Windows Tablets

[Snakiest]

Just what the title says. It lags too much on battery. Disabling low power mode solves the issue, as people have already mentioned that, but then the battery drain becomes outrageous. My computer dies in one or two hours when in the past I could go one day of my regular usage with it. I did install the new drivers from the main site and am certain they do not help. Oh yes, as some have already mentioned, the VGA driver doesn't work for some reason, but I am sure the problem is in the CPU usage on battery. Acer, I, and I am sure many others, seriously need a solution here. Please help.

[hmptec]

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Snakiest wrote:

Just what the title says. It lags too much on battery. Disabling low power mode solves the issue, as people have already mentioned that, but then the battery drain becomes outrageous. My computer dies in one or two hours when in the past I could go one day of my regular usage with it. I did install the new drivers from the main site and am certain they do not help. Oh yes, as some have already mentioned, the VGA driver doesn't work for some reason, but I am sure the problem is in the CPU usage on battery. Acer, I, and I am sure many others, seriously need a solution here. Please help.

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Same here. New vga drivers posted on the Acer site yesterday and, guess what? They don't work!!!!***

[lash]

I have the exact same issue here. Hope Acer can fix this asap. it's really annoying, and we are stuck with only being able to use it properly when plugged in...

[Snakiest]

Up. The problem persists, and it would be nice to hear what Acer has to say.

[MajeStyle]

Acer! We really need an answer....at least you should have told us not to upgrade our windows 8 tablet to this 8.1 that runed a very good product! Now it's useless without a power source. We seriously need an answer and a solution, we deserve it for the money we paid to you for this (now) almost useless product!

[Snakiest]

I wonder if they are even reading this. Maybe we should take it deirectly to their support? 

[ptrkhh]

I would recommend performing a Windows refresh. It will perform something like reinstallation, except without losing your account, metro apps, and license activation.

To do that, you need the ISO image of Windows 8.1 Single Language (or other edition that is running on your  W700) or it will not work.

Then you need to configure Windows to perform refresh from an ISO file instead of normal disc. The guide is posted here http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/18052-refresh-reset-windows-8-without-installation-disk.html

[MajeStyle]

That is not working..wasted a lot of time and still my tablet is useless without a power supply.Acer, please take care very fast!

[Snakiest]

Thanks for reporting that. I was going to do it today. Glad you saved me time. I will try to contact support once I find time and report here if nobody does it before me.

[Snakiest]

Hey guys, I feel the battery issue was fixed after installing a windows update yesterday. I have been on battery for 3 hours already, and it has gone ony 30% down. I wasn't using the computer much, but it would drain the battery like crazy even on Sleep before. This is a preliminary observation, so I will keep monitoring it and report again.