M50Sv: Review & Owners' Lounge

at least it wasn't a serious hardware issue

 

Hey EB

I expected that the HDMI port on my laptop would be an HDMI OUT, I had a look at the manual that came with my laptop and searched for information online about the 9500M GS but didn't find anything that confirmed it for me.
I guess I could just go to a store with the 225MS monitor with my laptop and a Bluray movie and see if I could try it out.

av4tarnz

 

It's Vista Home Premium 32, everything is out of the box and all I did was just add the ExpressCard.

 

Can you boot from the express card with the m50? if can any performance boost from installing the os on the express card ssd?

 

I disabled SmartLogon and the problem hasn't happened in about 24 hours, so now the question is whether the program is at fault or does it have to do with the program trying to turn on the camera while the computer is still coming out of sleep.
Both the driver and the program are the latest versions.
Does anybody know what changes were made in the last release of SmartLogon? Maybe a downgrade would help...

 

No because the BIOS doesn't support boot from ExpressCard.

 

It is an HDMI out port.

 

Anybody here tried dual boot (Vista and XP)? I really need some assistance here because some of my application doesn't work in Vista and i wanted to have an XP in other partition without losing the Vista OS.

 

i've been having a lot of problems lately.
I think it's vista but i'm not sure. Common programs like mozilla and itunes seem to crash all the freaking time. Vista won't end any of the processes that freeze when i tell it to in task manager. I'll hit end process and it'll either do nothing at all or tell me access denied. You don't have sufficient rights to do end this process.
But my account is an administrator account. I'm sure of it. Whenever i run spybot and try to immunize, it says i don't have access either? What gives?
My computer seems to also get slowed down really easily. It was blazing before but now anytime i'm downloading something, videos i'm playing will skip or the audio isn't constant. It's like there's too much HD activity.

Should i do a fresh install of vista or should i just go back to xp. I love the laptop itself, not liking vista so much

 

Try these to speed up your notebook and make it more stable....

Delete Norton if you haven't already
Install SP1
Clean up and defrag your hard drive
scan for viruses/spyware
minimize your startup programs

 

I had to uninstall sp 1 on my m50, becuase it made my touchpad and my external mouse useless. When I would unistall the driver for the touchpad, it wouldn't let me reinstall it, saying I didn't have the harware.

 

OK, I'm giving Vista another shot. Here's the list of drivers included on my drivers CD. I don't want to install them all of course, so my question is, which drivers do I need from this list to get full functionality from all of the hardware on my M50Sv?

Can you please just copy and past the ones that I need in your reply.

Thanks!

 

Sorry if this has already been posted, can't find it anywhere...I am looking for the fingerprint reader driver for XP...does one exist?

Also, is there any utility similar to the Asus auto-logon that can use the webcam to log you onto your windows XP acct?

Thanks

 

Likely:

--ATK0100 -ATKACPI Driver for Windows Vista 32bit (V1043.2.31.100)
--AUDIO -Audio driver for Windows Vista (V6.0.1.5548)
--BTOOTH -BlueTooth application for Windows Vista (V1.03.0000)
--CAMERA -Camera driver
--ESATA -JMicron_JMB360 driver for Vista 32/64bit (V1.17.17.0)
--CDROM -ATAPI CD-ROM driver.
--LAN -LAN driver for Windows Vista (V10.15.4.3)
--MODEM -Data/Fax/Voice Modem Driver for Windows Vista (V6.12.05)
--RICOH -RICOH MediaCard Controller driver for Vista (V3.52.02)
--REMOTE -Remote Controller Driver for Vista (V5.0.4.2)
--TOUCHPAD -TouchPad driver for Windows Vista (V10.1.6.0)
--VGA -NVIDIA VGA Driver for Vista 32bit/64bit (V7.15.11.5680)
--WLAN -WLAN Driver and Application for Windows Vista

Am I missing anything?

 

That looks like a pretty good list. Thanks!

One problem I'm having though is that there are up to three different camera drivers. Of course which one you need to install depends on which camera is in your unit, which I can't seem to find out, at least not on my current XP install.

Read this page from Asus.
http://support.asus.com/faq/faq_right_second_detail.aspx?kb_guid=02B6B989-4468-5237-CB04-BCF5B9FE9714&model_name=A3E&SLanguage=en-us

 

I'm new to webcams and just now started messing with the built-in on my m50sv. When I use capture video with either LifeFrame or Nero Vision, there is a delay (a second or two) between what I shoot and when it appears on screen. The audio therefore is way off from the lip movement. Can someone point me to what I might be doing wrong? I doubt/hope this isn't normal !

 

hi all,,
this is my first post in this forum,,

i have some question,,
i'm using asus m50sv-A1 and i wanna downgrade itu to xp

and i'm looking for the driver,,
is there anyone who can help me??

@emporiumboutique
the driver that you listed,,
is it all of the driver that we need for m50?

thanks anyway

 

Welcome to NBR!

You'll find what you need here.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=229282

And here.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=3400023&postcount=769

 

OK, I think I have everything together for my Vista install, but I have two drivers here that I have no idea what they're for. I called Asus tech support, and they also had no idea what they're for! lol

Does anybody here know what these two, or any one of them is for?

Do I need them?


Here are the two folder names on my driver CD.

1.) I386

2.) LIB

 

Yes, those are the drivers that are needed.

1. I386 - contains files for installing, repairing, modifying, updating and rebuilding windows.

2. LIB - not sure exactly what this does, but I'm pretty sure all the .dll files are language tags...

Either way, I didn't install any of these and it's fine.

 

OK, thanks emporiumboutique. I won't install either of them then.

Maybe Ken can give us more insight into what these two are when he gets here.

