No internet adaptors

Discussion in 'Software' started by Bergheil1, Aug 18, 2013.

  1. Bergheil1

    Bergheil1 Private E-2

    Recently downgraded laptop from Win8 to Win7. Now Device manager lists none of the drivers installed for the USB controller, SM Bus Controller, Network Controller or Ethernet Controller. As I am finding all of this means I can't access the internet to download drivers. The Acer support page seems to only let me download to the computer connected and not to a file for CD transfer. Oh and I can't boot from CD either. Did I do something wrong or is this normal. What do I do next to get this laptop up and running. Probably something simple but I am new to this and stumped.

    I am getting this error message when I tried to connect to WindowsUpdates

    WindowsUpdate_8024001F
     
    Bergheil1, Aug 18, 2013
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Did you go to the manufacturer's page before downgrading to see if Win 7 was supported? If the manufacturer doesn't have Win 7 drivers, then you might have this behavior because you do not have the chipset drivers installed.
     
    plodr, Aug 18, 2013
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  3. satrow

    satrow Major Geek Extraordinaire

    SM Bus controllers are not needed anyway, Windows does their 'job' silently.

    Which Acer model is it exactly?
     
    satrow, Aug 18, 2013
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