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    Windows 7 and blue media buttons

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by nfan4life, Sep 4, 2009.

  1. nfan4life

    nfan4life Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys,

    i just upgraded from vista to windows 7, and no its not rc its the final legal copy. I was wondering if anyone with the g50 laptop ran into the same problem i did and maybe have a solution to it. well the blue touch buttons above the keyboard dont work anymore, i can still touch them and they respond with a series of blinks as they normally would, but nothing pops up. the only one that does work is to change the performance level from high performance to battery mode, game and so on. but the other 3 such as the direct console, windows media center, and enable/disable touch pad will not work. can anyone give me some help??

    any advice would be much appreciated.
     
    nfan4life, Sep 4, 2009
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  2. darkproximity

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    you need to install the drivers/software from the asus website. Its the same deal with the G71 when i upgraded.
     
    darkproximity, Sep 4, 2009
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    Oh you can also use the driver cd that came with it, run it in xp mode, should let you install all the hotkey software etc that you need.
     
    darkproximity, Sep 4, 2009
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    That's funny, because my media buttons on my Toshiba still work. Well, the pause, stop, and play button do anyway. I only just installed it, so I haven't had any time to test it yet.
     
    Amnesiac, Sep 4, 2009
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  5. nfan4life

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    Thanx for the reply guys, i will get to that as soon as i fix my other problem now :(
     
    nfan4life, Sep 5, 2009
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    this problem again please follow this guide
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=388422
    And lastly, after Installing all this stuff, you find out that the hotkey don't work, the Fn+F11 or Fn+F12 do not work to change the volume, etc.
    Don't panice! Very simple way out --> go to \Program Files(x86)\Asus\ATK Hotkey\ and find Hcontrol.exe. Run it and voila! Btw, I created a shortcut to it and placed it in Start->All programs -> Startup, so it starts every time I start the computer, otherwise you will have to start it manually.
    This is what you need
     
    Reaper05, Sep 5, 2009
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    nfan4life Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, i tried reinstalling all of the drivers and yet there not working. The only one that works is to change the performance level. And i just noticed that my fn+f9 key doesnt work either, which is to enable/disable the touchpad.

    any idea what it might be??
     
    nfan4life, Sep 9, 2009
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    Its not working on mine...
     
    prepseb, Sep 10, 2009
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  9. Chronus

    Chronus Notebook Geek

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    most likely you dont have the touchpad drivers installed (recheck incase you havent), i dont bother to install it anyway since the touchpad works regardless
     
    Chronus, Sep 10, 2009
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