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    Put old SSD in 3820TG, slow boot and missing miniport

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Allan47, Sep 15, 2010.

  1. Allan47

    Allan47 Newbie

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    Since my 4-year-old Dell XPS M1330 died (known issue with the GeForce 8400 chip, apparently) I did some quick research and ended up buying an Acer 3820TG. After reading a bit on the net I also decided to simply move the SSD (with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit) from my old laptop to the new one.

    After a number of reboots everything seems to work fine except two small issues:
    * Boot is extremely slow, but not login. Basically the computer is useless for 5 minutes after I've input my password.
    * Device Manager shows that I'm missing the Virtual WiFi Miniport driver. How do I know which WiFi driver to install? The App/Driver DVD has many to choose from.

    The exact model is Aspire 3820TG-5454G32n LX.PXZ02.003.
     
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  2. michael_recycled

    michael_recycled Notebook Deity

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    Hi,

    you may check the eventlog if there are errors.

    Apart from that, I'd rather recommend to wipe the drive and do a fresh installation. The hardware of your Dell is too different from that of your new Acer.

    Michael
     
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    Will check the logs, thanks. Even if they may be too cryptic for me... :)

    Moving the harddrive went surprisingly smooth, actually. Video (with switching), sound, wifi, lan, usb, cpu, bluetooth all check out. The slow boot I can live with right now since I mostly use hibernation anyway. Device manager only shows one little warning (as mentioned before).
     
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