MODEL:
Acer Aspire 4745G-432G50Mn

SPECIFICATION:
-Intel Core i5 processor 430M 2.26Ghz 3MB L3 Cache
-Intel HM55 Express Chipset
-4port usb, HDMI output ready
-ATI Radeon 5470(512MB dedicated), fast switchable to Intel graphic
-Windows Seven Premium (64 bit)
-2GB DDR 3 ram(supports to 8gb)
-500gb SATA hdd
-Wireless, webcam, internal card reader, and Bluetooth with EDR
-DVDRW SuperMulti
-3YRS LIMITED WARRANTY, 1ST YEAR INTERNATIONAL, 2ND & 3RD LOCAL WARRANTY]
-Chic Metallic Finish

Bought this notebook at the KL PC Fair over the weekend. Prior to purchasing this notebook, I was deciding whether to get the ASUS A42JR (i5 version) or LENOVO G460 (i5 version). The ACER & LENOVO was priced similar at RM2699 while the ASUS is at RM2899 (ATI 512MB) / RM2999 (ATI 1GB). Frankly I prefer the keyboard on the LENOVO G460 as its typing feel was very similar to desktop keyboards. Performance wise, Windows 7 rated it with 5.0. Surprisingly, for the ASUS, its Windows 7 rating was only 4.9 where I noticed that the notebook faired lower in 3D Aero performance as well as Processor Calc per sec compared to ACER.

Having read several reviews on ASUS A42JR pertaining to short battery life & my other notebook being ASUS K40AB (AMD Turion 64) which could only squeeze out 1hr 50 min on battery power, I felt that the A42JR notebook could not justify the extra asking price over the competition. I wasn't convinced by ASUS of being a better quality noteboook than ACER sales pitch. What I didn’t tell the sales person was that my ASUS K40AB got fried on the 2 day of ownership which was replaced with a new set. Powering off the K40AB & left it for full charging somehow caused the burned circuit & the notebook couldn’t be powered on again. So is this quality issue or just pure bad luck? The 2nd new unit worked fine until today however.

Anyway back to the ACER, the machine ran hot with the ATI graphic card enabled especially at the left palm rest area which made typing unpleasant. Battery life as reported by professional reviews put the ACER at about 3hrs of actual use (gaming + wifi). However if you put the machine on power saving mode (pressing the” P” button), disabling the dedicate graphic card in favour of onboard Intel GMA & tweaking the power setting, LCD brightness, disabling the CD-ROM made a significant changes in the battery power life & heat output. Now if I could totally eliminate the heat from the left palm rest area that would be ideal. I notice most of the Pentium or i3 notebooks don’t suffer from as much heat problem at the left palm rest area as the i5 although both chips is rated 35W. Perhaps I need to open up the machine & mod a better thermal shield & risk void warranty....

Snap shot below, 99.6% of battery charge could power the notebook for another 5.5hrs (typing work & surfing with wifi on). Very impressive indeed as such battery power life is close to the low performance Intel SU / Atom chip notebooks.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/453500..._1ba3d452cc.jpg

CPU clock freq in power saving mode.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/453431..._613ea3ec14.jpg

Battery Power Life when machine is idle.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/453437..._3da900a1cf.jpg

Notebook CPU temp during idle & in between web surfing.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/453437..._49806c060e.jpg

Machine Setup & Win 7 rating under Balance Performance Power Mode.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2680/453434..._4a8536d546.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/453498..._dea5ddf531.jpg

Overall I'm happy with this ACER as its been on for nearly 32hrs straight....

This post has been edited by tobyboy: May 5 2010, 10:55 PM

i5 430M is 2.26GHz, not 2.4GHz....

Opps Sorry, corrected the typo mistake.

Thought there is not 4745 club. Finally there is .... Nice

Totally agree with you about the heat from left palm area. I am guessing that part is the gpu????
I think i need to get DIY cooling fan and place a fan right under the left palm area of the laptop.


how about this image for the thumbnail of this thread?

I thought the left palm rest area is the hard disk?

Well, both GPU & HDD generate heat as we speak...but for games and intensive use of the GPU, it will be hotter than HDD..for HDD, the temp seems good as in idle @37C (guessing in a cool temp room)...

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Added on April 20, 2010, 9:17 am@TS
Maybe can change your thread title to something simple, like :

Acer Aspire 4745G - Where Daily Routine Are Easier Done ~~ just a suggestion though

This post has been edited by miahahaha: Apr 20 2010, 09:17 AM

Anyone know how to turn off the WIFI? Mine will have the it on after reboot.

just click the Fn+F3 key thingy, ya so I got the 4745G also. I agree when playing intensive games, the laptop tend to get hottt, especially the air vent (thats what its call right) the one to the left hahaha. But gaming wise, I'm rpetty happy, can play crysis on high, Sims 3 no problem, COD6 ...really great laptop

Haven't try any games with the laptop yet. But satisfy with the performance of it =)

can u show 3dmark score??

