ahhh demm i forgot about the warranty battery, mine is currently on 13%. Let us know what's the procedure for claiming the battery warranty later on ok? would like to change to a new battery as well if it doesn't take too much time.

I just bought mine last night.

hi... plz add me to the proud owners list... hehe.. bought mine on 31st July 2011..

i have a question, if i were to upgrade/add an SSD drive, which would u guys recommend?

im using agility 3 60gb. bought it at 440 last year. but today, u can get a 120gb agility 3 around 480. been using aglity 3 for 1 year already.

i see.. so i guess the agility 3 is backwards compatible with sata2... this 4830TG has AHCI mode in BIOS?

heya! this is the first time buying acer for me. am currently loving this laptop especially bcoz of its battery life. so i've a question, since the battery is plugged in with a warranty seal on it, what should i really do to keep the lifespan of the battery? i've googled a lot and i'm contradicting myself now LOL = =
had a dell inspiron b4, the battery bcame 20mins usage only in ard 2nd year so i'm thinking of taking care of this now.
mil thanks!!

if u not using battery.. charge till 40% & store a place where cool.. no need charge until full whether u like 2 use just play it but rmb dun use until no battery.. if ur battery around 10% left CHARGE IT! never let ur battery KONG.. we can only hold the lifespan aging slowly but dun remove the battery like till 1 yr.. after few mths put it back so that the battery can charge ur cmos battery to prevent ur cmos dead! if not u need 4ever insert the battery so that the bios date won't reset!

erm battery is unplug-able due to a warranty sticker on the screwed cover...

i just leave mine on charger 24/7... so far no prob... i'm sure the engineers have installed a circuit to bypass the battery when it's full...

btw, i just installed an SSD drive and upgrade to 8GB DDR3 on my 4830TG lastnite... unbelievable difference in performance!!

may i know what is SSD drive? oh but upgrading the RAM means warranty voided? no? i wana upgrade too..

read here....

or can view here...

finished reading, i think i roughly had an idea on what it is now. faster, lighter, less heat, bigger storage, last longer, is that right? thank you

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Added on April 7, 2012, 11:30 pmmy battery's wear level is 3% but my battery shows 4 hours remaining at 95%?? i only hav 3 browsers on.. no wifi, no bluetooth, lowest display brightness.

This post has been edited by ZeroWings: Apr 7 2012, 11:30 PM

u got most of it right except the bigger storage part... haha...

Hi guys,

I'm thinking of buying 3830tg as I love its sexy design and light weight, I have went through some reviews and I know it is not the best laptop in the world and there are huge problems with throttling but I have some questions to the users who have this laptop from a longer time.

Basically, I do not need laptop for gaming, I won't play the most recent games, I need light and small laptop with long battery life in order it to carry it every day to University and I will mainly use it to browse and sometimes process photos, what can require better performance.

But I would like to buy a laptop for 2-3 years and be sure it won't die after one year so that is why I'm asking for an advice from users who have it from a longer time.

I'm considering i5-2450m or i7-2620m.

Could you please give me the answers to the following questions:

1. The battery life is really great at the beginning but how does it change over the time? What is the battery life after half a year or year of usage? Is it durable? What is your wear level and how long you use it?
2. Do the new versions of BIOS, for example 1.08 fix the problem with throttling or makes it less inconvenient?
3. Are there problems with throttling in the i7 model? Are they bigger or smaller?
4. Where is the battery life longer - on i5 or i7 model?
5. What about the quality of the materials used? How does it look like after some time of using? Does anyone broke something?
6. The reviews show that the screen display is really poor, it has got brightness, contrast and black level. Is it inconvenient? What about using this device in the sunny room?
7. Is it noisy?
8. The reviews show that it can be really hot - even keyboard. How does it look like? Is it possible to lie with this laptop in bed or is it too hot?
9. What is the quality of the speakers?
10. Would you recommend to buy this laptop? If yes - i5 or i7?

I went through reviews but it is always better to ask someone who is using this laptop daily. I'm considering also ASUS U36SD (but has worse processor, graphic card and camera) Dell Vostro 3350 and MSI X460DX (is bigger).

Thanks very much!

This post has been edited by Konrey: Apr 9 2012, 01:47 AM

well.... acer still pushing the buggy B2 revision chipset motherboard w faulty SATA connectors.i just bought new acer laptop yesterday, w HM65 chipset, which coincidentally is the same chipset as 4830TG and perhaps other timelineX series, i wud strongly advice for u to wait for ivy bridge-based laptops.

Just installed the original 750GB drive in the DVD-ROM bay using a caddy drive bay.. Now i got 160GB Intel X25-M SSD for primary (windows), 750GB for storage and another 1TB on USB3.0 for Backup... Now waiting for my external Blu-ray burner to arrive...

Now my 4830TG has become a perfect mobile photo n video editing pc for me..

Did u clone your original 750GB HDD or u installed fresh windows on the SSD? Where did u buy the caddy drive bay?

fresh install Win 7 Ultimate X64 on my SSD.. hehe.. bought it from LYN also, here...

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Added on April 11, 2012, 2:38 ambtw, it's very easy to swap out the DVD-ROM with caddy drive on this 4830TG... just 1 screw, and will not temper any warranty sticker at all...

This post has been edited by termignoni: Apr 11 2012, 02:38 AM

wow still got new owner until now.. i must say the poison is too strong on this XD

sadly tho the new timeline , new m3 , having a hard time impressing crowd even bashed big time.. n not even half as good looking as the 4830/5830 timeline

guys, just asking...
i just bought mine 4830tg...
my fn+f4 dont seems like working...
dint put the system to sleep...
please help...