Acer Aspire 8930G Owner's Lounge

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and ddr2 4gb is expensive people selling it for like 70 pound

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check the ram itself if it says pc3 its ddr3

or use cpuz to tell you

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just used that cpu z and it tells me this DDR3 MANUFACTURER ELPIDA PC3-8500F (533MHZ)

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the 8930g is ddr3 its the program thats not reading it right

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.

the cpu is held down by the socket, you dont need anything extra

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so i need to get that cpu and gpu thing i dont know when i am not working at present but i just ordered Crucial 4GB DDR3 PC3-10600 SODIMM 204 Pin Memory Module to make it 6gb of memory shud be maybe a tiny increase in gaming doubt it though lol.

also the quadro fx 3700m how big is the video ram on it is it still 512mb like the 9700m gt which i have already

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NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 3800M - faster than GTX 285M would that fit in and if it comes with motherboard can you just take chip out and put in your existing motherboard. and would i have to do anything to laptop to be able to have the gtx280m or the gtx 285m or put it in to motherboard and then turn on laptop and it works?

[DutchAnon]

Hi Guy's just thought I would share a titbit gleaned off the net which worked for me.
Got hold of a dead 8920G-934G64BN T9300 4GB 120GB SSD OCZ 9650M GT.
Took it apart tested usual things ie ram motherboard batt cpu etc etc even tried my own video card a 9700M GT nothing.
Closer look at parts revealed slight discolouration on one chip of video card so put it in the oven for ten min's at 250 degrees and it works fine now.
New OS installed win 64 pro retail and been running now for solid 8 hours and no problems so far.
Only took it in for spares for my own 8930G but what the hell have at least gained a blueray drive and bluetooth for a couple of hours work .
When I took this thing apart its cooling was fully blocked so had obviously unseated the chip from the card and cooking it for ten min's just about melts the solder again to re-seat it.
Will be stress testing after all software updates to put it under some heavy loads like rendering 20Gb of film in Adobe Prem Pro.

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upgraded memory from 4gb to 6gb now it says 3gb usable. just need to get the processor and video card where ppl put gtx280 person selling gtx285 will that fit also but dont have any funds coming in for processor or vid card so i just have stick with what i got for now which is 2.53ghz and 512mb 9700gt

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on the x9100 extreme processor for the 8930g i finding quite a few but they all have diff things in the title like
INTEL X9100 3.06GHz QS mobile CPU processor
INTEL X9100 3.06GHz OEM SLB48 mobile CPU processor
Intel Core 2 Duo X9100 3.06Ghz QS QBDW CPU processor

so which one is it lol and do you just lift it of the motherboard as it just pushed on and place on your laptop ?

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on the x9100 extreme processor for the 8930g i finding quite a few but they all have diff things in the title like
INTEL X9100 3.06GHz QS mobile CPU processor
INTEL X9100 3.06GHz OEM SLB48 mobile CPU processor
Intel Core 2 Duo X9100 3.06Ghz QS QBDW CPU processor

so which one is it lol and do you just lift it of the motherboard as it just pushed on and place on your laptop ?

INTEL X9100 3.06GHz OEM SLB48 mobile CPU processor is the official one

the other 2 are Engineering samples but would work all the same.
Aim for the OEM one or if you can this type (i jsut wn this one lol)

Intel Core 2 Extreme X9100 3.06Ghz QHBQ CPU processor 45 chipset | eBay


Intel Core 2 Extreme X9100 3.06Ghz QHBQ CPU

This is also an engineering sample but its the rarer one with ES stepping instead of C0. Which results in it running cooler.


Also you cant have a gtx 280/285 in this laptop.

But you can have a quadro fx 3700m in it which is the same spec as the gtx 280m

its ddr3 1gb gpu which same speeds as gtx 280 but laptop spports it.some can be flashed also to come up as a 280m.

are yu sure your on 64bit windows btw cause 3gb usable is a limitation with the OS not the laptop