Asus N50 Owners/Buyers Thread

Awesome, thank you very much. I'll try installing the modded driver to see what I can get out of it. If that can't fix my problem, I'll just continue to badger Asus. I've read that the N50 doesn't normally have the keyboard lag problem which is why this phenomenon is especially annoying for me but I'm sure I can figure something out. I remember reading somewhere that downgraded to XP will remedy the problem as well so I reserve that as my final resort.

Otherwise, this system is awesome for the price! Really vivid screen and power processing... can't wait to remedy this frigging keyboard. Thanks again for the help.

 

I just remembered something. Texanman had the same problem as you. The keyboard lag wouldn't die, no matter what he did.

He kept on pestering Asus for a new keyboard, got one, installed it, and BAM the lag disappeared.

If the modded driver doesn't work, and you don't want to downgrade to XP, contact Asus for a new keyboard first.

 

i wouldn't reccomed downgrading to XP because you will void your warranty.

 

This is far from the truth. Installing XP will NOT void your warranty.

 

LOL!
XP voids your warranty now!

 

This is unlogical.....why would Asus provide OFFICIAL drivers for XP on his
OFFICIAL site for XP then ?? to help you void your warranty ? would not make sense

 

Dear Users,
I bought 20 days ago the notebook Pro5Av in Italy and I found on bar-code MB version: N50VN.
I suppose that this kind of notebook is a retail version for Italy market.
More details about this will be appreciate.
Configuration:
Cpu T9400, 4 GB of ram, HDD 320 GB, graphic card Nvidia 9650 GT
I had immediately a big problem: "no sound from the speaker".
I tried to update the driver without any results and was necessary to update the bios to solve the problem.
I used the bios version 211 for N50VN.
I like this notebook and Asus brand but now I discovered that in Express Gate is not available Italian keyboard.
I hope that will be possible also to solve this issue and I need your help.
Sorry if my english is not perfect.
Thanks a lot.

 

Yes these specifications match the N50 series
First try software testing :
-does Fn ( blue function button ) + F10 help?
-have you tryed Fn + F12 to increase sound?
-have you checked if sound hasn't been disabled by Vista? ( if there is no red cross over speaker icon in the lower-right side of the desktop it's wasn't)

What drivers have you used? the official drivers from Asus website? ( V6.0.1.5745 )

 

Thanks LisuPoland for your answer,
I tried all possible ways and I installed also the official driver from Asus support.
Only to update the bios solved my problem.
I have notice that in Express Gate is not supported italian keyboard (incredible) and I don't know if will be inplemented.
Regards

 

well good to know that you managed to solve the problem
You will find N50 series laptop to be a great machine - I myself am amused by it's design and power

 

have you tried reinstalling the express gate software?

 

This did solve the issue just fyi people..... and bdw I do has the repair guide for these badboys!

 

Yes David I tried.
Now the new version that I installed is missing from Asus N50Vn support.
Regards

 

Yes it's a great machine.It is Vista that is a bad OS.
Before bought this machine I want to buy the MacBook Pro but for me is more expensive.
Regards

 

Ehi guys im having some overheating problems playing warhammer online age of reckoning, can someone tell me if u had the same problem as me? maybe playing others mmo for long time (3 or 4 hours).
Can u tell me too ur driver version? im using the one from asus webpage.
cya and thanks

 

i play cod world at war with no overheating. What does it do? shut off?

 

I have had my N50VN for 4 months & suddenly, the ASUS Live Update starts working, where it did not before.

Has this happened to others?
Any idea why?

 

yes I noticed it too - it updated my Bios to 2.11

I think Asus Live Update only works with major updates ( BIOS ) - it does not prompt to install other newer drivers

 

Hi guys,
Please I would like to know if it is available a specific Icc or Icm color profile for the display of this notebook.
Thanks for your reply.

 

So i finally received my n5 c2s.

I gotta say, I am really liking it. The build quality i personally believe is fabulous. The screen is nice, not like the sony FW bright which i had, but it's pretty vibrant.

overall i really like it.it seems to be running nice and cool a tad warm on the track pad near that area.


Cons:

I am noticing lots of keyboard lag.. in task manager i see something called

KBFILTER whats this?

The track pad is not as responsive as i thought it would be, though i have changed sensitivity levels etc, it lags to respond at times.

but the biggest issue i would like to take care of is the lag in the keyword

 

to bad about the lag. Im sure somebody here can help you fix it.

 

The lag issue can be bypassed by uninstalled the synaptics touchpad diver.

