10/21/2017 0 Comments Acer Aspire 5100 64 Bit DriversUsing our Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHSII ReferenceCard, we see underwhelming speeds from the SD card slot. At about 26 MBs, the 7RF has the same. Windows 7 Drivers 64bit for Aspire 4736 Compatible with Aspire 4736Z, 4736G, 4736ZG OS Windows 7 All Versions x64 Server Acer. UPDATE 1 All download links updated. Here Im going to post some laptop screen photos showing bad video output. Ill explain what was wrong with the. Acer Aspire 5. 05. Review Notebook. Review. comby Andrew Chan. According to Acers website the Aspire 5. With a display size of 1. The 5. 05. 0 model line can be equipped with AMDs Turion MK 3. TL 5. 0 processors, 5. MB to 2 GB of ram and hard drives ranging from 8. GB. Styling and components are very similar to the Acer Aspire 5. WLMi. Acer Aspire 5. The Aspire 5. 05. Processor AMD Turion. TL 5. 0 1. 6 GHz, 5. KB L2 cache total, 2. KB on each coreRAM 1 GB 5. MHz DDR2 RAM 2 x 5. MBHard Drive 8. GB Hitachi 5. 40. RPM HDScreen 1. 4. WXGA Acer Crystal. Brite screen. Gaphics ATI Radeon Xpress 1. Optical Drive Dual layer DVD RW combo. OS Windows Media Center Edition 2. Wireless Atheros Wireless 8. Signalup high efficiency antennae. Battery 4. 4. 6 W 4. Ah Li ion battery 6 cell with a rated 2. Why bought and Alternatives. Currently I am trying to finish my graduate studies. I wanted a portable machine so I can use it for research and writing while on the couch, in a library, and on the go. I would probably also watch the occasional movie, burn CDs and play the occasional 2 3 year old PC game. Having never owned a notebook before, or even using one for an extended period, I cant compare this notebook to others. I will however be able to make some not so useful comparisons to the old desktop I currently own. Being a studious person, I attempted to perform research of the various model lines out there. After all was said and done, the Acer 5. Vista approved graphics, part of my main future proofing criteria. I was also encouraged by a thread on NBR about the Aspire 5. Since I would typically use an external monitor when at my home desk, the smaller screen size 1. At the time I was comparing the Aspire 5. Where and How Purchased The item was purchased at Future. Shop for 7. 49. 9. CDN on December 9, 2. The Future. Shop list price was actually 7. This purchase was 5 months ago and the specific SKU configuration I got is no longer available, but the Aspire 5. SKUs and higher configurations such as having 2. GB RAM, 1. 60 GB hard drive, etc. Build and Design. Acer Aspire 5. 05. Much like the 5. 10. WLMi, the 5. 05. 0 features Acers folio design with silver plastic and black trim. With the lid closed the size of the folio is just a bit bigger than a typical file folder. Dimensions are listed as 3. W x 2. 51 D x 3. H mm. I was able to purchase a slim notebook bag and Im quite pleased with its small footprint. Unfortunately the silver plastic on top is easily scratched. But the hinges on the lid feel sturdy. So sturdy in fact, that you need to hold down the base to open the notebook. There is some flexibility with the LCD, but nothing alarming. Front view of Acer Aspire 5. Left side view of Acer Aspire 5. Right side view of Acer Aspire 5. Back view of Acer Aspire 5. Screen and External Display. The LCD screen is a 1. WXGA. It is equipped with Acers Crsytal. Brite technology glossy. Not having much to compare to, I can say that images look good and the glossiness does make movies more vibrant. When watching movies, I am able to detect a bit of response lag when compared to my desktop setup. The horizontal viewing range is good, but I have found myself constantly adjusting the display to find the right vertical viewing angle. Applying moderate pressure to the LCDs back produces the typical ripple pattern. There are approximately sixteen discrete contrast levels and while in a dimly lit room I have found the maximum setting to be too bright. There is a little