 

Ok guys loving my M50sv-A1, honestly couldn't ask for a better laptop for the price range and my needs. Another props to GenTechPC and crew for all their help and awesome service!

My question is i am having issues installing new video drivers for my Nvidia 9500M GS. I tried using the laptop2go driver's but i could not get them to unzip. I kept getting a "could not unzip as archive"

So i decided to use the standard nvidia drivers and used the modified inf file from laptop2go. It would atleast let me get to the install screen but when it when to install, it would say installing drivers and then say complete but never install anything. I would restart the latop and no drivers, the system would be running of the basic vga drivers.

Any help on how to update drivers or to get aroun the problems i am having would be great.

 

I'll be installing these sometime late tomorrow. If they work out as well as expected, I'll let you know, and help you out with the install.

Here's the drivers.
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18049

 

Were you using setup.exe from the driver folder? If so, try the Have Disk method (there is a guide on laptopvideo2go). If you were using the latter, try the first. Sometimes one works, sometimes the other.

Edit, I just see you were not using the laptopvideo2go drivers. Then I'm not sure it'll work.

Try downloading the ZIP file again, it's probably a corrupted download. Otherwise, download another version of driver.

 

What is the best video driver to install on this notebook?

 

The two folders is not the drivers, it's just the automated commands for driver installation when using the Asus recovery DVD.

 

Hi Guys!
What GeForce Fx 9500 and FX 1700 driver do you recommend?

 

What is happening when i download the laptop2go zip file for the drivers and it uses its self-extract program i get an error that says cant extract as a archive. Can't figure away around or a way to work.

I was using the modified inf on the OEM nvidia drivers, not the laptop2go.

Still have the issue if anyone else has input.

 

Is it perhaps a permission problem? Where are you downloading the drivers? Try your My Documents folder, or the Desktop, to ensure there are no write-permission problems. You can also try starting the self-extractor with Admin rights.

 

OK, so far this one has been working good.

 

I'm going to be getting my m50sv later in the week, is there any kind of uninstallation I should do?

 

Honestly, no there isn't. Asus didn't load very much "bloatware" on the laptop. It comes with a lot of programs from Asus and if you don't like them then you can delete them.

I didn't remove much, AOL software, free trial to Microsoft Office and that was about it.

 

I took the Norton Anti-Virus off mine.

 

I need some help,

I cleanly installed windows XP professional on my lappy but I noticed that my mouse pad features dont work. I cant tap on MODE to turn it on. As a mouse in it self it works, but not as the Media center. Which driver do I need to install. I thought I installed them all.

Help!

 

Try use the original touchpad drivers in your drivers CD. That worked perfectly for me.

 

So how is everyone getting those sata drivers to install?

 

With the Intel_inf driver

 

Emporium,

Mine was pre-installed with vista 64 bit. When I popped in the driver CD it didnt let me open it cuz it says "its for Vista ,, blah blah" so I manually opened it. I then opened the folder "TOUCHPAD" and ran the setup. I restarted my computer and it didnt work still.

I uninstalled the driver that I got from pg. 77 of this thread and then re-installed from the CD to see if maybe it just needed a clean install but STILL nothing. What am I doing wrong? what should I do next?

 

Did you enable "Duel Mode" in your mouse properties?

 

Haha. I knew my man Emporium would have the answer.

Thanks!

Now I got to get my sound to work! ;-S

 

Is there any guide as to how to do that? There was a package put up earlier in the thread, but as I haven't used Windows for a while, anything that doesn't have a setup.exe is a little tricky for me.

 

On page 77 of this thread, download the "Intel INF" file. It is a zipped file so you'll need the program Winzip to unzip the file ( www.winzip.com). Once the file is unzipped, there is a .exe which you can double click on to run the installation.

 

@GenTechPC
Hey, I'm in India, and will be coming to the US in july to attend college, i've decided to buy the M50sv-A1. but it seems from your website you'all dont accept credit cards from countires other than USA, so ken..please tell me if theres a way we can work it out.....because i want to buy the laptop from you...and i dont want to wait till i get there and then buy it.... cant wait so long....i want to order it from here..and have it shipped to my cousins place in houston...so when i reach there....my laptop is waiting for me

 

guys any of you guys tried out this infra-red driver....does it work?

 

I've been using 174.74 for the past couple weeks and haven't had any problems.

I did run into some stability issues with 175.80 though, including a BSOD

 

Any of you had problems with compatibility on FireFox 3 and ASUS Security Protect Manager? Sometimes Firefox just hangs on me, then when i turn off the ASUS security, it would work.

 

To everyone that owns this notebook. Have you had any trouble with the bluetooth after reinstalling Vista?

When I first got mine preloaded with Vista the bluetooth worked fine, but after I reinstalled Vista it was as if there were no bluetooth anywhere on the system. It wouldn't even show up in device manager. I reinstalled different drivers that the Asus tech provided me, and did all the trouble shooting both he and I could think of, but it was a no go. My only conclusion at this point, and that of the Asus tech was that the BT chip must have failed, and was no longer even seen by the system.

I have just returned it for a refund.

Just to let you know I was very satisfied for the most part with the Asus telephone tech support; very nice, patient, and intelligent guys there. This is tech support the way it used to be when tech support was good. I'll try one more notebook before I give up on Asus and try another brand.

 

Hi guys. Did anyone had problems with builtin microphone? The problem is: when I'm talking via Gtalk or skype my voice is not natural and not so loud. I compare with my previous one A6R where voice heard as clear and loud as if I'm talking by phone. I have vista sp1 and latest sound drivers from 02.06.08. I tried playing with microphone preferences but nothing helps.

 

I've done that, but XP still bluescreens on boot when I set it to "Enhanced" mode in the bios.

 

yes, you have to use compatible mode in bios to make it work.