IanHarrop 43 #1 January 7, 2010 My son's laptop started acting acting funny (blue screens of death with error code indicating that drivers needed updating/memory had problems, etc) after he updated the version of Norton 360 he was running on it (yes, I know not a good idea, it will never happen again, much better choices out there). Used Ultimate Boot CD for Windows and ran a variety of tests - memory checks out fine, so does the drive and every other test I ran on it. The computer runs absolutely fine and forever when booted from that disk, I have let some tests literally run for days. We got all the data off it, so going back to factory settings seem like a good idea, but he couldn't find the original restore CD. Tried a variety of things and decided to re-install Windows Home XP. Thing boots up fine until I load any of the drivers I download from the Acer site... then it keeps freezing. My bet is that if he could find the original restore CD the world would be fine, but so far no luck finding it. Acer site says it is no longer available from them. Does anyone have a restore CD for an Acer Aspire 5610 model number BL50? Thanks in advance, Ian"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver604 0 #2 January 8, 2010 best I can do is a recovery cd for 5100 5528 not sure if it will help. "The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." - Michelangelo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 43 #3 January 8, 2010 Thanks for the offer but I think I am OK now. Found an old version of the Ethernet controller driver and the computer is happy with that. Taking it slow an only loading essential stuff. So far no blue screens of death and I have turned off automatic restarts on error so if it does happen it will be obvious. I am sure that Norton did this so I loaded Microsoft Security Essentials. Yes I know there are lots of choices that people will think are better..."Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
