Installing Windows XP Professional SP2 on Acer Aspire 5315-2153 Laptop
This is for all of you who figured the Acer Aspire 5315-2153 (which comes packaged with Vista) would make a great Windows XP Professional notebook, for only $348 + the cost of windows… and then realized you had problems.
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There are two methods for getting this to work, one only requires the internet, a few minutes, and a CD burner. The other requires a USB floppy drive.
UPDATE: We’ve got a working modem driver now. Check out the tutorial on getting it up and running (should be installed last).
You’ll probably also need a USB thumb drive for either method, and of course your copy of WinXP.
You may have already tried to install WinXP on this notebook. With the BIOS set to it’s defaults, the WinXP install disk can’t even see it’s Hard Drive, and if you set the hard drive to a non AHCI mode in the BIOS (such as native emulation), you are increasing your risk of data corruption, and at the same time reducing your speed.
These two methods are the correct way to handle the situation, and result in no performance compromises.
NOTE: All data on the hard drive will be erased.
If you experience problems related to .DLL files, try DLLCentral.com for resources and downloads.
The Floppy Method
First we’ll explain the floppy method, as it’s the fastest if you’ve already got the floppy drive and a blank floppy.
Download the floppy creator from here: f6_floppy_maker.zip
Extract the executable from the zip archive, insert a blank floppy, and run the executable, following the prompts to create an “F6 Driver Floppy.”
Attach your USB floppy drive to the new Acer notebook.
In order to be able to boot from the CD, we’ll first need to make a couple of quick changes in the notebook’s BIOS. Click here for instructions on modifying the BIOS settings.
Now boot your notebook from your WinXP install disk. One of the first prompts once the screen turns blue is to hit F6 to use a driver floppy.
Hit F6, insert the driver floppy. Windows won’t really give you any prompt that you’ve done things right, it will just keep installing for a while. After some time, windows will ask you to pick which driver off of the floppy you want — you should choose “Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E/M).” Be sure to leave the floppy in during the install, as windows will periodically pull files off of it until the installation is complete.
The Windows installer will ask you to where you’d like install Windows XP… follow the prompts to delete all the current partitions, then follow the prompts to create a new partition, and install Windows XP to that. You may chose the “quick format” to speed things up.
After windows is done installing, you’ll need to install some drivers. Acer isn’t providing a driver set for WinXP on this notebook.
We recommend installing drivers in this order:
- Realtek HD Audio Driver
- Intel Chipset Driver
- Intel Graphics Driver
- Atheros WiFi Driver
- Broadcom Ethernet Driver
- Launch Manager
- Touchpad Driver
- Acer Empowering Framework
- Acer ePower Management
Alternatively, you can download all of these (except for the last three) at once in a single 46MB zip file. Remember that these are specific to the Acer Aspire 5315.
The Broadcom drivers must be installed through the device manager, the rest have installation executables which should be used. Sometimes you have to have windows “Update Driver” on an unknown PCI device in order to get the Realtek to work.
We have a working modem driver. Check out the separate tutorial on getting it up and running (should be installed last).
Internet and CD burner Method
The second method is slightly more advanced, and intended for those of you who no longer have floppy drives of any kind. Or at least none of the USB kind.
First download and install nLite.
(Requires .NET Framework 2.0, you’ve probably already got that, but if nLite won’t run, download the .NET Framework)
Now download and extract the slipstream drivers to a folder like C:\Drivers-temp\
Insert your WinXP install disk, cancel out of the autorun if it pops up.
Start up nLite, click next on the splash screen. Tell it where your CD is. It will ask you to tell it where to cache the files at. You can just use a folder like C:\XP-temp\ for that.
On the “Presets” screen, click Next again. Now click on the “Drivers” button, as well as the “Bootable ISO” button, then click “Next”
On the “Drivers” screen, click “Insert”, then “Multiple Driver Folder”. Point nLite to the location where you extracted the slipstream drivers, such as C:\Drivers-temp\ and then click OK.
