Here is the driver list painstakingly hand-copied from a windows dialog box:
Acer Aspire 5520 5912, AMD Turion 64x2 TL-58,
2 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 700M / nForce 610M,
DVD-RW, Ethernet NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller,
Wireless Atheros AR5007EG
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Batteries:
Microsoft AC Adapter
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Computer:
ACPI x86-based PCv
Disk Drives:
TOSHIBA MK11637GSX ATA Device
Display adapters:
NVIDIA GeForce 700M / nForce 610M
DVD/CD-ROM drives:
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560A ATA Device
Human Interface Devices:
ENE CIR Receiver
HID-compliant consumer control device
HID-compliant device [3x]
Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver; USB Human Interface Device
IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers:
IDE Channel [4x]
Ricoh Memory Stick Controller
Ricoh xD-Picture Card Controller
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller [2x]
IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers:
RICOH OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Imaging Devices:
Acer Crystal Eye Webcam
Keyboards:
Microsoft eHome MCIR 109 Keyboard
Microsoft eHome MCIR Keyboard
Microsoft eHome Remote Control Keyboard keys
Standard 101/102-key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mice and other pointing devices:
Alps Pointing-device
HID-compliant mouse [2x]
Modems:
HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
Monitors:
Generic PnP Monitor
Network adapters:
Atheros AR5007EG Wireless Network Adapter
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NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
WAN Miniport (IP)
WAN Miniport (IPv6)
WAN Miniport (L2TP)
WAN Miniport (PPPEO)
WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Non-Plug and Play Drivers:
Ancillary Function Driver for Winsock
Beep
Common Log (CLFS)
Crcdisk Filter Driver
Dritek General Port I/O
Dynamic Volume Manager
HTTP
int15
IP Network Address Translator
ISA/EISA Class Driver
Kernel Mode Driver Frameworks Service
KSecDD
LDDM Graphics Subsystem
Link-layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver
Link-layer Topology Discovery Responder
Message-oriented TCP/IP and TCP/IPv6 Protocol (SMB session)
Mount Point Manager
NativeWiFi Filter
NDIS System Driver
NDIS Usermode I/O Protocol
NDProxy
NETBT
NetIO Legacy TDI Support Driver
NSI proxy service
Null
QoS Packet Scheduler
RDP Encoder Mirror Driver
RDPCDD
ReadyBoost Caching Driver
Remote Access Auto Connection Driver
Remote Access IPv6 ARP Driver
Security Driver
Security Processor Loader Drivr
Storage Volumes
TCP/IP Protocol Driver
TCP/IP Registry Compatibility
VgaSave
Windows Firewall Authorization Driver
XAudio
Processors:
AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 [2x]
SD host adapters:
SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
Sound, video, and game controllers:
Realtek High Definition Audio
Storage Controllers:
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
Storage volume shadow copies:
Generic volume shadow copy [3x]
Storage Volumes:
Generic volume [3x]
System Devices:
ACPI Fixed Feature Button
ACPI Lid
ACPI Power Button
ACPI Sleep Button
ACPI Thermal Zone
AMD Address Map Configuration
AMD DRAM and HyperTransport(tm) Trace Mode Configuration
AMD HyperTransport(tm) Configuration
AMD Miscellaneous Configuration
Consumer IR Devices
Direct memory access controller
High Definition Audio Controller
High precision event timer
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Embedded Controller
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
Microsoft Composite Battery
Microsoft System Management BIOS Driver
Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI [3x]
Motherboard resources [2x]
NVDIA nForce PCI System Management
NVDIA nForce System Management Controller
PCI bus
PCI standard ISA bridge
PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge [2x]
PCI standard RAM Controller [2x]
Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator
Programmable interrupt controller
System board
System timer
Terminal Server Keyboard Driver
Terminal Server Mouse Driver
UMBus Enumerator
Volume Manager
Universal Serial Bus controllers:
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller [2x]
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller [2x]
USB Root Hub [4x]
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what worked for me was changing the monitor to a
"acer 55s (widescreen)" using the
system/administration/screens and graphics then running
nvidia-settings from the command line.
