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need some help with Acer Aspire 6930G

post #1 of 8
3/28/09 at 1:53pm
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Hey lads sup,

Im new here, so let me introduce + ask my question.

I am mike, 23 year old and im from europe.
I love playing games and stuff, and i always had a PC untill yesterday.

Yesterday I decided to buy a notebook. I bought the Acer Aspire 6930G.
Its a 16" LCD notebook with some nice features, but I hate Windows Vista on it.
It comes with no software or CD, it installs itself and puts in all kinds of Acer games and stuff...

Anyway so what did I do. I hated windows vista so badly, that i totally removed it from the laptop. I went into the BIOS and changed the SATA to IDE MODE. This helped me to install Windows XP that i have always used.

Now that I have windows XP installed, I came across alot of problems. I have no internet access. whatsoever. and from what I see i am missing alot of drivers, for my networkcard(adapter) sound, graphics.

I went into my computer, properties, and looked for the system management (where u can view the correctly installed working drivers and stuff) I came across atleast 10 things that have a yellow question mark behind it... meaning they do not have a correct working driver on the notebook.
some of them were
-Networkcontroller
-Videocontroller (VGA COmpatible)
-Audio on bus for high definition audio (twice)
-Modem on bus for High Definition Audio
-SM-Buscontroller
-Fingerprint-Sensor
-Ethernet controller

I came to ask for help, to the more experienced user with Acers. I am totally new to notebooks, and I want my acer to work with Windows XP. But ofcourse I'll be needing the correct drivers for this to properly work (internet, sound,video)

If someone is capable of helping, I would be very happy. I can provide more information if you need. Like specifics on the notebook, but right now i think i need the right drivers for XP.

Hope someone can help me.

thanks
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post #2 of 8
3/28/09 at 2:13pm
Well, you sort of did this backwards. Before you got rid of Vista, which was working, you should have started tracking down drivers and loading them on a CD. If the drivers are not available for XP on the Acer site, then, you will be forced to go to the hardware manufacturer's site to find mobile drivers for each component.
Your best option, would have been to have a dual boot system with Vista on one partition and XP on another. At least, until you have found all the XP drivers (if even they are available) you would have had a functioning notebook.
It didnt come with any software or CD's but it did come with ERecovery with the ability to make your own recovery DVD's or CD's. Probably didnt make them before you formatted??? Good luck in your endeavours
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post #3 of 8
3/28/09 at 2:17pm
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yes lol indeed did it come with erecovery and stuff, but i just thought that was all crap, because it loaded so much useless things.
Is there no way to reset the computer to how it was handed out when buying? so that it will install itself again? when you first bought it..
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post #4 of 8
3/28/09 at 3:36pm
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oh and i found a website that offers drivers for this version of ACER http://komku.blogspot.com/2009/01/ac...ws-xp-and.html
seems they have usefull drivers, and im trying them now.
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post #5 of 8
3/28/09 at 4:10pm
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yes lol indeed did it come with erecovery and stuff, but i just thought that was all crap, because it loaded so much useless things.
I would just disable all un-needed startup processes and services and be done with it to start.

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Is there no way to reset the computer to how it was handed out when buying? so that it will install itself again? when you first bought it..
Alternative is to get the system drivers up to date, then use a freeware drivers back up utility, then re-install OS cleanly, then reapply the back-up drivers.

cheers ...
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post #6 of 8
3/28/09 at 4:11pm
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Originally Posted by sirmike View Post
oh and i found a website that offers drivers for this version of ACER http://komku.blogspot.com/2009/01/ac...ws-xp-and.html
seems they have usefull drivers, and im trying them now.
Nice find. Let us know how the drivers turning out for you.

cheers ...
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post #7 of 8
3/28/09 at 6:23pm
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for now things are running smoothly, things not working are the wireless and bluetooth stuff, but i rarely use them...so far so good.!
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post #8 of 8
7/3/09 at 4:56am
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Originally Posted by sirmike View Post
Hey lads sup,
I hated windows vista so badly, that i totally removed it from the laptop. I went into the BIOS and changed the SATA to IDE MODE. This helped me to install Windows XP that i have always used.
Know it is a late response, but here goes....

Have just gotten through installing Win7 x64 on my wife's notebook (exact same model), but what I've nutted out also applies to Vista, so bear with me.

Much of your Vista headaches actually seem to come down to the fact that Acer use cheap-arse componants, even in a so-called high-end notebook.... not a habit limitted to Acer I know, but still. BUT there is actually hope.

Get yourself a copy of either Vista x64 (yes, although Acer chucked on the x86 version of Vista, which is a lot heavier in resource usage, it is actually fully x64 compatible), or better yet, the RC1 of Win7, which actually handles much of my hardware better than both Vista and XP.

Doing a manual install, I'll give a couple of pieces of advice.

Install Chipset update, then Turbo Cache drivers (just Google the latter for Intel's download page, as Acer rather thoughtfully left this driver off their x64 downloads for half their models!!). Then you can start installing your other drivers.

Check to make sure you have the latest driver builds, as half of what the OEM vendor (not just Acer - I had the same issues with my own Asus notebook) will often have outdated drivers listed.

Sounds a pain I know, but the transition to x64 is WELL worth the effort
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