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.
We have been receiving a large number of visits from folks with non-English-speaking configurations. As a convenience to visitors, we are offering a machine translation of this tutorial powered by N2H and Google Language Tools: 
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 26th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I have removed Vista from my Acer Aspire 5310 and installed XP Professional and Sevice pack 2. All work fine and pretty fast with normal programmes. I want to use it with a datashow. I can see the second monitor in Dispaly - Settings, and I can set the external monitor to extend my Notebook LCD, so the driver seems OK. But I can not switch it to work as the primary monitor. Also the Function F5 key does not work in the way it should; ie switching on the datashow or external monitor; nothing happens. Function F6 works OK to switch off the notebook LCD. Is there a driver that is needed to make the Funtion F5 key work? Can anyone help on this? Have you guys got the Function F5 key to switch on the exteranl monitor OK; if so how?
Paul
April 26th, 2008 at 4:08 am
what is overheating .. more exactly ??
April 25th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
thankyou, you are the beste
April 25th, 2008 at 2:43 am
fantastic, THANK YOU.
April 24th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Thanks!!!!! It´s working.
Thank you again.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:47 am
hi,
thank you very very much for the big help
i installed xp very well but just whith the drivers of sound, wi-fi, ethernet, graphics & chipset (modem too)
for the oders like touchpad or empowering technolgy if i install theme i have a big prob that made me reformat my laptop about 4 times
when i install those programs from the links in this topic every thing works fine but when i want to shut down my laptop is blocs on the screen: shutting down windows
and i must hold the power button to power it off
does any one know a solution for my prob
sorry for the english…
April 24th, 2008 at 3:46 am
Hi.. Do you have program of Windows XP English language, that compatible with my aspire 5315-2153?
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 am
alice!
I had cpu overheating problem after standby under xp or ubuntu< even under vista few times. After i insalled newest versio of BIOS comp is working just fine with xp installed. CPU fan is working normaly after standby - switching on and off.
So, alice, try it.
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 am
i had problem in my laptop,my acer is aspire 5315-2153.i change my vista to xp incidentally the language is Spanish.how can i change the language to English.pls…help us!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:37 am
@Alex or anybody that is willing to help
when i’m playing game (Warriors Orochi), my CPU temp is 60C. when idle it is 45C-55C. is it normal? usually, my desktop is only about 38C-45C. i use NHC to monitor the temp btw.
and bluescreen keeps occuring when i’m playing Warriors Orochi for about 30-90 minutes. the message is saying that i should allocate adequate disk space or i should check the display driver. it doesn’t happen when i’m playing Warcraft III : FT.
my notebook has 1GB RAM, 27GB free HD space. and i use display driver that i got from above link. could you please help me to figure out what the problem? thanx in advance and sorry for my bad English.
April 21st, 2008 at 2:19 am
@Rada
Thx, i’ll test it in a hot spot area to make sure it works.
April 20th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
works perfect, choose the 82801hem/hbm sata ahci controller, took a couple of hours, but now i could do it in minutes, thx
April 20th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I have bought the acer laptop and have re-installed windows xp from the garbage system of vista.
Only problem I am having with this is that the USB device is saying that I am running it at USB 1.0. Is there anyway of fixing this problem?
I do have service pack 2 installed and made sure my chipset drivers are up-to-date.
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April 20th, 2008 at 2:37 am
lunn, Indonesia - I presume that ur wifi adapter is not set properly. try to use the option in command promt \i presume u are using Win XP\, start run, then type CMD
and then IPCONFIG /all. The response will be ur current wifi network settings. if there is 0.0.0.0 u should find all settings - ur ISP had to gave the settings somewhere and to input them manually.
April 19th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
@Rada
Driver is set, a network is detected and i can connect to the network. but there is none received, only sent. Is my wifi or the network that reject my request? thx in advance.
April 19th, 2008 at 8:27 am
staphke Says:
“April 19th, 2008 at 4:23 am
BIOS version 1.34 seems to resolves overheating problem!!!”
really!? sure?
how do you test this?
alice
April 19th, 2008 at 8:03 am
lunn, Indonesia - try to open network Connections and then to enable WIFI, then u have to push the button with the satellite dish.. but first and most important thing is to see with device manager if u have any unrecognized devices - and do u have Atheros wifi.. with yellow question mark.. if u dont have that thing u have to try the upper procedure with enabling ur wifi adapter.
