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    ASUS N61JQ Driver Thread

    Discussion in 'ASUS Reviews and Owners' Lounges' started by stevedogg, Jun 23, 2010.

  1. SteelCity1981

    SteelCity1981 Notebook Geek

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    Windows update still thinks my drivers are outdated on my wi-fi but when i go into the device manager and look under the wi-fi driver model it shows that i have the latest driver. What should i do just ignore windows update. I wonder why windows still thinks that i have outdated wi-fi drivers...
     
    SteelCity1981, Mar 26, 2011
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  2. samkasino

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    hi everyone.....
    i have asus specific graphics driver ATI V8.692.1.0
    shold i update to asus specific graphics driver ATI V8.760.0.0
    or should i update to generic drivers from ati i.e. ATI catalyst 11.2
    which one is better?
    thanks
     
    samkasino, Mar 27, 2011
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  3. stevedogg

    stevedogg Notebook Evangelist

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    Added Catalyst 11.3 driver.
     
    stevedogg, Mar 29, 2011
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  4. mike2010

    mike2010 Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks Stevedogg for your amazing job.

    all this drivers update seem to be crazy, 11.2.. 11.3.. 11.350... 11.375.. 11.395.. AMD dudes...
     
    mike2010, Mar 31, 2011
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  5. Blackbeen

    Blackbeen Newbie

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    Added where? this will not install for me from the ATI site install, errors but doesn't any info on what the install error is, annoying I can't troubleshoot this w/o errors :-/
     
    Blackbeen, Mar 31, 2011
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  6. stevedogg

    stevedogg Notebook Evangelist

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    I added a direct-download link to the first post in this thread, under "Graphics."
     
    stevedogg, Mar 31, 2011
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  7. Blackbeen

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    Ok, thanks, I was able to get the driver installed by updating from the device manager pointing to the ATI dir but the CCC doesn't work, when I attempt to install again it showed all the components as installed & working but the CCC was not on the list. I'm presently attempting to get Windows 7 SP1 upgraded which I've been working on since Tuesday with little success. I decided to go back to a Acronis backup OS install from December to see if it would work better, success or fail I will give your install a try afterward.

    Edit: The same result with your ATI Catalyst 11.3 (03/29/2011), installs, Installation complete (warnings occurred during instillation) View log, Viewed log, no errors listed, went back to the Device Manager and pointed/updated that way still no CCC & Windows 7 SP1 to for that matter & way too much time spent on these this week sadly.
     
    Blackbeen, Mar 31, 2011
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  8. stevedogg

    stevedogg Notebook Evangelist

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    If I were experiencing that and were going to restore an old backup anyway, I'd try doing a full removal of the driver including control panel, driversweeper or drivercleaner.net, uninstalling the graphics adapter from device manager + checking the delete software box before trying to install again.
     
    stevedogg, Apr 1, 2011
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  9. Blackbeen

    Blackbeen Newbie

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    I have been using driversweeper between each install actually but this time I tried uninstalling the adapter/driver before installing & it did indeed work, Thanks!
     
    Blackbeen, Apr 1, 2011
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  10. eunos82

    eunos82 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey Fellas,

    Any news on whether an update to > BIOS 212 is going to be released?
     
    eunos82, Apr 6, 2011
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  11. stevedogg

    stevedogg Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm guessing not :(
     
    stevedogg, Apr 7, 2011
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  12. eunos82

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    A shame really, ASUS needs to show more committment
     
    eunos82, Apr 9, 2011
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  13. stevedogg

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    Added new LAN and bluetooth drivers.
     
    stevedogg, Apr 12, 2011
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  14. stevedogg

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    Added new chipset and RST drivers.
     
    stevedogg, Apr 17, 2011
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  15. sonofcrake

    sonofcrake Notebook Consultant

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    hi stevedogg

    could you add a direct link to the RST and chipset updates, the current links take us to Station Drivers

    not too sure on how to navigate there
     
    sonofcrake, Apr 17, 2011
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  16. stevedogg

    stevedogg Notebook Evangelist

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    Done. They changed the links slightly :eek:
     
    stevedogg, Apr 17, 2011
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  17. Turbogear

    Turbogear Notebook Deity

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    Thanks Steve. :)
    I will try these new drivers.
    I was not around for the last three month, because of the work.
    I see that quite a few new drivers has been uploaded in this time. :rolleyes:
     