 

So, I installed the synaptic file from the asus site just to see if it does anything.


though i am experiencing an issue.

Everytime i restart my laptop, i get the Open File Dialog box fromwidows that says run or cancel, for synaptic.

very annoying no matter what i do after a restart it's always asking that

 

So I took delivery of my N50Vn-c2s nearly a week ago. Overall I am really impressed with this laptop. It is remarkably speedy, but still stays nice and cool (way cooler than my old Asus M6Ne). I can truly use this laptop on my lap! There are only a few spots on the bottom that don't remain cool to the touch, and at worst I would say they are warm.

For those wondering about the c2s screen (1680x1050) I have no major complaints. It is nice and crisp and definitely has lots of pixels packed into a small space. It could probably be brighter ... it's fine indoors but can look a little washed out when competing with lots of natural light (heavily-windowed office in my case). The color fidelity could be better, my desktop monitor (that I drive with the HDMI port) definitely looks more saturated and natural overall. But again, if you need the real estate, it's a fine screen.

I hadn't used Vista before - wow it really does suck. So confusing. And the hard drive spins constantly while I'm in Vista...

I installed Ubuntu 9.04 (64-bit) on the data partition and use it as my primary OS. As of this writing there are some minor issues but overall it runs amazingly well on this laptop. The nvidia binary X driver is fast and has good support for driving external displays. At work I drive an external monitor (1920x1200 or so) with an HDMI/DVI cable and use TwinView to stretch the desktop across both monitors. So nice. And all the compiz 3D desktop effects work great. Hardware support seems pretty good. It even picks up the webcam, and it is apparently possible to get the fingerprint scanner working too though I haven't tried it. Bluetooth works great.

The Ubuntu caveats:

• The iwlagn wifi driver currently in 9.04 is buggy, I couldn't get it working with WPA2. There is a new set of kernel modules in backports that works, though, so it probably won't be long before it is fixed in main.
• The "usplash" functionality that presents "pretty" animated screens at startup and shutdown sometimes leave the video in a weird state, preventing shutdown and doing weird things to the screen and backlight. Disabling splash by removing the splash kernel option in the boot menu (/boot/grub/menu.lst) did the trick.

Great laptop, I'm really happy. Thanks all.

 

nice mini review mambo123

one issue i noticed when placing my palm on the left side, i hear a creak all the time, like there is a space between what i am pressing against and the inside.


As mambo said about the screen, i mean its okay and all, but i came to this asus from a sony fw285 and wow that was one of the best and brightest screens i have ever used.

but i am happy with this asus

 

ugh my biggest fear of buying a laptop came true with my asus


i have a black background but when i open any screen a red pixel apears about 4inchs from the top.

if i make the window small andmove away from that area the pixel disappears, if i move it near that area the pixel appears

 

lastdon, are you within the thirty days of the ZBD (zero bright dot) warranty? Sounds like it's not a stuck pixel, strictly speaking, but a screen flaw of some sort. You might try booting another OS just to rule out the possibility of a driver issue. You can boot Ubuntu from a CD and test it out without installing anything to the hard drive.

The left side palmrest will creak if I push down hard on it, but just resting my hand there is not enough to provoke it. I'm satisfied with the build quality; not blown away, but satisfied. Wish the darn thing wasn't so shiny though.

 

damn lastodan im sorry your having so much problems with your asus. Maybe you should return it?

 

I am trying to, under the store i bought it mikes computer shop in vancouver, but yet all they did was setup the rma for the lcd screen.. i read about the speakers popping on these forums, while listening to music etc

mine pop and crackled when they are complete at the lowest level possible.

so annoying, i am at this point requesting for an exchange if anything doesn't happen i will proceed with a charge back on my credit card. I didn't pay 1800+CDN funds for a laptop to be repaired for two things in one week.

 

Thats to bad man. My speakers cracked when i first got it but after a while they stopped.


What are you going to get next? your sony again or something different?

 

it has been over 8 weeks and i still haven't got my rebate back.

I phoned them and they dont even have me on file.


www.status-now.com <- scammers



anybody else get their rebate??

 

Ahh the joys of rebates.... I hate them. Last August, I bought some RAM for $60 and it had a $15 rebate. I threw it in the mail the next day. Fast forward to February. I get an envelope in the mail "what's this?" I open it up and there's a check there! Yes, that's s waiting period of 7 months....

September: I bought a VX revolution mouse, with a $20 rebate. I still haven't gotten the money for that yet.

Protip: If you're buying something just because it has a rebate, Don't.

