Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820TG Owners Lounge

[inm8#2]

Lemme check...ok, no brain tumor!

Any recommendation for how to clean or check the speakers?

I'm not sure what you mean by "driver core".

[Bronsky]

Lemme check...ok, no brain tumor!

Any recommendation for how to clean or check the speakers?

I'm not sure what you mean by "driver core".

Glad to hear it about the tumor. Speakers work by coiling a copper thread around a magnet and feed power to drive the speaker cone. The Acer speakers are so small and fragile that my guess is that the wire loosens up over time, causing more imput to get the same output. The dust issue is a bit more complicated. Since the magnet attracts dust with small metalic particles, it is hard to keep clean over time. The other problem is that access is hard to get without taking the notebook apart. You can't reach the speakers by taking the keyboard alone off. You have to split the bottom casing, take the speakers out and use a small vacuum attachment to clean out the dust. It's really not worth the effort. Just live with the fact that you need to turn the volume up a bit.

[GamerzCreed]

Anyone tried out the Diablo III beta on their 4820tg yet ?

[Halflife]

hy guys, back again with a question..is your webcam of the 4820tg lagging when its on 1280 x resolution? what driver you use?also how the microphone record, what setting should i use for a better quality?

[DmitriyNchk]

hello.
I have Acer 4820TG with core i3-330M and ati 5470. During unlocked BIOS flashing notebook has been totaly hang at final stage (message appears on the screen "updating EC firmware..). after power off it won't start. leds a second light up and faded out. Removing cmos battery does not help. As I understand it in this notebook BIOS settings are not reset by pulling out the battery. Tell me how to reset the BIOS settings hardware way?

P.S. And tell me it possible to this model of laptop to install the i7 620M?

[wasabi323]

Anyone tried out the Diablo III beta on their 4820tg yet ?

Maxed it out, didn't have any problems.

[duykhang]

Maxed it out, didn't have any problems.

Anyone tried out the Diablo III beta on their 4820tg yet ?

Maxed out on 1080p external monitor with oced cpu and gpu (3.2ghz cpu with throttle stop + 780/1000 on gpu)

[duykhang]

hello.
I have Acer 4820TG with core i3-330M and ati 5470. During unlocked BIOS flashing notebook has been totaly hang at final stage (message appears on the screen "updating EC firmware..). after power off it won't start. leds a second light up and faded out. Removing cmos battery does not help. As I understand it in this notebook BIOS settings are not reset by pulling out the battery. Tell me how to reset the BIOS settings hardware way?

P.S. And tell me it possible to this model of laptop to install the i7 620M?

I think you bricked your laptop since you can't start it up looks like you need to call acer for support :/

[duykhang]

Hey guys, after a year got a problem with the 4820TG switchable graphics.
The auto-switch I configured on the CCC Advanced window to the ATI 5650 does not work and the manual switch on configure graphics, the basic command window does not work either. I am effectively stuck on the intel integrated graphics card.

I am running the latest version of ATI Catalyst drivers.

Can anyone suggest a solution to this problem?

1- Use driver sweeper and clean out the amd drivers
2- Reboot
3- Install the 4820tg amd drivers (latest from acer which works with the 5650m)

Skip this if you're don't want latest amd drivers (v12.3)
4- Reboot in discrete mode by pressing F2 at bios posting and changing the settings, install the latest amd drivers from amd website
5- Reboot in switchable mode

[inm8#2]

Any laptop cooler suggestions for the 4820TG? What kinds of temperature decreases have people seen using a cooling pad?