ASUS N61JQ Driver Thread

Dramatically slowed mine also. I rolled back a revision and all is well. My PC is plain I7 W7x64 version.

/Dan

 

He might have downloaded 206 and thought it was 207 at the top, because 206 is the buggy one. Those are the drivers where the camera image is upside down.

I was having the upside down issue with 206 drivers but when I installed 207 and it worked like a charm.

I'm guessing that the 206 drivers are really buggy and they should pull it.

 

One more thing. I would like to thank you for finding the USB 3.0 driver and frimware updates stevedogg Rather it was the driver update or the frimware update it made a huge diff in my transfer speed connecting to my seagate blackbird portable USB 3.0 dirve. Before the driver and the frimware update I was reaching only 30mbs per second, now i'm reaching 80mb per second and it's about time. I was beginning to think it was either my portable drive or my USB 3.0 port that was the problem.

 

Added new touchpad driver (removes magnify and Smart Area but adds edge scrolling and sensitivity).

By changing the following registry keys from 0 to 1 and restarting ETDCtrl.exe (e.g. by rebooting), you can enable additional functionality accessed via the Smart-Pad settings (double-click the touchpad icon; if the icon isn't there, go into control panel, search for "mouse", choose mouse settings, click the ELAN tab, and check the box that shows a dynamic taskbar icon).

Run a customizable command when you "cover" the touchpad with your hand:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Elantech\SmartPadDisplay\Cover_Display

Enable the magnifier option:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Elantech\SmartPadDisplay\MAG_Display

Cause the pointer to keep drifting when your finger reaches the edge of the touchpad:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Elantech\SmartPadDisplay\SmartMotion_Display

 

These drivers are incredibly buggy on my system, causing Firefox specfically to lag. Also pinch zoom stopped working and I got a second Elan tab in mouse properties which if you click it crashes with a dll error.

 

It sounds like something went awry with your driver install. You might try uninstalling the driver in Control Panel, then manually deleting "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Elantech." I don't have any extra tabs anywhere, and Firefox works as smoothly as before. One thing I should mention is that I don't seem to notice any effect from the Palm Tracking or Sensitivity settings .

 

I reinstalled again, and I did not get the extra tab. Strange as I tried about 4-5 times last night with no success. Zooming is smoother now, although scrolling is super slow. I had to adjust it to maximum for it to be normal again.

Also in the beta of firefox, pinch zooming does not work and in IE it seems to work then stop.

 

I also have to use the highest scroll speed for it to be useful. I wish the sensitivity controls actually worked; I like being able to tap click, but it's just way too sensitive.

 

I have the same problem, and I have tried reinstalling several times. I always get the same two tabs in the mouse properties window.

The first comes up with the Elan information, the second causes a Windows DLL error.

I did have some problems installing it, none of the Setup.exe programs in the provided download actually work (They do nothing when double clicked), so I've actually gone into the SEVEN_X64 folder and run "dpinst.exe".

I didn't uninstall the drivers I had originally, and I suspect that might be my problem, so I ran the uninstaller that came with the new one, and it appeared to clean off just about everything. I've looked at that registry key and it doesn't exist anymore. I'm hesitant to just delete everything containing "elantech" or "etd" in it. Any suggestions? Should I try re-downloading the drivers again? I didn't have any problems extracting them from the executable...

 

I uninstalled the previous driver in Control Panel before installing the new one; that's probably it. Rather than mess around in the registry, I would try (in the following order):

1) Just install 8.0.7.0 now that you have uninstalled "something"

2) Install the previous driver, run its uninstaller, then install 8.0.7.0

3) Uninstall any Elantech software and do a search/delete for "Elantech" in the registry as you mentioned

 

Step 2 fixed it. I previously had 7.0.5.10 installed, and my guess is that by not uninstalling it first, it wasn't totally cleaned up. Running the uninstaller for 8.0.7.0 probably cleaned up just about everything, but some stale file was probably left. Now I'm having an issue where if my laptop hibernates, when it comes back, my side scrolling seems to be disabled and going into the Multi-finger entry in the control panel it doesn't even show up as an option.