April 19th, 2008 at 7:55 am
I have bought Acer aspire 5315 lately, I run XP profesional on it.. still the problems with cpu fan appears to be serious..I wanted to be sure about the fan.. so I took a flashlight and noticed that cpu fan works about 30 seconds, then it stop for a 10 seconds and then it repeat the “procedure”. My solution is a simple combination of external cooling pad\costs 10-20 USD\, of course I disabled Standby and Hibernation as options.. and my pc seems to work properly. It is amazing machine… I am using Everest Ultimate - diagnostic tool which has very precise temperature tool - so I can see what is happening.. Normally my hard disc works on 31 degrees Celsius, CPU Diode - 50-55 degrees Celsius and CPU - 50-55.
April 19th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Does it work on ACER ASPIRE 5315/2608 ?
Thanks in Advance.
April 19th, 2008 at 4:23 am
BIOS version 1.34 seems to resolves overheating problem!!!
April 18th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Could anybody tell me how to test my wifi to see if it’s worked?
It does show up in the tray. Does it means it is worked?
I’ve never use wireless connection before.
And what is this called “serial” thing in my device manager>non-plug and play drivers? Does anybody knows?
Sorry for the troubles and my bad English. Thanx in advance.
April 18th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
First, thanks to alex for this tutorial.
Mine is Acer Aspire 5315-200508Mi, i just bought it 2 days ago.
It came with Celeron 2GHz, 512MB RAM (Upgraded to 1GB), 80GB HD, Atheros Wifi, Agere Modem, Broadcom Ethernet.
I followed the tutorial, wiped out the Vista, installed XP SP2, used all drivers above, and all seem working fine except my Intel GMA’s AGP Texture Acceleration that is disabled in XP (in Vista, it is enabled). How can i make it enabled?
“standby problem” - i don’t install any acer stuff but use Notebook Hardware Control instead and the “standby problem” is not happening to me. and for Vista, the problem didn’t happen too even without NHC and acer stuffs. My BIOS is 1.29.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Hey all,
I followed the internet/Cd method and upgraded my aspire 5315 to XP. However,as with many others, my Atheros wireless will not connect to any available networks it sees. It sits in the system tray with a red cross. My ethernet works fine. Pressing the radio buitton on the top of the keyboard does nothing!
Anyone have any ideas for me? I’ve read the comments and nothing has worked for me.
cheers,
Art…
April 18th, 2008 at 6:48 am
thank you
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April 16th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
guys … dupa ce dau shut down sau restart , se opresc toate motoarele .. nu mai misca nika , insa display`ul ramane pornit si zice windows is shutting down si asa ramane … tre sa tin apasat pe butonul de power pentru a-l opri … ce naiba sa-i fac ? am incercat cu bit defender si avast … aceiasi prb. … daca dau jos antivirusul , se opreste normal .
ceva idei ? modifica antivirusii astia ceva setari in win ? ideea e ca pe PC ul normal am acelasi antiv - avast - si acolo nu am nici o prb .
April 16th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
ok…i am gonna try this weekend to install it to see if the sound will works…
thank you anyway…and i’m gonna tell you here if i’m done or need assistance again:)
bye
April 16th, 2008 at 11:31 am
THANk YOU SO MUCH!!.EVeRYThinG WORKED PERfeCT.
April 16th, 2008 at 9:43 am
@mihai
DA
April 15th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
if i install modem driver…the problem with the sound…will be solved?
April 15th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
@mihai
install modem driver.
April 15th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Bruce…can you help me make the sound work??please…ti will be really helpful
April 15th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Marius…yes i am from Romania…
I installed the symantec antivirus…the system is restarting ok and shutting down too but it often remains black screen after restart or power up.
i think you know the problem but why is doing that? how can i solve this problem, anyone know?
April 15th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Asta la vista, BABY! It worked, thanks so much!! Sweet, it’s so much faster. Thanks Alex!
April 15th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Works in the acer aspire 5315-2384!!!
April 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
If someone interested i have screen settings that i personally feel “eyes friendly” and pleasant; may give it a try :
1)
Open Intel Graphic application;
Click Color Correction;
Click Blue radio-button;
Pull the “brightness” slider down to -30;
Click Scheme Options, give it a name and save if you like it.
2)Added a Color Profile Kodak_dc.icc (copied from other computer):
Right click Desktop/properties/settings tab/advanced/color management/add/Kodak_dc.
Color is 16 bit, LCD brightness left on step4.
These gave me the ability of multi-hour yet sweet-tasted work.
Especially good at no-daylight condition.
