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.
April 14th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Thanks so much mate this works perfectly. I had tried several ways before stumbling accross this and all else failed. Nice work.
April 13th, 2010 at 6:21 am
i failed to remove Vista from my Acer 5516. Could you help me??
April 13th, 2010 at 12:13 am
Hi everyone. I was successfully created a bootable xp sp 2 CD, but when i tried to install this OS onto my acer aspire 5516, a blue screen was telling me that windows to stopped working because of somme errors (not specified).
April 12th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
@ Rollingstone
The aspire 5516 is supported for xp by acer at their webpage here
http://www.acer.nl/acer/service.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=nl&miu10einu24.current.attN2B2F2EEF=3744&sp=page15e&ctx2.c2att1=3&miu10ekcond13.attN2B2F2EEF=3744&CountryISOCtxParam=NL&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=2939325947
April 12th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Ty, safed me a lot of headaches
April 12th, 2010 at 8:45 am
Tu tutorial me gusto mucho pero tengo un problema no puedo instalar el video dice que el archivo esta corrupto
April 12th, 2010 at 3:50 am
can also this method work on Acer Aspire 5516?
April 10th, 2010 at 1:26 am
je recherche un driver webcab pour mon pc acer aspire 5715A series
April 5th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Thanks! I notice the IDE and SATA ‘disfunctionallity’ but your advise worked like a charme. No hussle by following your instructions. To bad Acer did not come with it.
March 27th, 2010 at 9:23 am
I was very pleased to use XP on my ACER 5315 thanks to these excellent instructions. I have been running it for more than a year with no problem.
Recently, I tried installing Se7en (Home Premium), and the result is very pleasing. No problem at all during install, and the resulting performance is very much XP-like. So those who are considering installing XP might want to go one step ahead and consider Se7en…
March 27th, 2010 at 4:48 am
thank you XP is so much better for me than the others….
March 25th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
I´ve just follow your instructions and installed XP on my Acer. It works like a dream, thanks to your brilliant instructions on this page. I wouldn´t have had any clue how to do it without this page. Finally got rid of slow and cumbersome Vista.
Thanks a lot
March 8th, 2010 at 12:16 am
Thx, very much…
March 4th, 2010 at 1:59 am
Yaa . Its really work a lot. Thanks for sharing guys…. keep try to updating this.
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:31 am
Hi,
there are 3 files in broadcom ethernet drivers, namely: .cat, .inf, .sys. How I am supposed to instal them? Thanks
March 1st, 2010 at 5:43 am
Thanks real much, i av been trying to get this for long until i got u,i’m really greatful
February 27th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Thank you so much, thanks to you I have a great aspire XP.
February 27th, 2010 at 3:02 am
thx for this drivers xp & vista
February 26th, 2010 at 7:50 am
RAHMAT
February 12th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
you are saying we have to do all this to install xp i did it on my birthday a good day to crash with no problem at all and acer has all the drivers on there website only thing i have a problem with is the mic dont work not realy a draw back
February 1st, 2010 at 11:00 pm
http://dllcentral.com/sxs.dll/6.0.6000.16386/
Didn’t work?
February 1st, 2010 at 10:57 pm
it was able ton identify the hardrive and able to format as well. however, it is now in the process of installing the windows xp sp2, it could not proceed. there was an error that states sxs.dll is missing. tried to do the dll resolution. still it didn’t worked. and even tried to download installer of windows xp sp2 from the internet. it still didn’t worked. i hope you can help me with this. thanks in advance.
January 27th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
I did everything on the cd part. I deleted all three partitions to make one big one. After I format the new partition I get an error unable to format partition and select another partition to set up xp on.
January 27th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
hey just had to say thanks a million guys
January 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Muito Obrigado por essas informações. Sem elas seria impossível configurar apropriadamente o notebook. [Belém-Pará-Brasil]
Thank you very much for this information. With this, I can configure properly the notebook. [Belém-Pará-Brazil]
January 27th, 2010 at 11:36 am
о нет
January 26th, 2010 at 6:15 am
оррпо
January 25th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Fantastic! Everything is ok. Thank you very much!
January 25th, 2010 at 11:57 am
паа
January 25th, 2010 at 10:58 am
у меня игры не идут,и звука нет что делать?
January 25th, 2010 at 10:49 am
У меня игры не идут,и звука нет что делать?
January 21st, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Hey! Thanx a million guys!! Such a help!
January 20th, 2010 at 3:32 am
hi! I have a problem with my dvd-rom .. my laptop is acer 5570Z..