On the “Select multiple drivers to integrate” window you’ll need to highlight the path at the top (such as C:\Drivers-temp\) by clicking on it once, then click “OK”.
On the “Driver Integration Options” window under “Textmode integration options” highlight the whole list by clicking once on the top item, then shift-clicking once on the bottom item. With that list still highlighted, click “OK” at the bottom.
Back on the “Drivers” screen, click “Next”. The “Apply Changes:” dialog should pop up, asking if you really want to start the process. Click “Yes”.
After the processing completes, you’ll need to click “Next”, at which point you’ll be taken to the final screen.
On the “Bootable ISO” screen, change the “Mode” drop down menu from “Create Image” to “Direct Burn”. Eject your WinXP disk, and insert a blank disk into your burner. For safety’s sake, put a check mark next to “Verify”.
Finally, click Burn.
Congratulations, you now have a proper install disk for the Acer 5315-2153.
Now you’ll need to boot your laptop from that disk. In order to be able to boot from the CD, we’ll first need to make a couple of quick changes in the notebook’s BIOS. Click here for instructions on modifying the BIOS settings.
After it gets started, windows installer will ask you where you’d like to install Windows XP to: follow the prompts to delete all the current partitions, then follow the prompts to create a new partition, and install Windows XP to that. You can chose the “Quick Format” to speed things up.
Follow the rest of the prompts to windows in the usual fashion.
Next, use the following drivers to get all your hardware set up, since Acer is providing only Vista support on this notebook so far.
We recommend installing drivers in this order:
- Realtek HD Audio Driver
- Intel Chipset Driver
- Intel Graphics Driver
- Atheros WiFi Driver
- Broadcom Ethernet Driver
- Launch Manager
- Touchpad Driver
- Acer Empowering Framework
- Acer ePower Management
Alternatively, you can download all of these (except for the last three) at once in a single 46MB zip file. Remember that these are specific to the Acer Aspire 5315.
The Broadcom drivers must be installed through the device manager, the rest have installation executables which should be used. Sometimes you have to have windows “Update Driver” on an unknown PCI device in order to get the Realtek to work.
We have a working modem driver. Check out the separate tutorial on getting it up and running (should be installed last).
Modifying the BIOS Settings
Shut the notebook completely down. Now turn it back on, and as soon as the Acer screen comes up, hit the “F2″ key to enter the BIOS. Navigate to the second page of the BIOS (titled “Main”) by pressing the right arrow key.
You may wish to turn of “Network Boot” by selecting it with your arrow keys and hitting enter, then changing it to disabled. This is often used in a cluster-lab environment, and for normal users only slows down your boot process.
You must now turn on the F12 Boot Menu by selecting it with your arrow keys, hitting Enter, and changing it to “Enabled”
Now switch to the “Exit” page, and hit Enter to “Exit Saving Changes”. The BIOS will ask you to confirm, tell it “Yes”.
Now the notebook will reboot, and you must hit F12 to boot from your CD.
On the “Boot Manager” screen, chose the second option which should be an ATAPI drive, such as a DVD-RW or CD-RW, highlight it with your arrow keys and press Enter.
Back to the Floppy disk method
Back to the Internet and CD burner method
Modem Driver Installation
Extract the Agere modem drivers zip archive somewhere on the Acer notebook.
The links in this list go to step-by-step screenshots! Full album here.
- Click on your “START” menu
- Right click on “My Computer”
- Click on “Properties”
- Click on the “Hardware” tab at the top
- Click on “Device Manager”
- Right click on “Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus”
- Click on “Update Driver…”
- Click on “No, not this time.” Click Next.
- Click on “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).” Click Next
- Click on “Don’t Search. I will choose the driver to install.” Click Next.
- In the list on the “Hardware Type” page, highlight “Modems”. You may have to scroll down. Click Next.
- Click on “Have Disk…”
- Click on “Browse” and navigate to where you extracted the Agere Modem drivers. Highlight the “agrmdv32″ file and click Open. Click OK.