Btw, it’s 5315-050508Mi model ICL50.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
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April 14th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
MIHAI NEAGU —- u are from Romania , isn`t it ?
after instaling an antivirus , your sistem is restarting / shutting down normaly ?
April 14th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Hello ,
I saw that here are some persons who really knows what`s happend with this laptop model .
My name is Marius and i am from Austria . I just buy an ACER ASPIRE 5315 == 1,73 gHz=120GB=2GB DDR2 … I put windows xp & SP2 on it . After i instal an antivirus ( no matter what antivirus ) , the sistem is not restarting/shutting down . Always i have to stop it from the power button . If i uninstal the antivirus , i am abble to restart/shut down it .
Please , can anybody tell me why is happening this and what can be done ?
Is the thirt time when i reinstal Win Xp , and the problem is the same .
THANKS .
April 14th, 2008 at 8:52 am
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April 14th, 2008 at 7:24 am
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April 13th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Hello everyone…i am new here i think.
I purchased a new aspire 5315 laptop with celeron processor and 1ggs of RAM and 120 ggs memory on it.
it came with no system installed on it and i want to use windows xp because vista is working really hard on it…it just cannot stand vista.
after i installed the windows xp like here you teach me, i’ve installed the drivers also like you teached me but the sound doesn’t work.
it doesn’t give any error when i install the 1st driver realtek HD audio driver but in control panel it says that there is no audio card.
in the device manager the only one thing that is not installed is a PCI DEVICE witch i can’t install from anywhere.
Please it will be really helpfull to teach me how to make it work on my notebook because i need the sound as any of you.
if you want, post here or contact me on djsinusoid ID.
Really thanks!
April 13th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Dear Alex, thanks for your help in advance, i have a problem with my acer 5315, concerning yahoo messenger, as when i input my ID & PW, the messenger disappear with out any any respones.
please your reply is requested.
thanks a lot
April 13th, 2008 at 10:41 am
I have install Windows XP on my Aspire 5710 and it will not turn off, stopping in the message “Windows is shutting down”. Can you help me?
April 13th, 2008 at 6:45 am
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April 13th, 2008 at 4:15 am
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April 12th, 2008 at 4:45 am
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April 11th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
HOLA, AMIGO ME PODRIAS AYUDAR CON LO DEL MODEM, NO TENGO LOS DRIVERS PARA ELLO, DAME EL LINK PORFAVOR.
April 11th, 2008 at 1:30 am
every thing on this website was extremelely helpful. thanks a bunch.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
ACER’s website http://global.acer.com - has the XP and the Vista Drivers available for immediate download.
Went to their website, selected “The Americas” then selected “United States” then selected “Service & Support” then selected “Drivers & Downloads” then selected “Notebook” “Aspire 5315″ and guess what is there ALL DRIVERS for all hardware for BOTH XP and Vista.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Hi
I found the problem using Hiren’s Boot CD. My HDD’s MBR was somehow destroyed or corrupted. Fixed that and I succeded to install XP using settings above. So it works ! .. I only needed allmost 20 hours to find HDD’s problem
Regards
April 10th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Robert… how long did you wait at that step? Maybe once it gets there you could go run an errand or something, and come back? It really shouldn’t take all that long, but not sure how long you’ve tried waiting…
April 10th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Hi
please explain to me what is happening to my 5315 aspire .
I made a installation disc for xp sp2, using the informations above. The computer freezes at a black screen after ” Setup is inspecting your computer configuration …” . I can’t do anything from there. Only power off and try again. Please give me an idea.
thank you
April 10th, 2008 at 10:56 am
YOU SAVED ME ! THANK YOU !
April 10th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I just successfully installed Windows XP HOME on an Acer 5315 2122 using the drivers listed on this page. It worked excellently the first time with much less hassle than I’m used to when accomplishing anything.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:37 am
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April 9th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Hi again Alex,
Acer 5315-2256 works great with XP Pro except I can’t get
s video out to work. Is there a setting I need to change or
a new driver ?
Thanks for your help
Gerry
April 9th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Marek,
Try cleaning out the cpu heatsink. I have to clean my every week or two to keep the temperature down.
April 9th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Hi All,
I solve a problem right now - I do not know why but the CPU temperature of my AcerAspire is usually about 60-66 degrees with no use of processor (0% usage). I suspect that it is caused by last bios updates since when I used the version 1.16 the temperature was usually about 45-50. Now the situation is the fan never stops - it only slows down/speeds up depending on current temp.
Does it happen to somebody else, too ?
