[Acer Aspire 1410/1810t/1810tz] Timeline Tweaks (2)

[CFRTim]

Is anyone playing Starcraft 2 on this puppy? What settings?

[hakujin]

when you close the lid on the 1410 when connected to HDMI and when set to external display only, is there any app/hack that prevents the 1410 from flipping to 1440 resolution and blanking out? I used to be able to close the lid of my ancient dell c610 via S-Video when connected to TV... would think we could at least do the same with the 1410. As it stands, the only way to keep everything proper is to leave the 1410 ajar when connected to my Sharp Aquos, in order to keep it at 1920x1080p.

[CFRTim]

when you close the lid on the 1410 when connected to HDMI and when set to external display only, is there any app/hack that prevents the 1410 from flipping to 1440 resolution and blanking out? I used to be able to close the lid of my ancient dell c610 via S-Video when connected to TV... would think we could at least do the same with the 1410. As it stands, the only way to keep everything proper is to leave the 1410 ajar when connected to my Sharp Aquos, in order to keep it at 1920x1080p.

You can try and make the HDTV your primary display in the settings. Why is so important to close the lid anyway, I think it would run hotter that way while playing HD video.

[TyresSmoke]

Is anyone playing Starcraft 2 on this puppy? What settings?

1810Tz Su4100, Running on latest intel video driver, with Cas 5-5-5 DDR2 800Mhz 4GB... lowest settings... it will run slow, something between 10 to 23 fps...

[hakujin]

You can try and make the HDTV your primary display in the settings. Why is so important to close the lid anyway, I think it would run hotter that way while playing HD video.

Don't clone, and then set the external display as active correct? If so, I tried that but it still happens.

It's nice to get it to fit under the lip of my LCD; I think heat would be negligible in a ULV while playing xvid and probably DXVA HD video too.

Any other ideas? Also, I would assume that everyone has this problem? I also used to do this with notebook workstations too, whereby when plugged into monitors via RGB, everything was fine... and I believe... one time, it did a bunch of flipping between resolutions and began to work ok @ native res while shut. Weird... as there has to be a science to it and/or way around this.

[CFRTim]

Don't clone, and then set the external display as active correct? If so, I tried that but it still happens............

If I remember correctly, not just active, but make sure you set your HDTV as primary, not secondary, display. I think you can even deactivate you lappy screen at that point

[svanburen]

Hi,
v.3310 is still thee latest bios, correct?
or is there a newer which I am unaware of?
Thanks.

[Changturkey]

1810Tz Su4100, Running on latest intel video driver, with Cas 5-5-5 DDR2 800Mhz 4GB... lowest settings... it will run slow, something between 10 to 23 fps...

There's a modded driver out there you can try to improve performance.

YouTube - Starcraft 2 on intel GMA 4500MHD

Link is in vid description.

[TyresSmoke]

There's a modded driver out there you can try to improve performance.

YouTube - Starcraft 2 on intel GMA 4500MHD

Link is in vid description.

Thanks, i will give a try tonight

[cybpsych]

Acer 1810TZ Graphic Driver: v14.42.5.[64].5284 (WinXP x86-x64) ~ Official GS45 driver.

Changelog-x86: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerato
Changelog-x64: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerato

x86:
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/19249/a08/winxp_14425.exe
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/19250/a08/winxp_14425.zip

x64:
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/19251/a08/winxp64_14425.exe
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/19253/eng/winxp64_14425.zip