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Hi, Yes, I've tried this before. I disconnected it with the pinhole but also physically. I removed HDD, M.2 drive, RAM, same situation. All of these are fine, (I cannot guarantee for the M.2 since I cannot put it in my other notebook) so there is something else. Even on the external monitor I don't get any image, no post,…

Well, buying a more powerful one will not affect in any way. The adapter does not provide the maximum power all the time, it provides how much it's requested. If the voltage and the connector matches then I think it should be fine. But I am not sure if the motherboard was designed to carry this amount of current. So this…

Hi, Don't missunderstand me, but I am still unsure if the adapter doesn't have any issue. I have the older notebook 591G with the 47W CPU and the 75W GPU (960m) and I also have the thermal paste changed. The notebook runs at around 2.9 Ghz when when I do the stress test of the notebook on both cpu and gpu. Using a smart…

Hi, You can use a 65W power adapter with your notebook, when you do really light tasks. With the 135W power adapter, you should not have in any way the issue of battery discharging even when the notebook is running at full power, and your battery still needs to be charged. With the 65W for example, the adapter cannot…

Hi, I am curious if somebody from acer can answer to this question. I have a 135W power supply for the 591G and I see that it has a strange behaviour. Since here is quite cold outside (-10C) and I need to carry my notebook around I encounter the problem that after arriving from point A to point B and carrying the notebook…

Hi, In my opinion the problem is the management engine driver which is missing or outdated. You can try to install the one from the support page which is for windows 8.1 but I cannot tell you for sure that this one will work for windows 10.…

Hi, Well there are some people who reported the same issue. http://community.acer.com/t5/V-and-VN-Series-Laptops/Acer-Aspire-VN7-Nitro-Black-Edition-prone-to-scratches/m-p/468893#M13615 But as I told in the other posts I don't know what you are doing with the notebook because mine has just two really small scratches (acer…

Hi, Repasting will definetely help, but don't have high expectations. The main reason for these temperatures is the way how acer implemented the cooling on these notebooks. The fans will never run at 100% unless you use a custom fan control software. And it's true at 100% they are loud, as a jet engine. I have the older…

To be honest I am curious what you are doing with your notebooks? Playing mini-hockey on the top of it? I have it since June 2015 (almost one and half year) and still I don't have any scratch on the back of the screen. And I carry it in my backpack every working day. The only thing which I found annoying at the top cover…

Windows will activate with the embedded key. And yes you can install Linux, but always install first windows and then Linux. Grub is aware about the existence of windows (if installed) and will give you option to choose which OS to boot. But if you install first Linux and then windows, windows will not be aware that you…

JordanB wrote: I agree with Brummyfan2. I usually just use what graphics driver that Windows wants me to use. But if you want to try to update your driver to the latest, you can read the link below. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/graphics-drivers/000005629.html I agree with you, with a single exception. If…

Hi, If you know how to install windows why you don't just install it? If you know how to use. When you buy the laptop it is specified what OS is installed (or if does not have OS at all) so it's your choice, if you want or not linux. Teaching how to use command line or bash, it's not easy, but there are plenty of tutorials…

Hi, I think you will not be able to fit a 15mm drive. A 9.5 mm will work well but you will not have the room to fit in a 15 mm drive. As I remember from a 791G notebook there is not enough clearance to close the notebook with a 15 mm drive. And the 792G is the newer version of the 791G.

Hi, I think you miss the chipset drivers, and this can cause the issues which you experience with the SATA drive. But I cannot exclude the fact that the SSD itself can have some hardware issues. You can try to install the 8.1 chipset drivers and see if it would help. Regarding the audio driver, in the archive you have a…

Hi, Do you understand that a RAM stick uses aproximately 2 W. And if you did not check the 12GB version of the notebook with the same CPU configuration I tell you that it still ships with the same power brick. Also, I don't think your notebook has 2 SATA ports so you will remove the DVD drive to put in the secondary…

Hi, Those numbers are the stable frequency after around 10 minutes of stress test. on a I7-4720HQ. So usually the frequency does not drop below this value. Generally the CPU will start at much higher frequency (mine at 3.5 Ghz), but slowly decrease as the temperature is increasing. Then at certain point it will reach…

Hi, Just you can aswer to this question. Did you hear about the silicon lottery? If not google it. This applies also to notebooks. Here is a brief explanation: https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4n7sly/what_is_the_silicon_lottery/ Another important factor to consider is the cooling capacity. If you have max…

Hi, You should have checked the working frequency before and after the replacement of the thermal paste. I am sure that now the CPU works at higher frequency, even if at the same temperature. http://ark.intel.com/products/78934/Intel-Core-i7-4720HQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz An example of the CPU which is in 591g (I…

Hi, I have the 591G and I don't use launch manager and everything is fine with the back light. I hate the that software. It's just a bloatware in my opinion. Acer should think to provide separately the coolbost and dustdefender. Well there are plenty of videos on youtube how to open a 591g notebook. Basically the first…

Hi, Did you think about the reason why this is in the first place? Do you understand that your notebook has a 75W GPU and probably a 45W CPU (if it's an i7). Sum it up and you get 120W TDP, ignoring the other components inside the notebook. This would mean more than 10A draw from the battery, at full usage. I am sure that…