- Highlight Agere Systems HDA Modem. Click Next.
- Click Yes on the “Update Driver Warning” dialog.
You should now have a working modem.
YMMV, if these drivers don’t work, try using the Foxconn drivers.
This tutorial was written by IT enthusiast and expert Alex Wells, published exclusively on soulpass.com.
May 2nd, 2009 at 2:55 pm
hi thank you i followed all the instructions you gave i have espire 5315 and nowi have a working xp on it working great meny thanks to you for help
April 28th, 2009 at 10:25 am
hello i would like someone help me with my problem after my dog pass under the ac adaptor, my acer aspire 5610 ,turn off so i proced to turn on agian but it wont even in safe mode so i format my laptop with a xp sp2 i have but not a original one cuz at that moment i didnt know about the hidden partitioni install all the drivers and all working except for the launch manager the keys for quck laucnh doesnt workso there is a option i have to turn also now when itake pics with the camera it takes alot to write in the hd nada before when i click in the icon MY PC i have an option to turn off the monitor now i dont plz help me
April 26th, 2009 at 4:36 am
It’s like I knew what the answer was but had no idea where to get it from. And you were like my prayers answered. My Acer Travelmate lap would not tap the CDRW and hence I could not install my Windows XP on the linux it came preinstalled with. Then I came over here, studied the BIOS modification option and now as I type this my windows XP professional is being installed. Bless you tons. You ROCK
April 25th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Ok, nevermind. I went to acer’s website and installed newer updates of touchpad drivers. Now I am set! Thanks soooooooo much for this site. I have been saved!
April 25th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
First off, thank-you everyone who has put so much effort and work into getting this to work! I recently bought my Aspire 5315 and tried out vista for over 6 months. I had issues, but most were networking/internet problems, they went away (unsure how) but recently I started getting (not working) responses from every application. I had wanted to “rollback” since I bought the dang thing, but I didn’t know where to start, so I never bothered. I knew there had to be a way! So after one quick google search I found this site. Who knew so many people with this model (it’s really popular I guess!) wanted what I did!!! So, I have everything working now, except my scroll button does not scroll! Touchpad Detect doesn’t seem to be responding. It successfully detects my touchpad, then when I go to install it gives me this error:
runtime error ‘53′
file not found.
is there something I’m missing?
My other mouse buttons work fine. But it seriously is annoying.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Hi guys, please help me. I installed win xp and then sp3 on my new laptop packard bell. the big problem is i cant install the sound. i tried with the latest realtek high defininatio audio drivers. now its looking for intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller. please tell some1 where i can get it. thx.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Hi guys, please help me. I installed win xp and then sp3 on my new laptop packard bell. the big problem is i cant install the sound. i tried with the latest realtek high defininatio audio drivers. now its looking for 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller. please tell some1 where i can get it. thx.
April 21st, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Otimos drives min ajudaram muito Obrigado
April 18th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Solo para agradercele toda la ayuda brindada, nos simplifica mucho la vida, gracias.
April 17th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
SP2 doewsn’t work either same thing. I will have to put crappy vista back on as it is my wifes laptop and she doesn’t like ubuntu. I was thinking about windows 7 build 7077, but my utorrent has stopped working for no apparent reason so vista will have to do.
If anyone finds a solution to this let me know. A word of warning for those considering this, make sure you have the ability to put it back to vista before you try it or you may end up with a brick. It obviously works often, but not all the time. It has worked on some 5315-201G08Mi models but not mine
April 17th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Well, I have tried flashing the bios, but I can’t get it to work. Al the infor I have on that is old an poeple in threads talk about upgrading to version 1.25. My 5315-201G08Mi is at version 1.29, so I doubt this is the problem anyway.
BTW version 1.34 is the most up to date insyde bios for the 5315.
For the moment I have just chucked Ubuntu Hardy Heron on, but apparently there are issues with wifi and sound.