 

yeah the rebate wasn't the selling point but it makes me mad how a company will take advantage of people by "not recieving your mail"

oh well i believe in karma.

 

I've had different experiences with Newegg's rebate partner. For ASUS rebates I've gotten them in a few months. For Muskin it took 6 months. I just got a rebate from November TODAY. Both processed with "status-now.com" and similar rebate forms. In the end it falls back on the originating company. Muskin must have waited until the very end to release the funds to print the checks.

In the end though, rebates are worth it. Don't skip them because that means the company is getting that piece of cash off you... unless you really don't care.

 

So, a few minor annoyances that are really bugging me.


but the good thing, the comptuer store is going to replace the laptop for me
\

the minor annoyances, not sure if anyone has suffered this.


I went to do a defrag, and once that was done, my wifi kept disconnecting and reconnecting, and kept doing this until a restart.

I was able to re create the problem by doing a defrag again and the problem happend again.

Second problem, I turned on bluetooth today to transfer some files,
and then i turned bluetooth off.

Then my wifi started acting up again, on off, on off on off,

restarted the pc, and re created the issue!

i udpated the wifi drivers etc , and still recreated the issue.

I wonder if it's a IRQ sharing issue or something

weird e

 

That is very strange...

 

hey guys,

I'm about to get my N51vf (not many people in that lounge) - and I was wondering if anyone had installed windows 7 64bit on their N series?

I was thinking it'd be good to do to use the full 4 gigs of Ram as well as get rid of bloat ware with a clean install. Just wanted to check if theres anything I should know in terms of driver compatibility and all that (as the comp comes with 32 bit windows)

Thanks

 

Goober, I have Windows 7 64bit in a Dual boot with Vista 32-bit. Everything works perfectly with Asus' newest 64-bit drivers.

 

Greetings,

I'm thinking about buying an Asus N50, and this thread has been really helpful for me. The only concerns I have now is about noise. I understand that the N50 is cold, but is the fan noise noticeable under normal use (web browser, some open documents etc)? Compared to ex. a MacBook?

 

It's dead silent.

 

Great news! I'll be ordering first thing in the morning then.

The versions available in my country only have the 1280*800 (LED) screen, which is smaller than my current 4 year old laptop, but I’ll probably manage.

 

Mine is real quiet, dead silent most of the time.

1280 x 800 is mine also & have no problems with viewing on it.
Gahre, What country are you in?

 

the only time i really here the fan is when running off a CD but i think that is pretty normal.

 

I'm from Norway, the model I'm ordering is called N50VN-FP-117C, seems like Asus has made different model names for even the smallest of regions.

Thanks you guys for all your help, I’m looking forward to get a hands-on first impression. Hopefully in just a couple of days!

 

Gahre, the N50 is literally dead silent. The fan only turns on whenever I have the CPU and GPU both at 100% load. Even then, it's still very quiet.

 

avanish what os are you running? When the computer boots up the fan goes at full speed for about the first 10 minutes. then after that it comes on when I open apps. The fans pretty much running all the time for me

 

Stock Vista HP 32-bit and Windows 7 beta 64-bit.

It's quiet under both OSs.

 

Hello everyone,

I recently bought the Asus N50Vn, and I have been very happy with it. I dont have the lagging keyboard problem, or any problems for that matter. I havent yet tried any other OS, so I am currently running on Vista 32-bit.

I found this thread yesterday and read it. Inspired by avanish11 I downloaded and installed nTune. The installation worked fine, had no problems with it. I was able to use the sliders to overclock my 9650 and the overclocking resulted to way, way better performance in both 3DMark and in those Vista points. I overclocked both Core bus and Memory bus for about 100MHz, but I really didnt know if those were some good values.

I am not very familiar with overclocking, so the question remains: What are the values for Core bus and Memory bus I should use to improve performance and to still remain stable? I think I will do fine with the stock settings for now, but I want to be prepared if I decide to play something a little more demanding in the future. And avanish11: you talked about the Shader frequency in your posts, where can I find that? My nTune only has Core bus and Memory bus sliders.


Also, please do tell me if I have to install some custom drivers etc. to improve in overclocking.

EDIT: I just found out my nTune was out of date, so I downloaded new one. It had a slider for Shader-clock. So I overclocked my GPU with avanish11's settings, and scored 5895 in 3DMark06. Thats not bad at all.

 

Does N50 can support to install Windows 7 Release Candidate?

If so then tell me about what kind of drivers that needed to be install for Windows 7? ASUS driver CD?

I'm planning to install 64 bit of Windows 7.