bit of light leakage and it was only noticeable in a dark room. Minor light leakage can be seen on the Aspire 5. I have used the external display quite frequently in conjunction with the LCD. I have noticed that images on the external display are not as crisp and clean as my desktop output that uses an ATI Radeon 7. Speakers. The Acer 3. Dsonic speakers are mounted on the front of the unit radiating outwards and offer HD audio support. Reading other reviews, the speakers on notebooks typically lack any sort of bass. No surprises here as the bass is definitely lacking. The included driver and software package has an equalizer feature that can turn up the bass a bit, however I have noticed distorted sound quality when the bass is turned up too high. Processor and Performance. One of the main irritations of this notebook is the start up time required for the unit to become responsive. However, I suspect that this is caused by the slower HD 5,4. RPM rather than the CPU and the fact I have not removed most of the Acer pre loaded processes. In comparison, my desktop computer with a 7. HD and my trusted old Socket A T Bird boots up in half the time. Overall performance and responsiveness is good. I do not notice that it is faster using several applications at once than my ancient desktop when using just one application at a time. The factory install comes with Acers standard partitioning scheme of A hidden system partition. C Fat. 32 and D Fat. As someone who formats and installs Operating Systems on a whim, I appreciated the partitioning choice made. Others dont though. So far, the laptop has frozen on me a couple of times displaying a colour bar type pattern. The exact nature of this issue is unknown, however others have experienced similar symptoms here. As I mentioned in that thread of discussion, the installation of new display drivers alleviated my problem mileage may vary. I wont be going into detail about gaming as this is not a gaming machine. It plays Counter Strike 1. I enjoy being target fodder for countless thousands. Compared to my desktop setup graphics card, an AIW Radeon 7. Xpress. 11. 00 is a king, just dont ask it to run 3. DMark. 05 see why below. Benchmarks. Nothing special here with these benchmarks folks, move alongSuper. Pi. Notebook. Time. Acer Aspire 5. 05. GHz Turion X22 mins 1. MSI M6. 77 1. 8 GHz Turion X21m 5. Fujitsu Life. Book N6. GHz Core 2 Duo1m 0. LG S1 2. 1. 6 GHz Core Duo1m 1. Dell Inspiron e. 15. GHz Core Duo1m 1. Lenovo Think. Pad T6. GHz Core Duo1m 1. Toshiba Satellite M1. GHz Core Duo1m 1. Samsung X6. 0 1. GHz Core Duo1m 2. Sony VAIO FS6. 80 1. GHz Pentium M1m 5. PCMark. 05 Results. Notebook. PCMark. Score. Acer Aspire 5. GHz Turion X2, ATI Radeon Xpress 1. PCMarks. Fujtisu Siemens Amilo Xi. Review 2. 0. GHz Core 2 Duo, ATI X1. Windows XP5,0. 66 PCMarks. Fujitsu Life. Book N6. GHz Core 2 Duo, ATI X1. PCMarks. Fujitsu Life. Book N6. 41. 0 1. GHz Core Duo, ATI X1. PCMarks. Sony Vaio SZ 1. B in Speed Mode Using Nvidia Ge. Force Go 7. 40. 03,6. PCMarks. Asus Z8. Jp 2. 1. 6GHz Core 2 Duo, Nvidia Go 7. PCMarks. Asus V6. J 1. 8. 6GHz Core Duo T2. PCMarks. Alienware M7. AMD Athlon FX 6. Nvidia Go 7. 80. 0GTX5,5. PCMarks. Comparison Results for 3. Dmark. 05. Notebook. D Mark 0. 5 Results. Acer Aspire 5. 05. GHz Turion X2, ATI Radeon Xpress 1. DMarks. Alienware Aurora M 7. AMD Dual Core FX 6. ATI X1. 60. 0 2. 56. MB7,0. 78 3. D Marks. Lenovo Think. Pad T6. GHz Core Duo, ATI X1. MB2,0. 92 3. D Marks. Asus V6. Va 2. 1. GHz Pentium M, ATI x. MB2,5. 30 3. D Marks. Fujitsu n. 64. 10 1. GHz Core Duo, ATI X1. MB2,2. 73 3. DMarks. HP Pavilion dv. 40. GHz Pentium M, ATI X7. MB2,5. 36 3. D Marks. Dell XPS M1. 21. 0 2. GHz Core Duo, n. Vidia Go 7. MB2,0. 90 3. D Marks. Thats right, in 3. DMark. 05 the Aspire 5. It was amusing to watch the video go at 1 3 fps Everest Memory read 3. MBs, write 1. 