W7J Owners' Lounge

My scale says its about half way between 4-5 lbs. Of course, a bathroom scale must have a great margin of error for that small of wieght.

Subjectively speaking, the notebook is very light. And the standard battery pack only wieghs a few ounces.

 

So I just received my Merom W7J from PROPortable, quite happy with their service and ship time (free two-day shipping for students = win =D). I'm a little obsessive, so I decided to do a clean install of WinXP, with some room partitioned off for a Linux install. Unfortunately, I've come across a few problems:

1) The audio doesn't work. I installed the Realtek driver, but the only audio devices are listed in Device Manager as "Bluetooth Hands-free Audio" and "Bluetooth Stereo Audio". Any suggestions?

2) I tried to install the Motorola modem driver, but it gives me an "Install failed!" message, using both the driver from Asus' web site and the driver on the provided cd. Again, suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

 

For audio, install the UAA drivers first (which can be found on the W7J drivers disk). See

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835221/en-us

for explanation.

As for the modem driver, what COM port is it trying to install with?

 

At least for my Z33, the Modem is part of the HD Audio system. When you get the audio working, the modem driver should work as well.

 

Before you can install the Sound Driver or the modem driver, you need to install the High Definition Audio Package first. It is listed as "UAA Driver" on the driver CD that comes with the W7J.


EDIT - Looks like chemistry beat me to it!

 

Hi! Finally my w7j came back!!
The cd/dvd writer was defective, they changed it, now it works perfectly!

 

Hi everybody !!

I need your help !!! i'm wanna to buy ASUS W7j and i realy love the white one but i wanna to ask if the white is easy to clean and it's colore will not change to black by dust??
and about the Cam is it like a 1.3 on sonyericsson or nokia 1.3 mobile cam or it's so bad ??

and thank u in advanved !!!

 

plz answer me i'm realy want that now !!! :s:s

 

the camera quality on the W7J is excellent, way better than any cell phone cam

 

thank u asim2002 for your reply !! and what about the white colore is it easy to get any dust ??and is it easy to clean ?? or u prefer the black one but i realy love the white(i use it in the college and at home) !!

 

mine is black, and i think dust is more visible on it rather then on the white model... I really wanted to buy a white one , but here in italy it is not imported :-( i couldn't believe it....

 

Well, I've had many years of experience with the pearl color models - going back to the S5.... They show dirt more and yet clean up very nicely. Dust seems to show up more on the darker colors, but there's always going to be something! It's called a can of compressed air and a damp papertowel!

 

thank u every body for your kind reply,, I just order my W7 and i put my choose on the white colore !!

 

hi can a w7j owner do this

Look under device Manager-->Monitor-->Plug n Play Monitor***-->Details Tab--> You will see the Device Instance ID's listed in the white box like this...
DISPLAY\QDS005C\4&.....

QDS is short for Quanta Display Systems
AUO -> AU Optronics
SEC -> Samsung
LPL -> LG Philips
CMO-> Chi Mei optoelectrics (optronics vs optoelectrics????)
cpt-> Chungwa picture tubes
hsd-> hann star
sny->sony
tos->toshiba

So I can figure out the stats of the lcd used in the w7j please.

 

Here you go (see attached).

 

is your computer connected to an lcd monitor?

That id comes up to a lcd television.

edit actually that is not a lcd at all but a television tuner made by gadmei. Do you own one of those?

 

there should be some other things listed under the monitor tab in the hardware manager... check each of them until you get one that has one of the letter codes listed above in it. (the one you chose is probably for your s-video or vga out).

 

Any idea when ASUS will let us put more than 1.5 gb of ram?? Thanks..

 

Hi guys, I live in Quebec (Canada), and I'm actually looking to buy a white ASUS W7J.

I absolutely want to get one with the T7200 Core 2 Duo processor in it.

This is the revision model I have found: W7J-3P075P(white). But it seems that this model is only listed on Switzerland website, does anyone knows if there actually another revision model number for a North America version, or if it is just not and won't be available in NA?

Thanks in advance,
Phil

 

Would like to know this as well.

