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    Laptop freezes up after installing Vista upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mdossaji, May 11, 2007.

  1. mdossaji

    mdossaji Newbie

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    I received the upgrade package from Acer for the Vista premium. I went through the vailidation process and installed the latest drivers with the disk supplied. However after succesful installation my screen will freeze after working for 10 minutes. Also my wireless is not working. The button keeps blinking and I get error message that the router is not operating. However my other laptop seems to communicate fine wit hthe router.

    PC model: Acer 9300-5317, AMD turion X2, 1.6 GHz, 1 Gig ram, intel 950 graphics.
     
    mdossaji, May 11, 2007
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  2. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    Were you doing a clean install? Try that, I think you'll get better success.
     
    Gautam, May 11, 2007
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    mdossaji Newbie

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    If I do clean install then means I have to format the hard drive. Right?
     
    mdossaji, May 11, 2007
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  4. Jayar

    Jayar Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes, so make sure you backup if you need to.
     
    Jayar, May 11, 2007
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