Comments on: How to install Windows XP SP2 on Aspire 5920 / Aspire 5920G – part 2 http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/ Unofficial Acer Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:21:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: David Rex http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6561 David Rex Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:04:40 +0000 http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/21/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-6561 I don't know if this will help anyone in particular, but I found this web site to be invaluable in giving me virtually all the important hardware drivers for a client Acer 5920-6727 notebook. Looking for the correct drivers during an XP Pro 32-bit installation, I mistakenly hit the UK website URL and pleasantly found this site (by mistake). I could not find any drivers for XP Pro on the USA Acer or other global websites, so this mistake was a blessing in disguise. That being written, here's the site address: http://www.acer.co.uk/acer/service.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=en&miu10einu24.current.attN2B2F2EEF=3734&sp=page15e&ctx2.c2att1=17&miu10ekcond13.attN2B2F2EEF=3734&CountryISOCtxParam=UK&ctx1g.c2att92=122&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=2980211862 In addition, I found the following tool handy for getting ALL of the other hardware drivers for the 5920-6727 after the basics were installed from that UK site, and it also found the updates to many of the UK site's drivers, to boot! It's not a free service, but I own it from being a PC technician in any case, since 2008 if memory serves me. This program is the best of the so-called driver updaters for PC's IM experience, and has worked without fail in dozens and dozens of services on PC's and PC notebooks. Driver Magician is the name, and it can be found at GoldSolutions Software web pages, or using Google search engine for the namesake it can also be easily found. I spent about 2 hours upgrading the machine from Vista SP2 to XP Pro SP3 with all updates installed (.Net Frameworks, Active X, XI, etc), and another 1.5 hours to do the drivers and all the necessary restarts and Registry fixings (Registry Mechanic is handy for that job). Again, my apologies if this post doesn't serve anyone here, but I have a perfectly working notebook now and am very glad to be rid of Vista with all its issues and slowdowns causing havoc with the machine for the previously grief-stricken owner! You have a nice web site, and it seems that you are serving a vast community of Gemstone owners, so good for you! Cheers, and good hunting! Rex I don’t know if this will help anyone in particular, but I found this web site to be invaluable in giving me virtually all the important hardware drivers for a client Acer 5920-6727 notebook. Looking for the correct drivers during an XP Pro 32-bit installation, I mistakenly hit the UK website URL and pleasantly found this site (by mistake). I could not find any drivers for XP Pro on the USA Acer or other global websites, so this mistake was a blessing in disguise.

That being written, here’s the site address:

http://www.acer.co.uk/acer/service.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=en&miu10einu24.current.attN2B2F2EEF=3734&sp=page15e&ctx2.c2att1=17&miu10ekcond13.attN2B2F2EEF=3734&CountryISOCtxParam=UK&ctx1g.c2att92=122&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=2980211862

In addition, I found the following tool handy for getting ALL of the other hardware drivers for the 5920-6727 after the basics were installed from that UK site, and it also found the updates to many of the UK site’s drivers, to boot! It’s not a free service, but I own it from being a PC technician in any case, since 2008 if memory serves me. This program is the best of the so-called driver updaters for PC’s IM experience, and has worked without fail in dozens and dozens of services on PC’s and PC notebooks.

Driver Magician is the name, and it can be found at GoldSolutions Software web pages, or using Google search engine for the namesake it can also be easily found. I spent about 2 hours upgrading the machine from Vista SP2 to XP Pro SP3 with all updates installed (.Net Frameworks, Active X, XI, etc), and another 1.5 hours to do the drivers and all the necessary restarts and Registry fixings (Registry Mechanic is handy for that job).

Again, my apologies if this post doesn’t serve anyone here, but I have a perfectly working notebook now and am very glad to be rid of Vista with all its issues and slowdowns causing havoc with the machine for the previously grief-stricken owner! You have a nice web site, and it seems that you are serving a vast community of Gemstone owners, so good for you! Cheers, and good hunting!

Rex

]]> By: Matt http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Matt Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:46:39 +0000 http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/21/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-1326 Interesting guys. Have you seen GAG (graphical Boot Manager)? It'll allow you to rubn a duel boot XP / Vista by hiding the Vista partition while booted into XP, then revieling it when booted back in vista. Its very neat and strong, and I've been running it for some months now. You can add in Linux partitions into GAG as well. Give it a hoy. LOL Interesting guys. Have you seen GAG (graphical Boot Manager)? It’ll allow you to rubn a duel boot XP / Vista by hiding the Vista partition while booted into XP, then revieling it when booted back in vista. Its very neat and strong, and I’ve been running it for some months now. You can add in Linux partitions into GAG as well. Give it a hoy. LOL

]]> By: Morris Lee http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1325 Morris Lee Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:25:25 +0000 http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/21/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-1325 thats good, the cir is the remote reciver, thats if you have one... thats good, the cir is the remote reciver, thats if you have one…

]]> By: cookieJones http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 cookieJones Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:48:58 +0000 http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/21/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-1312 Hi Morris - Yes I did get the audio from Realtek, and the modem from Acer, and many others. Although ,,, there was one that I couldn't figure out what to do with as it had no exe: the CIR_XP-v7.1.64... from Acer. Could that be it? ... Yup, That was it - I did "update driver" from the unknow device and it took the CIR. Okay, all set now. Thanks! Hi Morris – Yes I did get the audio from Realtek, and the modem from Acer, and many others. Although ,,, there was one that I couldn’t figure out what to do with as it had no exe: the CIR_XP-v7.1.64… from Acer. Could that be it?

… Yup, That was it – I did “update driver” from the unknow device and it took the CIR. Okay, all set now. Thanks!