The only thing I can think of is that the windows disk I used was already at SP3, I will try with SP2 and see if that work better.
Cheers all
April 17th, 2009 at 4:53 am
A minor improvement. I took the battey out and put it back in again and now it is back to blue screen of death during the ‘applying computer settings’ page
I found the post above about the bios flash any more updates on a better way to do it than using Win98. I sure has hell don’t have a copy of that!
April 17th, 2009 at 4:42 am
Chukay
“How do i get the laptop to boot from the CD? i have enabled the F12 key and made the ATAPI the first boot source but it still doesn’t work.”
This may be a patronising suggestion but you have to tap F12 as soon as the computer starts to access the boot menu. Then select the ATAPI drive.
April 17th, 2009 at 4:38 am
Like Ron above I too have the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!
I followed the CD based instructions above exactly. Windows installed to the reboot point then after seting up the screen resolution it crashed with blue screen of death. It auto rebooted and it got a little further this time but then again with the blue screen. Third time same thing.
In frustration I just left it and went for a run. Came home and switched it back on and after a few initial boot up noises (cd tray and HDD for around 3 seconds) it powers itself off .
Looks like the whole thing is good and rooted now
April 16th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
As you seem to know what you are talking about, I have a teaser for you here.
I have a standard hardware (retail kit) Acer Aspire M3600 PC (not laptop). I have an OEM install disk of Windows XP Pro SP3 (genuine). When I try to use it, I get as far as the point when windoze tries to run the actual setup, and then all I get is the BSOD and the PC locks up and I have to perform a hard reboot with the power button.
All the advice you have given here is relating to Win XP Pro SP 2, shouldn’t the SP3 version of the Windoze unstall OEM disc be even easier.
I await eagerly for any advice you may be able to give as to get Win XP on this great machine with the crap OS on it.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:39 am
im try whir a acer aspire 5100 all work well
except some hardware called “Controladora de Bus SM”(in spanish) PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4372&CC_0C0500
i don’t know what is and wht’s driver for this
April 15th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Compledted the cd ok….rebooted…regular windows install of files…last windows said starting windows and then….a blue screen that says….
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
SESSION5_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
If this is the first time you’ve seen thsi stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any windows updates you might need……
and so on…I am sure that someone else has see this message before??
any ideas on what to do?? I rebooted several times and get the same message.
Really need help!!
Ron
April 15th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Completed the install cd just fine….booted to the cd…all looked well. Loaded all the windows files ok. Then comes this blue screen that says…
Aproblem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
SESSION5_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
April 15th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
5315 0ver heats!!!
and it keeps saying install framework 2.5 which i already did but keep asking me that before installing the powerMGT software what the heck…..god i want a DELL
April 15th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Great, thank you!
April 11th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Well i gave this ago on my son laptop 5315 Aspire as Vista was so slow, and guess what it worked. The laptop now runs smoothly and faster. i used the cd method.
April 9th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Hi, I actually have the aspire 6930 model. can i utilize the installation steps that are outlined here and just use appropriate drivers? Please let me know.
Thank you.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Thanks a lot. It is amazing.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
я венду устоновил но при запуске он показывает ошибку синий икран и перегружаеться
April 4th, 2009 at 10:15 am
un gros merci
très bien fait et très pratique
encore merci
April 4th, 2009 at 9:57 am
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April 4th, 2009 at 8:44 am
MUCHAS GRACIAS!! CON USUARIOS ASI TODO ES MAS FACIL… GRACIAS POR APORTAR TODO ESTO! SALUDOS
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:00 pm
i want to know the compatibles xp’s.for this kind of acer(aspire 5315)?
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Thanks. I downloaded the Acer Drivers to XP from your site and they all work. The only one I’m still looking for is the Hi Def Audio Modem. But, thanks, all the other Drivers I downloaded from your site worked.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:20 am
When i insert a WINXP CD in my acer aspire 5315 it does not boot from the WINXP or WIN VISTA CD though i can open the CD’s when my windows have finished booting.
