Hello everyone, this is my first post by the way. I am currently typing on a Acer Aspire 6935. It originally came with Windows Vista Home Premium and then I bought a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate. It took me a while and when I say a while, I mean about 10 weeks to find ALL of my correct drivers and this laptop is special because it has some fantastic speakers. So finding the right driver for the speakers was a pain in the... Without the drivers, my sound horrible. I want to upgrade to Windows 8 because I like the new interface and I like Windows 8.1 Update 1, however, my drivers are a problem. I found the correct drivers but I forgot where I downloaded it from. What can I do? If I upgrade to Windows 8, will it keep my drivers?
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The thread discusses an individual attempting to upgrade their Acer Aspire 6935 from Windows 7 to Windows 8/8.1, mainly facing challenges with sound drivers. After exploring driver downloads and considering dual-booting Windows 7 and 8 to test compatibility, the user installs Realtek audio drivers but still experiences poor sound quality. Contributors suggest using driver management tools and note that sound quality is often limited by hardware, not just drivers, but no definitive solution is provided.
The thread discusses an individual attempting to upgrade their Acer Aspire 6935 from Windows 7 to Windows 8/8.1, mainly facing challenges with sound drivers. After exploring driver downloads and considering dual-booting Windows 7 and 8 to test compatibility, the user installs Realtek audio drivers but still experiences poor sound quality. Contributors suggest using driver management tools and note that sound quality is often limited by hardware, not just drivers, but no definitive solution is provided.
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whs
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Try this, maybe it works for you: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/double_driver.html
Jimbo22
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As far as I know sound quality has nothing to do with a audio driver. The driver is the firmware to activate/use the device. The quality of the sound is from the actual speakers themselves. From my experience with laptops and note/net books....the sound is sub par at best.
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On my Samsung laptop that came with windows 7. I set up a dual boot with windows 8 Pro and just used the generic drivers that came with the OS because there is no windows 8 support for my laptop model. It's been working great for 6 months straight with no issues. This may be a viable option for you as well.
alright, my system is dual-booted and I am currently typing in Windows 8. I have installed the video, trackpad, wi-fi etc drivers and the only one left is Sound. My sound system is not like normal speakers. It has subs and currently it sounds terrible with windows 8 so I am going to try the one that I downloaded from realtek and see how that goes. If I need help then i will reply again. thanks!
Hello everyone, I have not yet removed Windows 7 just in case and thank lord I didn't. My sound is amazing in Windows 8 but from time to time, it gets all fuzzy and goes "fzzzz". It's annoying and I used driver from Acer's Download Drivers page. Somebody please help!!!
I found another problem, my brightness doesn't change, whatever I tried to do, whether I press Fn and Right or left, or change it from Windows. It doesn't change. Here are the list of problems that I am having:
Brightness does not change.
Sound fuzzes every now and then.
That's all the problems that I have found. Maybe more, but not yet found! Please help guys. For the sound thing, I think it has gone away but I going to have to wait and see!
Brightness does not change.
Sound fuzzes every now and then.
That's all the problems that I have found. Maybe more, but not yet found! Please help guys. For the sound thing, I think it has gone away but I going to have to wait and see!
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I have had a little problem with Realtek in Windows 8/8.1. I finally uninstalled (not disabled) the sound driver and installed this old one You could try it and see if it works for you? In the event, you van always roll back to the original
http://www.filefactory.com/file/7gj3yyyuo8cp/R292450.exe
fwiw. My principal computers are mostly Dell. What I did, was mad a "Dell Drivers" folder. I then went to the trouble of downloading every driver they offered, first with Windows 7 and subsequently with Windows 8 and 8.1. Now, whenever I do a reinstall, or any other mishap, I select the device option to update the driver and browse my computer, including sub folders. Just point it at that folder and away it goes - done.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/7gj3yyyuo8cp/R292450.exe
fwiw. My principal computers are mostly Dell. What I did, was mad a "Dell Drivers" folder. I then went to the trouble of downloading every driver they offered, first with Windows 7 and subsequently with Windows 8 and 8.1. Now, whenever I do a reinstall, or any other mishap, I select the device option to update the driver and browse my computer, including sub folders. Just point it at that folder and away it goes - done.
I think my sound problem is fixed, I need to fix the brightness as I mentioned earlier. The brightness does not change at all whether I press FN and Right or Left, or do it from Windows 8. It doesn't change.
