Jacobite Posted December 3, 2011 Posted December 3, 2011 Hi, I have an Acer Aspire 5315 Laptop with Intel Celeron, I am having problems trying to play games. This problem started when the driver for the video card was updated with a more up to date driver from Microsoft and as a result I have not been able to play games. I would be grateful for any advice as to how to solve the problem.Would it be worth installing a different card? If so does anybody have any ideas.Thanks for any help. Quote
KenB Posted December 3, 2011 Posted December 3, 2011 Hi and welcome to ExTS If you are updating drivers for hardware you are best advised to get the drivers direct from the manufacturer's site. Start .....type in .....devmgmt.msc ......ENTER Click the + next to Display Adapters and right click on the Video Card. Click on Properties > then click on the Drivers tab. There should be an option to Roll Back the drivers to the previously installed ones. Give this a try. Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
Jacobite Posted December 3, 2011 Author Posted December 3, 2011 I have already tried this option but it does not work. Quote
KenB Posted December 3, 2011 Posted December 3, 2011 Just looking for drivers from the Acer site. That laptop appears to have had Vista or XP on it originally. Which OS is on it? 32 or 64 bit? Which Service Pack do you have ? Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
Jacobite Posted December 4, 2011 Author Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) Just looking for drivers from the Acer site. That laptop appears to have had Vista or XP on it originally. Which OS is on it? 32 or 64 bit? Which Service Pack do you have ? OS Is Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit with service pack 1. I have tried many times to re-install the original driver but without any sucess. Original OS was Vista basic. Edited December 4, 2011 by Jacobite Quote
KenB Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Hi, The specs for your machine are here: http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/notebook/0000/Acer/Aspire5315/Aspire5315sp2.shtml Original OS was Vista basic. This could well be the problem. There may not be appropriate drivers for Win 7. I will see what I can find. You asked this earlier.... Would it be worth installing a different card? Your laptop does not have a card as such. It uses integrated graphics which is a chip on the motherboard. What is listed in device manager against display adapters? (see post 2 for how to get there) ================= From the Acer site: http://support.acer.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1&modelId=50 The Chipset drivers are XP / Vista 64 bit / Vista x86 ( 32 bit ) The version is 8.2.0.1014 Is this what you have in device manager? There is no appropriate Win7 driver. Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
Jacobite Posted December 4, 2011 Author Posted December 4, 2011 Hi, The specs for your machine are here: http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/notebook/0000/Acer/Aspire5315/Aspire5315sp2.s This could well be the problem. There may not be appropriate drivers for Win 7. I will see what I can find. You asked this earlier.... Your laptop does not have a card as such. It uses integrated graphics which is a chip on the motherboard. What is listed in device manager against display adapters? (see post 2 for how to get there) ================= From the Acer site: http://support.acer.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1&modelId=50 The Chipset drivers are XP / Vista 64 bit / Vista x86 ( 32 bit ) The version is 8.2.0.1014 Is this what you have in device manager? There is no appropriate Win7 driver. No the driver is different,I have tried many times to re-install thee version you have found which I know is correct.The problem started some time ago during a Windows update and I have had the issue ever since even before upgrading to Windows 7.So it looks like I am stuck with the problem Ken or do I have any options? Quote
Jacobite Posted December 4, 2011 Author Posted December 4, 2011 Hi, The specs for your machine are here: http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/notebook/0000/Acer/Aspire5315/Aspire5315sp2.shtml This could well be the problem. There may not be appropriate drivers for Win 7. I will see what I can find. You asked this earlier.... Your laptop does not have a card as such. It uses integrated graphics which is a chip on the motherboard. What is listed in device manager against display adapters? (see post 2 for how to get there) ================= From the Acer site: http://support.acer.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1&modelId=50 The Chipset drivers are XP / Vista 64 bit / Vista x86 ( 32 bit ) The version is 8.2.0.1014 Is this what you have in device manager? There is no appropriate Win7 driver.[/quote No the driver is different Ken, I have tried to re-install the origanl driver many times even before I upgraded to Windows 7. The problem started when a Windows update installed the driver,so it now looks like I am stuck with the problem unless you have any idea's how to solve it Ken. Quote
KenB Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 You said you tried all 3 drivers from the Acer site - only one was "correct" - that was the bottom one. No the driver is different What is listed? When you tried to install the driver from the Acre site - you should have disabled the existing drivers from device manager. Right click on the listed device > disable Try the Vistax86 driver from the bottom of the list. Give this a try. Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
Jacobite Posted December 5, 2011 Author Posted December 5, 2011 I have tried that Ken,it just wants to keep re-installing the same driver ah ah.I will not be beaten. Quote
KenB Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 it just wants to keep re-installing the same driver I asked in my previous post..... What is listed? What have you got listed in device manager against Display Adapters ? Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
Jacobite Posted December 6, 2011 Author Posted December 6, 2011 I did disable the driver that was installed and tried to re-install the original driver from the Acer web site but it did not make any difference. Quote
Jacobite Posted December 8, 2011 Author Posted December 8, 2011 I asked in my previous post..... What have you got listed in device manager against Display Adapters ? Driver v.7.15.10.2039 Dated 07/01/2010 Quote
KenB Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Hi, All I can find related to that driver is that it is linked to HP machines. Confusing !! Your problem is that the Graphics Adapter on your board does not have Win7 drivers - none that I can find - and certainly not on the Acer site. This is an Acer Vista Driver 32 bit. Give this a try. Click Here Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
Jacobite Posted December 9, 2011 Author Posted December 9, 2011 Hi, All I can find related to that driver is that it is linked to HP machines. Confusing !! Your problem is that the Graphics Adapter on your board does not have Win7 drivers - none that I can find - and certainly not on the Acer site. This is an Acer Vista Driver 32 bit. Give this a try. Click Here Tried the above,it wont install stuck with the problem ah well thanks alot for all your help Ken. Quote
KenB Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 We tried :) I do think it is related to the fact that there is no Win7 compatible driver for that hardware. You could contact the manufacturers direct and ask them ...............just a thought. Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
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