Re: Performance slow when plugged in (V5-552)

Mike_D42 — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:57:19 GMT

Ok well thank you, I was just wondering if it may have been a common fault but apparently not! I'm still within the 21 days in which I can take it back to pc world for having a fault, so I'll take it back to pc world and if they don't take it I'll contact acer support about sending it for repairs. Thank you!

Performance slow when plugged in (V5-552)

Mike_D42 — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:44:52 GMT

I have an Aspire v5-552, I purchased it a few weeks ago and still haven't been able to fix the poor performance while the charger is plugged in. I notice when it is plugged in, the speed drops from ~2.45GHz to ~1.5GHz. I've heard this may be something to do with the A10-5757M attempting to use turbo core technology when plugged in. I've changed all the windows power settings while charging to be exactly the same as battery settings (including all Advanced settings). I have also changed the power settings in AMD Catalyst so that it maximizes battery both when plugged in and on battery.

I have tried a factory reset, system restore, a bios update, as well as giving it a go before I updated to Windows 8.1. I have a friend who has the exact same model (even from the same supplier) and his works fine while plugged in, I also tried it with his charger and it's still the same. I've heard that getting a 90W charger can help with this.. Any suggestions welcome, thanks.

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Re: Performance slow when plugged in (V5-552)

Performance slow when plugged in (V5-552)