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    ASUS M50Vm-B1, 64bit Vista support

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Goshax, Oct 23, 2008.

  1. Goshax

    Goshax Notebook Geek

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    hey guys i am about to order this notebook but before buying i went to Asus's website and couldnt find all the drivers for 64bit vista, especially the VGA driver. i want to use all 4 gigs of ram on it instead of 3

    what cane be done about this? or 64bit wont work since drivers arent even out?

    please help me out before i order
     
    Goshax, Oct 23, 2008
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    The drivers on the 32bit CD will work just fine in 64bit.

    Moving to main ASUS section (this is the wrong section).
     
    E.B.E., Oct 23, 2008
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  3. Goshax

    Goshax Notebook Geek

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    is this true? really? can anyone else confirm this, because this is a first time i hear that :confused:
     
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  4. Qwakrz

    Qwakrz Notebook Consultant

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    My G71V arrived with a driver DVD that listed 32 / 64 bit drivers.

    I reloaded to Vista 64 and true to their word all drivers and software needed were on the disc.
     
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Ken from GenTechPC confirmed it, and I believe him. :) But have a look at the M50V review and owner lounge threads, by all means, probably people have posted about this in some of the endless string of thread pages. :)
     
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  6. Goshax

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    but this model is different M50Vm-B1 from yout G71v, did yours come with 32bit vista installed? so you guys reformatted and installed 64bit and the drivers all worked, did i understand that correct?
     
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    sorry for double quote, he confirmed that on the model i am buying i can install 64bit vista and all the drivers from 32bit version are usable with no issues whatsoever including the VGA driver?
     
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    The VGA driver is not an issue, it can be taken from laptopvideo2go. I don't know that he confirmed specifically for your submodel, but I remember he confirmed for M50Vm. Why don't you just PM him and ask? He's a nice helpful person and will reply to you with all the information you need.
     
    E.B.E., Oct 24, 2008
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  9. Qwakrz

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    Yes, it arrived with Vista Home Prem 32bit and I re-installed Vista Ultimate 64bit.

    If you really want to check, goto asus's support page and look at the Vista 64 drivers, all are listed.

    I think all Asus laptops are now getting released with 32 and 64bit drivers as standard.
     
    Qwakrz, Oct 24, 2008
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