Aspire 7720G major upgrade

[Riddhy916]

i have a 7720g with g80 8600m gt and t7500 sometimes it runs too hot actually i am typing this from now i really like the look and build of it but the 2 grills of the gpu vent has melted and others are soft and weakening i really want to throw the 8600m gt and downgrade to g210m is it possible?

my battery sometimes works sometimes doesnt so i removed the 8 cell battery and running on ac power directly but for the last 5 or 6 days sometimes it shuts itself down even though its not running hot even the power button doesnt work sometimes after 5 to 6 tries

should i get a new battery and adapter? where can i get original ones are in there in ebay?

the 7720g is 2yrs old+ 2 days i think its time to ditch and upgrade
i am really waiting on sandy bridge but i think my 7720g could last that long min 6 months any suggestions?

[hexxor93]

If you want your laptop to go on use a weaker card in it for example a 9300m g it makes hardly any heat under load and can be overclocked well. As for the battery and charger, if you don't use your laptop anywhere but home just get a new charger. Try ebay or acer website.

[Jon5]

I've got a Acer Aspire 7720G running Bios v1.45. It came with the Radeon 2300HD.
I bought the 9650M GT but when i installed it the bios i says that the card has 0mb memory. Can anyone help? I tried installing a new drivers from laptopvideo2go.com but no joy. Can anyone give me some more tips?

[Arminator]

Originally Posted by Jon5

I've got a Acer Aspire 7720G running Bios v1.45. It came with the Radeon 2300HD.
I bought the 9650M GT but when i installed it the bios i says that the card has 0mb memory. Can anyone help? I tried installing a new drivers from laptopvideo2go.com but no joy. Can anyone give me some more tips?

I don`t think it is very important since windows recognizes graphics memory...

[ttomorad]

Originally Posted by Jon5

I bought the 9650M GT but when i installed it the bios i says that the card has 0mb memory.

The same thing happened to me when I tried 9650M GT, but I agree with Arminator, as long as Windows recognizes it, it's not a problem. Probably just a limitation of BIOS.

[hexxor93]

That is only happening because the bios on the card isn't a Acer one so the bios can't read all the information about the card. I would go far as saying thats normal as it wasn't made for this laptop

[triturbo]

Originally Posted by ttomorad

It was OEM and in perfect working condition, CPU-Z detected it without any problems but the multiplier was "stuck" at x6 giving it a max clock of 1.20GHz when it should be at x14 (2.80GHz). BIOS also recognized it as 2.80GHz CPU but since there was no BIOS update for a full year at the time (and still no new releases from that point) I couldn't be sure what was the problem. I tried reinstalling Windows, tried XP, Vista and 7 with no luck. I contacted Acer and they told me that the motherboard doesn't support that CPU, they didn't explain why but I think it's probably because of the higher power consumption needed for Extreme series. It was actually stupid of me to have Extreme series CPU in this Acer model since there is no chance of overclocking it (BIOS options are so limited) but maybe this experience will help out someone else. Eventually I sent it back due to incompatibility issue and took T9500, at that point I was sceptic at any future upgrade, but everything turned out more than great.

I see. Probably a new 130W PSU would've help or/and using ThrottleStop to alter the multiplier, one can only wonder. It's worth trying, but the X9000's price is "a bit" too high, I would much rather spend the money for a SSD.

[Jon5]

I downloaded version 191.07 from laptopvideo + the corresponding inf file.
the first time it crashed within 3 seconds. The second time I loaded up Win 7 i got as far as doing a windows experience test. The 3d part went from 1 to 6.3, which was nice but then it crashed a few seconds later.
Can anyone recommend a stable version to use with my set up (Acer aspire 7720G + 9650M GT?
oh BTW to Riddhy916 have you checked maybe your laptop for dust? That could explain why it's getting hot

[ttomorad]

Originally Posted by triturbo

I see. Probably a new 130W PSU would've help or/and using ThrottleStop to alter the multiplier, one can only wonder. It's worth trying, but the X9000's price is "a bit" too high, I would much rather spend the money for a SSD.

I agree. Maybe the new PSU would help but now I can only guess. I tried so many throttling software available but with no help. SSD rocks, go for it my friend!

[Arminator]

Originally Posted by Jon5

I downloaded version 191.07 from laptopvideo + the corresponding inf file.
the first time it crashed within 3 seconds. The second time I loaded up Win 7 i got as far as doing a windows experience test. The 3d part went from 1 to 6.3, which was nice but then it crashed a few seconds later.
Can anyone recommend a stable version to use with my set up (Acer aspire 7720G + 9650M GT?
oh BTW to Riddhy916 have you checked maybe your laptop for dust? That could explain why it's getting hot

Did you try latest driver version from nvidia?
It is v258. you can download it here:
NVIDIA DRIVERS 258.96 WHQL

Hope this will help