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    Installing XP on Aspire 6930G

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by rohustler, Oct 17, 2008.

  1. rohustler

    rohustler Newbie

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    Hi everyone. I just bought a new Aspire 6930G, which obviously comes preinstalled with Vista. I want to install XP on it and I need the drivers. Does anyone have a list of all the drivers that I need in order to complete this installation? Any help with be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
     
    rohustler, Oct 17, 2008
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  2. Deks

    Deks Notebook Prophet

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    Do you wish to remove Vista completely or just have XP along with it on another partition?

    In order to install XP, you will have to download drivers for your laptop hardware.
    Go to Vista's Device Manager and write down the names and numbers of all crucial devices such as :
    gpu, chipset (through CPU Z), sound card, Wifi (if you have it), Network card, Bluetooth (if you have it), fingerprint reader (if you have it), touch-pad, etc ...

    Download all of those drivers (XP version of course) from their manufacturers website.

    Make sure you download and slipstream both 'SATA drivers' and 'Intel storage device' drivers onto the XP installation disk (otherwise if you don't, you might encounter problems, like the BSOD during installation).
    I think there are instructions on this site on how to perform slipstreaming through Nlite (and while you're at it, add SP3 to it so you get rid of the extra hassle).
    :)

    In any case ... I think that's about it.
    Make sure you also have a Vista backup DVD (so you can restore Vista in case something goes wrong with XP and you need to revert back).
     
    Deks, Oct 17, 2008
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  3. ashrin87

    ashrin87 Newbie

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    lol then how to get the drivers if the manufacturers website does not have it? like my laptop the website just have Vista version drivers only. i Also need Xp version. please help. thx
     
    ashrin87, Oct 22, 2008
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  4. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Maybe we should have a sticky here on the forum for switching models back to XP.
     
    TehSuigi, Oct 22, 2008
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  5. ATG

    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    The manufacturers of each device not your laptop manufacturer...For example you have and Realtek audio you go to Realteks's web site, you have ATI GPU, you go to the ATI's site etc...
    Just list all your devices from the "Device manager" then we could help you out...

    +1 for this idea, it's an everyday issue..
     
    ATG, Oct 22, 2008
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  6. sirzrx

    sirzrx Notebook Enthusiast

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    stop the vista hate, dont be dumb and use ur laptop with windows vista. seriously dude!
     
    sirzrx, Oct 23, 2008
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  7. ratchetnclank

    ratchetnclank Notebook Deity

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    He never said he hates vista. Maybe he has games that only run on xp? maybe he would like to use xp instead of vista because he just prefers it?
     
    ratchetnclank, Oct 23, 2008
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  8. bubbagump

    bubbagump Newbie

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    Why the Vista hate? What about style over substance for a start. That has ALWAYS been my argument against macs....Vista killed that one obviously.
     
    bubbagump, Mar 1, 2009
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  9. Leroy Bad

    Leroy Bad Notebook Guru

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    Who said anything about hate? Theres legit reasons to still use XP. I have two them.

    I plan to install XP on a 2nd and I was wondering if anyone had successfully ran XP on the 6930G. Are the Vista driver backwards compatible? Acer RealTek Audio drivers seem to be proprietary since the only from RealTeks side don't support the Tuba Cine Bass?
     
    Leroy Bad, Jul 26, 2009
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  10. koozpl

    koozpl Newbie

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    try

    http://komku.blogspot.com/2009/01/acer-aspire-6930-6930g-windows-xp-and.html

    for drivers, I'm using them and my laptop runs fine (previously i had problem with vista, when trying to right click on shortcut it crashed the explorer.exe all the time, when called vista helpline they couldn't help me...)
    so I recommend XP to everyone who want's to have peace of mind.

    regards koozpl
     
    koozpl, Aug 14, 2009
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