Acer MXM BIOS Mods and discussion (was: x920G vs. 9600M GT)

[.NetRolller 3D]

@lbr: Can you please upload your VBIOS (not SBIOS)? I recently had issues upgrading an A3667G to FX 770M (cross-flashable to 9600M GT), none of my VBIOSes worked with the internal display.

[Antonko]

Hi Netroller. So you can`t tell anything yet on my 7520G AHCI problem?

[paymey]

hi NetRolller if you have older versions Black Edition(with IST Configuration Acer 5720), please share.
I check if older versions don't have problem with external monitor.

Does anyone have bios 5720G (allowing for dual-IDA) and has no problems with detection external LCD.
thanks for support

[Mapo]

Hello, this is my first post.

Recently my 5920G overheated with 8600M GT, and since this is the second time (already reboiled once) it crashes I'm planning to replace it. I've read much of the information in this thread and others, but this is the first time I replace my graphics card and I feel I lack the basics.

I would really appreciate if you could recommend which one to buy, between 9600GS or 9600GT, which are on my budget. And could you also please recommend some link, tutorial or overall steps I should take? I have no knowledge about all that BIOS staff and I my screen is permanently black anyway.

Thanks in advance

[Antonko]

Hello, this is my first post.

Recently my 5920G overheated with 8600M GT, and since this is the second time (already reboiled once) it crashes I'm planning to replace it. I've read much of the information in this thread and others, but this is the first time I replace my graphics card and I feel I lack the basics.

I would really appreciate if you could recommend which one to buy, between 9600GS or 9600GT, which are on my budget. And could you also please recommend some link, tutorial or overall steps I should take? I have no knowledge about all that BIOS staff and I my screen is permanently black anyway.

Thanks in advance

Find yourself 9600GT, thats the best card you can fit in this lptp imho. I once was lucky to find it for only 80$

[Mapo]

Thank you, I found some interesting offers for that card. Do I have to install the modded BIOS shown in the first post? Would I be able to do so with no screen?

[Antonko]

Thank you, I found some interesting offers for that card. Do I have to install the modded BIOS shown in the first post? Would I be able to do so with no screen?

This i don`t know for sure, i think that if there is your laptop bios posted in 1st post by NetRoller - you should try it. Or you can consult him in person.

[raspoutine67]

Hello netttroller 3d could you help me I bought a graphics card Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS G84-625-A2 512 MB DDR2 MXM II LS-3581P for an acer 9920 but same black screen on external screen?
be it Flash the motherboard so that his works?

[giorgosn]

Hi there guys!

I have a poor aspire 5720G with a poor 60Gb Corsair sataII SSD and a "brand new" CPU, c2duo T8300@2.4GHz. Lately I changed my 2x1Gb DDR2 667MHz to 1x2Gb DDR2 @ 800 MHz, planning to go for 2 more gigs if that one worked. And since I bothered I thought I should also take the graphics a notch up and expect an ATI mobility radeon (which will be a pain in the a** to get it working I start to believe...).
I had tried icl50 BlackEdition in the past but dropped it because i couldn't find out how to solve problem with the SSD not being able to wake from hibernation. Now I flashed it in again trying to get my memory working @800MHz(and while expecting to install new graphics), which I still haven't been able to do, whatever I may change in the bios' SPD and ram settings.
SPD settings in CPU-Z has 3 lists, 266 CL4, 333 CL5 and 400 CL6 (so 533, 667 and 800 MHz DDR2 respectively), module recognized as PC-6400 but cpu-z always reports DRAM timing 667 CL5.

Any ideas if there is any way to run my RAM @ 800? And maybe how to solve the hibernation thing of the SSD, I have tried like a million changes of ACPI settings etc...

**I should notice that 5720G "wears" Intel PM965, which means 200MHz FSB. Also, Crucial's little memory compatibility guide gives me 2 options for my laptops memory upgrade, 667 and 800 MHz, but I couldn't clear that part in datasheets or manuals.
Sorry for being a pain in the a** but maybe we could help some other poor guys like me out there....

[Supermalloy]

**** Edit: Problem solved, now its working, read below my original post ****

Hello everyone!

@ .NetRolller 3D and/or @ u6b36ef:

I have got an Acer 8920G that i bought with an ati radeon mobility HD 3650 built into it. (Windows 7 x64 running on it)

A view days ago i downloaded the modded SBIOS for the 8920G from the first post. (Big thanks to .NetRolller 3D for all his effort!!)

I flashed it with winphlash64. Everything went fine, in BIOS I have now the "workaround .." option with many submenues (didn´t touch anything there).

The I installed a 9600M GT 512MB DDR3 A1 graphicscard which came from an Acer Aspire 6920G (that was the information I got from the seller, GPU-Z tells me it has an Acer bios on it). There was no problem installing the card, also before that I removed the ati driver from Windows (as good as I was able to).

Then I switched on the system and I got a black screen until windows had booted. So no post or BIOS screen.
I connected the 8920 then via VGA to my TV an booted it up once again. Now I got an post screen and also I could enter the BIOS. Still no output on the internal screen until Windows had booted up.

I read the whole thread an came across a post from u6b36ef in which he mentioned, that he still uses .NetRolller 3D´s first SBIOS on his 8920 an had no problems with displaying BIOS on the internal screen.

My question is now, if one of you could please upload the first version of .NetRolller 3D´s SBIOS for the 8920G?

Thanks in advance!

Greetings Supermalloy!

************** Edit *******************

Now it works!!! The SBIOS from post 1 in this thread works, it was the VBIOS that caused the "problem"...

After some little more reading in this thread i got an link from u6b36ef to this VBIOS techPowerUp! :: VGA Bios Collection: Acer 9600M GT 512 MB .

Well, on my 9600m gt there was the version Acer.9600MGT.512.080630 flashed for the 7730G.

After flashing the version of the link (Acer.9600MGT.512.080619) and a reboot I had BIOS on the internal screen!!! ^^

(just to mention it, both versions are for 512MB DDR 3 cards, not to use with 512 or 1024MB DDR 2 cards!!!)

So thanks again to .NetRolller 3D and u6b36ef for your hard work and very helpful posts! ^^