Acer Aspire 5516
This is a report on upgrading from Vista Home Basic to Windows 7 Home Premium.
I didn't do a Clean Install as I was worried about drivers, etc.. It turns out that everything went smoothly except for the graphics card driver. (Radeon 1200)
What I found out was that the default video driver was unacceptable, but I figured out what was needed. I couldn't find a good driver for it on the ATI web site. The Catalyst Control Center which is ~69MB did not work. Eventually I went to the Acer web site (us.acer.com) and found a Catalyst download that is 109MB. This is the one that works.
[FONT="]Everything now works properly.
Except I defragged with Defraggler and it couldn't get rid of all the fragmented file and there is a separate section that Defraggler doesn't even touch that Windows Defrag calls PQ*something. That is for a new post though.[/FONT]
This is a report on upgrading from Vista Home Basic to Windows 7 Home Premium.
I didn't do a Clean Install as I was worried about drivers, etc.. It turns out that everything went smoothly except for the graphics card driver. (Radeon 1200)
What I found out was that the default video driver was unacceptable, but I figured out what was needed. I couldn't find a good driver for it on the ATI web site. The Catalyst Control Center which is ~69MB did not work. Eventually I went to the Acer web site (us.acer.com) and found a Catalyst download that is 109MB. This is the one that works.
[FONT="]Everything now works properly.
Except I defragged with Defraggler and it couldn't get rid of all the fragmented file and there is a separate section that Defraggler doesn't even touch that Windows Defrag calls PQ*something. That is for a new post though.[/FONT]
My Computer
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- CPU
- Intel i5 2500K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3
- Memory
- Ripjaws 1600, 16 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Saphire Radeon 6770
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Gateway FHX2300
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x900@60Hz
- Hard Drives
- Crucial M4 128 GB, Samsung 1.5 TB
- PSU
- CoolMaster 600 W.
- Case
- CoolMaster Storm Scout
- Other Info
- Saphire fan is noisy. Case fans are almost silent. Love the case.
