Acer 8371/3810 Owners Thread

Well what do you know? I just noticed that a small cable was not connected and guess what, it was the cable that connected the SATA to the motherboard. We now have a fully functioning SSD. Win 7 here we come!
 
fraxos said:
Well what do you know? I just noticed that a small cable was not connected and guess what, it was the cable that connected the SATA to the motherboard. We now have a fully functioning SSD. Win 7 here we come!
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LOL.

Pictures of the inside please, and where the SSD fits - since I was trying so desperately to help you out! :p So is it very easy to fit then? I already bought a normal sized SSD, can these be taken apart and reduced in size or do I need to sell this and buy the smaller version?
 
How funny life can be at times!

Pictures to follow shortly but for now I can confirm that only the small Kingston 30GB SSD will fit as per dragonuk's suggestion
 
Glad you got that sorted. I think I might try that too.

What is the size of the SSD card when you remove the case to fit it in the PC? 5 x 7cm?

I was going to put my old 64Gig SSD in but might not. Where did you order the cheapest 30GB SSD from ? Here it is £58 with postage and about the cheapest I can find. There are differeing write/read speeds, so is this correct with 180/50 as some are saying over 200 and NOT the v+ version. I have the Kingston 64GB (albeit full size) V which cost me £76 not from here though, so they are quite expensive per gig - even the famous selling site is same price or more.

I will put Win7 on that then to boot as the normal SSD is noticeably faster boot up and close down :-)

Still not received my Sierra MC8775 WWAN but wondering if I should get the MC8781 with in built GPS as someone here on this forum did .. they were same price .. I think max. speeds are faster too for the 8781 .. I have unlimited data on a 2-6GB Sonera connection which I use with a dongle and 3G router and would be great to try with that SIM.
 
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I think the only one that fits is the old Kingston SSDNow 30GB because the board itself is tiny, around 5cmx4cm. The correct speeds are 180/50 as it is the older model. Anything bigger than 30Gb though will not fit. I have installed Win 7 and the boot up is noticeably faster. But be warned that the 64-bit installation takes almost 2/3 of the available space so it is to be used purely as a boot drive.

I got the SSD from another site but they have since put the price up so £58 is probably the best you can find anyway.
 
got mine today !!! so happy with it !!! It reports over 9 hour battery life with wifi on with around 10% brightness and just browsing online...

only one problem though... It never seems to fully charge. It reaches 98% and just stops there. Anyone got any ideas if theres a fix for this?
 
doiks14 said:
got mine today !!! so happy with it !!! It reports over 9 hour battery life with wifi on with around 10% brightness and just browsing online...

only one problem though... It never seems to fully charge. It reaches 98% and just stops there. Anyone got any ideas if theres a fix for this?
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it will charge just takes its time, like most devices does 90/95 in the time it takes to the last bit....

also what browser do you use?
 
e36Adz said:
Yes, no one else has tried it yet. :P
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I had it first :P
but i've got a 3810 not 8371... but its basically the same beast, except mine looks better and has hdmi :P

You must've knocked the little ribbon cable out when taking the laptop apart as it should already be connected!

Did you get the 30GB one? Its quite a small amount of space for win7! I dont think the 64gb ones fit though!
 
chris10230 said:
it will charge just takes its time, like most devices does 90/95 in the time it takes to the last bit....

also what browser do you use?
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Updated bios and charged it after Uni and it now seems to charge a lot faster to 100%.

Not using any special, just firefox. Will test how it actually equates to real usage once I start using it 8 hours straight.
 
My current laptop is falling to pieces and quite like the look of one of these as a replacement.

Is the Acer TravelMate 8371 (LX.TTK0Z.001, one with ATI graphics) still available for £350ish? Or has the price jumped back up?
 
Rambo said:
Flash with one of the modded BIOS's posted in this topic.
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Ok thanks I'll try that tomorrow I'm going to bed cause I've wasted more than enough time on it ffs. I was wondering could I revert back to the 'official' bios at any time? and also -- by the way does windows vista activate and all that on my next reinstall???

I wonder if it has anything to do with the bios protection -- I remember having a look at the setup wizard and but did not complete it so now I tried to open but nothing happens only that the original window freezes after you press next
 
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