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PDF from Acer: http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/forms/AcerDrivers/Aspire%205520.pdf - A PDF containing a list of drivers for the 5520-5912; these can be downloaded from Acer; the listing includes drivers for WinXP, Vista, and Vista-64; the file contains download links that may be used to retrieve the device drivers from Acer as compressed archive files, each of which in turn contain a Windows setup program, release notes, etc

The base URL for the driver archive files referenced in this file is:

http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/data/7117/documents/

posted by pd wilson   #   01:12

• Acer 5520
• NVIDIA Ge7000M video chipset

Bob provides a fairly clear description of the problem he and others are experiencing with the NVIDIA device drivers, Windows Vista, and the Acer 5520-xxxx:

[...] currently running the machine on generic VGA without any driver installed because that is all that will work. I've tried installing everything from 84.25 to the latest 169 version. Same problem; flickering during install and then either won't work and have to restart from previous good config or it does start and is stuck in 4bit color and 640 x 480 res. I've read all the FAQs, googled til I'm blue in the face and still no joy.

Help please!

Bob

Google: acer "5520-5912" nvidia driver vista

PDF containing a list of drivers for the 5520-5912; these can be downloaded from Acer; the listing includes drivers for WinXP, Vista, and Vista-64

posted by pd wilson   #   20:11

Ubuntu Forums is hosting a some discussions about getting the Atheros WiFi card working on the Acer 5520 laptop.

Also, Bug #162251 in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) details a bug which the post's author says may be related to the problems with

Labels: 64-bit, acer 5520-5334, atheros AR5007EG, linux, wifi

posted by pd wilson   #   10:07

The Problem Space

I can't stand Vista any longer. I started looking last week for a Linux LiveCD distribution to use.

So far I have tried a good half-dozen [it seems - I will enumerate later] Linux LiveCD distros, and none of them have proven satisfactory. Again, I will try to detail the specific problems of each a bit later.

The Machine

Acer Aspire 5520–5912, AMD Turion 64x2 TL-58, 2 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 700M / nForce 610M, DVD-RW, Ethernet NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller, Wireless Atheros AR5007EG

The [Working] Distro(s0

• Knoppix 5.1.1 LiveDVD

posted by pd wilson   #   22:34

Here is the driver list painstakingly hand-copied from a windows dialog box:

Acer Aspire 5520 5912, AMD Turion 64x2 TL-58, 
2 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 700M / nForce 610M, 
DVD-RW, Ethernet NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller, 
Wireless Atheros AR5007EG

**********************************************************

Batteries: 
 Microsoft AC Adapter
 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery

Computer: 
 ACPI x86-based PCv

Disk Drives: 
 TOSHIBA MK11637GSX ATA Device

Display adapters: 
 NVIDIA GeForce 700M / nForce 610M

DVD/CD-ROM drives:  
 Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560A ATA Device

Human Interface Devices: 
 ENE CIR Receiver
 HID-compliant consumer control device
 HID-compliant device [3x]
 Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver; USB Human Interface Device 

IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers: 
 IDE Channel [4x]
 Ricoh Memory Stick Controller
 Ricoh xD-Picture Card Controller
 Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller [2x]

IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers: 
 RICOH OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

Imaging Devices: 
 Acer Crystal Eye Webcam

Keyboards: 
 Microsoft eHome MCIR 109 Keyboard
 Microsoft eHome MCIR Keyboard
 Microsoft eHome Remote Control Keyboard keys
 Standard 101/102-key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard

Mice and other pointing devices: 
 Alps Pointing-device
 HID-compliant mouse [2x]

Modems: 
 HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP

Monitors: 
 Generic PnP Monitor

Network adapters: 
 Atheros AR5007EG Wireless Network Adapter
 isatap.{13CDFF80-1123-4C42-BFDA-CF21C68B1754}
 isatap.knowlogy.net
 isatap.shacknet.nu
 NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
 WAN Miniport (IP)
 WAN Miniport (IPv6)
 WAN Miniport (L2TP)
 WAN Miniport (PPPEO)
 WAN Miniport (PPTP)
 
Non-Plug and Play Drivers:
 Ancillary Function Driver for Winsock
 Beep
 Common Log (CLFS)
 Crcdisk Filter Driver
 Dritek General Port I/O
 Dynamic Volume Manager 
 HTTP
 int15
 IP Network Address Translator
 ISA/EISA Class Driver 
 Kernel Mode Driver Frameworks Service
 KSecDD
 LDDM Graphics Subsystem
 Link-layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver 
 Link-layer Topology Discovery Responder
 Message-oriented TCP/IP and TCP/IPv6 Protocol (SMB session)
 Mount Point Manager
 NativeWiFi Filter
 NDIS System Driver 
 NDIS Usermode I/O Protocol
 NDProxy
 NETBT
 NetIO Legacy TDI Support Driver
 NSI proxy service 
 Null
 QoS Packet Scheduler 
 RDP Encoder Mirror Driver
 RDPCDD
 ReadyBoost Caching Driver
 Remote Access Auto Connection Driver
 Remote Access IPv6 ARP Driver
 Security Driver
 Security Processor Loader Drivr
 Storage Volumes 
 TCP/IP Protocol Driver
 TCP/IP Registry Compatibility
 VgaSave
 Windows Firewall Authorization Driver
 XAudio

Processors:
 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 [2x]

SD host adapters:
 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
 
Sound, video, and game controllers:
 Realtek High Definition Audio
 
Storage Controllers:
 Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
 
Storage volume shadow copies:
 Generic volume shadow copy [3x]
 
Storage Volumes:
 Generic volume [3x]
 
System Devices:
 ACPI Fixed Feature Button 
 ACPI Lid
 ACPI Power Button
 ACPI Sleep Button 
 ACPI Thermal Zone 
 AMD Address Map Configuration
 AMD DRAM and HyperTransport(tm) Trace Mode Configuration
 AMD HyperTransport(tm) Configuration
 AMD Miscellaneous Configuration
 Consumer IR Devices
 Direct memory access controller
 High Definition Audio Controller
 High precision event timer
 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Embedded Controller
 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
 Microsoft Composite Battery
 Microsoft System Management BIOS Driver
 Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI [3x]
 Motherboard resources [2x]
 NVDIA nForce PCI System Management 
 NVDIA nForce System Management Controller
 PCI bus
 PCI standard ISA bridge
 PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge [2x] 
 PCI standard RAM Controller [2x]
 Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator
 Programmable interrupt controller
 System board
 System timer
 Terminal Server Keyboard Driver
 Terminal Server Mouse Driver
 UMBus Enumerator
 Volume Manager
 
Universal Serial Bus controllers:
 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller [2x]
 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller [2x]
 USB Root Hub [4x]
 
************************************************************

what worked for me was changing the monitor to a 
"acer 55s (widescreen)" using the 
system/administration/screens and graphics then running 
nvidia-settings from the command line.

posted by pd wilson   #   19:40