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  1. Posts : 4
    windows 7 ultimate 32bit
       #1

    Need LAN driver after upgrade


    Hi everybody,

    Im new to Windows (Mac Guy) and am having problems locating a driver for my onboard LAN.
    After upgrading from XP to 7, my AcerPower APS 260 no longer connects to the internet, saying
    there is no device driver installed...so I went to Acer's site and of course they only have LAN drivers for XP.
    I spent a couple hours searching for Widows 7 drivers but didnt find anything except this site...hopefully somebody can point me in the right direction?
    Thanks!
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  2. Posts : 18,415
    windows 7 home 64bit
       #2

    Hi Welcome to Seven Forums .. Read the Link below ... There are no Windows 7 Drivers for that Device ..


    https://social.technet.microsoft.com...7itprohardware
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  3. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #3

    Hello and again welcome dandu mate much as the link says in Maxies link and seeing the machine is fairly old I doubt whether it is up to running that well in 7 and just as an observation you have very little RAM for the Ultimate 7 even running the 32bit version.
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  4. Posts : 725
    Desk 1: Win 7 Pro x32; Desk 2: Windows 10 x64
       #4

    Did you still try the XP driver to see if it might work??

    If still a problem, list any Problem devices
    • Make sure devices are connected and powered on
    • Click the Start Orb, type msinfo32 in the search box. Hit Enter
    • Click the + sign next to Components to expand it
    • Click Problem Devices. Anything appear?
    • If yes, click on it, Ctrl-A to select all, Ctrl-C to copy it, Ctrl-V to paste into next post
    • On the other hand, if no devices are listed, tell me so
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  5. Posts : 1,519
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.10, Linux Mint 17, Windows 10 Pro TP
       #5

    Right, that computer won't perform well with only 768MB RAM. However, it probably has 1GB physical RAM on the motherboard and that is the minimum requirement for Windows 7 and later. The reason for it showing only 768MB is that part of the physical RAM is set aside by the BIOS for the onboard/built-in video/graphics adapter. 1GB = 1024MB so usually having 768MB available means the video is getting the remaining 256MB.

    You might find a suitable NIC here:
    http://www.newegg.com/Network-Interf...Category/ID-27
    Just be sure it has Win7 32-bit drivers, usually come on a CD.

    Note: the 64-bit versions of Windows have a requirement of 2GB RAM.
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  6. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #6

    Yep that is what I was thinking and I couldn't find any links for that machine apart from adding from companies selling RAM. So I think Berton has made a very valid observation re the inbuilt RAM but without seeing the specs we shall never know, and because I suppose because it is an old machine.
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  7. Posts : 4
    windows 7 ultimate 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Thanks alot for the info you guys...DIMM 1 has 512 MB and DIMM 2 has 256 MB. I really can't afford to buy 2 1 gig DIMMS to max it out... Should I just go back to XP? Microsoft no longer supporting that OS has me wary. Are XP compatible antivirus apps still being updated? This is a whole new (and scary) world I'm just now getting into lol
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  8. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #8

    Hmm sorry about the RAM mate I suppose in either situations you need security and I think Microsoft having it's millions from XP leaving those folks high and dry is to me a tad unethical.
    If you go back to XP then just load it with a good real time AV and a few on call scanners.
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  9. Posts : 18,415
    windows 7 home 64bit
       #9

    How about Linux Zorin maybe ...
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  10. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #10

    maxie said:
    How about Linux Zorin maybe ...
    Hmm nice Maxie:)
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