I can live with this, it's just a bit annoying. I think I may just be better served by getting used to 2-finger scrolling.

Thanks for the help anyway!

 

Mine seems to be doing that too (along with the sensitivity entry). Try setting these registry settings to 1 and hibernating to test:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Elantech\SmartPadDisplay\EdgeScroll_Display
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Elantech\SmartPadDisplay\STV_Display

Edit: doesn't seem to work for me; these settings seem to be reset to 0 when the computer sleeps. Very weird.

 

Beta mobility drivers here

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I think that's the wrong driver, no mobility support, see this post.

See this thread for the mobility drivers:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/525013-catalyst-10-10-beta-mobility.html#post6794415

 

Works fine on my system.

 

Catalyst Control Center shows the new version? Because most people in that thread had to mod it for laptop cards. The other thread has the pre-modded one.

 

Yup, 10.10.

 

OK sweet I added a link to your post from mine that I linked to earlier, in case one or the other doesn't work for anybody.

 

Added new rapid storage technology driver.

 

Hello everybody, Stevedogg respect for keeping our notebooks updated!

I just got my N71JQ couple a days ago, and I am still trying out all those utilities from ASUS, installing everything before I format again and do a clean install! This is a powerful machine indeed, but still I don't want to have 100 processes on start up...


I installed all the basic drivers (chipset, ati, audio, LAN...), but still there are a lot of drivers that I am not sure what are they for?
So maybe somebody can help me out:
-ATK Generic Function Service Utility
-ATK ACPI Driver
-all driver from "Others" chapter:
Intel(R)_Management_Engine_Interface
IntelR Turbo Boost Technology Driver
The Turbo Boost Monitor application
Intel Matrix Storage Manager
Keyboard Device Filter Utility


Also, I wanted to ask is there a possibility to change the purpose of those small buttons on the left (for ExpressGate, Mute, Volume up/down, Play), I don't see the point for using them when I already have all those shortcuts via Fn key.
It would be much better if we could use it for something else, like net (mozilla, IE), e-mail (thunderbird), or some other programs that we frequently use...


Also, please give me the final answer, what is the best way for flashing BIOS, EasyFlash or WinFlash?
I have EasyFlash in my BIOS already...

 

Handles hotkey behavior

Not sure. Maybe something to do with power management?

This one is for the hard drive.

This is for Intel CPUs that have integrated GPUs (Intel graphics driver). Not applicable to us.

Sidebar gadget that shows the current Turbo Boost speed.

Obsolete hard drive driver. This has been replaced by Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver.

Not sure.

As far as I know, you can't customize them. You can kill the ATK Media process from startup (see page 1) to prevent them from launching WMC when pressed.

Advantages and disadvantages to each:

EasyFlash: No OS layer to cause a crash mid-flash, but no ability to retry if a flash fails.

WinFlash: If a flash fails, you can re-flash (and hopefully succeed) before rebooting the computer, preventing bricking. If Windows crashes during the flash (BSOD), you are screwed.

 

Hello,
My webcam has been working properly in the past and has just recently started giving me problems.

Hardware ID:

Code:

USB\VID_13D3&PID_5122&REV_0202&MI_00

Only sometimes it connects through programs like MSN, Gmail, and LifeFrame. Most of the time I get a blank screen, or MSN freezes in webcam settings, and LifeFrame says that the camera is in use by another camera even if I just rebooted.
I have tried numerous different drivers including the default one that Windows Update installs, which flips my picture upside down and still has connection problems. Something I noticed is that sometimes, when connecting, the computer makes the USB disconnection sound and either successfully connects or doesnt...

I have tried installing the following drivers without success:
V5.8.54000.207
V5.8.54000.1
Windows Update driver (year 2006)

 

Stevedogg, you are the man!!
THANKS for clearing that out for me!
You got rep+... (;

Why did they put it on the N71JQ download page at all...

Oh my... So this can lead to buying a new laptop...
Let me aks you what did you use for flashing your bios?