What could be the problem?
How do i get the laptop to boot from the CD? i have enabled the F12 key and made the ATAPI the first boot source but it still doesn’t work.
Thank you.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:44 am
Hello, I am running an Aspire 5315-2326. I have followed the instructions above and I am running into a wall at the install step. The laptop boots to cd and tells me it is checking hardware configuration. It then goes to a black screen with no error message. Does this sound like anything anyone has experienced before?
Thank you.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:06 am
THE SOUND PROBLEM
ALL You have to do is to update the bios to the latest version and it will work. As for me i downgraded to server 2003> then xp then back to vista again and nothings worked until i by mistake updated the bios
March 30th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Overheating - is 80 degrees too much? My 5315 /201G08Mi was overheating and shutting down under Vista. Your XP install worked very well, thanks. But the overheating continued, even with .NET and the Acer epower bloatware running… no issue with fan turning off, it runs all the time. Notebook Hardware control reported it running at 70 to 95 degrees. So I sent it back to Acer, who replaced the Thermal Module and cleaned the fan. It now runs without shutdown, but the temperature is still 75 to 85 degrees - can someone tell me what temperature I should be expecting?
March 28th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Dude… your the best. Simply the best. I bet you’ve saved alot of ppl’s bacon with this tut. Keep up the good work!!!!
March 26th, 2009 at 6:18 am
Did every thing as per the instructions and xp is running great on customers acer 5315.
Excellant instuctions, thanks for the help.
March 24th, 2009 at 8:30 am
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March 23rd, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Народ, подскажите кто-нибудь сайт где можно скачать фильмы и музыку без смс и без ограничений? Буду очень благодарен
March 23rd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Howdy!
I forlowed the steps to the dot and, it worked fine! Really saved my bacon I tell you that. A friend gave me this laptop to replace Vista with XP for him, but wanted it back within the week. Easy job I thought! It wasnt!
Sheer panic stations when nothing worked after I got XP on there. It was luck that I found this page and, well, You saved my neck!
Thanks ever so!
March 22nd, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Hi, my asprire 5313 volume and wireless have some problem, not working at all and i wanted to download it alone or the new winxp with aspire 5313. please hear me out.
March 22nd, 2009 at 10:59 am
I thin i’m going to have to wipe it for the fith time and try again *sigh*.. what a fucking stupid laptop!
March 22nd, 2009 at 9:56 am
Hey, it all worked fine but i can’t get my microphone in my laptop to work and neither does the jack. also it has trouble reading some blank dvd’s, anyone know what I can do? Thanks
March 20th, 2009 at 8:10 am
First off thanks for posting the instructions for the Acer. I have performed the steps to a T and are still unsuccessful. Everytime I try to install windows XP after making the modified install CD with Nlite it gets to a point in the install routine where it indicates that it was unable to format the disk. In the Bios I have tried the IDE mode as well as the STA mode. No difference. Has anyone ran accross this and what do you think the problem is?
March 19th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Ok, I’ve tried absolutly everything now to get this dam Audio Codec installed! - I’ve downloaded soo many differnt drivers from realtek and other places where people have been having the same problem.. I have 1 PCI Device that is ‘unknown’ under ‘other devices’ which i’m guessing has to be the Realtek audio.
I did everything to the T as many other people have done here aswell. Everything is working perfect accept this audio. Can anyone on here help at all please?! this is driving me nuts.. I’ve installed SP3 XP.
Please, Please Please help me here if anyone still looks at this thread.
March 19th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
i have an acer aspire 5315-2848 i need drivers for my wireless and hda modem driver or somthing please help me!!!
March 19th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
i can’t instal driver for ethernet controller on my acser aspire 3680…
March 19th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
*Bump* - can anyone help on this? probek still seems to be the same?
