acer aspire 1683wlmi - trying to find drivers

Random · 2012-01-11 19:57:23

im trying to find xp drivers for the above laptop. they do not seem to be on the website. the ones im missing in device manager are "network controller" (which i assume is wifi because i have the ethernet working) and "video controller". any advice would be appreciated. thanks ++ update i should prob add that i did get…

11-01-2012 07:57PM

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im trying to find xp drivers for the above laptop.
they do not seem to be on the website.
the ones im missing in device manager are "network controller" (which i assume is wifi because i have the ethernet working) and "video controller".

any advice would be appreciated.

thanks

++ update
i should prob add that i did get some drivers on the website by downloading the 1680 series ones, but there is graphics or wifi drivers listed.

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#2 11-01-2012 10:25PM

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You could try identifying the gfx and wlan hardware by using ASTRA32 then hunting the drivers down seperately.

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#3 12-01-2012 10:30AM

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In the device manager select the unknown item -properties-details-drop down menu select hardware id's google the id

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