53. MBs, latency 7. Heat and Noise. After 2 hours of use on AC power, the palm rest on both sides are warm, but not uncomfortable. The underside near the fan exhaust does get warm to a point where it is annoying on my lap. Forcing the CPU to maximum speed causes the exhaust fan cycles to high and low, and is a source of noise in a quiet room. Forcing the CPU to minimum speed greatly reduced the need for the exhaust fan to cycle and the annoyance on my lap. I have also noticed that changing the ATI Power. Play settings to optimal battery while on AC power reduces heat and fan noise. The DVD multi drive is also a source of noise when spinning up and on certain discs. During the DVD battery test the noise from the drive did not impact the DVD sound playback. Keyboard and Touchpad. Card Reader on Acer Aspire 5. Series Under Windows 7 richard slater. October 2. 6, 2. 00. Update 1. 51. 12. BSOD, several alternatives are listed in the comments however Microsoft appear to have approved 6. Windows Update. I am typing this on my Acer Aspire 5. WLMi which is one of the popular if flawed Acer Aspire 5. I rescued this one from the Balconi Test by putting a bit of rubber it was a cut down rubber foot on top of the South Bridge chip set, that however is not the story I am telling today. I never bothered to install the Card Reader driver on this laptop while I was running the Windows 7 Beta, mainly because I am lazy, but also I didnt have a need for it so it never came up. With the release of Windows 7 I wanted to get the system perfect, seeing as hopefully it will last a good year in its present state, and I wanted to be able to re arrange the SD card from my Acer PDA. Windows 7 x. 64 was unable to identify a driver for this particular card reader, this left me with three unknown devices in Device Manager The Acer website was a bust, as far as Acer are concerned this laptop wont even run Vista x. I had to dig deeper. From past experience of looking for drivers without using Windows Update I knew that I could probably identify the manufacturer from the Hardware and Device IDs available through Device Manager. If you want to follow along here are the steps Open up Device Manager Right Click Computer, Choose Manage, Select Device ManagerIdentify your unknown devices They will look similar to the image above, although the text will differRight click one of them and select PropertiesSwitch to the Details tab. Change the property drop down box to read Hardware IdsWhat that will give you is one or more strings looking something like this. PCIVEN1. 52. 4 DEV0. SUBSYS0. 09. F1. REV0. 1I have marked the two important parts in bold, the four digits after VEN tell you the PCI Vendor number, the four digits after DEV tells you device number these two numbers should uniquely identify the driver. There are several sites that allow you to lookup these numbers, I tend to use the publicly available PCI Vendor and Device Lists at PCIDatabase. Which has always given me good results with minimum fuss and adverts. Armed with the above I identified the manufacturer of the Card Reader was ENE Technologies, sometimes this is all you need to find the driver. You can GoogleBing the name and click the download or support links and get the latest drivers. This isnt always the way, as some OEMs dont offer drivers leaving that down to the system integrator to offer that service. So some time with Bing, I found some drivers for various ENE Devices, however the drivers available from Version. Tracker seemed promising. After downloading and unzipping the contents of the file to a folder on my Desktop, I was able to point Device Manager at these files for each of the unknown devices I was left with three working devices and a fully operational Card Reader. Hope this helps some other people with similar laptops or Card Readers, post in the comments with your experiences, please include the manufacturer and model of the laptopnetbook you have succeeded with and hopefully you will help someone else with the same devices. Posted in Sys. Admin.
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