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    Help with minimal drivers MUST I put on my Asus notebook

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by chadbang, Dec 25, 2009.

  1. chadbang

    chadbang Newbie

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    First of all, that God for finding this forum. The Asus forum is worse than uselesss. It's like being caught in a void. No help, no responses.

    I just upgraded by G50vt to Windows 7 via an upgrade disc from Asus. Worked fine. HOWEVER their driver disc keep destroying my computer. The first couple of drivers fail to intall properly. I've tried three times, I"m currently on my fourth install of Windows 7. I refuse to put that driver disc back into my machine, hence I have not installed ANY Asus drivers.

    My biggest problem was that my trackpad died everytime I installed the Asus and Synaptic drivers. The buttons would stop working and the mouse acted irratically.

    What drivers MUST I install from Asus?
     
    chadbang, Dec 25, 2009
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  2. taj619

    taj619 Notebook Consultant

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    u can go to device manager and click on the devices which u need drivers for and then in properties update driver
     
    taj619, Dec 25, 2009
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  3. chadbang

    chadbang Newbie

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    The only place where a ! warning flag is raised in under Other device: Base system devices.
    I seem to be missing

    Device type - Other devices
    Manufacturer - Unknown
    Location - PCI bus 7, device 1, Function 3

    Device type - Other devices
    Manufacturer - Unknown
    Location - PCI bus 7, device 1, Function 2

    If I do an "update driver" I get a response that windows cant locate it online
     
    chadbang, Dec 25, 2009
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  4. taj619

    taj619 Notebook Consultant

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    well that happens to be the problem with me too havent been able to find drives as i too have no idea what they are.
    but i do not think u need them as my system has been working efficiently without them as well
     
    taj619, Dec 25, 2009
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  5. osomphane

    osomphane Notebook Evangelist

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    Try running windows update a couple of times. It seems to pick up all of the drivers for my asus machines.

    Another thing that will help is if you give us the device ids. My thoughts would be a remote control, fingerprint scanner, ro atk acpi.
     
    osomphane, Dec 25, 2009
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  6. chadbang

    chadbang Newbie

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    Good idea, oso!

    Taj, I did do a websearch and at some point (three years ago) this device was at that location on an Asus board.

    [ IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers / Ricoh Memory Stick Host Controller ]

    Device Properties:
    Driver Description Ricoh Memory Stick Host Controller
    Driver Date 7/9/2005
    Driver Version 1.0.1.12
    Driver Provider Ricoh Company
    INF File oem3.inf
    Hardware ID PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0592&SUBSYS_12171043&REV_0A
    Location Information PCI bus 7, device 1, function 3
    PCI Device Ricoh RL5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter


    Report was found here: http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/17457.htm
     
    chadbang, Dec 25, 2009
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