Acer Aspire 5560 Owner's Thread

[bobrohrman]

Hi! In particular, I have the Acer Aspire AS5560G-7809. Well, it will arrive in about a week.



Wondering if there are any owners out there currently? Wanted to get some info about k10stat settings and any useful tweaks.

Thanks

Checking in, another 7809 owner. So far, installed SSD, upgraded ram to 8gb, the usual clean install stuff, and messed around some with k10stat. I tried the timings here from here and found that OC to 2.2 was giving an error on Core #3 so I bumped down to 2.1 and have been running fine. I'll try to up the voltage from his recommended settings at some point.

[neenja]

Checking in, another 7809 owner. So far, installed SSD, upgraded ram to 8gb, the usual clean install stuff, and messed around some with k10stat. I tried the timings here from here and found that OC to 2.2 was giving an error on Core #3 so I bumped down to 2.1 and have been running fine. I'll try to up the voltage from his recommended settings at some point.

Couple questions for ya, if you dont mind..

What kind of ssd did you get? Size brand and is it sata ll or lll? Will our laptop run sata lll?

Did you upgrade to 1333mhz ram or 1600mhz. I've read that the max it can handle is 1333mhz.

Also, I did a clean insteall of mine with Win7 ultimate 64bit. The last unknown device I have is SM Bus Controller.. any idea where I can find the drivers for that?

[robbert-h]

If you put 1600mhz ram in a 1333mhz machine then it will just downclock to 1333mhz. There is no physical difference :-)

Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9000 met Tapatalk

[neenja]

having issues with my external monitor.

i am using an hdmi-to-dvi cable. ive set the external monitor to be the main view and have my laptop screen disabled while connected.

issue is.. when i reboot with the cable attached, the external monitor stays black, as if it sees no feed. the laptop also stays black. i detach the cable and the laptop screen still stays black. keypresses or mouse movement does not wake the screen. i end up having to hold down the power button to fully power down and start up again. this also happens from a cold boot. if the laptop is completely powered down, and boots up with the external monitor attached, the dead black screen issue happens.

anyone else having issues with external monitors?

[lancecamper]

Has anyone been successful at installing a 2nd hdd in the optical disk bay? Mine won't even get to the acer splash screen when plugged in.

I can use the hdd if plugged in after windows loads. Is there some sort of bios incompatibility issue with this?

[elviso33]

having issues with my external monitor.

i am using an hdmi-to-dvi cable. ive set the external monitor to be the main view and have my laptop screen disabled while connected.

issue is.. when i reboot with the cable attached, the external monitor stays black, as if it sees no feed. the laptop also stays black. i detach the cable and the laptop screen still stays black. keypresses or mouse movement does not wake the screen. i end up having to hold down the power button to fully power down and start up again. this also happens from a cold boot. if the laptop is completely powered down, and boots up with the external monitor attached, the dead black screen issue happens.

anyone else having issues with external monitors?

Having the exact same problem. It seems that laptop sends the signal at POST then stops and does not even send the feed to it's own panel. Has to be some bug, but don't know where to start. Only thing that fixes this is a hard power down and restart without the HDMI connection.

Does anyone have issues with the battery causing the laptop to beep? I wonder if I have a bad battery. The two issues are very annoying!

[neenja]

Having the exact same problem. It seems that laptop sends the signal at POST then stops and does not even send the feed to it's own panel. Has to be some bug, but don't know where to start. Only thing that fixes this is a hard power down and restart without the HDMI connection.

Does anyone have issues with the battery causing the laptop to beep? I wonder if I have a bad battery. The two issues are very annoying!

still have this issue, searched everywhere and cannot find a fix. its VERY annoying. if i forget the hdmi is plugged in, id have to do a hard power down, unplug, then power up, wait for boot, then replug.

the battery beeping thing ive only noticed it happens when the laptop is already on, then i plug in the power ac after.

[neenja]

User Ram3500 at the slickdeals forum figured out that the hdmi to external monitor issue is bugged in the latest 12.7b video drivers. He reverted back to the factory ones (which I'm guessing you can find on acers website) and it fixed the issue.

I'm having issues now tho..

Unfortunately, I also now notice the "screen door" effect that other users have mentioned over at the slickdeals forum. When I drag windows around, I see that the edges start to give that pixelated blur screendoor effect.. every time. Can you guys give this a test? I'm on the latest 12.7b video drivers currently.

Another thing.. if my laptop is on for hours at a time, the screen starts to bug out. I start to get a bunch of horizontal line tears on my screen. At first I thought it was my external monitor, but I unplugged the hdmi cable and it still was happening on my laptop screen. A full restart fixed the issue.. for now.

Sigh... I'm am now starting to feel the effects of a "budget gaming laptop"

I'm gonna do a clean uninstall with driversweep of the beta drivers and test out the factory video drivers. Hopefully that fixes the hdmi issues... and must also test how good my games run on them.

[elviso33]

User Ram3500 at the slickdeals forum figured out that the hdmi to external monitor issue is bugged in the latest 12.7b video drivers. He reverted back to the factory ones (which I'm guessing you can find on acers website) and it fixed the issue.

I'm having issues now tho..

Unfortunately, I also now notice the "screen door" effect that other users have mentioned over at the slickdeals forum. When I drag windows around, I see that the edges start to give that pixelated blur screendoor effect.. every time. Can you guys give this a test? I'm on the latest 12.7b video drivers currently.

Another thing.. if my laptop is on for hours at a time, the screen starts to bug out. I start to get a bunch of horizontal line tears on my screen. At first I thought it was my external monitor, but I unplugged the hdmi cable and it still was happening on my laptop screen. A full restart fixed the issue.. for now.

Sigh... I'm am now starting to feel the effects of a "budget gaming laptop"

I'm gonna do a clean uninstall with driversweep of the beta drivers and test out the factory video drivers. Hopefully that fixes the hdmi issues... and must also test how good my games run on them.

Thanks for the update. I'll give that a try. Unfortunately the laptop is at my father's house. I set it up for him to be used as a Media Center computer/TV. I can remote in to look at few things, but testing major things will be difficult. I can ask my dad to keep an eye out. I don't recall seeing the tearing. I did however do a full install on a SSD. I am not using the drive that came with the computer. If I hear from my dad I'll post more info. Also I'll remote in to change the video driver and see that fixes anything.

Quick question regarding the battery, are you saying that you hear beeps as well. The way to fix it is to start the computer, shutdown and then reinstall the battery?

Thanks.

Elviso33

[neenja]

the battery just beeps one time when i plug in the ac adapter while the laptop is on.

the flickering lines i am talking about is similar to this issue here: HP Laptop Screen Glitch - Flickering Horizontal Lines - dv6-6135dx - YouTube