is doing, they will never buy acer eventho is cheaper compare to hp or lenovo or others even with the same spec!

 

Who knows, maybe its just a minor change. If we had changelogs everything would be much simplier...
Ill probably go to 1.20 soon, ill post if i found some problems.

 

yea hopefully just a minor change, try it out and let us know atridhr. anyway how was allords my friend? have u play it?

 

I've found everything to be fine with 1.19, but like FENDI it makes me worry!

 

yea, we are sooo worried about it. acer must do things is much organize way, it is so hard to include a changelog with the BIOS altogether? or version 1.20 is just another april fool gift from acer to us with non actual updates? hmmm? anyway, realtek HD audio codec version 2.46 is out, which is i just updated to version 2.45 last 2 days ago...so much updates a day before april fool?

 

I just installed 1.20, everything seems fine, but I'm not going to be the first one to try re-enabling VT-x... Anyone going to try?

 

Hey people just re-enabled VT-x on bios 1.20 using the same instrustions I posted on page 45 or so.

Checked with SECUREable and the MS VT-x checking utility and is a positive result.

Hi-fives allround

 

Wow, you're brave! Okay, I'm brave enough not to be second, if not first. Just re-enabled VT-x on 1.20, no problems here. I hope they slow down on the BIOSes for a little bit - I'm getting bored of that VT-x process!

 

would I get the throttling issue if i update to 1.20?

Im currently at 1.10 and have no issue's or whatsover..

 

guys, i done installing the latest BIOS which is 1.20, but before i try to activate VT-X, i try using the securAble to see whether the VT-X is still activated or not, and the result i found is that it shows "YES" in the hardware virtualization? what does that mean? is the VT-X still activated from the previous BIOS?