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    Installing Vista on my new asus?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by johnny89, Feb 24, 2009.

  1. johnny89

    johnny89 Notebook Evangelist

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    I just bought my asus and wanted to upgrade to vista but i ran into some problems. First the driver CD that came with it is only for xp and it has some drivers that aren't on the website. Also my wireless internet wasn't working even after I installed the drivers. And would anyone know why my t5500 processor keeps down clocking 990 when it should be at 1600 since i have it in performance mode. thanks
     
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  2. ramgen

    ramgen -- Morgan Stanley --

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    Most (if not all) of the hardware will be recognized by Vista and you may not need drivers for them.

    There may be some other hardware that may not be recognized but if you are not using them (such as modem, fingerprint reader etc.) it will not be a problem again...

    I think I would upgrade to Vista in your case and see if any of the vital hardware does not work. If so, I would revert back to XP.


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  3. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    the cpu downclocking is an intel feature to conserve battery life. called speed step. it would run at full speed when you are running a intensive app, so don't worry.
     
    tianxia, Feb 24, 2009
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  4. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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    It will be so much easier for other people to help you if you can just let us know which "mystery" Asus notebook you just bought. :)
     
    GenTechPC, Feb 24, 2009
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    adonisbook Notebook Guru

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    It could be the Asus R1F (tabletpc)?
     
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    johnny89 Notebook Evangelist

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    Is there anyway to disable this so it can run at full speed all the time? And its an asus W7J.
     
    johnny89, Feb 24, 2009
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  7. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Running the cpu in the W7, which is already a warm running system, at full multiplier clock (full load, essentially) all the time is going to turn that unit into a toaster or a space heater - the fan is going to have to run at high speed, which is going to be noisy, and the chassis is going to get hot (into the 105+ range, probably) because the thermals aren't going to be easily dispersed through the heatsink. And it wrecks your battery life.

    The time delays for speedstep to ramp up into higher multipliers based on demand are measured in terms of low, single digit milliseconds or less. If the active application demands it, the cpu will stay at the highest multiplier, but why on earth you'd want to keep it working like a Prescott P4 inside that tiny 13" chassis is beyond me to imagine :).
     
    ClearSkies, Feb 24, 2009
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