January 18th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Kev,
You might try http://www.7-zip.org/ to open the ZIP files… Not sure why they are opening blank for you…
January 18th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
hi all haveing a problem with drivers 7 8 and 9 seem like its downloading empty zip …. pleas advise
January 15th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
thank you so much, this was so helpful
I have Acer E510 and I followed the Internet and CD burner Method and every thing was just as you wrote…
January 14th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Did you install ePower? Your laptop may be shutting down due to overheating which is an issue without ePower installed. Also check your power-saver settings.
January 14th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Setup was very smooth, worked well on Acer 5315-2077 laptop . However now the laptop is Shutting down periodically. Would appreciate any advice. Thanks for the help.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Thank you very much! All instructions and driver info were spot on perfect. You saved me many many hours of research (and potential headaches). Everything is working perfectly.
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:10 am
Hello
It’s resolute (NSIS ERROR)
I’m make a CHKDSK C: /f and it’s OK
Thanks
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:18 am
really thanks for your works
thakssss a looottt
December 31st, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Good morning
I call has you because I have a problem!
I have ACER ASPIRE 6920G and I have changed «vista” for ” XP “.
I have followed the method and now I have ” XP “. The problem is when I want to install a software (antivirus….), I have this message:
“NSIS ERROR
The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete.
This could be the result of a damaged disk, a failed download or a virus.
You may want to contact the author of this installer to obtain a new copy.
It may be possible to skip this check using the /NCRC command line switch (not recommended)”
I have formatted my computer without installing the driver, I have the same problem
have resolution you ?
Very very thanks
December 30th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Promised to put XP Pro on the Aspire 5315 for my Granddaughter. Didnt know there would be this many problems with it. Well done Alex……………followed your tutorial and it works a treat…drivers and all.
Once again.many thanks
December 29th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Which driver do you need? Did you follow this walk-through like everyone else? People with models other than 5315 followed this walk-through and it worked, so you may want to try before asking for help.
December 29th, 2009 at 5:32 am
pls i have a problem, i purchase acer asprire 5532 which window 7 was on it, but i didn’t like window 7 and i want to change it to XP and my engineer was complaining about the driver. pls. help me out, i need the xp driver pls becaus they have already format it and i can’t work on it for now. pls i need your help in getting the driver as soon as possible. thanks
if there is any information you want to pass pls kindly send it to my e-mail.
December 28th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Genious ! Thank you !
December 26th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
You guys that have posted within the last year, you do realize that Acer has a whole new list of WinXP drivers for the 5130 as of 12-03-2008 in their Support section, right? Or do those drivers not work?
December 25th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
guy…you are wonderful… thanks a lot for the drivers…
December 22nd, 2009 at 8:08 pm
ccc
December 16th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Great!
Ah, the disk can be made in any computer…
Serious, THANK YOU a lot. Thanks too many lots.
December 14th, 2009 at 6:35 am
I have a Acer Aspire 4810t which came with windows vista and just last week I got windows 7 ultimate installed in it. Now my problem is that my computer is not detecting the internal microphone . Kindly help
December 9th, 2009 at 8:26 am
broadcom ethernet driver must be installed from device manager manually!
December 9th, 2009 at 5:15 am
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December 7th, 2009 at 1:19 am
setup executable file is not there in this….Broadcom Ethernet Driver
wat to do????????????plzzzzzzz
all other things i installed & wrking properly…..but while extracting Broadcom Ethernet Driver there is no set up file……
December 7th, 2009 at 1:12 am
thanks a lotttttttttt
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:44 am
OMFG!!!!! You are a life saver! Can I name my first born after you? I trashed Vista after getting tired of it’s lock ups, blocks and incompatibility with half my devices. Of course the Acer site was NO help.. and then they have the NERVE to CHARGE for their tech support (That “ask Acer B.S.) Thank you SOOOOO much!
BLT Dude
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:48 am
народ!!!!!!!!!!!!! помогите найти винду для асер 5315
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:42 am
подскажите пожалуйста где скачать винду для ноутбука acer 5315
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:38 am
Just repairing a laptop for a friend, who happened to have xp on a 5315. What a great site for all the drivers! Everything worked like a dream. Well done Alex.
November 29th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Thanks for the driver!!!!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:35 am
bravo pour Ce tutoriel ca fait bcp 2 temp q j essayer des pilote de wifi.j bcp trouver qlq fois des driver mm de 50mega mais sans resultas.mais aprpos de ce driver wifi seulement a 2mega.
magic bravo professeur.
