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[Prototyped4life]

I bought a new Acer Aspire E1-531 with Windows 7 Professional x64.Cause this notebook is ready for windows 8 ,i started a clean installation.After getting ready devices my notebook restarted and appeared the Blue screen of death. After this i downgraded to Windows 7 and updated BIOS from v2.11 to v2.14 but still the same problem.Can you tell me how to fix this cause I'm getting really anxious!

[Prototyped4life]

I can confirm that anisin84's solution described here
http://community.acer.com/t5/Acer-Notebooks-Netbooks/Cannot-Install-windows-8-on-Brand-newAO-725/m-p...
solves the problem. The error is caused by an incompatibility of the Atheros Wifi card installed in the affected Acer models with the default driver that comes with Windows 8. Removing the card during install, updating the Atheros W-Lan driver via a download from another computer once Windows 8 is running, then replacing the card and rebooting twice is the fix.

[Kenneth7]

Could Acer Aspire E1 531 be on the list as well cause I am getting the same problem

[Kenneth7]

THank you I installed windows and it brought the error then I used live CD of linux and deleted the wifi drivers and it worked perfectly when I restarted from Linux thanks, my question now is can I use that wireless card or I buy a new one?