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.

    Any W3J users get Vista running problem-free yet?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ignign0kt, Dec 28, 2007.

  1. ignign0kt

    ignign0kt Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I can't believe ASUS would release drivers that don't even work. I can handle not being able to control speaker volume with the control keys, but when crappy drivers cause the system fan to STOP running when the system is blazing hot, that pisses me off.
    Has anyone had any luck with getting the W3J to run Vista the way it's supposed to? I installed all the drivers from ASUS's W3J driver page and still have these problems.
    I'm almost considering selling this just to get a laptop that doesn't get skin-burn hot and can run Vista. (any takers? lol)
     
    ignign0kt, Dec 28, 2007
    #1
  2. robohgedhang

    robohgedhang Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    78
    Messages:
    657
    Likes Received:
    13
    Trophy Points:
    31
    What do you mean? I use Vista Ultimate in my W3J with all drivers provided by ASUS, and the speaker volume control keys work OK, and I don't notice the system fan stop running when the system is hot.

    Are you sure it's not your W3J's hardware?
     
    robohgedhang, Dec 28, 2007
    #2
  3. CalebSchmerge

    CalebSchmerge Woof NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    1,126
    Messages:
    2,395
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I run in Vista on my W3j and have very few/minor problems. The only thing I have that doesn't work right is that I can't have the screen dim automatically when I switch to battery. I am guessing that you don't have one of the ATK drivers installed right or you have a hardware issue.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Dec 28, 2007
    #3
  4. Sti-R

    Sti-R Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    13
    Messages:
    89
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    w3j with vista here too. i dont have any problems either. everything works except the auto dim feature.
     
    Sti-R, Dec 28, 2007
    #4