The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    1810TZ Wireless Drivers

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Wookles, Sep 10, 2009.

  1. Wookles

    Wookles Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hey all,

    I am installing Vista 32 for a friend on his Aspire 1810TZ. A very new model I believe. As yet I havn't been able to sourse the correct Wifi drivers. The drivers from the Acer site (intel 5100 and Atheros) Fail. The Atheros drivers tell me that the card isnt present whilst the intel drivers tell me that they may not be compatible then after installing, the device is reported as working properly but the front switch fails to turn the wireless on and, no networks are found in range. The intel diagnostic software reports the wireless as being switched off and sometimes as being on but with no networks to scan.

    Any ideas as to what wireless device is present in this model or whether I should be looking at the wireless switch itself as a source of the problem?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!
     
    Wookles, Sep 10, 2009
    #1
  2. der_mali

    der_mali Weihnachtsmann

    Reputations:
    545
    Messages:
    1,156
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Did your friend delete the recovery partition?
     
    der_mali, Sep 11, 2009
    #2
  3. Wookles

    Wookles Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Actually. i reinstalled the recovery installation and discovered that the Wifi Card is NOT a 5100 but in fact an Intel Link 1000.

    Future owners of 1810TZ beware!
     
    Wookles, Sep 11, 2009
    #3
  4. LFDM

    LFDM Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    100
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    What's the main difference between the two?
     
    LFDM, Sep 12, 2009
    #4
  5. chilko

    chilko Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    13
    Messages:
    74
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    16
    can you run some benchmarks and show the results?
    i think lot of people are waiting to see how performs SU4100
    :)
     
    chilko, Sep 12, 2009
    #5
  6. LFDM

    LFDM Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    100
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    In case you do, don't forget battery life please ;)
     
    LFDM, Sep 12, 2009
    #6