March 18th, 2009 at 6:55 am
Hi Guys, Firstly thankyou very much for putting up this tutorial. My brother Couldnt stand using Vista on the machine anymore and asked me for an install of XP instead. Only when I started hunting around then et did I see the problems people where having. I have now installed XP visa the CD method and all is working fine except the Audio. It says it cannot find any hardware. I have updated Windows as needed and in the process of trying to reinstall the HD Audio codec from this site. (this is the only thing that doesnt seem to want to work) that and a PCI device in the device manager which I think it could only be the ethernet controller? any ideas if reinstall of both of these drivers dont work? cheers
March 16th, 2009 at 9:35 am
i mistakely flashed bios v1.18 on my laptop (acer 4710) and it just went off.i have installed win sp2 on it.pls help me whats the problem?
March 15th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I installed Everything but My Computer still can’t detect any wireless conections what should I do next ?
March 14th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
I have acer aspire 5610 where care is not to say
NTLDR is missing what should I do or where can I download
something?
I did’t do the recovery cd’s
Now appreciate some information
March 14th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
tenho acer aspire 5610 sempre que ligo não passa de dizer que falta NTLDR o que devo fazer ou onde posso importar algo?
Não fiz cd’s de recovery
Desde já agradeço alguma informação.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Hi there..Can u help me? I keep getting an error when tryign to install the Realtek HD Audio drivers on my Acer Aspire 5715z . It goes through the installshield stuff, then the installer bar with the Realtek logo on the left wide pops up. The bar gets about 2/3rds of the way across when it crashes with the message of “Install Realtek HD Audio Failure !!” What can i do? i have an XP
March 13th, 2009 at 3:53 am
Thank You,
This article made it possible to rescue a Acer 5220 that was downgraded (degraded) by a no-tech with obvious results
I slipstreamed a CD and it worked like magic !
With XP-drivers from Acer (Yes they exist on their site) we now have a working laptop again, just 1 driver missing and then it’s 100%.
Couldn’t have done it without You, I’m grateful
March 12th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
es muy buena su pagina
March 10th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
GRacias muy valedero
March 10th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Alex,
Thank you so much for this article, I have downgraded a number of machines from Vista to XP and never have i come across such a concise website with such helpful instructions and additional comments. I don’t very often leave messages but this time I just had to write and thank you all.
Gav
March 9th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Otimos drivers perfeitos podem baixar …
March 7th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Thanks a lot. Your post is really helpful..Thanks again. Do you mind if i copied and translate it to indonesian language. I will still use your link as source.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Valeu, obrigado!
Já estava desesperado, pois não estava conseguindo instalar o drive do modem e da placa de rede sem fio.
March 6th, 2009 at 7:32 am
More than helpfull. Thanks.
March 6th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Hi,
I have a question….it is possible to connect acer 5315 to a panasonic tv?
March 5th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Great to have all the drivers in one place, but there`s nothing wrong with runnng IDE mode and saying it risks corruption isn`t really true, its only a different mode of operation and only really works properly in vista anyway. Really no need to have to add drivers to an installation or use a floppy, before installing XP or on another computer create a driver cd with all the drivers your going to require (or use external storage eg usb stick, external HD etc, to hold your drivers while you get XP on), then install XP in IDE mode, next install your drivers from the cd you created. this “how to” is needlessly complicated but handy to have easy access to the drivers.
March 4th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Thank you and well done. Works on aspire 5310 too.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
if i install sp3 after installing the drivers would they be removed?
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Hi
i have installed xp on a 5310 everthing is working ok
only i have no acer empowering technology installed
dont realy need them but some are useful if there is a download that works with xp
March 1st, 2009 at 5:00 am
Thanks very much windows xp proffesional now installed on acer aspire 5715z i chose to modify the installation disk little bit more time consuming but only needs to be done once works great fast as all drivers installed great tutorial :]]] thanks very much
February 27th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I followed all step to made the CD but I try to boot from it, I got “operating system not found”. What ever XP CDs I slide in, I got the same message. The DVD ROM seemed to be working. Anyone help?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
These instructions and drivers worked well for me.
just bwanted to say that you have saved me a lot of trouble.
thanks, thanks…. keep up the good work.