I meant even if you have disable the WIFI, it will be enabled back after system reboot.

Thanks Tanalvis for the thumbnail.

This is the software I use, so lazy to download 3d benchmark06 haaha, dunno if its any good but any information is good, right?

Using acer 4745G i5 430M ,4gb ddr 1066 RAM

Here are the screenshots

GPU-Z screenshot??

GPU-Z

That kind of hot running notebook is not my cup of tea. It won't last very long in my hands at that temperature. Looking for notebook that can last for at least 2 years (without having to claim warranty - the last thing I want to do - time wasting).

For the warranty. Is it come as standard 3 years or you get an extended one?

extended for free right now. haiz.... if this notebook so hot, then i may change my mind. coz i need to use it daily at university (watch movie, surfing net, fb games or maybe gaming if free). i worry overheated, if i sitting below air-cond i think it should get better, right?
btw if really say so, then i may buy a Cooler Master Infinite 4sub for this notebook at home.

This post has been edited by alex890628: Apr 21 2010, 09:12 PM

wat are u quoting?

the 5470 memory type...
i always heard DDR3 or GDDR3..nutin about SDR..
sowy 4 being a noob..

DDR3 is PC RAM, GDDR3 then Graphic Card DDR3 RAM and u never heard SDR (SD RAM) coz it is unique in nowadays.

actually, fbing, surfing or just playing music does not cause the laptop to run very hot, or even warm.. its actually quite cool. Its when you start playin INTENSIVE games, like COD6 or Crysis that it starts to heat up, games like chess or flash games wont cause it to heat up.

hmmmm ok. so far i also dun think it will get hot since my university so cold in everywhere especially the library ground floor super cold and comfortable.

Not need to worry about this. I also plan to buy this laptop tomorrow morning.
Air cond room definitely does help a lot in reducing your laptop temperature compare to any cooler.
I am mad with my xpsm1530 because the graphic chipset keep spoiled. Even surfing net and do assignment can make my m1530 super hot.

too bad to heard that. hmmm if i'm not mistaken, maybe integrated cooler is out of function.

Actually not hot la. I used it at non air-cond place, the temp is around 35-45C average.

Putting any sticker at the laptop cover will void the warranty ah?

This post has been edited by XiuKeong: Apr 22 2010, 02:58 AM

Nope, sticker won't void the warranty.

Hey guys my model is slightly different,it's 4740-332G50.Pretty similiar la just the proc and gc only.

When I measure the temp using Speedfan,the GPU temp is 50 celcius

Core 0,1,2 and 3 is pretty ok around 40 celcius +.

When I put on my lap,it feels quite warm.I'm wearing normal cotton shorts.

Is the temp and warmth normal??

I'm in a non-aircond room btw,in the afternoon now.


This post has been edited by redphoenix: Apr 22 2010, 03:20 PM

we choose 4745G becoz of design and it's looks more stylish. duno much about the temperature, i think is normal gua.

Can show me example of pics pls?If can maybe your real 4745g

I chose this becos it's cheaper,but quite worth it also right buying 4740 for rm2299 only..

but 4740G spec not good as 4745G, u wan the pic? click the following web site:
http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2010-04D...BOOK-LAPTOP.htm

ACER 4745G is worth my pennies.. just got it 3 weeks ago!..

so how it is? nice to use? u use it for ???

Guys, whats the latest ATI driver for this laptop? I saw 10.3a doesn't support switchable graphics, is it?

I use the Intel Graphic utility to switch between ATI & integrated graphic card. Didn't bother about which utility as long as it works...ha..ha..


This post has been edited by tobyboy: Apr 23 2010, 06:15 PM

TS you should change the topic title la,make this thread the fan club or discussion thread or something,where users of this laptop gather and discuss about this lappy.

'Battery life' sounds as if u just asking bout the battery life.

hm, actually hot laptops does not mean won't last. My S42 is approaching 2 years, (november) Idle gpu temp =60 ish and gaming is 75-85 range... no need warrenty before.

also SDR showed in GPUZ is because the gpu is new, so it doesn't detect accurately. iirc it should be ddr2

Wow idle 60+,mine when surfing only is about 46+ with cooler,I'm just using a cheap RM15 TLC brand acrylic cooler though...

