Acer Aspire 5101Awlmi Drivers

I have an Acer Aspire 5103WLMi, around 8 years old, cast aside by a young relative. The hardware is ok, apart from the dead battery which I had to remove eventually because it prevented booting.

I put Windows 8 on (nice £25 Microsoft upgrade launch offer), then 8.1. I had some puzzling moments with Windows 10 update and thought I would share some experiences: Display Adapter: Windows 10 will only install a 'basic' driver that will not have the resolution you need. I did try other Mobility x1300 drivers from AMD site and Microsoft Update Catalog site, but although they worked, I got the annoying problem of disappearing text and context menus on the Windows Start tiles.

My best solution: go to Acer website, Support, Drivers and Manuals, Search by Product Model: Aspire 5100. You will see Windows Vista 32-bit drivers, there are no 64-bit drivers listed, but the 32-bit ones include 64-bit drivers. Download the ATI VGA driver 8.362. I installed this in compatibility mode: Windows Vista Service Pack 2, and Run as Administrator. Follow the Catalyst Install Manager dialogue to install the driver and Catalyst Control Center. You should achieve the native 1280x800 resolution. I did not find the Catalyst Control Center (CCC) app capable of doing any more than the Windows display settings, and after every boot there was an ATI message that said CCC was not compatible with the driver!

So, I removed CCC as follows: in Windows, Programmes and Features, right click on Catalyst Install Manager and select Change. Choose Custom Uninstall and uninstall only the CCC, not the driver. Synaptics Touchpad: After updating to Windows 10 you will either have the basic PS/2 mouse driver or 'Synaptics SMBus Touchpad' on a subsequent Windows Update. Either way you won't have the one-finger edge scrolling. If you want the scrolling feature, uninstall the Synaptics driver, go to Acer site as above and download and install Synaptics Touchpad Driver 9.0.3. Note: Windows automatic update will revert the driver on the next update, you cannot prevent this even in the Windows Device Installation Settings, unless you do the following: Microsoft has kindly provided a 'Show or hide updates troubleshooter' package: 'How to temporarily prevent a Windows or driver update from reinstalling in Windows 10' at Download and save the wushowhide.diagcab file. When you open the file it takes a while because it checks for updates.

Mindray De Cg 03a Manualidades more. Find the update you do not want and Hide it. (Sounds familiar?) You can run the package again in the future if you wish to 'unhide' or add new 'hides'. Modem Driver: I do not need to use the modem, but I kept getting a 'Memory Management' error message which told me that information was being collected, slowly counting up to 100%, then all clear.

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Subsequently I Googled about it, which led me to the modem. The problem modem driver occurred after a Windows update 'HDAudio Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP'. If you get this problem, you can either disable the driver in Windows Device Manager; or uninstall the driver in Device Manager, reboot, let Windows install a driver from its library 'HDA CX11254 Soft Modem' (no problems), then fire up the 'Show or hide updates troubleshooter' as above and Hide the 'HDAudio Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP' update.

The is a 15.4-inch widescreen home/office multimedia notebook featuring the AMD Turion64 x2 processor. While this is a completely new offering from Acer, it utilizes many components from other Acer notebooks, primarily being from the Aspire 3100.

It is so new, in fact, that instead of having its own drivers it shares many of the same drivers as the 3100. So new that many of the specs released by Acer America were wrong. I’ll write more on that later. Acer Aspire 5102 ( ) Where and Why Bought: This notebook was on sale at in store price without rebate. It also came with a free printer, notebook bag, and router. With the Circuit City Advantage Plus Protection plan (which covers for accidental drops and spills), the total price was exactly $1000.

I am a college student and need a notebook that I can take to class, run engineering programs on, and play some games. I was originally looking at the, but this notebook was a steal at the $849 price (or so I thought at the time) since it came with a dual core processor and a webcam for less than the Aspire 5672. Turns out I was missing some key components found on other Acer notebooks. I will get to that later. Quick Specs of the 5102 as reviewed: • AMD Turion64 x2 TL-50 (1.6 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache total, 256 KB on each core) • 1 GB 533 MHz DDR2 RAM (2 x 512 MB) • 120 GH Hitachi 4200 RPM HD • 15.4-inch WXGA Acer CrystalBrite screen • ATI Radeon xPress 1100 integrated graphics card • Dual layer DVD +/- RW combo with lightscribe?

(comes with lightscribe software, but drive doesn’t specify if it has lightscribe or not) • Windows Media Center Edition 2005 • Atheros Wireless 802.11 a/b/g with Signalup high efficiency antennae • 8-cell battery with a max of 4.5 hrs battery life with settings on low Design and Build: Acer Aspire 5102 above view ( ) The Aspire 5102 features the common folio design found on all Aspire models. It is housed in silver painted plastic with black trim on the sides. The screen has almost no flex, which is an improvement over some previous models, and the hinges are tight enough that you need two hands to open it, one to hold the notebook down and the other to lift. It is fairly lightweight, at around 6 pounds depending on configuration.

At the time that I bought the notebook, only two configurations were available: 1 GB or 2 GB of memory and Bluetooth or no Bluetooth. Screen: Screen view of Acer Aspire 5102WLMi ( ) The screen is one of the best I’ve seen on a notebook. It is bright and evenly illuminated. After just 4 days with the notebook, I noticed 2 dead pixels, which isn’t enough for a replacement. They are off in the corner and are not bothersome, but even one dead pixel is cause for concern as to the overall long-term quality of the notebook. The screen has a 16 ms response time, although I haven’t noticed a difference compared with 20 ms flat panel monitor performance.

Talking about flat panels, the Acer doesn’t formulate characters (i.e. Letters) as well as desktop monitors. While some people complain about the glossiness of most laptops these days, I have found the screen on my Acer to be comfortable for long viewing durations. Speakers: The speakers are on the front of the notebook and supposedly have high def. Whether that is true or not, I can’t determine, as the speaker sounds distant with almost no bass. They are adequate however for everyday tasks. Processor and Performance: While this computer does have a dual core processor, it is nowhere as fast as an Intel Core Duo T2300, or even the stripped Intel T2050.

After startup, the processor needs time to warm up before it becomes responsive. The included Acer empowering technology utilities allows the user to control overall processor performance, from medium to max. To save battery and lower the amount of heat generated, I consistently use medium CPU speed.

Using PCMark05, it returned a score of just over 2400, which is on par with Intel Core Duo notebooks. Benchmarks: Super Pi calculation to 32 million digits was finished in 2 min 22 sec for 1/24 iterations. To 2 million digits, it finished in 2 min 11 sec for all 20 iterations. This is about 40 sec longer than most Intel Duo T2300 processors, and this was accomplished with the CPU set on Max. SuperPi: Notebook Time Acer Aspire 5102WLMi (Turion64 x2 TL-50 1.6 GHz) 2m 22s Dell Inspiron 6400 (1.83GHz Core Duo) 1m 22s Dell Inspiron e1505 (2.0GHz Core Duo) 1m 16s Lenovo ThinkPad T60 (2.0GHz Core Duo) 1m 18s Toshiba Satellite M100 (2.00GHz Core Duo) 1m 18s Samsung X60 (1.66GHz Core Duo) 1m 29s Dell XPS M140 (1.86 GHz Pentium M) 1m 41s Sony VAIO FS680 (1.86 GHz Pentium M) 1m 53s IBM ThinkPad T43 (1.86 GHz Pentium M) 1m 45s PCMark05 returned 2413.