Notebooks & Netbooks

[Orcshein]

Hi there! Glad I found a community. Hopefully someone can help me with my problem.

I recently installed XP on my Aspire 5250-0678 which used to have Win7 (I just prefer winXP..), went trough all the driver installations but I can't manage to find the ethernet/LAN driver.

It's always a yellow interogation mark, and all the drivers I've tried don't work. It says the card isn't there.

20509048116 is the SNID.

On acer.com website, I can find my laptop, but there's only drivers for windows 7 and 8.

Can someone enlight me with which driver I should use?  Thank you.

[laurent_14]

Hello Orchsein,

I download on Acer website the following driver for windows 7-32 bits (it's the same for 64 bits):

Lan

Atheros

LAN pilote

2.1.0.7

6.0 MB

2012/10/18

I open the readme folder and I read 0409_English.htm:

Readme.htm created 30-APR-2009

Readme File for AR813x/AR815x setup package

Supporting: Atheros AR813x/AR815x Gigabit/Fast Ethernet Controller

Operation Systems:
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003                  
Windows XP x64, Windows Server 2003 x64                              
Windows Vista, Windows Vista x64
Windows 7, Windows 7 x64

On Qualcomm website, the last driver is WIN_AR813X_AR815X_Windows WHQL Driver V2.1.0.21 (file.rar open with Winrar)

[Orcshein]

Thank you!!

Internet does work now, though I need a cable. Do I need another driver for the wireless network to work?

[laurent_14]

Hello,

Yes, you need a driver for wireless lan.

1. Did you make the eRecovery medias with Factory Defaults option before to install Windows XP?
2. What's exactly your windows 7 version (32 or 64 bits)?
3. Check the Device Manager like this:

 - Click on Start

 - Clik on Execute

 - Type the command mmc devmgmt.msc

 - Check the device(s) which have a "!" (it means you need driver for this device). Note the name.

The problem, it exists 3 wireless lan brands:

Wireless LAN	Atheros	Wireless LAN pilote
Wireless LAN	Broadcom	Wireless LAN pilote
Wireless LAN	Realtek	Wireless LAN pilote

What is the good?

[Orcshein]

Thank you again for your support.

The two icons which have an ! mark are as follow:

Network controller

Bus controller SM

Those two have a yellow ? as well on them. There's no brand written in there or anything.

With what you made me download in your first reply, I can now connect to the internet using an ethernet cable.

What's written on my laptop is as follow:

ASPIRE 5250-0678

And on the network drawing, it's written: ACER Nplify(tm)802.11b/g/n.

I believe it was a Win7 64 bit which was installed but I can't confirm 100%. Now though, it's XP.

[ajay_1988]

Download DriverPack Solution.. And let it update the missing driver for you

[laurent_14]

Hello Orcshein,

Bus controller SM: you need chipset driver. Normally, it's included in AMD Catalyst (AMD SMBus driver).

Otherwise, you can use AMD Driver Autodetect.

Network controller: left click - properties - do you see the brand?

Otherwise, you can find the brand in the erecovery dvd (folder) or remove the backside and you research a small board like this:

Personally, I don't use software which detect all devices and provide any drivers. I prefere to see them with my eyes ...

I had a bad experience with this. Bad driver = Card dead