February 26th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Thanx you have helped a lot.
February 26th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
If anyone doesn’t have their XP disc BUT still has their Key code they can download the XP software from download.com under “operating systems”. I would suggest downloading, burning, labeling, AND (here’s the most important part) saving it.
February 26th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I realize that I am coming in very late but I just couldn’t resist the urge of giving a VERY big thank you to Alex and all the rest of those who put this tutorial together. I have a 5315-2077 that WAS running Vista and I could stand that pig no longer. I read through this forum (yes all of it) twice and then followed the tutorial exactly as written. It was a flawless install. Two hours after beginning I was loading software. I now have a very fast, very nice laptop. Thanks again.
February 26th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
thank4s for driver but….. ethernet controler and w lan ar not suported
February 26th, 2009 at 2:41 am
Hi, i was having a hard time to download for ACER Aspire 4730Z Driver for XP. do you have on it? please advice..thanks
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:18 am
Thanks
Glad this tutorial is proving helpful to people, and I know the writer Alex appreciates all your kind input
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:00 am
Thx guys. this helped me a lot to install XP on Acer5315. You guys rule.
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Thank you very much BizzyBoy for the contribution!
February 22nd, 2009 at 12:34 pm
There’s another method, via boot sequence change
1)change SATA to IDE and
2)change boot sequence so CD boots first then hard drive.
make sure to save BIOS settings and you should now be able to have your hard drive available to install WinXP.
February 22nd, 2009 at 11:03 am
essai efficace ou pas
February 19th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Yo thanks so much! i’ve been working on this stupid Acer for a day with no luck. This web page shud be linked from Acer com. Thanks again
February 19th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
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February 18th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Dear Friends
Thank u very much for the support that i had been easily installed my aspire 5315 wifi driver thanks once again
February 18th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Thank you Betmen for your contribution!
February 18th, 2009 at 8:51 am
If you dont find the 5715z driver for xp, try this my, this is working for me:
projection.uw.hu/5715z/BCM94312MCG.ZIP
February 18th, 2009 at 8:41 am
I recently installed az Acer aspire 5715z notebook with Windows XP SP2-3, and take me about 1 month to find a working wireless WinXP driver for the integrated Broadcom Wifi card. I tried every driver even from this site, but none of them has worked. If anyone have the same problem Do this:
# Right click on “My Computer”
# Click on “Properties”
# Click on the “Hardware” tab at the top
# Click on “Device Manager”
# Right click on “Network Contoller” if wireless not recognized yet, or “BroadCom 802.11g” if you have allready installed a wrong driver.
# Click on “Properties”
# Click on “Details” tab
# Here on down, you will find your DEVICE code something like this:
PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4315&SUBSYS_E003105B&REV_01\4&1B09A299&0&00E3
this is what you looking for so goto http://www.google.com
and type:
“windows xp driver 5715Z PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4315&SUBSYS_E003105B&REV_01\4&1B09A299&0&00E3″
and you will be very close to your driver.
You can make sure before your driver is good for your notebook by looking for the driver *.inf file for the IC code example:
your IC code in Details is:
PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4315&SUBSYS_E003105B&REV_01\4&1B09A299&0&00E3
Then look for DEV_4315&SUBSYS_E003105B&REV_01 in the inf file.
If you find it, you can be 100% sure this driver is good for your wifi.
If not then its 99% that its not going to work with your wireless.
#Remove the card from your “Device Manager”
#Run installer
#Wait for installer to finish
#Let new hardware wizard do its job, and enjoy.
February 18th, 2009 at 6:26 am
hello
i have Acer 5315 and i cant get wlan on working right with xp ….i tried install atheros and broadcom drivers and nothings happens….just warning text “Card not inserted”….help me…
February 18th, 2009 at 3:41 am
Hello,
I have read under Modifying the BIOS Settings that “You must now turn on the F12 Boot Menu by selecting it with your arrow keys, hitting Enter, and changing it to “Enabled””
But I dont seem to be able to achieve this with acer emachine e520. Please help me. Any step by step way of getting to this?