TS change the title of topic to fan club

I used xpsM1530 before with a Cooler Master Notepad Infinite.
It is 63 at idle,open firefox then 69 70,play dota then go to 90++

@red, ur talking about cpu or gpu? cause i'm talking about gpu...

GPU of course.

@mimi your laptop must have a cooling problem,use the infinite oso so hot

erm what's ur laptop arh?

planning to get this laptop, and i wish to put ssd inside,
does removing the back HDD slot voiding warranty ?
is there any sticker there. i sked.

No you wont void the warranty..

When you want to return ur notebook for service just put back the original HDD back in..

thanks bro
guess i've not much to worry,
ssd on laptop godly already
the processor can handle well also.

yeah lol.. how i wish i had the $$ for SSD?

its not that expensive for the performance,

Intel 40GB Rm410
Kingston V series 64gb Rm490
Intel 80GB Rm780 around

Well, for that kind of budget i would rather go for a HDD with larger capacity ..depends on people ..some need it fast,fast while for some the larger space is the better (well for me )...RM580 for 1TB

Wow RM780 just for 80GB,with that kind of money I can get maybe 2 Western Digital 1TB hard disk,but of course SSD is fast.

My laptop installs things quite slowly,mine is 4740G-332G50,the HDD it seems 5400RPM,it is 500GB capacity,but installing stuff like The Sims 3 took nearly an hour

It's still new by the way,not much things installed on it except for AVG,Spybot,CCleaner,Firefox and the likes.No games in it except those games from Acer.

Why is it like that ?

I didn't install any games inside so far. But i use TuneUp to optimize my laptop performance

Anyone found a way to have the WIFI turned off by default when reboot?

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Added on May 4, 2010, 10:37 amAny idea what is the procedure to setup the display driver? I tried uninstalled it and resinstalled the display driver but failed to go into windows 7.

By the way, is the sleep mode work on your laptop? Mine failed to wake up from sleep mode, and since then cant boot into windows unless i restore it to previous restore point.

Any idea? Thanks.

This post has been edited by gsfeng: May 4 2010, 10:37 AM

Its the RAM i'm using 4740 lol.... regret not waiting for 4745 =.=

I tried to uninstall > driver sweeper > install new driver. But they excluded out the switchable gpu. So end up have to revert back to the original version.

going to buy tis later,
although compaq cq42 177tx has 2gb more ram from this,
but the deisgn shitbrax man

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Added on May 10, 2010, 1:03 amhi bros,
if i reformat the laptop right,
how can i install back the acer softwares ya ?
coz i have no disc comes with box.

This post has been edited by 168257061: May 10 2010, 01:03 AM

You can create a driver disk, I cant remember the name of the application. It is preinstalled in the system and let u create recovery and driver disks.

hi all,i just got my ACER 4745G last nite
but when i tried to install chinese software like pps or thunder5,i cant read the word...any 1 can help?
thx^^

control panel--->region and language--->adminstraive---->change system locate---->choose chinese simplified RPC

Any model also can for sure~

5hr++ batt life, impressive! my 4740 only 2.5hr

how many cell w/ standard package?

yea it works,thx^^

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Added on May 12, 2010, 1:56 amtoday try my 4745 at class programming,but battery run out at about 1.5 hour @@

This post has been edited by nevermine: May 12 2010, 01:56 AM

Switch to intel gma already?
using power saver?
reduce brightness?
wireless/bluetooth off?

yo guys, i got this from crucial .com



* Maximum Memory Capacity: 16777216 MB
* Currently Installed Memory: 4096 MB
* Available Memory Slots: N.A.
* Total Memory Slots: 2
* Dual Channel Support: N.A.
* CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
* CPU Family: Intel® Core™ i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz Intel® Core™ i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz
* CPU Speed: 2267 MHz


Does that mean we can upgrade our RAM to at least 8gb with 4gb +4gb?

Yes you can, but the cost isn't pretty...

haha, its the thought that i CAN upgrade to 8gb
thanks for the reply... Hum I wonder how much a 4gb RAM costs 0.0'

PS> THe laptop has 4 RAM slots so that pretty cool

One piece should cost around RM400-500...

wow, thats nice
:S

here's my acer 4745g pcmark vantage 06 score. the result looks good.


Attached thumbnail(s)

Hey guys, I desperately need your help. Got myself the Acer 4745G during last month's PC fair as well, but it went 'KONG' (blackout) last week out of a sudden Tried restarting it with and w/o the battery but it only managed to run Windows 1 out of 20 attempts. Was too caught up with work recently so hadn't got the time to send it to the service center (BTW, I heard the service center "Highpoint" is really a turn off).

