Aspire 7741 XP drivers please,

sedra · Oct 11, 2010, 01:48 PM

hi. i have acer aspire 7741g with win seven home premium i want to downgrade to win xp but there are no drivers for it in the acer website

the amd catalyst does not work

i have no network , sound and bluetooth
where can i find xp drivers please help
aspire 7741g
ATI mobility HD 5470
Broadcom netlink ehternet card
Realtek sound
Atheros wireless network

**temeteus82** · Oct 11, 2010, 03:08 PM

Have you tried the sites of the chip makers. Broadcom, Realtek and Atheros?
Acer won't be supplying drivers because the laptop is meant to run Win7. Anyway XP will be dead soon so I don't see the need to downgrade to it anymore.

sedra · Oct 11, 2010, 03:56 PM

thank you
i want to make dual boot xp and ubuntu
ubuntu drivers work well and i've installed the fglrx ati driver and it works
but ati catalyst on windows xp cant install it say no hardware and the amd guys redirect me to acer website but no xp drivers there only seven i found drivers for network sound and wifi but no vga driver

Oct 11, 2010, 01:48 PM	#1
sedra HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Aspire 7741 XP drivers please, hi. i have acer aspire 7741g with win seven home premium i want to downgrade to win xp but there are no drivers for it in the acer website the amd catalyst does not work i have no network , sound and bluetooth where can i find xp drivers please help aspire 7741g ATI mobility HD 5470 Broadcom netlink ehternet card Realtek sound Atheros wireless network

Oct 11, 2010, 03:56 PM	Thread Starter #3
sedra HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Re: Aspire 7741 XP drivers please, thank you i want to make dual boot xp and ubuntu ubuntu drivers work well and i've installed the fglrx ati driver and it works but ati catalyst on windows xp cant install it say no hardware and the amd guys redirect me to acer website but no xp drivers there only seven i found drivers for network sound and wifi but no vga driver