]]> By: Morris Lee http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 Morris Lee Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:49:26 +0000 http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/21/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-1313 did you try all the drivers on the acer driver site? there was like a audio modem driver or some really weird named driver has to be installed too. cause that is the only thing I never really notice, or if i ever actually used it at all. unless vista came with that driver... did you try all the drivers on the acer driver site? there was like a audio modem driver or some really weird named driver has to be installed too. cause that is the only thing I never really notice, or if i ever actually used it at all. unless vista came with that driver…

]]> By: cookieJones http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 cookieJones Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:32:54 +0000 http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/21/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-1314 I have XP SP3 installed on the new HD after a very bumpy ride. The eSATA drive can not be set as the boot device. It won't display in the BIOS boot menu no matter what, even with adapter drivers installed and hardware connected. So much for plan A. Unless connectrf via USB, it's usable only as storage. So I swapped the drives to install XP. I tried installing it in AHCI mode but it didn't work. I'll look into that some other day, for now IDE will be fine. I've installed most of the drivers, but still one lingering "unknown device" in Device Manager that I can't identify. I was hoping someone here might know what it is. The only info it shows is Location: "on Intel ICH8M-E LPC Interface Controller - 2815". The status says "The drivers for this device are not installed (Code 28)." If I do View "resources by connection", it comes up under I/O under the first PCI Bus branch, as [00000620-0000063F], and also under IRQ as IRQ4 (ISA). It isn't listed under Memory or DMA. Anybody know what this is? I have XP SP3 installed on the new HD after a very bumpy ride. The eSATA drive can not be set as the boot device. It won’t display in the BIOS boot menu no matter what, even with adapter drivers installed and hardware connected. So much for plan A. Unless connectrf via USB, it’s usable only as storage.

So I swapped the drives to install XP. I tried installing it in AHCI mode but it didn’t work. I’ll look into that some other day, for now IDE will be fine. I’ve installed most of the drivers, but still one lingering “unknown device” in Device Manager that I can’t identify. I was hoping someone here might know what it is.

The only info it shows is Location: “on Intel ICH8M-E LPC Interface Controller – 2815″. The status says “The drivers for this device are not installed (Code 28).”

If I do View “resources by connection”, it comes up under I/O under the first PCI Bus branch, as [00000620-0000063F], and also under IRQ as IRQ4 (ISA). It isn’t listed under Memory or DMA.

Anybody know what this is?

]]> By: cookieJones http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1319 cookieJones Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:08:37 +0000 http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/21/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-1319 Well that agrees with what I have learned from Acer tech support. I asked if swapping out the HD to install XP like that would void the warrantly. He said no it wouldn't, as long as you swap them back - and confirm that the problem still exists. Huge relief!! Now if Windows setup can't see the 2nd drive, I can just swap/install/swap, as you suggested. I still plan to try the external HD for other reasons (convenience of a separate HD). But it's nice to know I don't have to choose between the warranty and XP. Well that agrees with what I have learned from Acer tech support. I asked if swapping out the HD to install XP like that would void the warrantly. He said no it wouldn’t, as long as you swap them back – and confirm that the problem still exists. Huge relief!! Now if Windows setup can’t see the 2nd drive, I can just swap/install/swap, as you suggested.

I still plan to try the external HD for other reasons (convenience of a separate HD). But it’s nice to know I don’t have to choose between the warranty and XP.

]]> By: Morris Lee http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1310 Morris Lee Thu, 29 May 2008 18:06:22 +0000 http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/21/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-1310 Sounds good, by the way, I did open my laptop before, the back plate only, were you can upgrade ram, graphicscard, and Harddrive before, I was still able to get something else fixed from Acer under the 1st year warrenty. Sounds good, by the way, I did open my laptop before, the back plate only, were you can upgrade ram, graphicscard, and Harddrive before, I was still able to get something else fixed from Acer under the 1st year warrenty.

]]> By: cookieJones http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 cookieJones Thu, 29 May 2008 16:32:17 +0000 http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/21/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-1311 Re the first post - thanks for the warning! Re the 2nd post - I like that idea but suspect it would void the warranty. I'm going to try one other thing first, and if it fails I'll do this HD swap you suggest above. First I'm going to try an eSATA adapter in the expresscard slot to connect a new external HD (special enclosure that will work with the adapter), to install and run XP. Theoretically (so the salesman tells me) Win XP setup should see it as just another HD that it can install to. It's a fast interface, too. I'm about to order the parts, and hopefully in a week or so I'll know if it worked. (fingers crossed) Re the first post – thanks for the warning! Re the 2nd post – I like that idea but suspect it would void the warranty. I’m going to try one other thing first, and if it fails I’ll do this HD swap you suggest above.

First I’m going to try an eSATA adapter in the expresscard slot to connect a new external HD (special enclosure that will work with the adapter), to install and run XP. Theoretically (so the salesman tells me) Win XP setup should see it as just another HD that it can install to. It’s a fast interface, too. I’m about to order the parts, and hopefully in a week or so I’ll know if it worked. (fingers crossed)

]]> By: Morris Lee http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 Morris Lee Wed, 28 May 2008 05:24:48 +0000 http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/21/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-1324 I do have one prediction to make, almost 100% sure, swapt the internal harddrive to the one you want for external USB, install xp from there like normal computer, THEN put the harddrive back in the USB inclosure, boot from it ^_^ may have a tiny bit of performence loss, but not as much as vista's performence loss AHHAHAHAHAHH I do have one prediction to make, almost 100% sure, swapt the internal harddrive to the one you want for external USB, install xp from there like normal computer, THEN put the harddrive back in the USB inclosure, boot from it ^_^ may have a tiny bit of performence loss, but not as much as vista’s performence loss AHHAHAHAHAHH

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