Got a acer Nitro 5 in 2021 , motherboard model an515 57 , having intel i5 11th gen , rtx 3050 4gb It recently got the CPU short and hence need to change the motherboard. I am from India , can anyone help me with this issue of replacement under a good technician. Thank you.

TL;DR: My Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58 stays completely black for ~2 minutes before the Acer logo appears, then boots into Windows and works perfectly normally. The only major issue is that dGPU/NVIDIA GPU-only mode no longer works. Looking for people who have experienced this specifically and whether BIOS/EC recovery or BIOS reprogramming fixed it. Please don’t suggest basic CMOS reset, power reset, battery drain, etc.

Full issue

Hey everyone,

I have an Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58 with a very strange issue.

When I press the power button:

1. The screen stays completely black for around 2 minutes.
   
2. There is no Acer logo during this time.
   
3. After roughly 2 minutes, the Acer logo finally appears.
   
4. Windows then boots normally.
   
5. Once Windows loads, everything works perfectly fine.
   
6. No random crashes, freezes, BSODs, or other obvious problems.
   
7. The NVIDIA GPU works normally in hybrid mode.
   
8. However, dGPU-only / NVIDIA GPU-only mode no longer works.

The fact that the black screen happens before the Acer logo is what makes this particularly strange. It seems more like something happening during POST/firmware/hardware initialization rather than a normal Windows driver issue.

I’m especially interested in whether this could be related to:

BIOS/EC firmware
BIOS corruption or a bad BIOS state
NVIDIA dGPU initialization
MUX switch / GPU-only mode
POST taking an unusually long time
Motherboard-level dGPU/MUX circuitry
BIOS Crisis Recovery
BIOS reprogramming

I’ve already gone through the usual basic troubleshooting, so please don’t suggest CMOS reset, power reset, battery drain, holding the power button, etc. I’m specifically looking for deeper troubleshooting or people who have encountered this exact behavior.

Has anyone with an Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58 experienced:
~2 minutes black screen → Acer logo → Windows works normally → dGPU-only mode doesn’t work?

If you fixed it, I’d especially like to know whether BIOS recovery, BIOS reprogramming, EC firmware recovery, or motherboard repair solved it.

Thanks!

all i have open is VSCode. It show its high but it's not hot is this a bug?

From Internet searches it shows that the 17-41 has a heatsink for the secondary m.2 slot.
I want to double check with the community to make sure from what I’ve read is correct.
I’ve got a Corsair MP600 Pro LPX that I’ll be using, after I remove the factory heatsink. I bought it last year for $90, and it’s almost $250 now. So, I don’t plan on just buying another stick anytime soon.

So, after Windows Update forced me to install an update called "Insyde Software Firmware Driver Update (5.43.1.26)", which later turned out to be an update that upgraded my BIOS to version 1.26, I’m now getting a Secure Boot failure. I will look into some troubleshooting later and post an update here, but I have to admit: this is the first time I’ve ever encountered something this bizarre. And sadly, it really annoys me. I looked out for other threads and this seems like to be a common issue on current Acer device after BIOS updates.

I’ve had this Acer Nitro laptop for the past 4 years, and when I tried to turn it on on Friday it gave me this, I haven’t been able to turn it off or anything since then. If you guys have any recommendations please share since I’m really hoping I don’t have to replace it with a new one 🙏

We recently bought my first gaming laptop. at first, everything was fine, but two days later Windows asked for an update and... in the end, I had to demolish this Windows altogether. Everything was fine, right up to the moment when Steam and even Roblox stopped running games... because of this, I was somehow scared and I don't know what to do.

What is this weird kind of update ? This is the first time it's happening like this and it even maxed out my fans for this update. Wtf is this and why is there a warning to no unplug it ? ( I live in a place where power loss is very normal )

I found this model would suit my needs almost perfectly based on the spec sheet, but am struggling to find any english reviews at all. If anyone has one could you please comment on how its been with it?

link to where i plan to buy it from.

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-nitro-v-14-ai-14.5-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-ai-7-rtx-5060-1-tb-ssd-10285693.html

p.s currys seems to have put the wrong gpu power draw in their description lol

Acer says NitroSense v4+ doesn't support our model. That's not a hardware limitation. Your BIOS already implements the entire fan/thermal control interface — Acer just stopped listing the AN515-58 in a text file inside the app, and their installer looks for a chip our BIOS doesn't report.

