Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820TG Owners Lounge

[Legolin]

So I've got it all wrong, then, and throttling happens on the i5 models, too?

I believe no i5 owner has yet complained of any throttling issues...

[Legolin]

That makes sense then. I'll update the first page.

Hi aylafan, you might wanna update the 1st page, I had difficulty installing the ATI 10.7 driver update and making it work with the intel GPU until i installed the latest BIOS first and then followed with the rest of the instructions...

[fongwu]

Hi aylafan, you might wanna update the 1st page, I had difficulty installing the ATI 10.7 driver update and making it work with the intel GPU until i installed the latest BIOS first and then followed with the rest of the instructions...

I'm on bios 1.13 (the one that came with the laptop) and managed to install ati 10.7. how did you update the bios, in DOS or windows? if you did it in DOS, can you use a bootable usb drive to do it?

[aylafan]

It's definitely possible. People posting their i5 results seem to have shown that it's unlikely to be a problem there as they have 8c-10c of headroom.

For the i3's I could see it going either way, that's why I've been trying to encourage people to test and post results. Only certain games make me throttle, seems like the more action and busy scene comps the more likely it is for me. In that alya's reported ~76c for an RPG and then 82c-85c for an RTS it's hard to really know if SC2 represents the highest peak of his temps.

I think that I have provided enough results in this thread. I am going to wait for other Core i3 4820TG owners to post temperature and throttling results. Ngaw, I hope that your Core i3 4820TG will no longer have temperature/throttling issues when you receive it from Acer.

U.S. Micro Center - Dallas, TX location
Core i3 4820TG - out of stock
Core i5 4820TG - 10 in stock

I know there are Core i3 owners out there.

[Josh77]

Acer TimelineX 4820TG! - Notebooks

I read this and the people on here are not even complaining about the screen at all? Why is that?

The screen is not spectacular but there is nothing wrong with it - nothing to complain about at this price point.

[elo]

The screen is not spectacular but there is nothing wrong with it - nothing to complain about at this price point.

View angles?

[Bronsky]

The vertical viewing angle is nothing to write home about.

[CVonV]

mine is PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68C1&SUBSYS_03591025&REV_00

I've never gotten that error before, even during my failed attempts it would always say "install successful" or something like that, only it wasn't. idk man, have you tried a clean install of windows 7?

it's not an error per say.. it's just a notification during a customised install (instead of an express install which is what u were probably doing)

Hi, not sure if you are having the same issue as me, cos your machine is a 5820TG whereas I'm using the 4820TG. For me I found that I need to install the latest BIOS...

it wasn't working with the laptop's factory BIOS which was 1.04.. so i updated it to the latest 1.15.. but still the same

I'm on bios 1.13 (the one that came with the laptop) and managed to install ati 10.7. how did you update the bios, in DOS or windows? if you did it in DOS, can you use a bootable usb drive to do it?

u can update it in Windows.. u just run the exe

i might try downgrading to 1.13 and see if that helps.. EDIT: just tried and no difference

can i get those people that were able to successfully install 10.7's to post their hardware ID's of the 5650 please?

[KolosoK]

Does anyone know if the Tustin, CA microcenter will ever get the 4820TG-3195 in store? Is this item so new that they're in the process of getting the units to their stores, or will this be an online-only item?

I purchased it from there when they had 5 in stock. Within two days the stock went down to 0


Also, can anyone shine a light on this issue:

Does anyone have a problem with screen artifacts after switching the graphics to Intel's chip? Every time I either perform the switch or if the screen dims after idling for a bit and then me moving the mouse, the screen fills with artifacts. They go away after I launch a program, but they are still rather annoying. Doesn't happen with the HD5650 enabled. Weird.

Thanks

[inm8#2]

I believe no i5 owner has yet complained of any throttling issues...

These guys did:

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