Any suggestions why? It does not have anything to do with software installed since I get the same temperature values also in Linux (installed on second partition next to WinXP).
Thanks…
April 9th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Nice tutorial. Managed to get XP installed on my Acer Aspire 4720z, only thing I still havnt managed to get working, after several months is the sound. Has anyone here had any luck with sound on that model ?
Thanks
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April 8th, 2008 at 11:45 am
It worked perfectly
BUT !!! the wireless shows an error..but i reinstaled the wireless driver and now it’s working 
Thanks for this amazing TUTORIAl 
God bless you 
April 8th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Thank you for this - it worked perfectly on first attempt!
Vista sucks - XP’s better!!!
OS X Rules though…
April 8th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Muito bom o site, me ajudou no driver que estava procurando.
Muito obrigado, continue com o site.
April 7th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Dear Alex Wells, I came back to this forum just to thank you.
I bought a new Acer 5920 Notebook and installed XP. Everything was good except no sound. Followed your steps to install Realtek HD Drivers first before everything else and it worked just right.
Spent more then 12 hours in 2 days downloading and testing various drivers and finally your guide helped me out. You are my hero…God Bless!
April 7th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Hello,
I have installed xp on my Acer Aspire 5315 But I’ve a problem with drivers for the “Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus”
…can anyone, pls, help me?
April 7th, 2008 at 2:19 am
Recently bought an Aspire 5315, reformatted it with XP right away, didn’t realise it would be such a pain.
Everything working well at last, tried epower to fix overheating, worked but such a resource hog. I8kfangui however was great, worked even better.
April 6th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Amazing job, dude!!! Thanks for the great assistance. Long live rock’n'roll and don’t stop to hate Vista!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Acer Aspire 5050 5430 Laptop Computer
April 5th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
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April 5th, 2008 at 5:49 am
I have Acer 5315 - 050508Mi and I installed WinXP and found & installed most of drivers. Unfortunately except driver for wifi device. System looks like this is Broadcom 4311, but I tried maybe 15 drivars pack from internet (of course toofrom here) and system still notice that driver is bad
April 4th, 2008 at 10:14 am
A quick note to people who are commenting with questions about laptops other than the Acer 5315-2153, for which this tutorial is written. Please note that you are taking a shot in the dark by commenting about things like that. Chances are, no one will respond because they probably don’t own that laptop and therefore would not be equipped with the tools to help. If they do respond, cool, but this tutorial is written with the 5315-2153 in mind.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:16 am
There is been five days I looking for audio driver for ACER ASPIRE 5715Z . In hope we can establish good conversation in future I wait for someones response about driver that I rely need. Please help to man who is looking for solution to help him self.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:32 am
Hello,
Will work this drivers on a Notebook ACER TM5320-051G12MI? Please help me, I’m a newbie who have to make a decision regarding aquisition of a non operating system notebook. It seem as 5320 is basicly the same platform upgraded with a firewire port, a card reader and 2 PCI slots.
Thanks in advance for any sugestion.
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Thenk you… This can work for all Linux OS on computers.
This can work for all Linux OS on computers.
You have helped me lake Superman to USA.
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Thank you… man Good Work
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:52 am
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April 3rd, 2008 at 2:26 am
Hi ,
I have installed xp on my Acer Aspire 5610Z But the sound wont work…can anyone pls help me…..
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:50 am
does anyone have idea where to find XP pro audio driver for acer aspire 5715Z????
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:45 am
Does anyone have idea how to finf driver for acer aspire 5715Z , XP ??? I realy need help.
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:22 am
After a few failed attempts to upgrade the CPU in my ASPIRE 5315, i finally got hooked up with some good info at the link i’ve posted.. anyway these 5315’s have a SocketP celeron processor. At first i ordered scoketM CPUs (my family has 3 of these 5315s), anyway when i got some good info i was able to upgrade to a CORE 2 DUO T5450. these cost $50 to $80 used on ebay, and if you check that link you will see that there are others who have upgraded to T7100, T7250, T7300 CPUs… just do your research ESPECIALLY if you are buying used off EBAY… i’ve had my CPU in for 6 hrs and i can honestly say the laptop is much more responive due to the TWO cores, and the SpeedStepping helps with cooling quite a bit too.
just a word of caution,, you will probably be vioding your warranty if you do this, but if you are careful you could easily change CPUs w/out acer knowing as long as you keep your old CPU just incase you need to send the unit in for service.
