3820TG Owner's Lounge - Part Two

[Bronsky]

Hi guys.
I am experiencing incorrect time and date on my 3820tg lately. I already changed the BIOS and Windows clock and date manually but when I turn my laptop off and turn it on after sometime, the time and date are both messed up.

I am guessing that this is caused by a depleted CMOS battery because my laptop is already 2 years old. If this is the reason, could you please let me know where the CMOS battery is located and walk me through on how to replace it. Also, please let me know the type/model of the battery.

I thimk I would rerun setup utility from bios before trying to change the battery. 2 years sounds like too short a period for a dead battery but itis a possibility and it is the most obvious source of the problem. Here is the location.

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/Ma...G_04282010.pdf

Chapter 3, Page 45 at the top (53/150)

[tome]

tome you sure its turned on in bios.

i know some bios can disable it from there

Hi,
Unfortunately there is no option in the 3820TG bios 1.19.
tome

[3820TG]

Thanks Bronsky.

What do you mean by "rerun setup utility from bios"?

Also, I notice that the time and date that appears when I turn on the laptop is the time that I set in the BIOS. Every time that I turn on my laptop, those are the time and date that are shown.

[Bronsky]

Thanks Bronsky.

What do you mean by "rerun setup utility from bios"?

Also, I notice that the time and date that appears when I turn on the laptop is the time that I set in the BIOS. Every time that I turn on my laptop, those are the time and date that are shown.

The manual has instructions on how to run the setup utility from the boot menu. It could reconfigure a corrupted CMOS.

[Maurik]

What temperature is too hot for the 6550M HD?

Summer's here and I'm getting temperatures of 99°C on my GPU whilst gaming (with the notebook upright plugged into an external monitor, so plenty of circulation).

[Domo_x9]

During gaming i had temperatures like 95-105, but after I installed gaming fan profile it's always below 85, same for CPU.

link: Acer Aspire TimelineX 3820TG mods/tweaks ONLY!

[Maurik]

During gaming i had temperatures like 95-105, but after I installed gaming fan profile it's always below 85, same for CPU.

link: Acer Aspire TimelineX 3820TG mods/tweaks ONLY!

I'm running this, still 90+°C sometimes. Granted ambient temps are very high as it's warm here.

[MarineX]

is there any good dual band wireless card to replace with my current card?

current: Atheros AR5B93 Wireless Network Adapter

[downloads]

Intel 6200 would do fine.

[Bronsky]

Anybody see the leather skins for the 3820TG. If I didn't like the metal lid so much, I'd consider one these. KH Special Laptop leather Skin Fit Acer Aspire 3820TG | eBay