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Graphic Driver Vista 32 bit - Acer Aspire One D270

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I could not find a Graphic Driver (Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 3600 Series) for my Acer Aspire One D270 (Vista 32bit)
The support from Acer offers just Driver for Windows 7 32bit. These doesn't work.
I tried other sources but not this was not successfull.

Hardware-ID's
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0BE1&SUBSYS_061F1025&REV_0B
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0BE1&SUBSYS_061F1025
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0BE1&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0BE1&CC_0300
 

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Well, the obvious is you need to upgrade to a modern and secure operating system that is still receiving security updates. And if your legacy hardware will not support a modern version of Windows, then you can try Linux, or accept you need to bite the bullet and upgrade your hardware.

While we all hate to retire hardware that still works, it is just a fact of life. We have all done it with still working CRT televisions and monitors, cassette players, cell phones, hard drives and more. The difference here is that it is important to remember the problem with Vista (and XP) is not just that they might become a security threat to the user. The problem is they may become compromised then used by the bad guys to distribute malware or spam, or as zombies in DDoS attacks. That is, they may be used as threats against the rest of us - without the user even being aware their Vista system is compromised. So at the very least, these systems should not be connected to a network that has Internet access.

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The driver problem is because Vista is so old all support for it ended over 2 years ago. I did find generic Intel drivers for Vista you could try. I also found this but I really couldn't tell you is it works or not.

Sorry I could not be of more help. Good luck.
 
What is behind the D270?
D270-1824 comes with Win 7 starter because it only has 1GB of RAM. (The blurb said it supports 64 bit but I have my doubts)
D270-26Dbb also 32 bit Win 7 starter

Windows 7 Starter is installed by default on models with a name starting in D
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Source: Acer Aspire One - Wikipedia

So that clinches that you are NOT going to find any Vista drivers for a D270.
 
plodr said:
What is behind the D270?
D270-1824 comes with Win 7 starter because it only has 1GB of RAM. (The blurb said it supports 64 bit but I have my doubts)
D270-26Dbb also 32 bit Win 7 starter


Source: Acer Aspire One - Wikipedia

So that clinches that you are NOT going to find any Vista drivers for a D270.
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it's D270-26Ckk
I found all drivers but not the graphics-driver
 
Could you please provide a link to the support page? Can't seem to find anything.

It very likely that this device is not supported anymore and therefore there won't be any driver updates. Have you tried the Intel Driver support assistant?
 
That's a different model to the one which you stated in your earlier post. Hence why there is no listing for Windows Vista.

Scrooge said:
it's D270-26Ckk
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Why didn't the driver assistant start? Did it show any errors?

As mentioned previously by others, unfortunately Windows Vista is a very old operating system and all support has eased therefore it will be very difficult to find drivers from official sources.
 
No, the program doesn't start without any messages.

I think I will try Linux Mint Mate.
I want to create a installation-partition on an external Harddrive. But I have problems to find a tool that creates this. Rufus, etc. can create USB-Sticks for an installation.
But they didn't work with an external harddrive. I also tried simply expand the ISO-File to the partition, but this doesn't work. I got the message 'failed to load ldlinux.c32'
 
Since Windows Vista is no longer receiving any support and therefore is going to pose a security risk, it may be a better idea creating a back up of any personal files and just having Linux Mint running on the system instead.

However, you may wish to create an audit of any software which isn't supported by your desired Linux distro before doing so.

Just a suggestion.
 
I think I explained it earlier, that that is exactly what I want to do. But to install Linux it is neccessary to create a source from where I made the installation.
I explained also that i couldn't find a tool that makes a bootable partition on a external harddrive from where I can make the installation.
The tools that I found working just with USB-Sticks. But I want it on my external harddrive. I had no problems to create Paritions with Windows Installation Files.
I think it must be possible with Linux too.
 
I created now a Installation-DVD, that seems to work.
Am I the first person that tried to install Linux from an external HD?
 
thanks for the information.

I attach the label to complete the information.
 

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