Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Acer Aspire 5610z Wireless XP Drivers Found!

Company: Acer
Product series: Aspire 5610 (5610z)
Product Number: Aspire 5612ZNWLMi
Model Number: BL50

Problem:
Wrong driver on the cd provided, the driver was for intel wifi adapter.

Solution:
Acer usually manufactures their notebooks with either Intel, Broadcom or Atheros wifi adapters, and in my case it was Broadcom.

Acer Aspire 5610z Broadcom Wireless Driver XP - 73.3Mb

Acer Aspire 5610z Atheros Wireless Driver XP - 1.6Mb

(If you are unsure of your wifi model, turn around the laptop and look around if somewhere reads atheros. The models with atheros adapters usually have a small text where the model of the atheros adapter is printed.)