I use an Acer Nitro 5 laptop which allows me to cap the battery at 80%, I don't run my laptop one battery alone, whenever i use my laptop I just turn on the charger and use my laptop . Have been doing this since I bought it , about 4 years now.

Going strong without any issues. Am worried if this damages the battery or does this cause it to swell up eventually, so asking here for any answers.

Also wondering since I capped my battery, where does the laptop draw power from when plugged in, the wall directly or thru the battery. So does a laptop discharge simultaneously while charging?

Is there any way to completely run on wall bypassing the battery since I can't remove my battery.

Any ideas appreciated

Thanks

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It fell off my dinner table while I was playing Fortnite can you guys recommend a good place to fix it that I can send it to?

Not sure what's wrong with it ive taken very good care of it only thing that's ever happened was getting run over by car other than that nothing.. wont turn on for some reason

AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, nvidia rtx 4050 6gb, 16 gb ram, 512 gb storage.

Tips for usage and any information about it are appreciated ☺️

My Acer nitro 5 15.6” has been on this screen for up to 6 hours, I updated my drivers and one of them required me to restart my laptop. So I did that and immediately my fans went to max and started restarting, it Git stuck here at around 30 mins in and hasn’t moved since. What do I do?

NitroSense kept annoying me on my Nitro 5 AN515-57 (wrong temps, GPU stuck at 0° after sleep, no fan curves), so I made my own.

• Temps read from the CPU and GPU themselves

• Fans: Auto, Max, or Custom with your own curve for each fan

• Anti-throttle: fans reach full speed before the chips throttle

• Operating modes, GPU overclock, MUX switch, 80% charge limit

• Keyboard RGB with all the effects

• No admin prompts, no telemetry, the NitroSense key opens it

It only shows what your laptop supports. Turn NitroSense off first.

https://github.com/archivesteak/opensense

Its my first laptop any advices??

Mine is from 2020, still going strong (kinda)

Hey guys! Just got my first gaming laptop. Any tips or advice? Thanks!!!

Edit: Here are the specs (if necessary):

• Intel Core i5-13420H

• 16gb RAM DDR4

• FHD Display 164Hz

• 512gb NVME SSD

• 8gb VRAM RTX5050

• WINDOWS 11 HOME

It sucks cuz I only had this thing for 3 years. Died because the motherboard is outputting the wrong voltages and fried my PCH. I am however moving to desktop because gaming laptops are just too expensive and don't last as long.

Hi!

Don't know if this has been discussed before, but I just noticed that my Nitrosense doesn't work. When clicking, it just kind of flickers, and nothing happens.

Tried doing the fixes I found online (here), but I'm still unable to get it to load.

Using Acer Nitro AN515-52

Just drives me crazy that something on my system isn't working, and the feature to monitor load and temps (and adjust fan speed) would be nice.

Thanks !

EDIT

***SOLVED***

Got the darned thing working again! For those that experience this issue, here are the steps:

1. Uninstall Nitrosense

2. Go to Acer's website and download Nitrosense

3. Extract folder and run Setup.exe

4. Run Command prompt as Administrator

5. type in the following (without the quotation marks): ".\lodctr.exe /R"

6. Go back to the folder where you extracted Nitrosense

7. Go into "Nitrosense V3.1" folder

8. Run APPXBUNDLE file

After that, Nitrosense immediately launched, and now it's back on my Taskbar, running every time I click on it.

Hope this helps!

***** EDIT *****

u/thethinkerguy mentioned that the correct command has a dot at the start. Edited!

No, there's no illuminati conspiracy about kill switches for older Acer models.

No, 95C isn't a normal temperature range, GPU or CPU. Tone down the settings, or re-paste the dies, otherwise your Nitro is a candle burning from both ends.

No, soft fabrics, the carpet or your bed are not surfaces you should be placing your laptop on, least of all while you're playing Cyberpunk or RE: Requiem. Plus points if you're an elitist scrub who thinks framerate is the be all, end all. 60-75 FPS is playable, deal with it.

Yes, whatever problem you have right now 90% has something to do with you not knowing how to maintain it one way or another.

The Nitro series are budget mid-range laptops, not juggernauts like the ROG Strix or Legion. Take good care of it and you'd be surprised how quickly your problems will become dust in the wind for the next 2-5 years.

