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12-29-2011, 02:28 PM
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| Netbook: Installed Win 7, BIOS Upgrade Needed?
i have a eee pc 1000 with Win 7 x86 upgraded (custom OS that's lite ~2.75GB fresh install)
my function buttons are not working (except for screen brightness)..neither are the profile/screen off/scree resolution toggle buttons.
My ACPI drivers are dated. I look around online and it says I should install a hotkey service utility for the Eee PC 1005 to get the function keys working on win 7. I get the error that ACPI drivers are not installed and that touchpad drivers are missing so i uninstalled that.
All the resources online points me to download the ACPI drivers from Asus FTP servers as they are no longer under my product's support page...but even I can't access the FTP server no longer.
I noticed my BIOS is outdated...I am curious to know if updating it will help my case at all? It's sort of last resort for me seeing so many widespread reports of people bricking their netbooks/laptops after bios upgrade.
already wasted many hours trying to get this shit to work..agh! thanks.
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12-29-2011, 11:19 PM
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#2 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Is working before with the original OS?
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12-30-2011, 11:26 AM
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yes
right now it's just kind of a trial and error...some i just have to use XP drivers...some win 7..which i hate because sometimes it leaves residual crap even after a complete uninstall of the drivers that dont work out.
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12-30-2011, 01:56 PM
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maybe with the modded OS, some features/functions were removed? after all, its not factory spec OS....
cant you get the drivers from asus site?
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12-30-2011, 02:49 PM
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Driver issue not a bios issue.
I did a upgrade from a vaio vista -> 7
lost all function in the extra buttons
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12-30-2011, 07:08 PM
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Did you search on google whether there is any success story eee pc 1000 running Win 7? That would probably be a good pointer on all the drivers you need to get for Win 7. Is this 64-bit?
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12-30-2011, 11:05 PM
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this is before SP1 came out but i sold my 1000H with W7 pro on it and all buttons working. i got the ACPI drivers from a certain blog that hosted them on file-sharing sites. pretty sure you'll have more luck asking on EEEuser than here.
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01-02-2012, 11:15 AM
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yeah i've looked there already
everything works fine now execpt for my damn audio drivers...i've downloaded the xp one from my recovery disc...also win 7 one from online
only thing i can't do use mute/change volume through function keys
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