Thanks
February 17th, 2009 at 10:09 am
George, your original XP disk will remain intact and reusable…
February 17th, 2009 at 7:32 am
hi, im planning on installing xp on an acer 5315 and other pc’s.
will my curnet xp disk change at all?
thanks
February 16th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Thank you very much, our Acer Aspire 5315 with only one 1 gb Ram and vista. It was very slow but when I follow this guide this notebook is twice so fast as with vista. Thank you
February 16th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Could this method and these drivers work in a laptop ACER ASPIRE AS5315-2370 with windows vista starter (spanish), hardware: Intel celeron M560 2.13GHz, 1GB RAM?
February 16th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Hola, muchas gracias por la ayuda ofrecida en este foro, me fue de muchisima utilidad, hice un downgrade, en una laptop toshiba, solo me faltaba el driver de audio, el cual pude conseguir gracias a su gran foro, el modelo de la toshiba es: L305-s5865, y ahora ya tengo todo instalado en windows xp, muchas gracias de nuevo, y si alguien necesita algun driver de esta laptop, no dude en pedirmelo.
Hi, thanks a lot for the help I obtain from this forum, it was very helpful to me, I did make a downgrade in a Toshiba laptop, I only needed the audio driver, which I can find in your forum, the Toshiba model is: L305-S5865, and now I have everything installed on my computer under Windows Xp, again thanks a lot, and if anyone needs help wiht the drivers of this laptop, please be my guest and ask me fo it
February 15th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
For those of you that are in need of a SATA/AHCI Driver for ACER ASPIRE 5315 here is a direct link to the driver:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericSoftwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-54270-1&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en
this is the driver i used with nLite and it integrates fine and also is loaded without errors in a windows xp install for you to use your integrated hard drive in AHCI Mode..
Hope that is helpful….
February 15th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
may i also note that the drivers you have been so nice to provide us all with CAN be integrated into a custom xp installation using nLite and that also saves u time, the only drivers that didnt install were the Intel Graphics Card driver and the RealTek HD Audio driver, they were installed manually the rest were installed perfectly by Windows XP Setup and i even had wireless as soon as windows had completed installing…..
if you know a bit about pc’s and want a custom install disc, i recommend using nLite and aswell as just integrating the SATA AHCI driver integrate the rest of the drivers aswell.
brilliant to see someone out there loves XP as much as me and is willing to provide such detailed information…
thanks again
February 15th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
This webpage is a godsend ive been looking to get XP on this laptop for ages, downloaded the drivers included above and created an nLite install of XP and it worked first time…. thanks ever so much
February 13th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Hi Alex,
I just wanna change my vista to last xp on my aspire 5735z but i couldn’t reboot from the cd.
the other thing i don’t have the vista recovery cd with me, can you help me with this, thanks!
February 10th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Hey Guys, just wanted to let you all know that everything worked for the Aspire 5315-2077 except the modem driver. I went to Acer’s site and downloaded the Ambit Modem driver that’s listed for the Aspire 7720 for Windows XP…when you go to the download page, the 5315 is also listed. After hours and days of pulling my hair out over the stupid modem, I now have a complete working system running Windows XP! Woo-hoo!
February 10th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Só quero agradecer o vosso trabalho de colocarem aqui todos os passos para passarmos os nossos Aspire 5315 para o Xp!
Ficou mais “leve” e pratico de trabalhar.
Mais uma vez , OBRIGADO!
jcurinha
February 10th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Thank you for all your help!!
February 5th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
You’re the man…
Who’s the man?
You’re the man…
February 5th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Will this work on the Acer Aspire M3201 DESKTOP please
Thinking of getting 1 but any purchase depends on me be able to get a version of XP working with drivers
If you can help thanks in advance