Acer Aspire 8930G Owner's Lounge

[steveyschoice]

Hey guys I've decided to go for the lower end spec of the 8930G mainly to save myself some cash.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...m=null&tm=null

I just have one last question before I make my purchase tomorrow. I'd like to be able to hook up my 17" monitor to the Acer as a secondary monitor. It's the standard VGA connection (with the 2 screws), is it possible to hook it up to the 8930G & if so is it straighforward or do I need anything extra to be able to do this?

[owais]

Hey guys I've decided to go for the lower end spec of the 8930G mainly to save myself some cash.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...m=null&tm=null

I just have one last question before I make my purchase tomorrow. I'd like to be able to hook up my 17" monitor to the Acer as a secondary monitor. It's the standard VGA connection (with the 2 screws), is it possible to hook it up to the 8930G & if so is it straighforward or do I need anything extra to be able to do this?

its got blue VGA but no screws.

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/pro...4/ACER-AS8930G
thats £880 so its kind of in the middle and its got a good spec.

[John Bateman]

Owais,

The original empowering technology that came with your machine works with 64bit Vista. I reformatted my HDD after backing up the drivers (from the recovery partition) & then installed Vista Ultimate 64bit, everything works with the exception of e-recovery as that relies on having the original partition with the recovery files intact, obviously reformatting removes those files. You just have to find another backup method, not difficult.

[owais]

by e-recovery u mean the recovery partition right and not the e-recovery program?

also i know that my 32bit vista code(bottom of the laptop) also works with any vista home premium 64bit.

but you need a different code for vista ultimate dont you? so even if i get a vista ultimate 64 bit download, i would need a key or it dont work with the full functions of vista?


anyway, i was trying to reformat my hard drive yesterday using the e recovery thing. i could only use the factory reset and not my recovery discs for some reason.
i went to : user backup > picked Recovery 1 (z: ) > and there was no recovery partion to pick from.

[John Bateman]

No, I mean the e-recovery prog., and yes, you'll need a full retail version of Ultimate, your key will not work with 64bit.

[steveyschoice]

Hey guys just thought I'd let you know I finally got my Acer 8930G & I'm very happy with it! Many thanks to those of you who helped me out with I'm sure some annoying/silly questions, but it helped me greatly. On that note I have two more, hopefully final questions!

The only disc I received with my Acer was a Blu-Ray demo. I'm concerned that I should have also had a disc for Windows Vista included & possibly other software. Should I be concerned or is that the purpose of the eRecovery tool which I used to make a set of Recovery DVDs and a backup image of my hard drive?

Also when I fired up the Blu-Ray demo the programme which seemed to play it was Acer Arcade (I think) do you all use this or is there some better software I can download for Blu-Ray playback?

Cheers guys.

[Full-English]

The only disc I received with my Acer was a Blu-Ray demo. I'm concerned that I should have also had a disc for Windows Vista included & possibly other software. Should I be concerned or is that the purpose of the eRecovery tool which I used to make a set of Recovery DVDs and a backup image of my hard drive?


Cheers guys.

Acer doesn't include any windows or software cd/dvd's with your new laptop. You have them in the hidden recovery partition PQSERVICE and is what e-recovery is for. The disks that you have made using erecovery will put your system back to the state when you first got your system in times of crisis. Also, if you ever lose the disks or they become unusable, it is possible to run ERecovery outside windows, this can be done by pressing ALT+F10 when you first turn the computer on, on the acer screen. This will bring up the E-Recovery console where you can recover the system. This will work as long as you don't delete your recovery partition or mess with it in any way.

[owais]

Hey guys just thought I'd let you know I finally got my Acer 8930G & I'm very happy with it! Many thanks to those of you who helped me out with I'm sure some annoying/silly questions, but it helped me greatly. On that note I have two more, hopefully final questions!

The only disc I received with my Acer was a Blu-Ray demo. I'm concerned that I should have also had a disc for Windows Vista included & possibly other software. Should I be concerned or is that the purpose of the eRecovery tool which I used to make a set of Recovery DVDs and a backup image of my hard drive?

Also when I fired up the Blu-Ray demo the programme which seemed to play it was Acer Arcade (I think) do you all use this or is there some better software I can download for Blu-Ray playback?

Cheers guys.

Acer doesnt give vista discs out. the only disc i got as well was the blu ray demo. a lot of companies do this like acer, sony and others.
you can make recovery discs which act like a vista disc as they reset your computer to the exact way it was when you made the recovery discs.

you can use restore your computer to factory default settings by pressing ALT + F10 when your computer is turning on(acer screen) and that does a factory reset to what it was like when it was new.
you can still download vist from the internet and install you get a clean install and then get all programs and drivers off the acer site.

also, i only use the acer arcade thing as well to play blu ray's. i tried vlc, divx player and windows movie player and none work. you can get programs to run blu ray's but i think acer arcade works fine as you can use the cinedash. soon stuff like vlc will play it anyway.

[mllemoiselle]

Thank you for additional info, just tried the battery trick and does work too, just new got it and all the toys didn't work, so happy you guys are here to help guide me! Have a great Day!

[RFHavens]

Just in case anyone is looking for a backpack that fits easily the one I got does the job. It is the Targus TXL617 backpack. Info can be found here: http://www.targus.com/us/product_details.asp?sku=txl617 on the Targus site. It can be found in places for $59.95. The space for the laptop is nicely padded and has absolutely no problem fitting the height, width, or thickness. The corners of the laptop at the top of the pack easily clear so you do not have to force the zipper around it at all.

Just an FYI, Robert