The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    ASUS M50VM-B1 and Windows 7 Beta

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by IFR, Dec 31, 2008.

  1. IFR

    IFR Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi eveyone,

    I just installed Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) on the M50vm-b1 and I thought I could share me experience with the B1 (future) users. The installation was easy without problems. Most of the peripherals are recognized such as webcam, wireless, ethernet, bluetooth, keyboard, mouse and sound.

    However the extra keybord fonctions are not working. Namely the control of the lcd brightness, volume control, etc. This is as far as I'm testing and I haven't yet tried to install the vista drivers from the asus cd. If I have more informations I will let you know and I hope those who have installed windows 7 on their computer will share what they have found. Happy New Year!

    IFR
     
    IFR, Dec 31, 2008
    #1
  2. Red_Dragon

    Red_Dragon Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,017
    Messages:
    7,251
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    glad to hear your take whats your favorite feature?
     
    Red_Dragon, Dec 31, 2008
    #2
  3. ARom

    ARom -

    Reputations:
    507
    Messages:
    3,814
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    nice, that's good to hear.
     
    ARom, Jan 1, 2009
    #3
  4. avanish11

    avanish11 Panda! ^_^

    Reputations:
    956
    Messages:
    896
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    sweet. I'm sure that Asus will make drivers for windows 7.
     
    avanish11, Jan 1, 2009
    #4
  5. KnifeEdged

    KnifeEdged Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    11
    Messages:
    24
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I installed Windows 7 last night too, I've been told Daemon tools doesnt work but I have yet to install it. Runs real smooth, I like a lot of the new features. Hopefully I dont run into any bumps along the way. I'm downloading video update drivers right now and I downloaded a bunch of drivers from the Asus support page. Just have to install one more thing then restart this puppy.

    Pretty happy with it thus far.
     
    KnifeEdged, Jan 13, 2009
    #5
  6. Worldchrisis

    Worldchrisis Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    25
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have an A1, and 7 doesn't recognize my DVD drive...
     
    Worldchrisis, Jan 13, 2009
    #6
  7. wickedestman

    wickedestman Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    11
    Messages:
    77
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    glad to see im not the only one in here doing this. I got bored and decided to run it on my little beast. I had it on the desktop a couple days now.

    its super fast but no aero yet. I now loaded it up. :D

    i got some of the extra drivers no hitches thus far.

    185.20 drivers is being download ATM.

    i just did a performance scan and it says it is 1.9 lol... i think its because some drivers are missing... oh well drivers cd for it :D
     
    wickedestman, Jan 13, 2009
    #7
  8. sokhangoo

    sokhangoo Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I was just wondering, I have the same laptop, and I want to install windows 7 on my drive D and I have many files on my drive D and free space for Windows 7 also. But I was wondering If I boot my laptop from the installation DVD and install windows in my D drive :

    1) My data on drive D will be erased or they will remain in my D drive ?

    2) I have Vista 32-bit on my C drive, Can I install Windows 7 64-bit on my drive D or it must be 32-bit also ?

    thnx :)
     
    sokhangoo, Jan 17, 2009
    #8
  9. sokhangoo

    sokhangoo Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    well, I dont need answers to my questions anymore :) cuz I installed the Windows 7 64-Bit edition and its just perfect !
    The main reason I installed Windows 7 64-Bit is because I just got GTA 4 and its kinda slow on Vista and I heard its better on Windows 7, especially the 64-Bit edition.
    But since I installed Windows 7, my optical drive doesn't work properly. I put the GTA DVD in the Rom and it loads for 2-3 minutes, after that It says the device is not connected and can't continue. Then if I go to my computer, I can't see the DVD drive icon and when I want to eject the DVD, the eject bottom doesn't work and the DVD keeps spinning at full speed, so I have to restart the computer, go into Vista and turn it off from there. I tried other games/softwares too and got the same problem as well. I went to device manager and uninstalled the driver for the optical drive, then I searched for hardware changes and windows found the DVD-Rom and installed the driver by it's own. But again I got the same problem ! I need help please ! :(
     
    sokhangoo, Jan 18, 2009
    #9
  10. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

    Reputations:
    1,572
    Messages:
    8,632
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    206
    (Moving to main ASUS forum.)
     
    E.B.E., Jan 24, 2009
    #10