Acer Aspire 8930G Owner's Lounge

[Outrunn]

if your gonna upgrade aim for the 9600m gt 512mb ddr3 or an ait 4650 ddr3

the 1gb version i have is ddr2 so it has less bandwidth and speed. GL

Also guys just bought an 8gb ddr3 kit for the price of 1 4gb stick usually costs here.

will tell you if i can get it running.

Also like saying if you guys own a acer 8930g with a 9700m gt tell me your heatsink model

60.ASZ0N.001 or the 60.AP70N.001

ok thanks, in that case would my laptop support the Nvidia GeForce 120 M graphics card? apparantly that is simillar perfomance to the 9600m gt card, so i was wondering if i would need to modify or buy another heatsink for it to work, i have only found the 1gb version so far

[squee666]

Can Confirm 60.AP70N.001 would be the heatsink you need if ever wanted larger mxm 3a gpu.


And it should support it ask in the mxm cards thread though you wont neeed a new heatsink as the gt card you mentioned is same size as the 9600m gt. but you would want the 512mb ddr3 version

[faid]

can anyone tell me whats wrong with my screen from the following symptoms;

screen went dark very suddenly.
in a brightly lit room information is only just visible on the screen.
in a darkened room the screen is pitch black.
during boot-up the screen is just as dark.
no combination of FN, F6 or arrow keys has ANY effect on the screen, even momentarily.

My instincts tell me its the inverter or backlight, however after extensive searching online I havent found anything that clearly distinguishes between the two.

[squee666]

Try inverter for cheap if your screen is 1080p its dual inverter.

[DutchAnon]

Question for Shakennstirred you have usb 3.0 in signature which adapter are you using and drivers.
I have Two StarTech 2poort flush mounting adapters usb 3.0 but cannot get them to work properly latest drivers from startech and renesas ones tried.
They allow 1 pendisk to be seen but WD HDD 1TB not and vice versa and are only visible when I install drivers when one or the other is plugged in.
Also when waiting for the usual what will you do in windows takes a whole ten min's before I see a drive ???
Reason I ask is the spec sheet in your sig is exactly the same as my spec only SSD is 160GB.

[DutchAnon]

Faid

screen went dark very suddenly.
in a brightly lit room information is only just visible on the screen.
in a darkened room the screen is pitch black.
during boot-up the screen is just as dark.
no combination of FN, F6 or arrow keys has ANY effect on the screen, even momentarily.
If you can see any script then it is your backlight as the inverter converts digital signal to viewable screen and the backlight brightens it so you can see it clearly.
The 18.4 inch screen is dual backlight which means the inverter board has two power supply's on it .
Just renewed one couple of weeks ago for a friend.

[squee666]

dutch that sounds faulty have you tried them with the pwoer adapter.

Im considering getting myself expresscard usb 3.0

[DutchAnon]

Yes have tried using supplied cable and powered external usb 2.0 hub and no different with either of the adapters.
Tested both the usb3.0 pendisk and WD HDD usb3.0 on a friends computer yesterday and he needed new drivers for his inbuilt usb 3.0 poorts which was also by Renesas and noticed the driver for his system was april 2012 and checking system manager does not show usb 3.0 controller or root hub but they worked perfectly and copied a 1.4GB file from one to the other in less than 40 sec's so the usb 3.0 hardware are both good.
Laptop not have to try the same driver download from the Medion Akoya website and see if this works ??

[GARNER_WDH]

i see games are now catching up to the 512mb we have in are 8930g acers bit worried if they games go higher than that. can play alan wake games fine on it as they say 512mb of video ram but if some games come out and say more than 512mb what can we do lol.

[faid]

Went to a local computer repair shop to get a quote for repairing my backlight.
The "technician" said that "the inverter controls the power to the backlight" and therefore that should be replaced first.
By coincidence, he has a dead 8930, from which he thought he might be able to harvest the required spares to fix mine.
On opening his he discovered the 2 laptops were actually quite different inside, but he opened mine as well to get the part no. for bit he wanted to replace.
PN 6038B0019401
When he called to order the part he was advised "not to touch the laptop as this is normally an underlying issue elsewhere with these Acer's" !!!!

To make matters worse, when I got home, the blue power light comes on when I plug in the mains, but no lights come on along the front edge and it won't even power up when I try to start it