Pues si que esta raro tu caso
Supongo que los drivers los bajaste de esta pagina
http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/tm_4000.html Drivers for Acer TravelMate 2300/4000/4500 Series
MS Windows XP Drivers & Utilities
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network card version 8.0.12.20000
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection Adapter 9.0.0.60 with ProSet
acer IPN2220 Wireless LAN Card NDIS Miniport Driver 2.10.03.2004
Acer eManager 1.0.17.28
Acer ePower Manager v1.5.2.237
ATI 9700 VGA driver 6.14.10.6451
WDM driver for AC97 Audio devices 6.13.10.8310
------------------------Driver de AudioTexas Instruments PCI GemCore based SmartCard controller driver 1.0.1.13
Intel(R) Chipset driver Version: 6.0.0.1014
------------------ para mi gusto el primer driver que se debe instalarIntel VGA 855/852 driver 6.14.10.3762
Broadcom Ethernet Software the BCM4401 Ethernet Adapter RELEASE 7.1.9
Broadcom Ethernet Software for the BCM5788M Ethernet Adapter RELEASE 6.7.7
Launchmanager version 1.0.13
Modem driver version 7.12.04
Synaptics Touchpad Driver for Windows 2000 / WinXP Version 7.10.12
BIOS and Guides
Motherboard BIOS
Bios Ver. 3A10 for ATI graphic chips
Bios Ver. 3A10 for Intel graphic chips
Readme.txt
En teoría no debes tener ningún problema a menos que no sea el modelo de tu portátil
¿Ya probaste actualizar con Windows Update?
¿Que sistema operativo instalaste XP o 2000?