Specs & ultimate support thread: Acer Aspire 5024WLMi
Driver download links:
Acer support page .
FTP site
AMBIT G (Broadcom solution) Wireless LAN driver (T60H906.00)" for XP-64BIT v3.100.64.0
Foxconn Conexant MDC1.5 Modem WinXP/2K Driver for ATI SB400 /Win64 7.28.00.00
Launch Manager for for Win64 1.0.8.3
AMD processor driver
ATI SMbus driver direct link, use PnP mode
ATI Video driver
Realtek Audio driver
Realtek LAN driver
Synaptics touchpad driver .
old version with scroll button support
TI 7x21 FlashMedia/SD Host controller driver support 4GB SD cards
[Components]
;# Drivers #
Display Adapters
Display Adapters (old)
;# Compatibility #
[Drivers]
D:\Operating_Systems\Drivers\5024\01_AMD Processor Driver\amdk8.inf,0
D:\Operating_Systems\Drivers\5024\02_SouthBridge_8-12_xp32-64_sb_72274\$OUTDIR\amdhdc.inf,0
D:\Operating_Systems\Drivers\5024\03_Video_Mod_10-02_legacy_xp32-64_dd_ccc\Driver\XP6A_INF\CA_95952.inf,0
D:\Operating_Systems\Drivers\5024\04_Audio_WDM_A406\WDM\Alcwdm.inf,0
D:\Operating_Systems\Drivers\5024\05_Synaptics_v14_0_3_C_XP64_Vista64_Win7-64_Signed_default\Autorun.inf,0
D:\Operating_Systems\Drivers\5024\06_Card_Reader_sp43509\Windows\tiinst\XP64\gtipci21.inf,0
D:\Operating_Systems\Drivers\5024\06_LAN_PCI_Driver_XP_5719_05202011\Netrtlx.inf,0
D:\Operating_Systems\Drivers\5024\08_80211g_Wireless\bcmwl5.inf,0
D:\Operating_Systems\Drivers\5024\09_Modem\AcrFxAti6.inf,0
Notes: When integrating drivers be sure to choose PnP mode for the ATI bus drivers, if you choose TextMode the installation will fail.
One has to modify the Radeon video drivers .inf files in order for the card to be recognised, the easiest way being to use the
D.H. Mobility Modder. Unfortunately this breaks WHQL signing so in order to force the video driver installation, one has to remove display adaptor support with nLite. Integrate the driver portion and install Catalyst Control Centre at Run2.
Run1
%Source%AddOns\LaunchManager\Setup.exe /S /F2%Temp%\LaunchManagerSetup.log
Run2 (requires .Net 2.0)
%Source%AddOns\CCC\Setup.exe /S /F2%Temp%\CatalystControlCenterSetup.log
On running as a limited user:
One of the best ways to protect your system from malware is to run as a limited user, only switching to an administrator account for updates and installations. One of the major flaws of Windows is that running as a limited user can be a truly frustrating (limited even) experience.
Apart from the usual problems associated with running as a limited user, on the AA-5024WLMi none of the hotkeys work, most importantly the wireless button. After a fair degree of trial and error I’ve managed to get my laptop to behave with limited privileges and now I’ll tell you how to do it too.
1. You need to set up 2 accounts, one will be your Admin account and one your User account (both as Administrators for now).
2. Run “msconfig”, on the startup tab, deselect “WButton”. Exit and reboot.
3. In your Admin account add a shortcut to “WButton” (found at C:\Program Files (x86)\Launch Manager\) to the start menu startup folder.
4. In your User account add three shortcuts, “HotkeyApp”, “OSDCtrl” and “WButton”, in that order, to the startup folder.
5. Right click each of the User startup shortcuts and select properties. Under Shortcut\Advanced select “Run with Different Credentials”
6. Set passwords (at least on the Admin account) and set the User account to limited.
You can now log off and log back on to your limited account. You will get one failure message and be presented with 3 “Run As” boxes. On each select to “Run as Admin” and enter your password. You should now have full functionality and the protection that comes with a limited account.
AutoIt: You can avoid the annoyance of the error message and the 3 "Run As" boxes by using the
AutoIt script shown below (skip steps 4 & 5 above).
WinWait ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Launch Manager\HotkeyApp.exe")
WinActivate ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Launch Manager\HotkeyApp.exe")
ControlClick ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Launch Manager\HotkeyApp.exe", "", "[CLASS:Button; TEXT:OK]")
Sleep (20000)
RunAs ("Administrator", "ComputerName", "Password", 0, "HotkeyApp.exe")
Sleep (5000)
RunAs ("Administrator", "ComputerName", "Password", 0, "OSDCtrl.exe")
Sleep (5000)
RunAs ("Administrator", "ComputerName", "Password", 0, "WButton.exe")
Replace ComputerName and Password with the appropriate values for your system (if running 32-bit windows change all occurances of "\Program Files (x86)\" to "\Program Files\"). Compile the script and place at "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Launch Manager" then add a shortcut to the compiled script to the startup folder of each limited user.
This post has been edited by Kurt_Aust: 01 January 2012 - 04:55 PM