Asus N50 Owners/Buyers Thread

-p4g extreme is for the gaming asus laptops

-you have to select the fingerprint login option to use ur fingerprint when you log in

-go look in the advanced tab in the windows pwr settings options to get detailed info on what the profile does

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All fixed, Just entered the number/letter group on the COA & it activated.

Prior to that. I phoned Microsoft this morning & spoke to a Tech. He did not know why my year old OEM now needed activation.
He said entering the COA numbers/letters would not work.
I was to phone the Automated Activation 0800.

I then phoned Asus & the Tech there just repeated what Microsoft had said.
He said that this sort of problem used to happen quite often in the past, but not so much nowadays.
He said either I did a Factory Restore from the supplied Discs or go through the phone activation.

Having nothing to loose, I tried entering the COA info.

Amazing isn't it, that two Techs from different firms says entering the COA info won't work, when it did for me ... go figure.

Strange behaviour as nothing had changed in the notebook.

 

i have another question what power on securirty does on upek protector suite 2009? and i have't checked allow to bypass logon wusing windows password and i still can ..what is that option for? and under power-on security i have a box that says allow to use finger used in preboot to automatically logon to windows

 

i want to know if in protector suite i can remove the backup password , it's like not having fingerprint with that backup password anyone can pass if they know the password, and in windows lohon too .. how can i make it just with the fingerprint and no passwords?

 

and also the power-on option is not working in the boot, i see not change why??

 

Anyone try the 212 BIOS? Is it just fan control that it has?

Is there a function to turn off the touchpad? I'm not using any drivers (back to that keyboard lag issue resolution)

 

well the keyboard lag is easy fix...just call up asus and have them send you a keyboard..it is what i did and boom!!!! no more lag!!!! but i am using the new bios now and i just notice it is a little more quiet...

 

why the fingerprint power on doesn't work ? i have protector suite 2009 full and it's enable and i boot i get nothing it boots normally no fingerprint request

 

nobody to ansower me?

 

I have no idea as to what is causing your problem. I suggest you contact Asus to see what they can do for you.

 

We cant understand your English very well, that might be why...

I had to send my laptop in for repair today, hopefully they fix the issue within a few days

 

ițve solved the problem ... my asus n50 doesn't have tpm security . can i upgrade it somehow on the mainboard? and i have another question : when i bought the laptop i had a small cable and i can't find it now .i think it was neccesary for the connection with a tv. can anyone send me a pictore with that cable.. i wanna buy another one...thanks

 

TPM is a chip on the mainboard and if you don't have it, you cannot "upgrade" to have it, sorry...

Fingerprint logon is NOT stronger than password logon, in my opinion. I would suggest using a strong password and not giving fingerprints another thought. If you want a reliable encryption solution, use TrueCrypt, password-based. You store the password in your head, no security problem.

As to the cable, I suspect you mean the S-Video cable that comes standard with all ASUS notebooks. However, many ASUS notebooks nowadays do NOT have S-Video output. I would suggest you check if your notebook has it, if not then that cable is useless and you do not need to worry about it.

 

ok thanks it does not have s-video .any idea how to connect it to a tv that has just scart and av-in ? my laptop as you probablly know has hdmi and vga out.and can you tell me more about true crypt? and how do i assing multiple applications to a finger ? for example i have one application at a finger and i want with the same finger to pess the ctrl ans swipe the same finger to launch another app does it work?

 

ok the finger print reader only works with the app that comes with the laptop orginaly period! If you want to do something else you can not use the fingerprint reader. For more info on true crypt just google it. as for the tv your pretty much s.o.l. unless you get a vga to av and they are expansive

 

i wanted to say to assign more apps to a finger in the upek fingerprint software

 

you can buy a full version of the fingerprint app for around 20 I think you might have to look online to see what it adds to the app but i think it will do what you want then

 

i have the full app but when i want to assign an app to a finger it has more options like launch an app with the ctrl plus finger or ctrl plus alt and finger but i want to assign more apps to one finger and it has some parameters thing that i don't know how to use i was thinking someone will know

 

someone to answer me?

 

Apparently people don't know about this application...

How about assigning some global hotkeys (instead of fingerprint gestures) to the applications you want to start? I am sure this type of software exists (although I am not sure it can be done natively in Windows -- in Ubuntu it's possible).

 

You can always assign macros to keys to start apps... a quick google search can bring up quite a few apps that can do this

 

Well I sold my asus n50vn and moved on to a studio xps 16 as a graduation gift....

 

I'm really woried, I'm starting to loose picture & my screen is flickering when my n50vn is outspread in certain angle, when I move it for just a 1 degree than it's normal... so it's some bad contact between monitor & housing.... does anybody know what I need to replace for fixing it? is there some contact screen cable & is it possible to just replace that thing :| ??!?

