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    What's the Acer's driver update Policy??

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by pdario, Dec 21, 2009.

  1. pdario

    pdario Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't understand...

    I have a new Aspire 8935G with Vista 32 preinstalled.
    Take audio drivers for example.

    Acer update site reports Realtek audio driver version 6.0.1.5847 for my system.
    If I switch to Seven 32, it reports 6.0.1.5915.
    If I look for Aspire 8940G, Vista 32 (same audio hardware as mine), I see 6.0.1.5918, and, finally, 8940G Seven 32 has 6.0.1.5930.

    They are all different from official Realteak drivers: they are at version 2.39 and lacks a control panel element (from Realtek...) that is present in the Acer divers, the one with the desk picture and the speakers around the room.

    First question is: does Acer ever update drivers for different system or they just offer the drivers that were present in the retailed system?

    Second: how comes the Realtek drivers lack the control panel component?

    Tnx!
     
    pdario, Dec 21, 2009
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