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    Acer 8930G upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Debaggio, Mar 19, 2011.

  1. Debaggio

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    Hi there, I am sorry if this has been posted before, but I wanted to know what is the maximum potential of my Acer 8930G in terms of RAM, graphics card, processor and cooling system.

    Any info would be greatly appreciated.

    Cheers


    Current specs:
    Intel core 2 Duo P8400 2.26 1066MHz
    GeForce 9600GT
    4GB DDR3
    320GB HDD
     
    Debaggio, Mar 19, 2011
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  2. shakennstirred

    shakennstirred Notebook Evangelist

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    check out the 8930 owners thread for more info

    some motherboards will run a quad core cpu
    max ram 6gb(8gb mine will not boot)
    cooling i don't think you can upgrade that other than
    better thermal paste and maybe a copper shim on the gpu
     
    shakennstirred, Mar 19, 2011
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  3. ThePantryMaster

    ThePantryMaster Notebook Consultant

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    There are issues with 6GB of RAM however, it isn't seamless.
     
    ThePantryMaster, Mar 19, 2011
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  4. Debaggio

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    Given the issues with 6GB of RAM, would you say it is a good upgrade altogether?
     
    Debaggio, Mar 20, 2011
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  5. shakennstirred

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    im pleased with the upgrade
    only 1 issues here and its not a biggy(wont soft reboot in windows 8-10 times, but fine on cold boot ie:hard boot)
    if it doesnt work just sell the ram
    that what i did with the other 4gb stick
     
    shakennstirred, Mar 20, 2011
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    With me it failed to reboot even after a hard reboot until I took the 4GB stick out, booted it, then put the 4GB stick back in again. I'm just going to wait until some clever clogs out there hacks the bios for us
     
    ThePantryMaster, Mar 20, 2011
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