 

is it expensive?

 

contact support

 

my laptop got broken. the right hinge has gone
what i can do? i have no warranty..
asusparts.eu is taking days to answer my e-mails.
where i can buy parts?

greetings

 

The only other place I can think of would be ebay

 

hey guys think battlefield bad company 2 will run on the n50??

i know the req's for vista is a quad core but i got this when i ran canirunit


i'm running the t9400 at 2.53 ghz

 

You should be able to play it but more then likey only on low settings. Even my friends desktop with his quad core and 8600gt can only play it on medium

 

crazy

maybe i'll stick with mw2 and wait and see what ppl can play it with the lowest cpu

thanks for the reply

 

Texanman can you please send me the service manual of the asus n50?
i need to repair it by myseft
joao dot ismael at gmail.com

 

I do not have anymore since I do not own the laptop anymore

 

can you explain where i can find it? thanks

 

I had to pester them to email it to me in the first place, they do not make there service manuals available to the public

 

does the n50 come with a recovery CD ?

i want to reformat because i have some bad redirecting malware i cant get rid of.

I found an asus disk called windows vista media recovery but im not sure if that is the whole deal or just some media drivers?

 

When I had mine it came with a driver disk and a vista reinstall disk. If you haven't reformatted the drive there should be a default asus recovery partition still on there

 

ok thanks

this disk must be the entire deal then

now i just gotta find out if reformatting will get rid of the damn redirector.

 

which recovery option do i pick?

1- Recover windows to first partition only.

2- Recover windows to entire HD.

3- Recover windows to entire HD with 2 partitions.



I'm thinking 3 but i'm not sure?

 

Im not sure......I would go with option 2

 

My N50vn came with two partitions. I have Windows 7 64 bit (came with Vista 32 bit) on the first partition & use the 2nd partition for my other stuff, that I do not want to be touched when I do a restore, like you are going to do.
I have restored twice from the hidden restore partition & once from the Disc's, the option you need to choose is option One.

It makes no difference which method you use to restore. From the restore partition or Disc, options remain the same. It is much faster from the restore partition.

Option One will restore the first partition back to when you first got it, with Windows on it. The second partition does not get touched.

Option Two will wipe EVERYTHING & leave you with ONE partition only, with Windows installed on it. The second partition is merged with the first.

Option Three will wipe EVERYTHING & leave you with Windows on the first partition & a empty second partition.

 

thanks guys

I'll go with option one

thats great cause i can leave my music and pics in partition 2 an wont loose them

 

ok all went well except one thing. That personal safe thing on the desktop i accidentally added a backup encryption password now when i log onto windows i have to add this extra password which is annoying, anyway to get rid of it?

 

edit- got it

thanks again

 

Hi guys,

My apologies if kind of question already popped up in the forum, but I couldn't find anything like it.

So, my problem is: I've got Asus n50v with 15.4" WXGA display (3gb ram, 320hdd, 2xblu-ray) and occasionally, when I move the LCD lid the whole image is going haywire. Sometimes it goes normal after a while and sometimes it stays that way until I move it. Seems like position of the lid is important (but I am not 100% sure).

Does any of you come across such a problem? What's your suggestions - laptop is still on warranty but maybe there is a way to fix it without sending it as it is very important for my business.

Thanks a lot for all suggestions!

 

Personally I would send it in... That is defiantly a hardware issue

 

I would follow the forum on the ASUS page, i think my laptop may be starting the very same thing, I'm followig that forum as person there have the same problem and have been trying to slove it. the link is below:

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx...board_id=3&model=N50Vn&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

 

I have asus n50vn - as065

anybody tried installing Mac OS X snow leo or something like that ?

 

According to fourm rules theres not supposed to be discussion that

 

Same, thanks.

After searching through the owner's thread and having the same problem. I opened up my N50vn-B1B and guess what. The antennas were also white(left), black(right). After switching them, i just got the full signal where i got nothing before. Still can't find the adhoc n option in my device manager since updating the drivers. I can guarantee it used to be there.

I'll try to roll back to a previous driver version.

 

Hey fellas, regarding the screen flicker, I have had this problem. I sent my machine back to Asus where they replaced the MB and the screen. Firstly I have had the machine back for about months and the problem has started again. Second thing when I got it back and ran the Win7 performance info I was down from 4.9 to 3.3?????? I have had a noticeable slowing of performance since I got my laptop back and the thing is hot to touch.

The result is that I will be sending my laptop back and asking for a replacement. My warranty runs out in November. Judging the level of support I have gotten so far I don't think this will be a problem.