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Re: Upgrade Aspire 8930G

boristhemoggy — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:05:40 GMT

Thank you, that helps a lot. I'm putting a new keyboard on so I'll look into getting that hdd too.

Upgrade Aspire 8930G

boristhemoggy — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:24:51 GMT

Is it possible to change the hdd in my laptop for a faster one, and install a second hdd?
I've been told that 4gig of RAM is the max that can fit in this machine, is tis true?

Sorry for a 3 in 1 but I appreciate any advice.

Re: Can't find blu ray software to download

boristhemoggy — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:01:02 GMT

Hi Cory

I tried eRcovery about 5 years ago not long after I bought the machine, when I had continuous problems with the installation and it didn't work. I was told it doesn't always and there was no guarantee that it would. I sent the laptop back to be sorted out and when I got it back Vista was installed properly again, but no recovery partition.
At that time I asked about installation discs but was told I'd have to pay for them which is not right or fair to have to.
Now, I have Windows 7 on but it seems odd that there is no support for software that I paid for when I bought the laptop.
Never mind I have got a 3rd party solution that seems reliable enough it's juts a shame Acer can't better support the machines it sells.

Re: Can't find blu ray software to download

boristhemoggy — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:42:51 GMT

POT player is the only reliable one for playing Blu Ray, but I wamnetd the original player. I'm not paying for original discs though. I see that as a cynical fleecing of customers by Acer.
I'll manage with what I have but I appreciat your time to help.

Re: Can't find blu ray software to download

boristhemoggy — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:09:44 GMT

I don't have erecovery either. When it crashed I went to Windows 7 and there's only a few things like drivers on the web to download.

Can't find blu ray software to download

boristhemoggy — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:49:24 GMT

I have had the Acer Aspire 8930g from new about 5 years and have recently had to reinstall the software. I got most of the drivers o put back in but I can't find the blu ray software on the support site, so I can't use my blu ray player at the moment.

Does anyone know where I can find it?

Re: DDR2 or DDR3 for Aspire 8930g

boristhemoggy — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:18:45 GMT

HK53T....don't you think if I knew how to open a laptop and read memory I would have done it?

Re: DDR2 or DDR3 for Aspire 8930g

boristhemoggy — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:32:08 GMT

I have no idea how to find that out.

Re: DDR2 or DDR3 for Aspire 8930g

boristhemoggy — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:13:47 GMT

Thanks for that, but those aren't the specifications of my Aspire 8930g. My oricessor is Core 2 Duo T6400, 2 ghz, 800mhz fsb, 2mb L2 cache. It alos states 4 gig of DDR3 memory.

However as I said, a scanner shows 4 gig of only DDR2 memory, so my question was, woud upgrading the memory make a difference, given that that has always been a very slow machine?

DDR2 or DDR3 for Aspire 8930g

boristhemoggy — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:34:50 GMT

Despite the sticker on my Aspire 8930g saying DDR3 memory, a scanner from Crucial says it's only DDR2. Will upgrading to DDR3 make much difference?
Since I bought this machine a few years ago it's been really slow, I can barely run Lightroom. Has anyone found a way to improve performance on it?
I'm running Windows 7 home.

Does acer make a 12 volt powered computer, or one that has a low power consumption?

boristhemoggy — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:11:53 GMT

I need to either run a 12 volt computer, or one that draws little power as it will be used through an inverter.
At present I have an Aspire 8930g which has a depressingly poor performance, although it only draws a maximum of 7 amps when run through the inverter.

The screen is really bad for editing photos so I'd ideally like maybe a mini pc, with loads of RAM and great video card that doesn't use any more than this laptop, and can run 64 bit Windows 7.
Can anyone help?