November 25th, 2009 at 2:32 am
Hey ….. Love this Blog/site …. U Guy’s have done a marvelous job..Any way …I took your recommendations about 13 months ago and installed XP on the cute ACER 5315….. Just installed Windows 7 RC on it (Dual boot with XP)with no problems …. I seem to have all drivers needed aswell .. ANY PROBS , I WILL LET YOU KNOW ………. cheers
November 24th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
thanks i got it all up and running and the acer empower stuff is not needed
November 24th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
I have a slightly different problem. I am trying to get into the BIOS on my Acer Aspire 5315 and there is NO LOGO SCREEN that comes up when I boot. I have tried pressing F2 and the system reacts as if the BIOS program is up but there is no display. I hit Esc a couple of times and then Enter and the computer continues through it’s Boot process and the first thing I see is my Cursor and then the Windows Vist Logo and finally the Vista Logon Screen. Is there a functuion that turns off the LOGO SCREEN or do I have a physical problem. The only thing I can think of is that the Inverter might have gone partially bad and will not display a non-Windows environment??? I know, sounds crazy huh? Anyone that can provide assistance or thoughts will be on my “GURU” list forever. Thanks.
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 am
Found SM BUS on AMD site.
Thanks for BIOS heads up to get started in right direction. This works!
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:24 am
Have Aspire 5532 (new) Athlon 64 TF-20 have all XP drivers except SM BUS. Can not find anywhere. Anyone?
Thanks
November 21st, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Hello,
Just one thing to say, you are the best!!!!! I was about to have a nervous breakdown, with my 5315, as it repeatly displaying “no HDD found”. this method worked perfectly.
Also it is more fine with all the drivers for win XP being on the Accer official site.
Thanks a lot!
November 21st, 2009 at 2:09 pm
what type of cd do i need to do the Internet and CD burner Method. I know a few things about computers but I am about clueless on this. I get to the “Insert your WinXP install disk, cancel out of the auto run if it pops up.” nLite part and then I’m getting a Information pop up when i choose the cd and then next. it says something like ‘Make sure that the selected folder or drive contains the ‘i386′ or ‘AMD64′ directory and proper Windows installation files.” Help don’t know what I’m doing wrong.
November 19th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Hola a todos, en especial a quien me ueda ayudar, tengo una acer Extensa 5210 pero no me muestra en la BIOS la forma de cambiar de AHCI a IDE y cuando le doy F6 y carga los controladores RAID simplemente me dice al final q no enconcontró ninguna unidad para instalar en SO, quiero quitarle el vista, la laptop es propia y tengo q pedir todos los permisos q el vista quiere, por favor es urgente
November 19th, 2009 at 9:36 am
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November 18th, 2009 at 2:29 am
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November 15th, 2009 at 3:18 am
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November 6th, 2009 at 5:14 am
Thx bro………….
I hope u can help me………….
and I hope this work successfully =))
November 5th, 2009 at 8:39 am
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November 4th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Hi guys,
Thanks for this great guide. I just replaced my slow and buggy Vista with the Windows Xp Home from my old PC that died last week. Now it is very responsive again!
October 29th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Jeremy,
Thanks. I just put 2GB of ram in the 5315 and it now flies, even with vista. It’s the wife’s PC or ‘our’ travel laptop. I have a good desktop here which is getting W7 Enterprise32. However, I’ll let you guys know how “7″ performs in the 5315 laptop. Thanks again.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Geaguiron24:
Only select models of the 5680 have Bluetooth. It’s possible your model does not. Though without knowing the sub-model number (5680-6001, 5680-6123, etc.) it would be impossible to help you past this point.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Добавил в закладки. Теперь буду почаще читать!
October 29th, 2009 at 5:37 am
my acer aspire 5680 has an idicator of built in bluetooth device, but no installed or detected by this laptop, what is the possible thing to do?
October 29th, 2009 at 5:34 am
i have acer aspire 5680, but don’t have bluetooth
October 28th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Jason:
Vista is completely upgradable. Windows 7 is not suppose to be a heavy on the system as Vista and in many lab tests compared to XP, Windows 7 is nearly on par. So a move to Windows 7 would be a good option if you don’t want to downgrade. Though keep in mind the 5315 may still not run all the fancy graphical extras on Windows 7. I have not tested it so I can not say for certain.
October 28th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Hi. I know this website is devoted to running xp on the 5315, but what about windows 7 ultimate??? Will that work?
October 27th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Jacx:
See it is completely possible assuming you have a copy of Windows XP! Just follow the steps outlined for creating a CD. The only thing you’ll need to do is obtain the drivers for specific for your laptop model at the Acer Support Web site.
October 27th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Hello. Wondering if this switch back to XP works for Aspire 5570?
i’d like to finally shed this computer of vista but i don’t want to up it to windows 7 just yet. any idea if it’s possible for me to do this ?
