i really need help

im looking for the xp drivers for a laptop its an acer extensa 4420-5910. i have the sound the bluetooth the cam almost everything except the graphics driver and also the wifi wireless can someone help me out. i tried the drivers from the acer site thats how i got all of the drivers except the graphics and the wifi please someone help !!!!!!!!!!!

 

What GPU do you have and what wireless card do you have.

 

Wireless, graphics and audio drivers are usually the drivers you can't find for an XP downgrade because they don't exist, and no manufacturer supports them for an XP downgrade on a Vista machine. Your best option is to check the Acer support forums, but I wouldn't get my hopes up - most manufacturer forums are littered with the corpses of those who wouldn't listen and decided to downgrade anyway.

Sorry, but Vista isn't a bad OS, and all manufacturers warn users about downgrading to avoid the specific problem you've encountered. There are at least a dozen people who show up here on NBR every week with the same issue, and no solution because their isn't one.

 

i have the ati radeon x1250 and about the wireless im not too sure i tried both of the wireless on the acer site and nothing i tried the broadcom and the other one and it doesnt work :-( im screw'd uh i got this lappy without writting down the drivers that it had on vista so i can look em up on xp

 

Have you checked the euro acer website already, they seem to have xp drivers:

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/ex_4420.html

 

yea thats where i got the sound bluetooth and all that other stuff and it still wont work well the ati drivers and the wifi

 

Scrap what I said above then, try these for the wireless:

try the first two listed on this site:

http://www.wireless-driver.com/download/acer/Acer-Wi-fi-Driver-Download.htm

 

try this for the graphics, download the first one then it will identify the gpu and download the drivers (so it says lol):

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Legacy/Pages/radeonmob_xp.aspx

 

which one should i download i cant find my model in there i found the Extensa 4100 Series not the 4420 :-(

 

Try these 2 (direct download links):

http://www.wireless-driver.com/driver/intel/Intel.PRO.Wireless.2915.rar

http://www.wireless-driver.com/driver/intel/Intel.PRO.Wireless.LAN.2200BG.Mini.PCI.adapter.rar

 

nope didnt work man ..... this is a pain in the a**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

on the device manager this is what i have with the yellow question mark
*network controller
*video controller (vga compatible

 

Try this for the VGA:

http://download.cnet.com/Video-ATI-Radeon-Mobility-X1250-Driver-Version-A00/3000-2108_4-178527.html

What is installed under network adaptors in device manager,

 

sorry didnt work either :-(

 

These are dell drivers, but for the x1250.

http://www.soft-go.com/download_dri...-Radeon-Mobility-X1250-Driver-8.551_1348.html

 

im sorry but it didnt work i google'd for about 90 mins and i found 1 and it worked now i need the wifi

 

Going on the specs on this page:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4219298&CatId=1900

your model has a Acer InviLink 802.11b/g wireless LAN.

Might help you find some drivers, I'll do some more searching and see what I can find.

 

Hello Lacz713,

Have you installed the chipset "patch" drivers yet?

 

If you download this file:

http://www.mediafire.com/?tgjdnjemkzm

I've extracted some drivers from an exe file i've found, not sure if it will work.

Unzipp them, and use the drivers in the folder that relates to your system, USA, Japan, rest of world or x64.

Go to device manager, then on the wireless card, update the driver, then point windows towards the folder with the driver in it.

 

Just a thought, you do have the wireless turned on when you try to install the drivers? If you uninstall it in device manager, then reboot, will windows find it as new hardware? If so then point windows to the driver that bangert found you.........

 

wow ur the best now my wireless works thanks for all the help i really appreciate it

 

No problems, Glad to help.

 

Good Work Bangert,
lacz713 owes you a beer.....LOL

 

Carling please LOL!!!

 

I love how people think that there are no drivers for xp because the hardware manufacturer doesn't support it. >_< There are ALWAYS drivers, just gotta think outside the box.

 

There's drivers for everything, well said.