@fixgd - errr...idk that...what i know is since i bought the lappy i never take note about time taken to charge from 5% till full LOL...

then u just charge it like 5-6 hours?

sorry, i also have not check how long to charge the battery, but i m suspecting that it ll be loooong since i only have 65W charger (the smaller power brick), and my 6-cell battery is 64Whr. moreover, charging time also depending on how much power u are using, and i always tends to play game, which uses a lot of power. for me, it doesn't concern me much but if it is for u, share with us how long it takes to charge this beast.

OK, i've finally decided to update to BIOS 1.19 and the new Acer Graphic driver. i am a little disappointed that Acer still using only Catalyst 10.6. but i updated it anyway... there are some result:

3dmark06 before: 7531
3dmark06 after: 7566 and i rerun (out of boredom) 7618!

JustCause2 before: 36
JustCause2 after: 37

I am suspecting that the temperature of GPU increased a little, but i have no proof of that. at normal browsing, it is still around 48 Celsius like previously.

when i got time, i ll play Darksiders for 4 hours and check the max temperature again... however, i ve been busy lately... so, this will have to wait...

Conclusion:

There is NO NEED to update the BIOS and new driver!

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Nov 11 2010, 12:21 PM

lol...Darksiders....a nice game...i took 13hrs to complete the game ended up with 8 health slots and 6 wrath cores...

erm...tested before....i took 4hrs and 30mins or less to fully charge my battery from 5%...

what idle temp for this lappy?

As posted in the first post:

Heat management:
This is what I like most about this notebook. Normal wifi browsing (flash, whatever) after an hour, CPU is around 40-48 Celsius. GPU is 45 Celsius. Gaming and under heavy load for a few hours, CPU max @87, GPU max @82. I can see temperature rapidly going down once game stop. The 2 fans working really really well.


The max temp was recorded by letting CPUID Hardware Monitor run in background while play game.

I updated the Bios and ATI driver yesterday, CPU still the same as observed previously. But apparently GPU become 48 Celsius during idle... i m thinking of refreshing it back to stock BIOS... but i can't be sure if it's the driver or BIOS... it also could be that the thermal paste wearing off....

my 3dmark06 score did improved after the update...

how is the temp compare to others notebook?

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Nov 11 2010, 03:42 PM

68 dangerousanot @@ me newbie in lappie... if constant stress at 68 leh?

Still ok....

hi, feel like temp read error for me, my acer 4730zg, with older or lastest bios, the cpu temp would stuck forever 29c at hwmonitor from cold boot, but just 1 restart the laptop temp would back to real temp around 45c+-

my fren uses BenQ S42 NVidia 9600 his temp can go as high as 80ºC

Guys, I wonder how did u all add more RAM since I noticed the back of the laptop is sealed with ACER warranty seal and in order to add more RAM u need to open that compartment. Unless theres some skill involves to open it without breaking the seal. Or perhaps the RAM slot located under the keyboard?

erm how about my partition ? what is healthy partition ? n what is system reserved..sorry nood here

well as for me , i had call acer product support. they say that seal is for 7 days 1 to 1 change warranty ( if got problem with your unit can change 1 to 1 within 1 week). If you decided to add ram, and open the back cover. the 1 week 1 to 1 change warranty will void, and can only do normal warranty. which mean must wait for part when claiming.

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Added on November 12, 2010, 3:44 pmhealthy partition (recovery) for recovery.

system reserved (for win 7) . I dunno what for but , when installing win 7, it will prompt that it will create the partition.

This post has been edited by sclikzs: Nov 12 2010, 03:44 PM

hey i would like to ask if i want to do a clean install.. after the clean install do i need to install anything for the switch GPU? or anything that i should install so that it will run normal? @@ still new to lappy. trying to do everything on my own @@. mind helping anyone?

You would need to install the ATi driver then the switch should be fine...
and install Launch Manager as well..
the rest, the ordinary driver installation...

where can i get the launch manager? @@ andd one more question.. when do i restore back my win7 key? during my clean installation or after my installation?

Launch manager can get from Acer driver website
Restore the key after you can enter Windows..

okay.. thanks for the help =]] hope nothing happen later lol. buring recovery disc now. after that gonna do a clean install =]

im so poisoned by this timelinex lappie. anyone letting go his ladtop? PM MEEEEE!!!!! or anywhere sellling less than 2.4~2.5

Saw someone selling brand new unit at rm2449 here in LYN yesterday.