From: lukas.mariman@REMOVEgmail.com   
      
   "Ned Ludd"  schreef in bericht   
   news:QcydnZ31544A063VnZ2dnUVZ_r7inZ2d@speakeasy.net...   
   > Sentinel wrote:   
   >> Alfie [UK] wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:15 -0700 (PDT), Sentinel   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Alas, Acer does not support XP so they do not offer any drivers that   
   >>>> might help. If any of you know where to find drivers for this mobo,   
   >>>> I'd be a happy camper. Whatever that means!   
   >>> They NO LONGER support XP, not quite the same thing. The Aspire XP PCs   
   >>> had a hidden partition on the HD with the recovery files necessary to   
   >>> re-install XP and all relevant drivers.   
   >>   
   >> I know they *used to*, which makes things all the more frustrating. Why   
   >> not provide the necessary drivers and make life nicer for their   
   >> customers?   
   >   
   > If you get a model that was offered before Vista was released, you can   
   > likely bring it up easily under XP.   
   >   
   > If you get a model that uses a chipset that was offered before Vista was   
   > released, you can likely bring it up easily on XP.   
   >   
   > If you get a model that uses a brand new, radically cool chipset, and   
   > there are no XP drivers, you are not going to be a happy camper.   
      
   I managed to find the drivers I needed - or so I hope. I've been installing   
   the OS and stuff all day now, and things seem OK. I seem to have a problem   
   getting updates from Microsoft for some reason updates seemed to work OK   
   until after I had installed SP3. Maybe there's a problem with the windows   
   update site...   
      
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