 

No, I don't own one of those. I do use an LCD projector from time to time.

I followed your reqest exactly. You asked for the "Plug n Play Monitor". That's what came up. My W7J was not hooked up to any external display.

If you want something else, let me know.

 

Here is a screen shot of everything under the Monitors tab.

 

What media do you recommend for the W7J?

I have a few new SONY DVD-R (4.7gb 120min 1-8X compatable) on the box it states, "Caution! This disk is a new standard- high speed media- in conformity with DVD-R for General Version2.0/8X speed DVD-R Revision 3.0...always check if your device is compatable as using this disk on same drives/recorders might damage the disk or device."

 

I have used various media without a single coaster.

 

Thanks for that Rogue

 

Just curios: has anyone tried a patched version of MacOS X with W7J?
I'd love to use this OS with W7J.

 

No.. but I will be installing Vista Home Professional on it as soon as its released.

 

I apologize for asking something here ...

But dealing with the thickness of the W7J and W3J, how thick they are? From the pics I have seen they look rather thicker than the Vaios and Stinkpads.

I am still a 'sleeper' shopper, deciding for compact but also with less tech problems.


thanks,

 

I'm about to order a W7J, but I'm still not sure which color I like best. Could someone post a couple of pictures of the white W7J for me please?

 

Can you really run Mac OX with W7J?

 

It should do with JaS MacOS X Release. That's a patched version.

Anyone willing to test?

 

Has anyone installed Vista on their W7J? With the max RAM of 1.5 Gig how does it perform?

 

Has anyone opened the machine?I'm wondering if there is a dedicated fan for the gpu, or the machine has just one.Lately i'm getting the feeling that everytime i run some cpu intensive application the gpu's temperature skyrockets as well.If they are not connected on the same heatsink i don't see the reason for that.I understand that the machine is really tight but air is pretty much insulating.Can't have the cpu going on 80C and on the same time the gpu for no reason go to 78.
It would take some time.
If that's the case i'm getting really dissappointed with asus.
First the totally stupid touchpad design and then this making the laptop almost unusable because of the heat when running cpu frying apps.

Oh well,bought it now and can't really do much about it.

 

Ads1969 - Vista will run fine with 1.5gb. I ran the beta with 1gb and found it performed quite well.

kanenas - The GPU and CPU are cooled by a shared heatsink and a single fan. About the temps, that sounds high. I never break 60c. Maybe try spraying some compressed air to clean out the heatsink opening.

 

I've never had my machine go to 80 degrees. When undervolted, it will go to 62 degrees max. It will idle at around 50.

 

What do you mean never?Ok maybe 80 for windows is a lot but it reaches easily this temperature on linux.
But no more than 60?With the full processor load on full speed it can't stay that low.
Or it could just be that my linux temperature sensor is wrong.
Either way it gets hot.Above 70 for sure

 

And by the way.Is it possible to turn off one core?It would be a great powersaver.
I think it's possible on macs

 

Mine never goes over 60c. Even when gaming or crunching or encoding.

Of course, undervolting the CPU has a lot to do with this.

 

Where can i download the latest version of the video drivers?The ones on the asus site are 6 months old and i didn't find any compatible drivers at the nvidia website.

 

Is Undervolting a laptop a reliable guide for a newbie? Or is Simple Undervolting Tutorial - Pentium M Dothan a better guide? Would the steps in either guide work for a Core Duo? Is there an "Undervolting for Dummies" type of guide?

Which is a better utility for undervolting: NHC or RMClock? Do I need to turn Power4Gear off?

Should I even consider undervolting when I always use the notebook plugged to a power source and with a notebook cooler?

 

Greetings, Been lurking about this site and forums for almost a month now and due to the great reviews and assorted information I found in this thread I was convinced to finally buy a shiny new W7J from milestonepc.com (with better specs for cheaper than through Newegg).

Thanks again!