October 26th, 2009 at 7:56 am
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October 22nd, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Excellent guide. Drivers http://www.acer.co.uk/acer/ser…x1.att21k=1&CRC=3713735360
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:29 am
Dear Sir/Madam
Could you please guide me about insatlling Drivers for WinXP For acer notebook aspire5315.Please help and guide me
October 17th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Здраствуйте,подскажите - есть драйвера на 4920G или сразу WinXP или Win7 с драйверами.Заранее спасибо!
October 16th, 2009 at 2:49 am
best website ever! thank you very much it helped alot!
October 13th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Bekim:
After some quick research I believe the Acer Travelmate 7510 has the PhoenixBIOS 4.0. According to the 4.0 user manual, 1 long beep and 2 short beeps would indicate The Search for ROMs Checksum has failed. This might be some bad news for you.
First thing to do is to make sure all your wires are properly connected and all other connections (memory, hard drive, etc) are properly seated in their slots to the motherboard. If that doesn’t work I would recommend getting in contact with Acer Support. I know they can be a pain to work with, but most of the searches I performed claimed something has gone wrong with the motherboard itself. If that is the case the motherboard will need to be replaced. I hope this helped.
Phoenix Manual:
http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres/5AF5C50D-9E06-4298-9E58-E52BFFCC8D7D/0/userman.pdf
October 13th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Hi
First of all - all here is great helpful advice. I actially came across this looking for a solution to a different problem:
I have an Acer Travelmate 7510 and it appears as if the BIOS has had it!! one long beep and 2 short ones but nothing on screen. when pressin FN ESC it does try to do something but I can’t seem to find the utility/files needed to flash the bios.
If anyone knows of a solution - please let me know pc-bek@hotmail.co.uk
I have downloaded latest bios v1.20 but can’t seem to get it to flash the on board bios! I have read in some forums about certain buildrom utility which I can’t find anywhere?
October 12th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Fantastic instructions… ALL worked without ANY problems.. Thanks a million
October 11th, 2009 at 5:58 am
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September 26th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I had problems with the wifi notbeing able to connect to the internet but able to connect to the network
the solution was installing Update for Windows XP (KB917021)
Brief Description
Install this update to enhance the Windows XP support for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) options in Wireless Group Policy (WGP), and to help prevent the Windows wireless client from advertising the wireless networks in its preferred networks list.
download located here
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta…qUA%3d%3d
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:21 am
hi all, i used this site to install windows XP Pro on my acer aspire 5610 series. all went well but im having an issue with drivers now. i have 3 left to install. first, the Ethernet Controller. Been to the acer website looking for XP drivers and the couple i have tried arent working. I get a message saying “the software can not be found on this computer for ethernet controller.” Any idea what i shoulld do to get this going?
September 21st, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Thanks for this bit guys. I used most of what was here. I installed Windows Black XP (32bit) on my Acer Aspire 5315-2077 and I love it. I’ve had a few hangups. The first was I am unable to run AHCI SATA mode, I’m only able to run IDE for some reason. If I use AHCI it hangs on startup and gives a stop error of ***STOP: 0×0000007B (0xF7A2F528, 0xC0000034, 0×00000000, 0×00000000)
The other problem I’m having is with the wireless adapter driver install. The Atheros Wireless install opens and the teal screen comes up and then it hangs. If I click on the data.cad rars/zips in the file it tells me the archive is either in unknown format or damaged.
I’m going to keep poking around to see what I can come up with but if you have any ideas let me know, thanks again!
September 19th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Thank-you so much for this. Not only was I having major issues getting XP to recongise the Hard Drive, when I finally got it working Wifi etc was broken - this saved me from tearing my hair out and chucking the laptop out of the window. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!
September 15th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Thank you so much, the Internet and CD burner Method works perfectly YOU GUYS ROCK!!!
September 15th, 2009 at 3:11 am
Thanks guys I’ve just finished installing XP Pro on my Acer 5315. No problems so far and i notice a vast improvement in memory and performance. My advice just follow the directions to letter and you’ll be fine. I got a bit nervous messing around with the bios settings and had my hammer ready just in case of any mistakes, trust me change to XP pro there’s no compassion with Vista. Just gotta upgrade my Ram to 2gig then I’ve transformed a $500 notebook to a $1000 notebook! I was a bit perplexed with the way nlite worked but just follow through with the directions and you’ll be fine. At the end i left the Bios settings alone as next time i need to format just F12 to boot to the newly created XP Pro Acer install CD. Right at the end i scanned the machine with Driver Scanner 2009 to update any out of date drivers then back ALL the drivers up to an external hard drive for future installing after formatting. What really annoyed me was the partition and no vista installation disc, this cut a 80gig HD to 40gig HD…absolutely no advantage…your still got system restore facility in XP without the partition hassles. REGARDS PETE