if the laptop alone is on 12hrs a day i pretty sure ur electric bill wont reach rm100 per month.just make sure to turn off the screen when its on whenever u r not attending to it.
im not sure abt other method to reduce current consumption of the laptop,maybe u can try power factor corrector.

if u r playing games 12hrs a day with ur laptop n other equipment such as fan or aircond yeah theres a pretty high chance ur bill will hit rm100 a month.have u try looking for power factor corrector.im not sure how good it is but during the lab it is able to reduce the current significantly given that u have an inductive load.

u can say so.
it works by correcting the power factor in ur household.
plug it into the socket and turnn it on.juz remember to turn it off when there is no electricity usage in the house.
i dunno if u can get it in low yat.i came across it during the company promotion.
but its a bit diff with the one im running in the lab la.

U can always bought acer timelinex 4820TG for under 2.5k with i5 processor and its not affected by the recall.

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Added on February 9, 2011, 1:11 ammight as well waits for the official announcement from acer malaysia.

This post has been edited by lakost: Feb 9 2011, 01:11 AM

4820TG is 14" priced below 2.5k.its using 1st gen i5 processor n chipset so it wont have any problem with the recall.
u can always buy 5750G like us. Very good laptop for 2.9K.But it is affected by the recall as it is using SB chipset.

its just the affected chip.most probably the data will be fine as long as the HDD is connected to port 0-1 as the affected port is from port 2-5.
Most laptops only using 1 SATA drive and usually connected to port 0 or 1.
In 5750G,only the DVD drive is connected to port 2 while HDD is connected to port 0.

i've tested my 5750G battery life in air-conditioned room (uni library) and it can reached up to 4hrs with light browsing,word processing and jet audio. i dunno whether its a good figure or not.just sharing some of my experiment with the laptop

nope.in balanced mode but i slightly dim the screen but its not the minimum brightness.

I never use max brightness as it can hurt my eyes pretty bad.lol
i only use one setting that is slightly higher than the minimum setting as i only use my laptop indoors.

yea.the refresh rate for 5750G screen is 60Hz

left vent is hotter because of the air being blown out by the fan from the CPU and GPU.its not alarming unless the temperature exceeded normal one.if u playing games like Black Ops, 70c is considered normal as some users reported temperature up to 75c during this game.I personally recorded 70c when playing black ops on my lappy.

if anyone have tried any of the options acer malaysia has offered please kindly update it here.how long does it take?
i can't survive without laptop even for a day now as i am doing my Final Year Project.

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Added on February 10, 2011, 9:32 pmwithout cooler in room temperature

This post has been edited by lakost: Feb 10 2011, 09:32 PM

inform us here if u have done it.not sure bout the GPU.i guess it is attached to the motherboard via hardwired method.

ok.tomorrow let us know whats the news after u call the,will be waiting for good news(if any) from u.

thx tony.so what r u going to do with ur laptop as u r leaving for Australia soon?if i send my lappy to highpoint when the motherboard n chipset is available, can they can it in a day?

I will opt for motherboard replacement as soon as they r available.if they have comparable model to swap with maybe i will consider it.but i love my SB lappy lol

Yes.

maybe i will just replace the motherboard at Kluang Highpoint.no highpoint in BP haizz..

yea.and i have to wait till march to change my motherboard.dammit.
but at least i can still use my lappy.
no problem at all atm from my lappy.

i guess this depends on ur laptop.make sure it sits comfortably on the cooler pad.have u look at zalman nc2000 or nc3000? but it cost around rm200-230.