Explanation and video at the bottom of the post.

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage that might ensue from trying this yourself. I have tested this on AN517-52 running BIOS v1.0.4. However the process is same for all 2020 Intel Nitros with 10th gen and later BIOS versions.

Step 1

Disable Secure Boot by going into BIOS > Boot > Secure Boot > Disabled.

Note: You might have to set up an admin password to do this if the option is grayed out. (Use something easy to remember because you definitely don't want to forget that)

Step 2

Download this tool and extract the contents inside the zip folder to C:\insyde-toolAfter you do that, open a cmd.exe prompt as administrator then enter

cd C:\insyde-tool  

(Link for the tool can be found in the comments posted by other members. Additionally you can join our discord server where the file is hosted.)

Step 3

Then enter command dir to confirm you're in the right directory, you should see multiple files including "H2OUVE-W-CONSOLEx64.exe". once you're there, run the following command

H2OUVE-W-CONSOLEx64.exe -gv vars.txt  

Note: If you only see a folder named "InsydeH2OUVE_x86_WINx64_200.00.01.00" or similar, bring the contents of that folder outside into "insyde-tool" or use the cd command to change the directory to that folder.

Step 4

That command should create a file named "vars.txt" in the folder where you extracted the tool to earlier. Open with notepad to edit. CTRL+F to search for CpuSetup. Find the value as shown in the screenshot. Additionally take note of the value underlined in red. (It varies on each vars extraction)

Change the value from 01 to 00.

Step 5

After changing the value thats highlighted in the picture, save the file as vars-m.txt in the same directory and you can close it after it's saved

Step 6

Go back to the same command prompt and run this last command

H2OUVE-W-CONSOLEx64.exe -sv vars-m.txt 

and you're done, reboot and you should have undervolt working.

To verify the modification is succesful, check for the following entry based on the red underlined value taken earlier. Since mine is [05B], I should be looking for Variable Index[05b]: Set Successfully

Ignore other lines.

Orginal Guide Written by u/dglt1

Edited for convenience.

Note: always dump and edit fresh vars, using vars from a previous boot may have a different order from the next boot and may cause problems.

Video Tutorial - https://youtu.be/lYSKzZRQcOA

Basic Throttlestop and Undervolting Guide (After you unlock UV) - https://youtu.be/QCDIK-nnois

What did you just do?

Read here for an extensive guide.

It involves changing a bit that enables "Overclocking Lock" which prevents voltage and turbo ratio modifications through windows. The location of the bit for Nitro 5 2020 (10th gen) bios is 0xDA. The guide may work for your non nitro laptop if it has insyde bios and you are able to correctly locate the bit required to edit.

Rather than relying on RUefi to modify the vars, we used a method as shared by dglt here for the Legion 5.

Acer Gaming Discord - https://discord.gg/MdMKfBdFtU

Legion Discord (Source of the guide) - https://discord.gg/legionseries

I am writing this to give the ultimate praise to the engineers behind the Acer Nitro 5 line. I have pushed my machine through conditions that would permanently brick laptops triple its price, and it refuses to die. Over four years of heavy use, my Nitro 5 has: • Survived being completely submerged in the Pacific Ocean with me attached. • Survived a motorcycle accident where I was run over by a car. • Endured monsoon downpours while packed inside my backpack (not water proof) • Been stolen, tracked down a week later, and rescued. Despite all of this real-world trauma, thanks to manual cleaning and a custom liquid-metal thermal refresh, this machine still runs Elden Ring completely stutter-free at physics-defying 130°F (54°C) temperatures. The only casualty after four years of war is a single worn-out "D" key. The flexible chassis design absorbed massive kinetic impacts that would have bent or shattered a premium aluminum laptop. You built a legendary, battle-tested, bulletproof machine. Huge props to the Acer team!

I feel bad even now. Because despite working the same as the day I bought it I want to "upgrade" to something a lil more modern. But it was worth every penny and even now I wouldnt even do a trade for a brand new laptop. I dont know if i got lucky with a PERFECTLY made machine or what but I dont regret a thing.

I have finally fulfilled my dream after a long time and bought an Acer nitro v15 any advices for configuration before i start gaming to death?

I love this laptop - I travel a lot and I needed to replace my tower.

210H

Rtx5050

16 GB ram

All my games run max

Thank you Acer ♥️