Acer Aspire 8930G Owner's Lounge

[shakennstirred]

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.

my usb 3.0 is from AKE and uses the renesas driver 2.1.32.0

[Crampo]

Hi All, New here.
I Own a 8930G Model LE2
After reading some pages i got a little confused and was wondering if someone could clear it up. What could i upgrade to in:
CPU -
GPU -
USB -
HDD -

[squee666]

Hi All, New here.
I Own a 8930G Model LE2
After reading some pages i got a little confused and was wondering if someone could clear it up. What could i upgrade to in:
CPU -
GPU -
USB -
HDD -

From the most likely choices.

CPU - Intel x9100 3ghz dual core which can be overclocked and undervolted
GPU -9700m gt or Quadro FX 3700m(gtx280 basically but right connectors)
USB - Express Card USB 3.0 Ports
HDD - Anything that 2.5inch aka sata 3 ssd,s work in sata 2 ports.
There are 2 bays.

[squee666]

Right got my 9700m gt GPU bracket so its now fitted.
6gb ram

Next time i get paid its an x9100
feels good man

[GARNER_WDH]

i have 4gb of memory in mine what is the highest memory and it will still work fine and is there another free slot to put more memory in or i have to get bigger memory and remove one of the sticks in there

[shakennstirred]

i have 4gb of memory in mine what is the highest memory and it will still work fine and is there another free slot to put more memory in or i have to get bigger memory and remove one of the sticks in there

6gb is the max it will run with and yes you will need to remove one of the 2gb sticks to put the 4gb stick in

[squee666]

you can have 6gb total

1x 4gb 1x2gb

[GARNER_WDH]

i looked on amazon for a 4gb ddr3 but i am finding it saying diff things for each example Kingston 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 SODIMM or this
Crucial Sodimm Laptop Memory Upgrade (4GB,204-pin,DDR3 PC3-10600,Cl=9,1.5v) or Corsair CMSO4GX3M1A1333C9 4GB DDR3 Laptop Memory does it matter which one as long as i get 4gb ddr3

[GARNER_WDH]

also about these CPU - Intel x9100 3ghz dual core
GPU -9700m gt or Quadro FX 3700m

can these 2 just be bought and replace existing cpu and gpu with it. as i am seeing loads of x9100 for a laptop but how did the cpu stick the the motherboard what held it down? and what is the video mb on the quadro fx 3700m.

[GARNER_WDH]

weird the stickers on my laptop always say i have ddr3 memory installed which is 4gb. i downloaded crucial scan to scan pc for what memory i have it tells me i have DDR2 PC2-6400. can someone explain this so does this mean i cant get ddr3 even though laptop sticker says its 4gb ddr3 inside but have ddr2 in machine