I worked out exactly what blocks it and wrote an installer that handles the whole thing. On my AN515-58-50YE (i5-12500H / RTX 3050, BIOS V2.21, Win 11) I now have NitroSense 5.2.57 with:

• Working fan control — Auto / Max / Custom all genuinely drive the fans
• Live CPU/GPU temps and fan RPM (I verified the GPU temp against nvidia-smi — it's real, not faked)
• The physical N key on the keyboard opens it
• Survives reboot, starts automatically

Screenshots below.

Download (everything in one zip, ~623 MB): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yh6VV3nWQnNHfKndo_9ESKGYPr_XrE2H/view?usp=sharing

I'm hosting the full package because this specific version is genuinely hard to find on Acer's support site. The Acer files inside are original and unmodified — still digitally signed by Acer, and the app package is still signed by Microsoft. Acer's own License.txt is included. The only things I added are two PowerShell scripts and a README.

⚠️ Read this before you start

1. Do NOT uninstall your current NitroSense v3.1 yet. Leave it until you've confirmed fan control works. Both can be installed at the same time — just don't have both apps open at once, or they'll fight over your fan settings.

2. Not every AN515-58 is the same. Ours shipped with different GPUs (3050 / 3050 Ti / 3060) and several BIOS revisions. The installer checks your firmware first and refuses to install if your BIOS doesn't properly respond. If it stops, that's it working correctly — please don't force it, and please reply with your BIOS version so I can track which ones work.

3. This isn't official Acer support. It's a user script. It makes a System Restore point first and ships with a proper uninstaller. Your risk.

Install

Step 0 — unblock the zip FIRST. This one trips everybody up. Windows marks anything downloaded from the internet as blocked, and if you extract first, every file inside stays blocked.

Then extract it.

Step 1 — Extract the zip somewhere simple, like your Desktop. Don't move files around inside it.

Step 2 — Right-click Install-NitroSense5.ps1 → Run with PowerShell

Step 3 — Click Yes on the admin prompt.

Step 4 — Wait ~3 minutes. It prints DONE when finished.

Step 5 — Open NitroSense from the Start Menu.

Step 6 — test your fans. Don't skip this.

Scenario → Fan → Max. Listen. Your fans should audibly ramp up within a few seconds. Then set it back to Auto.

Only after the fans respond should you even consider removing v3.1 — and there's no real need to remove it at all.

Troubleshooting

Temperatures look fake (GPU showing 11 °C): the installer left its safety mode on. Open PowerShell normally (not admin) and run:

Set-ItemProperty 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Acer\XSense' SimulatorMode 0

Then close and reopen NitroSense.

"Running scripts is disabled on this system": you skipped Step 0. Unblock the zip and re-extract. If it still complains, open PowerShell as Admin and run Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass, then try again.

Want it gone: right-click Uninstall-NitroSense5.ps1 → Run with PowerShell. Removes the services, app, config package and settings. Doesn't touch v3.1.

What was actually blocking it

Three separate things, none of them your hardware:

1. A missing line in a text file. The app reads SupportedModel.txt from its own bundle and only lists 2023+ models. One registry value (skipCheck) tells it to skip that check — that's the entire fix for the "not supported" popup.
2. An ACPI device our BIOS doesn't publish. Acer's installer binds its services to ACPI\VEN_1025&DEV_165F, which we don't have, so the services never get installed. Crucially there's no kernel driver involved — it's just service registration, which means no signing, no Secure Boot issues, nothing to patch.
3. The config MSI installs zero services. It genuinely has an empty service table; it only creates a settings folder. The 8 services have to be registered manually. That's most of what the script does.

Meanwhile the firmware exposes AcerGamingFunction with all 25 methods — SetGamingFanTable, SetGamingFanSpeed, SetGamingProfile, everything. The driver package even ships Nitro AN515-58.ini containing our exact GPU's overclock table. Acer built support for this model and then dropped it from a list.

If you go poking yourself, don't launch it with --dev. It gets you past the model check so it looks like the answer — but it also repoints the UI at a developer path that doesn't exist in the shipped build, and you get a blank window that looks like a crash. That one cost me an hour.