Cheers too all and it’s no longer april fool’s day and this is the god’s honest truth… see this link also:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=206137
they use socketM processors DO YOUR RESEARCH
April 1st, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Sir,
I have purchased Acer Aspire 5315-201G12Mi day before yesterday, i.e March 31st 2008 so I have tried installing Win XP Prof. SP-2 and since it did not boot from the CD (Win XP Prof. SP-2) I had to change the 1st. boot sequence to DVD Drive then it booted successfully but as the system copied all necessary files from the CD and begins to start Windows XP, but it fails to do so showing the reason, something like, can not detect the Hard disk.
Therefore, I have selected the bios setup to “IDE” mode instead of AHCI and then XP installed successfully.
However, installation of respective drivers started giving trouble again, as I see those drivers were meant for theVista not for XP.
So I have now found your website and gained enough confidence that at last I can probably make the XP running in this Notebook.
So please intimate me if your advise, above mentioned, is also applicable applicable for the Acer Aspire 5315-201G12Mi model as well?
Thanks & Regards,
Soumendra Nath Thakur
April 1st, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Again for sound:
if doesn’t works at first, sometimes it is enough just to restart TWICE instead of update driver after installing it.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Thank you very much!! It worked!
April 1st, 2008 at 5:42 am
For Vel :
(http://soulpass.com/2007/11/10/installing-windows-xp-professional-sp2-on-acer-aspire-5315-2153-laptop/#comment-18828)
try these screen settings:
Start intel graphic properties application; click on 3D; make following changes:
-depth buffer bit depth ->24bit;
-Force S3TC texture compression ->ON
-Force FXT1 texture compression ->ON
-texture color depth->32 bits per pixel
Check the image. These settings will give you a liitle less “crisp” and little more “vivid” and “fullnes”.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:15 am
My Acer 5315 had the same overheating problem after I installed xp. Even after I had the ePower stuff downloaded frorm this page, the overheat-shutdown phenomenon persisted. This was particularily the case after standby. The fan control seemed working ok after it wakes up from hibernation, but after standby, the fan didn’t work, overheat, then shutdown.
Updating the bios to 1.33 didn’t fix the problem. BUT I fixed it with i8fanGUI.
Setting it to audomatic mode, fan just works fine after standby/hibernation.
Amazing thing is i8fanGUI can replace the ePower bloatware. I completely uninstalled the ePower thing, and left i8fanGUI alone do the job. Yes, it works!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Hi evryone! Thanks.Thanks.Thanks.
Especiallu thank you Alex for unselfish share yuor knowledge.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Hi…
Interesting and usefull site, but I still have a problem with one driver on my Aspire 5315. I have Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, version 2002 and when I check my harware - device manager - it appears not working properly “Mobile Intel (R) 965 Express Chipset Family” which is version 7.14.10.1280. I searched on net newer version but i had no luck. Because of this problem, I can’t see, for example, a movie… using a player without no codecs - KM Player. The image appears on a corner of the screen. What solution do I have or will I find the proper driver?
Thanks,
Larisa
March 31st, 2008 at 2:59 am
Hi I’ve a problem with Acer 5310, plz help me o find out how to install XP on it.
Thanx, I remain.
March 30th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Venho atravez desse maravilhoso site, agradecer pela grande ajuda. Trabalho com manutenção e fiquei satisfeito com facilidade de encontar soluções aqui no site. PARABÉNS!!! e Obrigado.
Att. Fabio Brito
March 30th, 2008 at 9:44 am
If your sound system dont work, update PCI Bus.
Can anyone tell me how to update the bios? I never did it before.
March 29th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
@Shepster:
Did you install the modem yet? With me that triggerd the sound device…
Good luck!
March 29th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I managed to get XP SP2 running on Acer 5315 051G12MI with everything but the sound, thanks for the detailed instructions.
I tried the Realtek driver included but still no joy :(. Device manager shows the device is “Working properly” and no warning to do with the Sound, game and video controllers.
Please help guys, i really need the sound.
March 29th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Hey! greetings from latvia! cd burning method is great! it worked withouth any problems, and also all the drivers worked great! thanx abou all this stuff!
March 29th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
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March 29th, 2008 at 10:11 am
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March 28th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Thanks! your information is so good
March 28th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
i’ve been running the 1.33 bios for 3 days now… i too wonder what was changed from the 1.32 version,, but because i have an upgrade CPU on the way i know it’s to my advanage to have the current BIOS which will have support for more CPUs than older versions of the bios..
those 2 .sys files didn’t seem to activate my CPU fan,, i removed them as soon as the temp hit 55c and resumed using the Dell fan control.