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   Posted by: Shashi
   Member

   Has anyone here been successful in upgrading a 8920G to Windows 7? Are all the necessary device drivers and Acer apps readily available? What are the challenges, if any?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Posted by: glenn
   Member

   I was just trying to find out the same thing. I have read about BIOS neeing to be flashed to a customised 1.15 version. Is this really required? The acer webseite is not listing any specific W7 drivers

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Posted by: Peter
   Moderator

   I've got a 5920G that installed Windows 7 fine. I just had windows find the drivers off windowsupdate.com . There are device drivers for Windows 7 for the hardware, they're just not on Acer's website because Acer hasn't offically tested them. But they will work fine.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Posted by: clever013
   Member

   I've Instaled Windows 7 Ultimate on my 8920G. The OS is prety good but some devices are not working like the webcam and the wireless adapter. Plus I haven't found the Acer Arcade Deluxe software and it isn't available on Acer's website.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Posted by: Starnamer
   Member

   I've upgraded to Windows 7 on my 8920G. Most, if not all, drivers seem to be available on the Acer site (remember to change OS drop-down); several seem to have been upgraded.

   The only problem I seem to have related to Win7 is that the Cinedash volume control doesn't work. I've kept a disk with an image copy of my Vista system and can confirm it works if I boot Vista, so it's clearly a software issue.

   Since I upgraded, the Arcade Deluxe software is the same version which was installed under Vista, so I didn't need to reinstall that. I haven't looked, but think that version should be on the Apps recovery disk.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Posted by: Ferry
   Member

   Yes, now 8920G has Windows 7 in the list.
   Have you tried the touchpad driver? it should be the same driver for CineDash.
   Let us know the result.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Posted by: Starnamer
   Member

   I've upgraded the touchpad driver to 14.0.0.3 (w7) but thought it was Launch Manager which handled the Cinedash console. I've tried various versions of that without success.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Posted by: clever013
   Member

   empowering technology still unavailable for windows seven

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Posted by: Starnamer
   Member

   I'm using all the Vista versions of Acer software under Windows 7 with few problems. The Cinedash volume conrol not working correctly is the only outstanding issue.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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    Posted by: roadrage666
    Member

    I'm not able read Blu-Ray with my BD-ROM on my Aspire 8920G Blu-Ray not detected just appears like no disk found ...so dunno what to do ....

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    Posted by: AnandM
    Member

    Post Windows 7 install, my Cinedash volume slider seems OK, but I can't play Blu-Ray disks using Arcade Deluxe - or the latest PowerDVD either (also by CyberLink - doesn't like the NVIDIA 9500m graphics card).

    Anyone else had any luck?

    Posted 1 year ago #

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