some dude in NBR re-apply thermal paste, seem to be able to improve heat management by as much as 5 degree...

re-apply thermal paste void warranty right? n its dangerous too...

Not really dangerous if you know what you are doing...

but still void warranty right? so far any reported faulty/spoilt timelinex laptop?

reapply thermal paste will probably void warranty since it involve removal of the bottom panel (i think!)

to avoid warranty issue, as an alternative, consider removing only the keyboard and the panel beneath it. u can still access the fan and heatsink. u cant reapply thermal paste, but u can clean the fan!

i have the PDF on how to open that... will post it later, alternatively, google it.

how acer timelinex laptop durability? so far non of u all claimed warranty right?

if you read some pages back, i did. heck, i even mentioned to you about my key flying out. so yes, i claimed warranty.

omai. so its not so durable? planning to get a laptop which can last me years

as far as i remember, in this tread (649 post), got 2 peoples with problems:

1. key fall out (Gome)
2. can't boot up (KahVII)

however, we are small community, there are 7883 post in NBR about 3820TG i read most of them, not many (less than 5%?) complain about this notebook...

there are a forum with 2421 post about 4820tg, but i dont read them. u should read it to find out if many people experiencing problem...

u are going to pay a few thousand hard earn $, best u research properly, should worth the effort...

i am attaching the PDF (cant remember the link from NBR) that has step by step on how to open 3820tg

This pdf?
http://www.mediafire.com/file/7zwo3dpxx1hg..._Directions.pdf
kindan@NBR

yes! thanks sifu lee! i use the attach file in the forum, but cant find my attachment after post...

another problem reported:

3. dead pixel in screen (fixgd)

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Nov 29 2010, 08:48 PM

just bought 4820TG..
can i upgrade d rams?
will it void d warranty?tq

Can upgrade, no void...

thanks..roughly how much for ddr3 now?

RM90-100 for 2GB...

welcome to the club! u must be excited, but take some time to check out your notebook first, i reckon reading this post to make sure u are getting a good condition notebook. not that many has problem, but just in case.

then, share with us about your experience with the notebook.

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
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


add on,

1. check speakers
2. how to check internal stuffs? like hdd bad sector, ram all those?

regarding no.1 can i have a picture of wat it suppose to be looked like? (good one), if possible show me a bad one

no.7, wat u mean by check battery care? see how long it can last?

thx in advance for sifus help

You don't really need to re-apply thermal paste for TimelineX series notebook.
This is because both GPU and CPU are using thermal paste instead of thermal pad.
The original paste is decent.

Nevertheless, I applied mine with Tuniq TX3, slight improvement by 3c.

ooo. thx. i guess noobie like me shouldnt risk it for slight improvement

the no.1 included becoz people ask me to check that, apparently, there are unfortunately acer user has crack like this:



it should be obvious if there is crack.

no7, download batterycare, monitor for discharge rate and total capacity, u should get something like 64Whr for the 6 cell. and, i reckon to try using the battery a few hours to see if anything abnormal (like suddenly drop to 5%, shutdown, etc)

good idea about checking bad sector and ramtest...

to check for bad sector:

1. click Start button, type "cmd" DONT press Enter
2. right click on the "cmd" icon top of the menu
3. run as Admin
4. click Yes
5. in the Black cmd box, type "chkdsk /r"

it will ask u to reschedule and scan during next reboot... reboot the pc and let it scan, it's gonna take a looooong time i didnt do this myself

to test RAM, as reckon by sifu lee: http://www.memtest.org/#downiso pai she... i also didnt do this...