 

The better question is why did they call it "Turbo Boost Driver" when it has nothing to do with Turbo Boost?

If you brick your laptop, you just have to send it back to ASUS so they can reset the BIOS. Upgrading BIOS is expected of customers (and BIOS is posted on the official driver page). It will not void your warranty.

I have used EasyFlash to upgrade my BIOS, and I've done it probably 5-6 times now with no issues. It really seems to be random whether you have issues or not.

 

Can anyone here help me??

 

The Beta graphics drivers seem to be working great so far for me. ATI 10.10

Everyone should give it a try.

 

It sounds like you may have to RMA . The reason I think that is because it used to work fine but suddenly started acting up. However, there are some things you can do to make sure it's not a software issue:

1) Go into Control Panel and uninstall "USB2.0 UVC 2M WebCam" and reboot the computer

2) Open a command prompt (Start => Run => cmd) and enter the following:

set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1 [enter]
start devmgmt.msc [enter]

3) The previous lines will open a Device Manager session. Click View => Show Hidden Devices

4) Expand the "Imaging devices" group. Right-click and Uninstall every device in that group. Under normal conditions, there will be only one device there, but there may be multiples if your system glitched and thinks a new camera was installed. For each device, if Windows asks you to delete driver software, do it (check the box)

5) When the camera entry(ies) is uinstalled, select Action => Scan for hardware changes. The camera will re-appear. Repeat Step 4 until Windows no longer asks you whether or not you want to delete driver software (this basically removes all copies of the driver you may have installed in the past)

6) Once there is no checkbox for deleting driver software, pick cancel (do not uninstall) and close device manager. If you accidentally uninstalled, it's ok; just Action => Scan for hardware changes to bring back the device with the default Windows driver

7) Install the driver: V5.8.54000.207

8) If the camera is upside down but otherwise works fine, change the following registry key (Start => Run => regedit) from 1 => 0 or 0 => 1:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}\0000\Settings\Flip

 

Added new wireless driver.

 

hi guys..how can I avoid BSOD code 0x00000116..i just recently experienced it today while i watch a video on youtube..
-(ATI 10.8,BIOS 212)

 

Jasey, you might try updating flash. If I recall correctly there was a bug between an older version of flash and the 10.8 drivers.

If that doesn't work disable hardware acceleration in the flash settings.

 

thanks, always watching. great work.

 

Ok, I am having trouble with my Bluetooth.

I installed the newest driver for it, but I didn't remove the Broadcom drivers that I installed via win update, and now my BT is not working!
Now I removed BT driver and I want to reinstall it, but I cannot remove this Broadcom driver, because I don't see it in Add/Remove -> Uninstall an update!
That's why I didn't remove it in the first place.


When I open Windows Update from Control Panel and go to "View update history", I see that this Broadcom update was installed on 16.10.2010 together with 5 other updates!
But when I open Uninstall an update, I cannot see it there, there are only 3 updates installed on 16.10.2010!

And now I am stuck with Bluetooth which is not working...
Any ideas how to resolve this?

 

I'm not sure what to do there because I don't know exactly which drivers are installed by the WIDCOMM package or the Windows updates. If it were me, I'd first try to reinstall the last driver package you used before upgrading, reboot, and see if you can get bluetooth working. Then uninstall it and reinstall the newest to see if it works then. If you never get bluetooth working again, you may have to recall an older restore point, or manually try to "uninstall + delete driver software" each bluetooth-related device in Device Manager. By doing "Scan hardware for changes," you should be able to recover the original Windows driver for each device, but Im not sure which devices are relevant, which makes that strategy dangerous.

 

Added Catalyst 10.10 driver.

Edit: Here is a direct link for the Mobility package that includes OpenCL: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/mobile/10-10_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc_ocl.exe

 

Added new Wireless Console 3 app.

 

Hi stevedogg, new to the community here. I have a quick question, when I went to the links for the Realtek drivers you posted on the first page an overwhelmingly large list showed up on the Asus website. I was a bit confused as I saw Version V6.0.1.6210 which was updated on 10/22/2010, so I was wondering whether that version applies to the card used in the N61JQ, or I have to download the version you posted (Version V6.0.1.6176) since different driver versions are for different laptops? Thanks! =)

 

hi, i don't think i have this installed. is it of any significant importance.

