Forcing a driver update? Windows 7

slipd

slipd

slipd

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Hi guys,

I have a couple of Acer Revo's (little nettop thingys) and I've recently flattened them to cure a problem I was having with all the manufacturer bloat that was on them...

Now, before the format the wireless adapters worked in in situ and afterwards they don't. I say don't, they appear to work, they just can't see my network and nothing else has changed :(

Acer's support isn't that great for the model I have (r3600) but they do offer 2x wireless lan drivers (vista) both of which fail to install, reporting the onboard adapter to be unplugged.

Is there anyway I can force the the adapters to use the Acer driver? When I use device manager and try to update them from the driver folder I am told I already have the latest driver :mad:

Any ideas?
 
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Been using them for years

There is a whole pack that you can build and merge into your Windows disc.

I don't bother, I just download the LAN and WAN drivers from there, never had a pc that they've not worked on. Then for the other drivers, I just install them normally. LAN and WAN are a pita to find on some manufacturer websites, so this is quicker!

Works for XP LAN/WAN too, but you have to put them on a CD (or mounted ISO file) since XP can't scan multiple subfolders for drivers, unless you use the 'search cd' method

You using Vista 32 or 64 bit? (why not use W7?)


32bit drivers http://driverpacks.net/driverpacks/windows/7/x86/wlan/12.03
64bit drivers http://driverpacks.net/driverpacks/windows/7/x64/wlan/12.03
 
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