TonkaNL

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  • And It now does not have the prescribed VGA driver, which supposedly prevents the old “freezing when charging” problem. It has the most recent proprietary Intel driver. And it does not freeze. Don’t jinx it..
    in Swift 113 Freeze (probably) solved by replacing SSD Comment by TonkaNL May 2020
  • Well, to be honest, no. I updated all the drivers available on the specific Acer page for this laptop. I couldn’t find the specific sata controller driver. Only a chipset driver. So I was also not able to rule that pit as the culprit. It had a SKHynix ssd. I tried to find firmware for it, but to no avail. I used ATTO ssd…
    in Swift 113 Freeze (probably) solved by replacing SSD Comment by TonkaNL May 2020
  • Thanks! It does shut down differently than the regular Win 10 shutdown. At least my Swift 1 does. The screen immediately turns black and no shutdown text with the swirly dots appear. That's why I was thrown off by the long push. It's similar to a hard shutdown. But the HD light keeps blinking and (as I found oud later) you…
    in [Acer Swift 5 SF514-51] Power button doesn't put computer to sleep Comment by TonkaNL January 2019
  • hi, the solution is to install intel (display) drivers instead of windows drivers: you will find them here: https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/555244/swift-1-keeps-freezing-up Or install this intel updater: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/detect.html You have to turn off windows automatic hardware…
    in Acer swift 1 freezes Comment by TonkaNL December 2018
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