 

Got my W7J (with core 2 duo 7200/1Gb/160Gb and Vista preinstalled) yesterday. I'm already fed up with Vista (the mashine is pretty slow with it I would say) and would like to roll back to WinXP. Could anyone please share (rapidshare.com) the images (one for OS and another for Drivers) of disks that come with W7J? What I found after installing a fresh copy of WinXP is that I can't get drivers for video camera, bluetooth and have 3 urecognized "Base System Devices" after installing all the drivers available from asus.com site.
Anyone interested - I could share the image of the drivers disk for Vista (as the Vista itself is a Russian version).
Thanks.

 

Sorry, wrong thread!

 

vista xp runs pretty good for me. anyways all drivers are located on the asus site, whether it be for xp or vista. webcam, bluetooth, etc...

 

You won't find drivers for bluetooth and camera there.

Could anyone please share English versions of Vista system and driver CDs? Guess I'll get used to Vista, but not the Russian version anyways.

Thanks!

 

have you tried all the drivers on vista drivers on the sticky at the top of the forum?

 

courtesy of asus.com for w7j


Version V5.5.9.202 2006/07/25 update
OS WinXP
Description Camera Driver
ASUS WebCam, 1.3M, USB2.0, FF (Liteon)
File Size 3.4 (MBytes)

Version V5.1.0.1700 2006/04/26 update
OS WinXP
Description BlueTooth
Broadcom 2045 Bluetooth Driver for Windows XP
File Size 35.09 (MBytes)

vista versions are there aswell. everything you need. gotta read.

 

ejl
Nope, I didn't. Just want to install what ASUS engineers meant to be installed not to be forced into unexpected troubles (this is what happened to my Toshiba 5205 which tended to freeze with custom installed drivers).
linsook
I must be blind. At download section for W7j (with URL that is http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us) I don't see stuff like that. Where did you find it?

 

they should be here http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us just select notebook; w7j

here are the links:

http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/W7F/Camera_LO_XP_060725.zip (liteon)
http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/W7F/Camera_CR_XP_060426.zip (chicony) they have two different cams for our w7j, but generally they are the liteons

http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/W7F/BTooth_XP_060725.zip (bluetooth)

edit: hmmm it is weird, you gave me the same link aswell for the downloads section... my only conclusion is you might of selected a localized site ie: germany and they havent updated the links. but other than that i dont see why you cant see them.

anyways, if you want i'll post up all the links.

 

Thanks for your reply.
There is no difference between the sites (I've selected the "Global" one and the one for North America).
That's what I can download (BIOS, WinXP updates and manual excluded):
--
Version V5.10.0.5286 2006/09/06 update
Description Audio Diver
Audio Diver for WinXP
File Size 21.95 (MBytes)
--
Version V5.638.1116.2005 2006/04/26 update
Description Lan Driver
Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet driver for Windows XP
File Size 2.28 (MBytes)
--
Version V6.11.06 2006/04/26 update
Description Modem driver
Motorola Data Fax Modem driver for Windows XP
File Size 2.09 (MBytes)
--
Version V8.3.5.0 2006/09/13 update
Description TOUCHPAD driver
TOUCHPAD driver for WinXP
File Size 5.47 (MBytes)
--
Version V8.6.2.8 2006/11/05 update
Description Graphics Driver
Graphics Driver for WinXP
File Size 29.51 (MBytes)
--
Version V10.5.1.68 2006/10/27 update
Description Wireless Lan Driver and Application
Wireless Lan Driver and Application WinXP
File Size 52.15 (MBytes)
--
Version V1043.2.15.64 2006/11/05 update
Description ASUS ATK0100 UTILITY driver
ASUS ATK0100 UTILITY driver for WinXP
File Size 821.53 (KBytes)
--

I'd be extremely thankful if you provided any additional links you see.

I'm uploading compressed drivers disk that comes for Vista and will post a link to it a bit later (it turned out to be international).

Concerning adding English interface language to my localized Vista Home Premium. The easiest way I found was to install an English Vista Ultimate. Thanks to dumb OEM M$ licensing, I activated it using OEM ASUS license w/o any problems (that binds to BIOS).
So I'm going to have MacOS X, Vista, XP and Ubuntu installed each on it's own 10Gb partition. What a charm! That's related to my job, not just for playing.