Windows XP on 5920

nozdormu · 04-27-2008, 03:34 AM

Hi!

I have an 5920 aspire, and want xp on it. I download the driver pack for 5920G, but of course, some drivert are different. Have somebody a pack specially for 5920?

Egghead · 04-30-2008, 07:18 AM

Have a look at this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/show...-only Models?) which has links to the drivers.(There is a rapidshare folder with all the drivers stored in one place.)

scully1485 · 05-01-2008, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Egghead

Have a look at this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/show...-only Models?) which has links to the drivers.(There is a rapidshare folder with all the drivers stored in one place.)

Hey, I took a look at the link you provided but the post was deleted.
My system is the aspire 5920-6313, i changed the hard drive to a 7200rpm one and was successful in installing XP by embedding the windows vista sata drivers from http://us.acer.com with Nlite.
I also was sucessful in installing all the drivers (video, card reader, wlan, network card, video camera), however I cannot get sound.
I have tried all the links i have found and even gave it a try with vista drvers. It installs the drivers but when i go to Control Panel>Sound... it says there is no device.
I have also tried a fix that i found on google that had an embedded Microsoft UAA Driver to no avail.

Does anyone have a solution for this?
By the way its a CLEAN install of XP, vista is on another hard drive all together.

bigozone · 05-02-2008, 11:13 AM

good move using a new HDD....

the easy way to make sound work when downgrading to XP is to install the soundcard drivers first (before chipset or anything....)

i've seen a post on here somewhere dealing with your exact issue,, i'll try to locate it and post back...

scully1485 · 05-03-2008, 09:15 AM

OK Bigozone you are teh uber leetness lol
I have sound on my laptop and all is well.

Anyway, here are a few things I feel I was doing wrong....
1. I was installing WIndows SP3 (dont know if this was one of the MAIN reasons, so to make sure, I used SP2 Instead)
2. I wasn't transferring the drivers from a cd, i was using a USB Hard Drive which would install drivers when i would plug it in, making the sound drivers NOT the FIRST thing that installed.

Other than that, like i've been reading on a few forums, DON'T PANIC IF YOU DON'T GET SOUND IMMEDIATELY!!
There is something about the OS taking a while for it to actually recognize the sound card. (maybe 3 minutes at most)

Oh and one last note, if you don't really need the modem (which i don't) by all means just disable it since it uses the same UAA drivers as the sound card, it might conflict, i CANNOT confirm this, so I did it just as a safety precaution.

Thanks again for the help. lets keep this alive for others to read!

bigozone · 05-03-2008, 06:31 PM

i can give you info on getting the modem working if you need it...

i had to install one driver,,, then update it with a different driver....

i have verified it works... don't think i'll ever use it,,, but it's good to have..

rocky852 · 05-09-2008, 11:36 AM

hey guys, m new to this site, but sorted out most of mah issues from here...well ive got a 5920g acer laptop as well...and have successfully fual booted to XP as well (XP Pro SP2)....i have downloaded all the drivers and aso installed em, i have got the sound, grpahics etc good and working however ive got a problem with my WLAN (WiFi), i installed the driver and it even comes up on the connection area (control panel, connection) but it is disable, when i enable it by right clicking it n enabling it, its written Enabling, then connection fail...dont know why this comes up....have even installed fresh XP again as well but still the same thing, and also when i uninstlal the driver form device manager, it sort of freezes.....dont know whts wrong, can get on the internet on mah XP...plz any1 help...plz....

bigozone · 05-09-2008, 02:13 PM

what type of wifi network adapter does your laptop have??

if it's an Atheros,, there are some new drivers that might help
this link has all kinds of drivers

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=238807

sanyoinc · 08-31-2008, 08:07 AM

purchased Acer 5920 today and installing windows xp with SP2 on it.

Everything is fine with it while installing, except on thing.

When i am installing suyin webcam drivers on it, it installs it but when i install suyin application i.e. Acer Crystal Eye Webcam application, it creates problem with the fuctionality of windows.

After installing that application, my machine is getting struck at the screen "shutting down your computer" and nothing happens. I need to turn my machine off manually.

But when i removed that application "acer crystal eye" laptop was okay again.

Tried this several times after re-installing windows but problem is same every time.

Please reply me back with any clue in installing that application.

Regards,
Yogesh Munjal
Sanyo Inc.
email: info@sanyoinc.com