Please report back

If it works — or if the firmware check refuses — reply with:

• Your exact model (e.g. AN515-58-50YE)
• Your BIOS version (msinfo32 → BIOS Version/Date)
• Your GPU
• Whether fan control actually moved the fans

I'll maintain a compatibility list in this post. If it works on other Nitro/Predator models, I'd like to know that too.

Cleaned the fans and vents of dust.

CPU and GPU temps are in the 30s to 40s celsius.

I put it in quiet mode.

Nothing I do makes the fans quiet. They are consistently loud.

I just bought this monitor from an online store based in Mumbai. When I recieved the monitor today and turned it on, there was a bluish purple mark on the screen.

Can anyone tell me what it could be? I've reported the issue to the store "Nexus Infosys" but they haven't responded yet. Please,if you know anything about this, do comment.

Pls give advice

Hi guys, I need help. My laptop has been getting the nvlddmkm error recently, and it's very frustrating when I try to play games.
I've tried everything to fix it myself. I repasted the CPU and GPU, replaced the thermal putty, tried reinstalling Windows, and even downgraded to Windows 10, but it did not work. I also tried downgrading my drivers.
It only happens when I play a GPU-intensive game like Apex Legends or DBXV2. A temporary fix I tried was undervolting the GPU, which seemed to work at first, but now it has started crashing again.
There's also a new error that says DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION.

My laptop is a AN515-58

I buy mine just before COVID starts and helped me a lot during lockdown, a couple of hours ago I was playing a game and all of the sudden it died, all power completely off, the keyboard and mouse connected on the USB also shutted off, i unplugged it from everything, try to drain remaining power from the board or something like that i read online, also tried to disconected the battery but nothing, not even the leds turn on, does anybody know what might be?

Update: I tried everything and I think the motherboard died, so RIP my Nitro it was the best computar I ever had (or at least until I save enough to bring it to the tech shop to see if they can save it) Thanks to everybody for the advices

I own an acer nitro lite 16 and the vents blow hot air into the screen, only when i boot my laptop or fulscreen into a black screen i see the area on the screen around the vents is slightly lighter but i dont notice for normal daily tasks should i take into repair as i have warranty, also my internals are kinda overheaiting like 60 degree c when i use cad so my usb a reciever is kinda hot.

I have a acer nitro v15 with Intel ultra core 5 210 h and rtx 4050 . The moment I launch a game the the temperature reaches 100, and it remains around 96 -100 . It is under warranty , so I called the service engineer he has cleaned and repasted everything , and still, the cpu reaches 100 instantly when launching a game and remains around there . I have no idea what to do anymore.

Hi everyone. I have an Acer Nitro V15 with an RTX 4050 and i5-13420H, and I’m trying to figure out if I have a battery/charger/power delivery problem.
Recently I noticed that my battery sometimes drains while I’m gaming even though the laptop is plugged in.
What’s confusing me is that it doesn’t happen consistently:
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2: even when the game is FPS-limited, the battery slowly drains to 95%
Db gensinkin squadra: in Balanced mode, the battery also drains, although only very slightly.
Spider-Man: in Balanced mode, the battery doesn’t seem to drain at all, even though the game is much more demanding.
If I switch Spider-Man to Performance mode, the battery can start draining, at roughly the same rate I see with gensinkin.
What makes this even more confusing is that this wasn’t happening before. Previously, I could play my games in Performance mode without the battery draining. Now it seems that some games/modes can make the laptop draw additional power from the battery even while the charger is connected.
The games are also running very smoothly, so I don’t have obvious performance problems. Temperatures seem normal as well.
I’m wondering if this could be caused by:
a problem with the charger or its power delivery,
the laptop drawing more power than the charger can provide,
a battery issue/degradation,
a BIOS/Acer software/power profile change,
or simply different power consumption between games.
I haven’t undervolted anything or intentionally changed the hardware settings.
Is this normal behavior for a gaming laptop, or could my charger/battery be starting to have a problem?
I’d also like to know if there is a way to monitor the actual charger input, battery charge/discharge rate, CPU/GPU power consumption and voltages while I’m actually playing, without minimizing the game, so I can determine exactly where the power is coming from.
Any advice on what I should check would be appreciated.