 

You can tell the ones that work on the N61JQ by "SRS" in the filename (hover over the "Global" link to see the filename). I am currently using V6.0.1.6176 and can tell you that it works. I haven't tried installing non-SRS drivers yet.

It is, in my opinion. Without it, when you press Fn+F2, the laptop will cycle through 4 modes (all the permutations of wifi and bluetooth on/off). With it installed, you can instantly choose which one you want to turn on/off by double-clicking the Wireless Console icon, then clicking either "WLAN" or "Bluetooth." It also changes the behavior of the Fn+F2 hotkey (only 2 states).

 

Hi, although my webcam works, I can't find the manufacturer so I know which driver to update to (using driver from 2006! windows install). Make not given in device manager.

Also, when I go Start>devices and printers, the webcam doesn't appear. /although it works!

Help! Where the equivalent of XP's advanced system info?

 

In order to find out the manifacturer of the webcam do the following:
1- Press Windows key + Pause key together
or paste the following in the windows explorer:
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\System
2- You will be at this point in the System menu. Click on the Device Manager link on the left side.
3- Now in the Device Manager go to Imaging Devices and expand it.
4- Right click on the webcam and select Properties.
5- The properties menu will pop up. Go to the Details tab.
6- In the details tab you will see a drop down menu labled Property.
7- Select the Hardware ID item and post the id here in the forum so that I can tell you which webcam you have.

With the Hardware ID, you can also look for the driver for your webcam yourself on the following ASUS webpage:
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

 

USB\VID_13D3&PID_5122&REV118&MI_00
USB\VID_13D3&PID_5122&MI_00

thanks

 

I think you have typing error with the Hardware ID on the first line.
It should be: USB\VID_13D3&PID_5122&REV_1118&MI_00

This is the same camera as in my N71JQ.
Here is the link to the latest driver (Azurewave Camera Driver V5.8.54000.206) that I am using on my notebook:
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

 

OK, I grabbed that one. It actually makes the camera look a little grainier - or maybe it's the light, I'll check later.

The exciting news is my dual boot with Win7 and Ubuntu 10.10. Both OSes look quite great! And this particular lappy (N71JQ-XI) is well-behaved fan-wise so far - and that's with lots of loading of big files.

Thankyou for bearing with my newbie questions.

The touchpad driver makes a huge difference with the "bouncing cursor." I'm coming from desktops and this really makes things way easier to type.

I'm still getting some spikes with DPC LATENCY checker, so I'll keep going with the driver replacements. . .

 

I've also been having a bit of trouble with the webcam, but mine doesn't work in either skype or manycam, but it shows up in device manager. I've updated to the latest drivers a couple of times. Any ideas?

 

There didn't seem to be anything wrong at all with the Microsoft camera driver from 2006 that Windows loaded for me. I just figured I'd get more from the new driver, but that oldie but goodie worked - so maybe give it a whirl. The video might have even been clearer with the old driver, but I haven't been around the PC in natural light to double check.

Of course, I had the opposite situation from you - the camera showed up generic in device manager but worked fine in Skype.

 

I just updated from the stock driver to the latest, and my image was flipped upside down. Hopefully rolling back the driver will fix it.

 

Where else can I get the wireless drivers? It seems that the website won't let me download or it's just very very slow. Does Atheros have their own support page for driver downloads?

 

I had the same issue with driver V5.8.54000.207 that is posted on the first page of this thread, but with V5.8.54000.206 camera works fine.
Here is the link for it:
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

You can also try it.

 

Actually there is no graininess problem - just needed more light.

Where is the card reader in device manager? Don't see mine - and it's not appearing anywhere else either.

 

You can use the current driver. Just change this registry setting:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}\0000\Settings

Change "Flip" from 1 to 0 (or 0 to 1; just toggle it). I think they install some of the cameras upside-down, which is probably also why this registry setting exists.