Acer Aspire 8942G Core i7 Owners Lounge

[Migman]

Uhhhh, that's extreme and expensive
We need benchmarks and temperatures!



Cheers

Hi, i am currently running Windows 8 preview on the lap-top and have no monitoring software installed, but with the Win7 install running the Dnetc clients for cpu and gpu, and using the programme from this website for altering the fan speeds, temperatures are in the high 70'sC to low 80'sC, but the fan must be running at the "33" fan value, or throttling occurs.

[exmeaguy]

Hi, no pull old one out put new one in, using the bios from Acer's website, which i assume correctly reads the chip.

Thanks, I appreciate the help.

[ErikO]

Uhhhh, that's extreme and expensive
We need benchmarks and temperatures!



Cheers

AGREED! We NEED benchies!

[ErikO]

Here you go gents, I found this. (EDIT: PM me if you want the service manual, it is 3.8MB, and won't upload for some reason).

My DC jack has called time, and need to pull it apart for replacement, I found the 8942G SERVICE manual. Which I could have done with before.

Sweet.

Can't sell it if you can't power it, right?

Was just about to pull the trigger on an M18x R2 purchase, but waiting for the Nvidia 680M... had enough of ATI for a while.

[ErikO]

Gents,

For those who said the GPU was soldered to the M/B.

How's this for you?

(see attachments)

Can anybody identify this as an MXM 3.0 socket?

[downloads]

You've taken those photos out of a service manual? If I remrmber correctly we've confirmed these were wrong.
See here for an examination that confirms it.

[ErikO]

You've taken those photos out of a service manual? If I remrmber correctly we've confirmed these were wrong.
See here for an examination that confirms it.

Indeed, I did take them out of the service manual, and it was written for exactly this notebook.

I had seen that article previously, and had looked on that site for comparison, but didn't see it listed anymore.

Looking at it now, other pictures in the manual match, save for the heatsink pipes & setup. But when he 'concludes' there is no card, and points out in red circles, what he thinks is correct, he is actually looking at the wrong side of the computer (in my opinion), the graphics card (if indeed it does exist), is on the underneath, deeper into the chassis, next to the cpu (which was hard enough to reach as it was).

I'm so tempted to reduce this thing to pieces and settle this once and for all.

And I will. I need to order a new DC jack & solder that in, and then we can put this one to bed.

Cheers.

Oh, and if it does exist, it will be the following spec socket, MXM 3.0 Type A, 64/128bit, max power 55W, dimensions 82mm x 80mm. (Existing card is listed as 39W).

The Type B does 256bit, and max 100W, and can be 82mm x 105mm.

Internet is wonderful, eh?

[downloads]

Granted it is the wrong side of the mobo but whoever made those photos had a point about what looks like video memory being there.
There's another photo that might support no-MXM theory.
Still wrong side of the mobo but that clearly looks like VRAM.

Anyway- looking forward to your confirmation on that one.

[ErikO]

Indeed, I did take them out of the service manual, and it was written for exactly this notebook.

I had seen that article previously, and had looked on that site for comparison, but didn't see it listed anymore.

Looking at it now, other pictures in the manual match, save for the heatsink pipes & setup. But when he 'concludes' there is no card, and points out in red circles, what he thinks is correct, he is actually looking at the wrong side of the computer (in my opinion), the graphics card (if indeed it does exist), is on the underneath, deeper into the chassis, next to the cpu (which was hard enough to reach as it was).

I'm so tempted to reduce this thing to pieces and settle this once and for all.

And I will. I need to order a new DC jack & solder that in, and then we can put this one to bed.

Cheers.

Oh, and if it does exist, it will be the following spec socket, MXM 3.0 Type A, 64/128bit, max power 55W, dimensions 82mm x 80mm. (Existing card is listed as 39W).

The Type B does 256bit, and max 100W, and can be 82mm x 105mm.

Internet is wonderful, eh?

Changing the GPU in HD5850?

Ladies & Gents,

Here is the FINAL word on the subject.

Acer, whom have now lost a repeat customer, did not follow others in have a discrete graphics solution on an industry-standard socket, for a 3rd party graphics card, thus confining us to a life-time of GDDR3, and no option to upgrade.

At the time of purchase, I came from an 8800M GTX, so this was an unexpected drop in graphics performance (which I might have lived with, knowing later I'll pull the card, as I did from the 8700GT to the 8800M GTX), and I would have avoided, (like the plague), what I consider to be an integrated graphics solution.

You will find in the pictures the GPU parts are indeed part of the motherboard.

Here is my tear-down from last night:

NOT a happy camper, and now determined never to 'cheat' on Clevo, or Alienware again, despite 5 speakers, slim design, and lighter weight.

End of story.

[ErikO]

Ladies & Gents,

2 mins ago I got my confirmation of m18x r2, with 3920XM & dual 7970GTXs.

But I won't be leaving you forever, I'm considering keeping the 8942G as a 'hot spare', as I can't go without a working computer again. (its been 2 weeks, and I've still not received my motherboard power connector, and the 'original keyboard' was a copy).

Unless there is some offers on it that are interesting....

ErikO