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   Posted by: paddyboy
   Member

   As an avid XP fan i am wondering if anyone has attempted to out XP on the 8920g? I have the 2.5gig model with the TV card etc, and would much preffer to have XP on it, but i'm concerned as to whether i'll be able to find all the drivers needed, a first glance seems like maybe i wont? Your thoughts are greatly appreciated, thanks

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Posted by: Peter
   Moderator

   Well there are no "offical" drivers for the 8920G. An observant person would look to something like the 5920G for XP drivers. You may not find everything but you'll probably find a good few of them.

   Just go to acer's website and search for 5920G drivers. There are a bunch of XP ones.

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Posted by: paddyboy
   Member

   Thats cool, i'll give that a go, maybe try a dual book, and see how that goes first. THanks for the info

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Posted by: Michael Walsh
   Key Master

   Be warned (I chose that word deliberately) that ..."XP has not been tested on the Aspire 8920, and cinedash was designed to run under Vista, so it could be that with XP there are limitations." This from Simone in Acer...

   The page you need to visit for all the drivers etc. is http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_8920G.html

   Then, make sure you follow Peter's advice by reading how we did it on the 5920...

   http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g/

   and

   http://www.theacerguy.com/2007/12/how-to-install-windows-xp-sp2-on-aspire-5920-aspire-5920g-%e2%80%93-part-2/

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Posted by: Ferry
   Member

   Hi paddyboy, how is the result?

   Posted 3 years ago #

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