Acer Aspire E1-571 widi?

2unique

I bought a TV which supports widi 100% so while I was buying the sales person sold me on a laptop that he said supports widi. Yes WIDI not WIFI! That laptop is a Acer Aspire E1-571 however I can't setup the widi software. Does this system support widi? Even after driver tweaks or was I falsely sold?

onzey

Am I right to assume it didn't come with widi software installed and a widi sticker on it?

Not sure how up to date the page below is (says last modified 17/07/13 but doesn't qualify further) but is your wireless adapter listed?

http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wtech/iwd/sb/CS-031059.htm


Regardless, what wireless adapter is installed in the laptop?

2unique

Hello thanks for the reply. I guess not:

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^ that is a screenshot from device manager.

See I knew nothing about widi so when he told me all about it and I seen the feature working on the tv (with a other laptop) I was sold. However from googling widi he got some stuff wrong. He stated that if I had a i5 that it would work. Before I bought it at the checkout I asked again if it had widi. He said yes then I said 100%? He said yes. Clearly from googling it requires more than just having i5. As you can tell I'm not a big hardware guy.

Curry's is were I got it. If he mis-sold me this I will be paying them a visit.

onzey

Can't access screenshot

2unique

It says Qualcomm Atheros AR5B125 Wireless Network Adapter

onzey

If this is your processor then that looks ok

http://ark.intel.com/products/67355/Intel-Core-i5-3210M-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_10-GHz-rPGA


If it's another processor check here

http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced?WiDi=true&MarketSegment=MBL


However don't think that wireless adapter is suitable.

2unique

It seems the processor is fine and intel graphics. However like you said it must be the Qualcomm Atheros AR5B125?

Weird on the Acer site they supply 3 wireless drivers?

Atheros, Broadcom & Intel Wireless LAN Driver. So I must have got unlucky and got this Atheros?