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    Acer Aspire 5536 SATA Drivers For XP

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Sam666, Jun 20, 2011.

  1. Sam666

    Sam666 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyone have the SATA drivers for windows xp? Can't find them anywhere and acer support is such a joke ..... And no I don't want to use subpar IDE.
     
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    michael_recycled Notebook Deity

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    If the drivers are not offered directly, then you might check the support area of the storage controller manufacturer.
    Sometimes these drivers are "buried" in another, larger driver package. This is what you need to find out.

    Apart from that, if there is any advantage of AHCI over IDE mode, then it might be measurable in some benchmarks, but in real world application you won't notice a significant difference.

    Michael
     
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    billaboard Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, this exactly mirrors my experience with my 5536 and discovering the existence of and that I needed the usb filter driver to make my usb audio devices work.

    Maintaining up to date lists and information is the sort of thing computers should make simple. What is wrong with these companies?
     
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    Will never buy Acer or HP again, Sony next.
     
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    Hmmm, I've stuck to my "never Sony again" for many years now. I can't remember the model number but "support", who were actually very helpful went away, tried what I was saying and said "Yes it does it here too". Gave me a phone number to report it and I ended up, after a huge loop of dead ends, back with "support". And just try getting parts or updates.

    Up till the last one, a cheap G550, I've been happy with Lenovo. The G550 is visibly down to a price.
     
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