The saddest part is I haven't installed ANYTHING into it yet (NOTHING!! no games, no programs, no whatever sh*t!), other than just transferring a few pictures from my phone. I only used it to watch 2 movies through DVD and that's it. When i switch the power on, the power supply LED will light up blue but the HDD light will NOT! I'm expecting that it must be the HDD which is having problems or something. Please do correct me if I'm wrong

Still considering whether to pay Highpoint a visit this weekend or not, but I really hope that the experts here in Lowyat would be able to solve the problem or give helpful advice!

Thank you guys first

yes most likely its the harddrive, seeing as booting up is also problematic. have you tried booting form different harddrive? that would be the best way to check whether your harddrive is the problem.

is there any harm if we regularly switch the graphic?

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Added on May 22, 2010, 9:16 am1 more thing, how to enable this laptop bluetooth?

This post has been edited by veleron: May 22 2010, 09:16 AM

I had problem enabling the bluetooth too when I first got it. Press Fn F3 to enable it.

thx alot dude

i think changing graphics will help prolong the graphics card periodcause ur not using one indefinitely, just my theory...the bad thing is sometimes, alto you click the shortcut for graphic change, the com says it changes but actually it doesnt...so yaaaa i just keep it at Ati

Guise, I wanna ask.

I just bought this Acer Aspire 4745G yesterday.
I wonder why when i press Fn+F3 (to enable wireless or bluetooth),
the button seems to work otherway?
I press ON, device goes OFF.
I press OFF, device goes ON.

Or is it meant to be like that?

Yes

Hahah ooo thanks XiuKeong..!

hey guess, mind to share u all's Windows Performance score? Me using AS4740G-332G50MN , have a score of 5.0 .

I have a score of 5.1

i tke a look at acer.com.my..
it says that 4745 dvd can play blu-ray??is it tru??

n wat is d price now??
i used 4710z for d last 3yrs..

I got this problem on this acer one. it won't play games even after change the bios setting to set the VGA for direct GPU unit, since it cause me problem trying to play game like Splinter Cell Conviction, which when playing it, it actually using the Intel GMA GPU, not the ATi Discreet GC.

I want to queer this whether any of you guys have any GC related problem when playing certain intensive games??



And every time i want to play the aforemention game, it always fail that i don't have 2Gb memory and couldn't not play the games???

Will reinstalling the driver solve the issue?

This post has been edited by ichi_24: Jun 1 2010, 11:41 PM

lol.. well that it still not available in Malaysia...

not "dvd can play bluray".. it supposed to be BD combo player ..


the price is RM 2599 now...

Did you try to change to Hybrid mode? I also have problem with that game. It just lag at the starting.

Any idea how to prevent the black rim around the screen from getting scratched? Just try to wipe away the finger print, but it seemed to be easily scratched:(

Sticking decals would do the trick. I'm planning to stick carbon fibre on it.

Originally the BIOS state it Hybrid. so my conclusion is to change it to Direct GPU. And course my aforemention problems start crop out.

Btw its fix, i recommend to update in the Intel Graphic Driver and ATi Driver to a new one, which is resolve the hybrid problem issue.

How you install it? I got problem with it. The new driver got include switchable graphic?

thnx newy kae7..he3..n if u mind,,is thre any diff btwn 4745 n 5740>>which bter??

can play any latest 3d games?

well acer 5740 is outdated lol.. dunno if it still in market..

5741g -> i5 520M + GT320 , RM 2899 .. better in processor but lose in graphic
4745g -> i5 430M + HD5470/GMA HD , RM 2599 .. slightly lose in processor.. but better in graphic and battery life.


can.. but not in high graphic setting[depend which games]

My laptop reaches 70C during gaming...Is it normal ah?

On Civilization 4.

sori2..typing error..5741..he3..thnx again..

Any new driver for this specific switchable graphics model?

Played a couple of games since I got this lappy a month ago.
GRID, L4D, MW2, BC2, GTAIV, SF4, NSF U.Cover

For me, it performs OK.
Just cannot set some of the newer games too high.
But GTAIV is a bad port.

is this model gonna be on sale in next few month???
scare it will phased out like others...
gonna buy it when got my PTPTN...

So far no driver for switchable graphics but some beta drivers have it...

Anyway, my Fn+F3 menu disabled Anyone know how to enable it back?

installed LaunchManager?

normal lah.. if 80+ maybe id say abnormal

Hello guys, is it possible to replace huge power adapter on 4745G to something smaller? Mine is weight way toomuch.

This post has been edited by dda300: Jun 16 2010, 04:12 AM