Acer Aspire 8942G Core i7 Owners Lounge

[overtaxed]

Always and interesting thread.

Seaman - was there a carrier/tray already in the spare HDD bay when you opened it up?

Thinking of adding a 2nd HDD to for backup and a 2nd OS - cannot get some of my favourite game to play in 64bit Win7
Regards

Overtaxed

[bioz941]

hello everyone

im new on the forum and my 8942G brought me here...sadly not for good reasons..

its strange when i see everyone saying that this laptop is great...even in reviews and test people show to the world..

i dont know why but mine just isn't like that..

sometimes i cant even play on 800*600 lower of lower setting because i have FPS breaks.. dont kno whats wrong i already updated graphic drivers...direct X...tried to disable the threading thing i saw on page 5 still dindt work...

i can play good withou break for like 2 to 5 minutes...then its a major FPS break down and i cant play even with lower settings...anyone have an ideia what could be the problem?

i have the Core I7 version...please im desperate...how could my older P with lowest hardware configuration be better than this powerfll laptop? =(

[kizwan]

@bioz941,

What do you mean by FPS breaks? Do you mean after 5 minutes playing, FPS suddenly drops? Looks like graphic card is throttle down for some reason, maybe GPU high temp. Did you monitor the temperature? GPU-Z can record the temperature for you in the background while you playing games. Driver crashing also can be the reason of the behavior. Try look in the Event Viewer for any error messages regarding the GPU & the GPU driver. Have you tried formatting your computer? If you already tried reinstalling windows & still have this problem, look like your notebook is faulty. You need to send it for repair.

[bioz941]

yep i re-instaled everything form factory ....second time doing it.. just finished it now...going to upgrade everything and try again and use GPU-Z to monitor everything...if this still continues i will send it to waranty nad HOPE acer gives me my laptop fully functional again!


1 question: i see alot of websites that say the CORE I7 version was only 640gb of HDD witch are splited in two...however i have 1TB and there are splited in two...quesiton is...is this HDD normal in this laptop version...and how the hell can i unslipt them?




edit: just used GPU-Z while playing a crappy windows game called heroes of helea or something like this and my Temperature of GPU went up to 68cº... im thinking 68cº for a crappy windows game is too much?! :S

[kizwan]

yep i re-instaled everything form factory ....second time doing it.. just finished it now...going to upgrade everything and try again and use GPU-Z to monitor everything...if this still continues i will send it to waranty nad HOPE acer gives me my laptop fully functional again!

Not good idea to re-installed from factory if you're going to troubleshoot your problem. It is not first time I experience buggy driver from factory installed or factory/restore partition. Fresh install will be good idea. Use up-to-date driver too.

1 question: i see alot of websites that say the CORE I7 version was only 640gb of HDD witch are splited in two...however i have 1TB and there are splited in two...quesiton is...is this HDD normal in this laptop version...and how the hell can i unslipt them?

1TB is normal nowadays. The type/size of the HDD you can use is not depend on the processor you use. I don't know any software can "join" two partition to one without destroying/erasing the content. The only solution is to format the whole disk.

edit: just used GPU-Z while playing a crappy windows game called heroes of helea or something like this and my Temperature of GPU went up to 68cº... im thinking 68cº for a crappy windows game is too much?! :S

Maybe just a spike. To be sure test with heavy game like shift or starcraft 2.

[bioz941]

im going to test it with Call of Duty black ops but..to tell the truth that wasnt a peak...without doing nothing just looking at desktop i've got 90cº..

i think theres some problem with graphic cards i dont know...still im going to install the black ops and play for a few minutes maybe hour or two to see if this problem still's on...

i tought in a fresh install but the store i bought this laptop is kinda "thiefs" and they always get new ways to save themselfs...i prefer this to go to Acer and hope they fix this problem..

still thanks for the help...later i will post the performance on black ops...

i will play on full settings with 2x AA

[kizwan]

im going to test it with Call of Duty black ops but..to tell the truth that wasnt a peak...without doing nothing just looking at desktop i've got 90cº..

