where u bought bro?

Just bought mine tonight.

Same question with fixgd

strongly recommended for u to throughout check your notebook first!

1. check physical status of notebook; any part broke (check area between battery and notebook), gaps between screen and notebook, between panel, etc
2. check for screen dead pixel (google it)
3. check each key if functional, and whether got keyboard flex
4. check touchpad if OK or not very sensitive, etc
5. check all ports (HDMI, VGA, LAN, wifi, bluetooth, USB, card reader)
6. check temperature of notebook in light used, heavy used (user HWMonitor)
7. check battery using BatteryCare
8. benchmark using 3dMark06 see score is acceptable
9. post everything here

start installing game and ENJOY!

sunway pyramid. how much u bought?

Current standard package is retailed at rm2519 - rm2529. Got mine last week.

just got mine yesterday. very satisfied with its graphic performance. but it seems that its direct x is not updated. i check at microsoft site its about 500mb . It is the right direct x 11 to download?

hahah...thanks...erm....till now mine run smoothly and i love it..

1st thing i did after bought this is i made my recovery dvds and then,format use my own win 7...but then, i got some prob with the ATI drivers and Realtek...those from the recovery discs won't work fine but i've downloaded the suitable driver,and now runs just fine

This post has been edited by guardro: Nov 9 2010, 01:39 PM

So cheap? Where did you buy it?

for those decided not to do a fresh format, but want to improve the boot speed, consider optimizing boot up. here is how i do it (i have Acer 3820tg), some may not make sense for u:

1. remove Ms Office starter (i install Ms Office 2007)
2. remove antivirus (i install ThreatFire)
3. remove acrobat reader, acrobat.com, etc (i install acrobat 9 extended without LifeCycle)
4. remove Intel Raid
5. in device manager, disable Webcam (i dont use this - not sure help to speed up or not)
6. Download Autoruns run as Administrator, disable the following:
- AmIcoSinglun64
- AthBtTray
- AtherosBtStack
- Acrobat Assistant 8.0
- Adobe Acrobat Speed Launcher
- Adobe ARM
- ArcadeMovieService
- BackupManager Tray
- MDS_Menu
- GREGService
- LMS
- Updater Service
7. Open Device Manager, go to Services, make the following "Automatic (Delayed start)"
- AtherosSvc
- Cyberlink RichVideo Service
- Inter ® Management & Security App
- NTI IScheduleSvc
- Acer ePower service
- Diagnostic Policy service
- Program compatibility assistant service
- Raw socket service (Acer VCM) (if u dont use webcam chat, can remove this)
- Threatfire
8. i also ran the tool post by Eugine91

i now got in 23 seconds boot time! i probably can get a maximum a few more seconds if i start disabling card reader, devices etc and uninstall non-sense software like Acer Arcade, etc, which i dont use often. it's fast enough for me, and i prefer to have those software there, just in case if i want to use them



full discussion about this topic is here

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Nov 10 2010, 12:02 AM

Lowyat Plaza.

could u share how u install the gc driver? having 2 diff gc make it a lil tricky, i didnt manage to updater the ati drivr last time

i tried this, and it worked, no functionality lost. was using Catalyst 10.8:

"Installing the latest ATI 5650 catalyst drivers. First make sure you install the stock Acer ATI vga driver. And then Intel HD Graphics driver. Then go into the systems bios (F2 on boot) and set the vga mode to discrete in the second screen. (See screenshot below) Install the newest ATI driver over the top of the existing and then reboot the notebook. Go back into the bios and change the options back to switchable."

do note that i can't get any improvement even after using Catalyst 10.8. i also notice my temperature increased! based on that, i wont recommend to upgrade the driver.

i heard the 10.10c should give u more score in 3dmark06, and the AA is cool, but people reported that they lost the ability to change the brightness of the screen once u installed that.

for me, even the stock driver is fast enough for me to run anything i want. so, i rolled back to stock driver, with no functionality lost and cool temperature.

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Added on November 10, 2010, 8:56 amthe default Win7 is already installed with DX11. however, some game may required additional dll from the directX SDK, which if so, the game will provide. there are some game that still require old version of directX, in that case, u may need to install them as well, again, should be able to get from the game installer as well.



This post has been edited by cowithgun: Nov 10 2010, 08:56 AM

Just double click the driver and start installation will do.
There is no need to change to discreet mode in bios.

Yes, it is true that you are not able to change the LCD brightness with the new driver.

Besides, it is buggy if the system runs in "switchabe" GPU mode.
Change to "discreet" mode will solve the issue.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Nov 10 2010, 09:05 AM

cowithgun ..i still cant find this ----7. Open Device Manager, go to Services, make the following "Automatic (Delayed start)"
- AtherosSvc
- Cyberlink RichVideo Service
- Inter ® Management & Security App
- NTI IScheduleSvc
- Acer ePower service
- Diagnostic Policy service
- Program compatibility assistant service
- Raw socket service (Acer VCM) (if u dont use webcam chat, can remove this)
- Threatfire

Here's a short cut:

1. Right click on your task bar
2. Start Task Manager
3. Click Services tab
4. Click the "Services..." icon at the bottom

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Added on November 10, 2010, 3:22 pmThere is new graphic driver and BIOS 1.19 from Acer!

i m too chicken to test it out myself, i m waiting for good forks from NBR to test this first...





This post has been edited by cowithgun: Nov 10 2010, 03:22 PM

@PVCpipe - tips by cowithgun will helps u mate

well i dont even know how to get 6 hours. mostly my battery only can last 3-4 hours (5 is seldom). how many hours do i need to charge to get full battery by the way (from ~5%)

guys. alot ppl recommended me to use this lappy.

is the temperature good? any negative response so far?

i've set my lappy to max power saver and the result is, my battery shows that 9hrs and 55mins remaining LOL...just use intel graphic,and shut all others apps that i won't really use....

@k-bkeat - so far no negatives from mine...temperature can increase high, as mine just 68ºC but it can reduce fast under 1min and return to normal temp about 47ºC...

This post has been edited by guardro: Nov 10 2010, 07:30 PM

well how long do u charge from 5% to full battery?