I need a driver for my internet because it doesn't work (for other computer) It is a acer ast180-EA381b. It has the standard motherboard which I do not know the model of.

Hello, I am the technician that will be assisting you today. My name is Norman-Wynne Damstra.

Welcome to Fixya Van Pham.

I have published a guide that deals with this very topic, it is entitled How do I reset my BIOS/CMOS to defaults?
You also may want to see the following guide entitled, How to Remove the Side Panels of My Computer Chassis!!!

Basically you will need to remove the CMOS battery found on the mainboard for a few seconds and then reinsert it again.

Take care!
Norman-Wynne Damstra

Borrow from someone an Widows install disk of the exact same model and use it to reinstall - you will also need the registration key located on the sticker at the bottom of the laptop. Then just download and install the drivers from here
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers

If you see on the back of the tower an antena, yes... but if not need to buy one.

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Download the drivers from the Acer WEB site. Make sure you select the model of your motherboard and the XP or Vista version of the drivers you that require and it matches the Windows version that is installed on your computer. Use this link to get to the Acer support: -
http://www.acersupport.com/drivers_download.aspx

pmarrs177 you are quite welcome!

I suppose I better post this as a solution, instead of in a Clarification.

This way when someone looks for this type of information, it will be available in a search hit on the internet.

Your problem and my solution will be on the internet for years to come. (Also easier to read) Congratulations! You'll be known worldwide as one more person, who helped bring the mysteries of SATA to be a little bit less mysterious.

Installing it as a secondary storage Harddrive?

Did your Acer T180 model come with a SATA harddrive already installed?

There are several different models of the Acer T180.
Some examples: AST180-UA380A, AST180-U381A, AST180-UA380B

Some of these came with a PATA harddrive, and some came with a SATA harddrive. (PATA is also referred to as ATA, IDE, and EIDE)

Why the question? Because when Windows is first installed on a computer, you are asked if you wish the SATA drivers to be installed.

The model version of an ACER T180 that came with a SATA harddrive, has these drivers already installed.

If your Acer did come with a SATA harddrive, and you are installing an additional harddrive for more storage, just plug the SATA data cable into ANY available SATA header on the motherboard.

BIOS will find the harddrive. Just one of the nice features about SATA.

You can use ANY SATA header on the motherboard. {Not shouting}
(A connection on a motherboard is a Header. This is what a SATA header on a motherboard looks like, doesn't matter what color it is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA

{Top right photo on page)

The SATA data cable, usually has a 90 degree elbow on one end. This end connects to the Harddrive. Doesn't always have a 90 degree elbow, but most of the time it does.

The straight end connects to the motherboard. There are 7 pins used in the connector.
The SATA power cable has 15 pins.

Scroll down the page in the above link, for photos of the end connector for a SATA data cable, and the end connector used for a SATA power cable.

NOTE*
IF, you do not have an unused SATA power cable coming out of your Power Supply, see if you have a 4-pin peripheral power cable that is not being used.

(The connector end is referred to as a 4-pin Molex connector. It is whitish in color)
This shows what a 4-pin peripheral power cable looks like,

http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#peripheral

Buy an adapter power cable that connects to the 4-pin Molex connector, and has a 15-pin SATA power cable connector on the other end.

Example: http://www.directron.com/idesatapower.html

There are no updated drivers available for Windows 7 for this model (AST180) from Acer.

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Install the mainboard drivers, if you have a recovery partition use that.
Try system restore if you know the system is clean.
Other things to try a system file checker.
PCI has Plug and Play does it relate to your network card? Or modem?
remove it and reseat it.
In xp >start button> windows help n support> select fixing a problem networking> run automated diagnoses

The DVD Drive iteself may be bad. After installing/reinstalling the drivers, there are only two things left to check and that is if the driver was installed correctly (device manager- check to see if there is a "?" mark next to the DVD drive) or you can buy another drive and install. A new drive should take cae of your issue.

Go to the Acer website. Click on the support link. Lookup your model # and then download and install the ethernet driver[LAN} for XP. Reboot and you should be all set. hope this helps.

U need to install audio driver...