Acer Ethos AS8951G/AS5951G Owners Lounge

[GalaxySII]

Hi! I tried to install Broadcom drivers and it shows that device can't be found. Was able to successful instal Atheros Bluetooth Drivers, and when i click on the button from the left site, on/off it appears to turn on/off bluetooth and wifi but still no luck to find any device from Laptop, and laptop can't be founded by other devices also(the option to make laptop visible is on)

any ideas?

Just turn both ON leave it on download bluetooth driver here Acer Support: Downloads & Support Documents - Notebook / Aspire / Aspire 8951G
If not go to windows update and check if offers driver or go to device manager look on missing driver bluetooth and click update driver search auto

[stravlr]

For those who have had issues with the Media Remote (My battery expanded and it no longer sat correctly) Acer issues a warranty replacment no questions asked.. and the replacment came with the invoice with the correct part number to find a replacment

56.RHS07.001

Hopes that helps someone ;-)

[dwiniarz]

stravlr how long did it take for you to get a new one? Also did they want the broken one?

[pmbellis]

For those who have had issues with the Media Remote (My battery expanded and it no longer sat correctly) Acer issues a warranty replacment no questions asked.. and the replacment came with the invoice with the correct part number to find a replacment

56.RHS07.001

Hopes that helps someone ;-)

Hmm, That's very interesting.

I had exactly the same issue (battery expanded) and Acer (I'm in South Africa) said that:
1.) They would not even consider replacing it without me booking the entire laptop in so they could "evaluate" it.
2.) The minimum "book-in" period was 3 days.

As I've never used the touch-pad/remote (I prefer a mouse), I just took it out & put it in a drawer & forgot about it.

Now here's the weird part ... about 2 months ago, my mouse broke & it was too early for the shops to be open to get a replacement, so I dug the touch-pad out of the drawer & popped it in. It sat at a funny angle, but as long as it was connected it worked, so I used it for a few hours & then went & bought a replacement mouse, but left the touch-pad in. That evening I closed the laptop without thinking & took it home. The next day, when I opened it up ... the touch-pad wasn't swollen anymore, lies as flat as the day I got it. ... and now it works as a remote when not connected. Any explanations for that?

Regards,

[juanjillo]

Hello.

Im trying to reinstall windows 7 without the restere dvd of ACER. I wan to install it manually with the latest versions of drivers and without acer software.

Windows 7 start the installation. But it can´t detect any drive to install. Y try to use the ahci driver but i don´t get any result.

What driver i miss in the installation procedure?

Thanks a lot.

[vegas247]

Thanx a mil RAY24!!! The solution to preforming a fresh OS install minus the Acer bloatware on a new solid state drive was a few clicks away this whole time. Eventually, I'll re-format the original HDD once I'm comfortable with the new set-up. I'm currently given the choice which OS to boot into and boy oh boy what a difference in speed and responsiveness the SSD offers. I digress, but anyway thanks again for pointing that out to me.

[stravlr]

stravlr how long did it take for you to get a new one? Also did they want the broken one?

Reg Fedex 3 days.. and no they dont want the old one back. ;-)

[sinibaba]

Hi

Can I check if the following ram will be compatible with my Ethos 8951g?

I intend to change my stock memory to 4 of these:
Vengeance® — 4GB High Performance Laptop Memory Upgrade Kit (CMSX4GX3M1A1600C9)


Is this overkill because the intel website says that my motherboard (i7 2670QM) will only support ram that is 1066 or 1333Mhz? I have been trying to read up on this with various sites but cannot get a clear understanding.

The Corsair website states that the Vengeance series ram cards will work on any motherboards (even those that do not support 1600Mhz) without any bios settings to be made as it would auto clock itself.

Has anyone tried this or could someone advise?

Thanks

[ethosguy917]

The stupid Acer Update program decided to serve me a BIOS update which failed and bricked my computer...so I had to figure out how to fix it. There have been a few posts here regarding how to recover the BIOS, but also some unanswered follow-up questions (such as how to get the actual BIOS file from the BIOS exe available from Acer), so let me clarify the process (very simple, actually).

How to Recover AS8951G BIOS after failed BIOS Update:

Download 7-zip if you don't already have it.
Download the most recent BIOS from the Acer website (what you download will be a zip with two folders, DOS and Windows).
Use 7-zip to extract the BIOS zip file.
In 7-zip, browse to the folder with the extracted BIOS files and browse to the WINDOWS folder (it may look like the same file is in both the DOS and Windows folder, but the contents are indeed different). Right click on the exe file (ZRH113W.exe) and select "Open Inside." This will reveal the contents of the exe file.
Copy the files that are now visible by selecting files, right-clicking, and using the "copy to" function (you may not need all of them but you definitely need at least ZRH.fd, just copy them all and it will work) to copy to the main directory of a USB flash drive (I freshly formatted one, but sure if this is necessary as the BIOS recovery probably knows what files to look for).
Connect USB flash drive to one of the USB ports (did it with the one closest to the front on the right side, probably also doesn't matter) and hold FN+ESC while pressing the power button. Power button light should start flashing; now just wait. Power light goes off after a while but process continues (my fan stayed on despite the lights going off); if successful system will reboot and you are good to go!

There, easy, takes <10 minutes if you do it right. No $100+shipping to Acer to resolve. Outrageous that Acer pushes a BIOS update through their update utility like it's a software patch (no red warnings or anything, I didn't even pay attention to what the update was as I generally trust manufacturer updates) and then fails to provide these simple recovery instructions after their glitchy updates fail.

[Edgar83]

Hi everybody!

After the succesfull experience with a great Gemstone 5920, the actual 4820TG timeline X, I want to give Acer a chance again, buying a ETHOS 5951G as a present for my girlfriend.

Said that, can anyone tell me if that model has any particular weakness, trouble or down side (heat, failures, screen, usability, throttling issues for example)

Thank you very much for your help!

The version I'm planning to buy has i5 2410M 4 gb ram and nvidia gt555m, and costs a little more than 500 €

PS: excuse my poor english!