That is very high. I think the thermal paste on the GPU is not properly applied or it already melt down. I have read somewhere in this forum, the owner have the same issue. Opening the laptop & the heatsink revealed that the thermal paste is not properly applied. Because of it there is a gap between the GPU & the heatsink. Thermal paste should fill the gap.

i tought in a fresh install but the store i bought this laptop is kinda "thiefs" and they always get new ways to save themselfs...i prefer this to go to Acer and hope they fix this problem..

Yes, better engage with Acer directly.

[bioz941]

ok i instaled and played like what? couple of minutes with 1920*1080 with AA*2 and guess what...breaks come back again...lowers the AA to off...after couple of seconds...breaking stars...lowered to 1280*785 (something like this) and still getting breaks..

while playing GPU-Z got 99Cº i think this really need to go to repair =(

[AspireMan]

That GPU is definitely overheating. Maybe it's throttling down clocks once it reaches too high temperature and then you see fps drops.
Mine goes up to 66°C and a few more degrees if overclocked in Modern Warfare 2 with the same settings.
Take it to Acer, they should fix it (at least if they're not clumsy and incompetent like they're in my country...).

[bioz941]

i did the final test now...turn it off..after 2 hours turn it on... laptop pretty fresh ... 45 - 50 ºc ... played black ops for 10 minutes on 1920*1080 with AA*2 and GPU that was on 45 - 50 was now on 95 - 110 ºc

going to send him to waranty today...hope this gets fixed and that i get my laptop fixed soon...thank you all for your help i guess im just unlucky..

question: should i get a cooler...so when he comes back i dont have any problems at all or its no necessary?

Edit:

Date , GPU Core Clock [MHz] , GPU Memory Clock [MHz] , GPU Temperature [°C] , Fan Speed [%] , GPU Load [%] , Fan Speed [RPM] , GPU Temp. #1 [°C] , GPU Temp. #2 [°C] , GPU Temp. #3 [°C] , VDDC [V] ,

2010-11-13 17:18:56 , 625.0 , 799.9 , 53.0 , 30 , 0 , - , 51.0 , 49.0 , 53.0 , 1.000 ,

2010-11-13 17:18:58 , 625.0 , 799.9 , 53.0 , 30 , 0 , - , 51.0 , 49.5 , 53.0 , 1.000 ,

2010-11-13 17:18:59 , 500.0 , 799.9 , 53.0 , 30 , 6 , - , 51.0 , 49.5 , 53.0 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:19:00 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 52.0 , 30 , 1 , - , 51.0 , 49.0 , 53.0 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:19:01 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 53.0 , 30 , 0 , - , 51.0 , 49.5 , 53.0 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:19:02 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 53.0 , 30 , 0 , - , 51.0 , 49.0 , 53.0 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:19:03 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 53.0 , 30 , 12 , - , 51.0 , 49.5 , 53.0 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:39:28 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 96.0 , 100 , 0 , - , 96.5 , 91.5 , 96.0 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:39:29 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 96.0 , 100 , 2 , - , 96.0 , 91.5 , 96.0 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:39:30 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 96.0 , 100 , 0 , - , 96.0 , 91.0 , 95.5 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:39:31 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 96.0 , 100 , 0 , - , 96.0 , 91.0 , 95.5 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:39:32 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 95.0 , 30 , 0 , - , 95.5 , 91.0 , 95.0 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:39:33 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 95.0 , 30 , 0 , - , 95.5 , 90.5 , 95.0 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:39:34 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 95.0 , 30 , 0 , - , 95.0 , 90.5 , 95.0 , 0.900 ,

2010-11-13 17:39:35 , 200.0 , 200.0 , 95.0 , 30 , 1 , - , 95.0 , 90.5 , 94.5 , 0.900 ,


this is my last log from 55 to 95.5 in 20 min..^.