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    Installing XP is so easy

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by duksandfish, Jul 22, 2008.

  1. duksandfish

    duksandfish Notebook Consultant

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    Well, I just set up a dual boot on my 5315 between Vista and XP, and it was sooooo easy, so if anyone else is hesitating about doing it, then dont, just follow the guide here: http://soulpass.com/2007/11/10/inst...essional-sp2-on-acer-aspire-5315-2153-laptop/

    And if you want too keep vista then just install xp on a different partition like I did.

    I can see what you mean about the performance now bigO, it's soooo much faster.
     
    duksandfish, Jul 22, 2008
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    now hit EBAY and buy a T8300 and really watch XP fly.....

    heck even a T5450 made a huge difference in my daily use
     
    bigozone, Jul 22, 2008
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    duksandfish Notebook Consultant

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    Hey BigO, i have a question, with bios 1.18 (cba to update cos i had no problems in vista), does the Fan not come on after sleep/standby, because it did in vista, but didnt in xp (just checked 10 mins after coming back from standby in xp and they were at 91 celcius) I fixed this quickly by downloading ik8fangui, but does bios 1.34/1.4/1.42 fix this?

    duksandfish
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    versions 1.33 and higher have the fan problem fixed for sure...
    not too sure about earlier versions..

    i've been using BIOS ver 1.43... it just came out a few days ago.. but i've been testing it a bit longer ;)

    i'd recommend 1.42 or 1.43

    support.acer-euro.com

    just do the WINFLASH from inside XP....
    i've flashed mine 50 times i bet... and never had a problem
     
    bigozone, Jul 22, 2008
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    wishmaker619 Notebook Guru

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    hey
    thanks for the tutz, i have a question
    does this work for 6920 also (not drivers but the method)
    pls do let me know coze i really want to install xp.............
     
    wishmaker619, Jul 28, 2008
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    maggotspawn Notebook Enthusiast

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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    the XP DISK CREATION and INSTALL is exactly the same...

    make sure to install the REALTEK SOUND DRIVER FIRST...
    and as for other drivers i don't know where they are,, but there are other users DUAL-BOOTING and some running XP only.. so drivers are out there

    i think i;ve seen links here at NBR
     
    bigozone, Jul 28, 2008
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