Acer Aspire 1410 and 1810T Timeline (single core) 11.6" Thread

[Cusem]

I know two more people from this board who had the same problem(Cusem, Dasfool). Take out one RAM module and check if the problem persists. If it does, use the other slot. If it's still there, do the same with the other module. I suppose that it might be a faulty RAM slot.

With my 1810T it's definitely the second SODIMM sloth.

I would get BSODs a lot with 2x2GB DDR2 800mhz 5-5-5-15 GEIL SODIMMs and everything would work great with the stock Samsung SODIMM in sloth 1.
After Der Mali's tip I tried using the Samsung SODIMM in sloth 2 and indeed I would get BSODs again.

At this point I'm running with 1x2Gb DDR2 800mhz GEIL SODIMM in sloth 1 and it is running fine.

I haven't contacted Acer about warranty yet. I did contact the webshop, but they told me Acer warranty would be quickest if I would mention it was a "dead on arrival" product. I haven't done this yet, since I use the notebook a lot and don't want to follow an extensive warranty procedure.

Maybe I'll buy a 1810TZ when it will be released in The Netherlands and sell the (defective) 1810T second hand. A friend of mine mentioned I could also purchase another 1810T, replace it's harddrive and keyboard (because of noticeable keyboard wear) from my defective 1810T with the new one and return the defective 1810T within a week after purchase (we are allowed to do that over here; return online bought products within 1 week after purchase without specifying a reason why we want to return it). I don't think I'm going to do this however since it seems kinda shady and if anything would go wrong, I would end up with 2 1810T's and although you could say 2 1810T's will make a "dual core", I rather just have a single TZ instead lol.

[der_mali]

Hi, Cusem
Something else you could check first are the soldering points of the second RAM slot. If you find a good magnifying glass you could inspect every soldering spot and maybe you find a lose/weak contact. A skilled guy with a soldering iron with a fine tip and some soldering flux could solve the problem. It might also be possible to repair it with a tiny bit of "Silberleitlack" on a needle tip and a steady hand. All that would void the warranty though and is only suitable for hackers.

[Flowah]

With my 1810T it's definitely the second SODIMM sloth.

I would get BSODs a lot with 2x2GB DDR2 800mhz 5-5-5-15 GEIL SODIMMs and everything would work great with the stock Samsung SODIMM in sloth 1.
After Der Mali's tip I tried using the Samsung SODIMM in sloth 2 and indeed I would get BSODs again.

At this point I'm running with 1x2Gb DDR2 800mhz GEIL SODIMM in sloth 1 and it is running fine.

I haven't contacted Acer about warranty yet. I did contact the webshop, but they told me Acer warranty would be quickest if I would mention it was a "dead on arrival" product. I haven't done this yet, since I use the notebook a lot and don't want to follow an extensive warranty procedure.

Maybe I'll buy a 1810TZ when it will be released in The Netherlands and sell the (defective) 1810T second hand. A friend of mine mentioned I could also purchase another 1810T, replace it's harddrive and keyboard (because of noticeable keyboard wear) from my defective 1810T with the new one and return the defective 1810T within a week after purchase (we are allowed to do that over here; return online bought products within 1 week after purchase without specifying a reason why we want to return it). I don't think I'm going to do this however since it seems kinda shady and if anything would go wrong, I would end up with 2 1810T's and although you could say 2 1810T's will make a "dual core", I rather just have a single TZ instead lol.

Did memtest come up with an error for you? Mine did a whole pass with no errors detected. Also, sometimes mine boots up with no problems at all. Maybe 30% of the time.

[der_mali]

Did memtest come up with an error for you? Mine did a whole pass with no errors detected. Also, sometimes mine boots up with no problems at all. Maybe 30% of the time.

If it's a weak solder joint the problem would pop up randomly depending on temperature or other factors that loosen the connection. And memtest could only report an error if the disconnetion happens while it performs the test.

[Flowah]

Hmm.. Could you explain exactly where the soldering points are in this picture? http://imgur.com/B5b1p.jpg

[Jay_d]

Yeah...just warranty your laptop, you don't want to mess up your laptop and void warranty.

[Flowah]

I guess. It's just a hassle not to have a laptop for that long, especially since I use it to take notes in class and such. I would contact Acer directly about this?

If it's a weak solder joint the problem would pop up randomly depending on temperature or other factors that loosen the connection. And memtest could only report an error if the disconnetion happens while it performs the test.

Does this explanation make sense considering that my laptop will bluescreen, restart automatically, give me a "start in safe mode" and "start normally" choice, and if I choose to start normally it will work fine?

[der_mali]

Does this explanation make sense considering that my laptop will bluescreen, restart automatically, give me a "start in safe mode" and "start normally" choice, and if I choose to start normally it will work fine?

I don't know how I could explain this, as I don't know how much knowledge you have about electronics. If you have a weak solder joint, the resistance of this contact will vary if it isn't completely disconnected. If it was completely disconnected it would most likely not boot at all. If there is still a little bit of contact, it might just boot and work fine for a while when the resistance is low but it might also fail when the resistance of that joint gets too high.

My advice is that you should RMA your device.

Hmm.. Could you explain exactly where the soldering points are in this picture? http://imgur.com/B5b1p.jpg

I'm sorry and I don't want to sound unfriendly, because it's meant with good intentions in mind. I won't tell you where the contacts are, because chances are low that you could fix it seing that you don't know which solder joints I mean.

[Flowah]

I'm sorry and I don't want to sound unfriendly, because it's meant with good intentions in mind. I won't tell you where the contacts are, because chances are low that you could fix it seing that you don't know which solder joints I mean.

Oh, I wasn't planning on it. But I'm at a fairly big/good university right now and I'm sure I can find someone who knows what he's doing.

But if anyone has any suggestions for further diagnostics tools to check my hardware and or driver configurations, I'd really appreciate it. I'm running killdisk on my HD right now to see if it's maybe my HD.

[juan55]

Is Lightroom running smoothly? i mean, can you normally edit large raw files?

Sorry for delay ... Quite bussy lastly ...

I only have a test portable version of LR2.5 and it´s running smooth --- the problem is loading each image ... I tested with RAW images from my Canon 5D (12 Mb) and from my Canon 50D (22 Mb). The problem is that take a little long to load each image (about 1 sg. per Mb almost). Once are loaded, then you can work with them. May be the right version installed is faster ... I usually work with Capture One 4.8 (registered) and this is really pretty fast, faster than with my old Dell D620 !! So, I am happy.

Cheers