    Turbogear, Apr 20, 2011
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  18. stevedogg

    stevedogg Notebook Evangelist

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    Welcome back :D. Don't get too comfortable yet: added new RST driver. (Note that this one and the last RST driver are not WHQL certified, if you care about that sort of thing.)
     
    stevedogg, Apr 20, 2011
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  19. sonofcrake

    sonofcrake Notebook Consultant

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    the new RST driver (V10.5.0.1022) redirects us to station drivers.

    looks like they did it again :0
     
    sonofcrake, Apr 22, 2011
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  20. Jasey_Rae

    Jasey_Rae Notebook Enthusiast

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    hello =) ,the link for chipset V9.2.2.1029 is still redirecting us to station-drivers. how will i download it?..thanks!
     
    Jasey_Rae, Apr 23, 2011
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  21. sonofcrake

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    sonofcrake, Apr 23, 2011
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  22. stevedogg

    stevedogg Notebook Evangelist

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    They seem to be changing the filenames a lot, and I can't keep up with it. Best bet is to just follow the links "Check here for Intel RST updates", "Check here for Intel chipset and MEI updates", etc. near the bottom of the first post to grab the ones that are redirecting. That's how I get these updates in the first place anyway.
     
    stevedogg, Apr 23, 2011
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  23. Jasey_Rae

    Jasey_Rae Notebook Enthusiast

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    is it better to use the ASUS graphic driver?..because i read some of the people says that their frame rates in the games have gotten slower when they update to the latest ATI 11.3 ..i just think(opinion) that ASUS drivers are better because they know the capability and what to do on the laptop drivers because it is own by them.
     
    Jasey_Rae, Apr 25, 2011
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  24. stevedogg

    stevedogg Notebook Evangelist

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    Not that I would know, but I doubt there are any differences between the ASUS driver and the generic (of the same Catalyst version). So if you want newer drivers, go with generic. The few times I have used the ASUS driver, there were no additional features or settings available; actually, the only difference I could tell was that the card was listed as a 5730 instead of "5700 series."
     
    stevedogg, Apr 25, 2011
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  25. GarryChow

    GarryChow Notebook Consultant

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    GarryChow, Apr 27, 2011
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  26. NEX_SASIN

    NEX_SASIN Notebook Evangelist

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    Aw man, Asus dropped support for N61? There's no BIOS update like forever.
     
    NEX_SASIN, Apr 27, 2011
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  27. stevedogg

    stevedogg Notebook Evangelist

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    stevedogg, Apr 27, 2011
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  28. eunos82

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    Sounds like it, they havent issued any updates for a while. I contacted support but they have not mentioned anything about any updates :confused:
     
    eunos82, Apr 29, 2011
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  29. NEX_SASIN

    NEX_SASIN Notebook Evangelist

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    They won't bother improve the code or anything until serious bugs are reported. Asus moved all attentions to the 2nd-Gen Core series already.

    Can be sure they dropped support since the lack of updates for system drivers. My old crap HP and Dell had atleast 2 years of support so bleh Asus.

    Btw that SRS Premium Sound CP for N61 is very exclusive, can't find it anywhere else but from Asus site noted 'SRS Realtek Audio Driver'.
     
    NEX_SASIN, Apr 30, 2011
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  30. mike2010

    mike2010 Notebook Consultant

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    with last 10.4 ATI Mobility Radeon drivers my laptop is 5 degres hotter

    And yours ?
     
    mike2010, May 2, 2011
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  31. stevedogg

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    Added new RST driver.
     
    stevedogg, May 7, 2011
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  32. Jasey_Rae

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    hi guys!..may i know what is the real importance of updating RST drivers?.im not updating my RST drivers since i bought this lappy... im afraid of having a decrease performance in my hard drive because i have read some of the post by other people about this matter.
     
