mytonpadi

Hi, I recently bought an Acer Aspire x3200,OS Vista 32-bit. It's a mini-desktop.I want to downgrade it to XP SP3 but I am worried to because I'm having a hard time finding what drivers to install and where to download them since I cannot find this product on their website. Please help!

dai

they don't appear to have any drivers for xp
http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers...00.html#driver

mytonpadi

How's this one here? http://www.acerpanam.com/flex/acer/b...electedIndex=1

BCCOMP

Hi Mytonpadi,
Acer does not have them on thier site or anywhere else. But we can still try to find what you may need. Can you run EVEREST under my signature and Post the report to the thread. This will tell me what hardware you have so I can search for the drivers.
Thanks,
Bill

mytonpadi

Okay, there it is. I hope you could really help me out.

Attached Files

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BCCOMP

Hi,
I will give it a stab, but I warn you I have never done one of these models.
The first thing to do is Backup All your personal Data you wish to keep.
Then make sure you have made a Recovery CD of your Vista OS. You can use it to revert back to Vista incase we do not get this running on XP

Now, you will need to slipstream (using Nlite) the XP CD, SP2 (If you do not have an XP SP2) and the Nvidia Drivers

Nlite:
http://www.nliteos.com/

Follow this procedure to make your XP install CD:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...-installation/


You will need an XP SP2 CD (Recommended)
SP2 (if you need it):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Nvidia Drivers:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_winxp_15.24.html

Extract this file to a folder. Use NLite to integrate the drivers from the extracted NVIDIA installer. Integrate all the drivers per folder by using the “Multiple Folder” option. Then select the folder. Integrate each folder but do NOT include the FLOPPY driver.

These are additional drivers you may need after you have XP installed Or you may wish to integrate them to your XP cd.

MS UAA Driver:
http://www.mediafire.com/?4ben9zlesng
Must be installed before the Audio Driver

Realtek HD Audio:
http://www.mediafire.com/?f6yzz0t574j


Once this is done set your PC to boot from CD. Insert the CD and boot the PC.
With any luck XP will install with no problems.
Install the UAA driver and the Realtek driver
Check your Device Manager for any errors you may have. Post any errors you find.

Good luck,
Bill

mytonpadi

Hi, the link for the SP2 you gave me is broken. Can I use SP3 instead?

BCCOMP

Hi
I just tested the link. It appears to work for me.
If you want to use SP3 you could, but I know there are issues with sound drivers being installed.
SP2 (another link)
http://www.soft32.com/download_992.html

SP3
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Bill

mytonpadi

Hi, before I do all these can you give me a link on how to backup files?

And, one more thing, does it make a difference when I play games with XP? I am experiencing constant crashes on Vista even on low settings.

BCCOMP

Hi
To backup Personal Files you could burn to CD/DVD. If you have alot of files I would transfer them to a external Harddrive.
As far as making a backup of Vista itself. This may also backup your personal Data if you select that option:
http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/dat...or%20%20DT.pdf
This may require many CD's or DVD's

As far as performance you will notice Xp is better and more stable (IMO)
Bill

mytonpadi

Ok. I will do this in a few weeks , I hope you'd still help me out even though it will take m that long to do all this.

BCCOMP

Keep me posted.
Bill

mark_kn

I did exactly what you described and it worked out - perfect. Thank you!

dai

glad you have it sorted

BCCOMP

HI,
I am glad it worked out for you!
Thanks,
Bill