Acer 1410, 1810, 3810, 4810, 5810 Timeline Drivers, Software, Tweaks and Settings FAQ

[pmnykh]

Somebody install MacOs on this notebook?
What most new bios version?

[Phil]

Somebody install MacOs on this notebook?
What most new bios version?

Discussing installing Mac OS on PC hardware is against the forum rules.

Please read them.

[der_mali]

I've started a general hardware modding thread

ZH7 hardware hacking and resources

[Amourek]

Does anyone know how to make more than one scheme appear in Smartfan? I made two schemes, one for AC and one for battery, but only the default one is available when I right click the Smartfan icon in the system tray. I can't switch schemes unless I go into the Configuration menu.

[StotyStoty]

I've just spent 4 hours trying to get wifi working under Windows 7 on my 1810TZ.

It does NOT use the 5100/5300 driver.
It needs the Intel Wireless 1000 driver.
Windows 7 does not have this driver by default.

Othe intel site selectr "intel wifi link 1000" from the wireless drivers.

The acer drivers disk also has it.

The version the intel site offers currently is 12.5.0.57

I THINK it is basically the same intel unified wireless driver, only you need to choose wireless 1000 to get the newest version., that handles this card.

Please update the guide to save others from the pain

thanks

[pnikolov]

Hello to everybody,

I have 3810TG(with the Ati video controller)

Yesterday I bought it and install the default operating system, Vista Home Premium SP1, all is working but some I think is now working correct.

I don't see in the system tray the ePower management and Louncher, but in Task manager they are started and seem to work, I have the functional keys working and the battery life is about 10 yours. I've seen screenshots of ePower Manager that has a lot of settings and features, but I cannot view this control panel.

The second and bigger for me problem is the Touch-sensor buttons. They don't work... the Wi-fi of the notebook is working, but I cannot disable/enable it from the sensor button, non of the three buttons are working. They
are just there with lights off, I cannot make them alive..

Is there a specific driver for these sensor buttons or something else that could make them lightened and working..

Thanks!

[der_mali]

Saving battery life while keeping full performance.

Download RMclock. General undervolting tutorial here:
The "Undervolting" Guide

Apply this hack:

Unlock hidden VIDs:

-> Start –> run -> regedit
-> HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> RightMark -> RMClock

Create new DWORD , rename it to UnlockVid, value 1.

Now configure RMclock like mentioned in that above tutorial.
You just need one multiplier.

Find the lowest voltage for your highest multiplier(in my case it's x7). Mine works at 0.8750V(lowest possible value). Setting it to even lower values won't work.

After you have created your profile to set it at highest multiplier with lowest stable voltage, activate RMclock(it's best to let it start automatically with windows).

Now go into Vista's power saving settings and activate battery saving mode.

The effect of this is, that all behind the scene settings are at power saving mode, while the CPU stays at full power. But the CPU is in deep sleep states when doing nothing and so saves at least as much power as in SuperLFM mode, while delivering full performance when you need it.

You will be shocked how much battery life you will get at that setting while still having full performance when you need it

Install Battery Bar to keep track of battery life and power consumption.

Update:
I've uninstalled Acer ePower software. I fiddled around with its registry entries and came to the conclusion that it does nothing special what Vista can't do by itself. Also ePower management conflicts with Vista settings. When I booted, changes in Vista settings were reset.

The features that save most is maximum power saving of the Wifi card and Intel's power saving features. I've set the Intel stuff to manual configuration, checked all available boxes and set DPST to the first notch so that it doesn't hurt my eyes.

Update:
There seems to be a bug in Vista's power management. When coming out of standby I have to switch to an other scheme first and then back to battery saving mode to get the low power consumption.

Update:
I'm using CrystalCPUID now. With the function "Enhanced Intel Speedstep Control" I created a shortcut on the desktop that activates 7.0x/0,875V. RMclock itself uses CPU cycles, so this is a more efficient solution. The disadvantage is that it has to be reactivated after every standby.

[der_mali]

Does anyone know how to make more than one scheme appear in Smartfan? I made two schemes, one for AC and one for battery, but only the default one is available when I right click the Smartfan icon in the system tray. I can't switch schemes unless I go into the Configuration menu.

It's a limitation of SmartFan. Someone would have to write an adapted version to take care of that AC/battery problem.

[leedr]

Saving battery life while keeping full performance.

Download RMclock. General undervolting tutorial here:
The "Undervolting" Guide

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Install Battery Bar to keep track of battery life and power consumption.

Thanks der_mali, this seems to be working great. Fan is running very quiet or hardly noticeable. I know the link said there's no potential issues with this - is that true BSOD is the worst case scenario w/ underclocking/undervolting?

But I'm getting very inaccurate estimates with BatteryBar. For example, I've been using the laptop since 7:30am and now (around 10am) I have 50% battery = 2.5 hours so far, rough estimate 5 hours total battery life. Yet BatteryBar is showing only estimated 1.5 hours battery life remaining despite showing the discharge rate between 8500 and 10000 mW, with occasional peaks around 11000mW. To get battery life you divide total capacity by discharge rate, correct? Ie 49895mWh/9500mW discharge = 5.25 hours,, or 49895mWh/11000mW = 4.5 hours, which is line with what RMClock reports. Maybe I need to use BatteryBar for a few more days to get more accurate results. The icon for RMClock seems much more accurate, though it fluctuates like Windows does based on per-moment discharge rate.

[jigielnik]

Regarding battery life on Windows 7, this is a useful command to run:

Click Start, Search Programs and Files (or else do Win + R to get the Run prompt) then type "cmd" (make sure to run as administrator/with elevated privileges).

Then run "powercfg -energy" which will monitor your usage for 60 seconds then compile a report and put it in c:\users\yourname\energy-report.html. This will highlight processes that use significant CPU as well as other tips for settings to adjust to improve battery life.

For myself, I found the CPU utilization was around 50% for the 60 seconds powercfg monitored processes, and Firefox was a big contributor, almost 25%. I also need to disable search indexing, which you can do per instructions here: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69...e-disable.html

I can't recall where I got the powercfg tip - I think I googled "windows 7 reduced battery life."

wow, this was very helpful! it showed me that a particular windows media player process (wmpntwrk.exe i think) that makes sharing windows media libraries possible was using over 10% of my CPU nearly all the time, and i dont even use windows media player... according to windows 7 batter predictions, i gained almost 2 hours just from that... imagine how well 7 will run when all the drivers are finally perfect...