    Jasey_Rae, May 8, 2011
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  33. GarryChow

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    GarryChow, May 9, 2011
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  34. kabuto178

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    that was quick, i wonder how these will perform
     
    kabuto178, May 9, 2011
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  35. GarryChow

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    ya it was, and i am guessing there is prob no big difference in performance
     
    GarryChow, May 9, 2011
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  36. stevedogg

    stevedogg Notebook Evangelist

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    stevedogg, May 10, 2011
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  37. userno69

    userno69 Notebook Guru

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    I'm confused about the audio drivers. The latest listed in this thread are 6.0.1.6282, but when I click the link where they come from, Asus has a large number of drivers listed that are newer. A lot of them have widely varying file sizes though. Is the one listed here the latest for the N61? How can you tell? And is there a separate download for the SRS enhancement?
     
    userno69, May 11, 2011
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  38. slee87

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    On that note, is it just me or is the audio on the Asus N71 really quiet compared to other laptops?
     
    slee87, May 11, 2011
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  39. stevedogg

    stevedogg Notebook Evangelist

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    I only post the drivers that contain the SRS enhancement. That generic audio page contains audio drivers for all ASUS laptops; not all are compatible with the N61JQ.
     
    stevedogg, May 11, 2011
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  40. Jasey_Rae

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    lol..i had a BSOD while updating to ati 11.5...is it OK?..or i need to to do something?

    this 11.5 gives me a big problem......lol..since i install 11.5, my computer cannot detect my video card..my resolution went to 800x600....but its ok now, now that i rolled it back to 11.4
     
    Jasey_Rae, May 12, 2011
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  41. stevedogg

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    Added new RST driver (this one is WHQL).

    It could just be a fluke. Try again? Or maybe uninstall 11.4 first?
     
    stevedogg, May 12, 2011
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  42. userno69

    userno69 Notebook Guru

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    I have discovered something that may be important enough to add to the original post regarding the audio drivers.

    I'm sure everybody notices that the Realtek drivers that include SRS are very out of date as compared to the ones that do not include SRS.

    I think I have found a way around that, however. I installed the latest drivers that included SRS (6.0.1.6282), and then I downloaded the driver package for the latest drivers (6.0.1.6348) and I went into device manager and right clicked on the Realtek HD audio device and pressed update driver and selected the option to manually locate it.

    I pointed it to the Vista64 folder in the latest driver package, and it successfully installed the 6.0.1.6348 drivers, while maintaining the Realtek control panel with SRS, which still functions perfectly.
     
    userno69, May 14, 2011
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  43. hamsandwich

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    hamsandwich, May 16, 2011
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  44. markodegama

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    Hey I have updated all my drivers to the ones in the OP however for processor I still see my driver dated 2006. Is that normal?

    [​IMG]
     
    markodegama, May 22, 2011
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  45. stevedogg

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    Added new WLAN and USB 3.0 drivers.
     
    stevedogg, May 23, 2011
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  46. NEX_SASIN

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    There's only one driver for the multi-core CPUs which was finalized since dualcore was introduced. So yes is normal and you won't see driver updates for the CPU unlike the old times.

    As for the chipset drivers is unnecessary to install in most cases. Generally only use it if some hardwares can't be detect by the OS, it does not update CPU driver.
     
    NEX_SASIN, May 24, 2011
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  47. mohimm

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    Same,
    Somebody found solution or is it some kind of anomaly?
    anyway.. proceed with caution.
     
    mohimm, May 29, 2011
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  48. sonofcrake

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    sonofcrake, May 30, 2011
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  49. Jasey_Rae

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    mine is OK now..im using ATI 11.5, i downloaded it in the main site...that anomaly happens when i downloaded the ATI which is linked in this forum,..i do not think that the linked here is wrong, but it didnt work for me...so when i downloaded in amd.com,there it worked.. :D :cool:
     
    Jasey_Rae, May 30, 2011
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  50. sonofcrake

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    stevedogg,
    ever since you started this thread, the first intention of every new day since has been to come and check in here for updates (with of course exceptions for a few days here and there).

    but i would frequent this place every now and then,
    once early morning just when i wake up, before i brush,
    once sometime in the evening when i am free and wishful,
    and finally once just before i force myself to sleep,

    this is a really bad habit, but then again i am expectant of updates.
    always scrolling down the page to see if your post has been updated.

    the joy that comes from seeing new updates is something undefinable. but to give it a word, i would strongly assert that it is exhilarating.

    i do want you to remember that there is this one little crazy N61JQ owner who is poking away at this minute space that exists on the world wide web.

    He is really fond of you contribution to the forum and will remain ever-expectant.
     
    sonofcrake, Jun 3, 2011
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