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    Windws 8 on UX32VD

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by quest221, Oct 12, 2012.

  1. quest221

    quest221 Newbie

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    I bought a new UX32VD these days. I installed Windows 8 on it. However, there were two devices didn't work properly. One is Bluetooth, it showed a exclamatory mark. Anohter is an unkown device. I tried to call Asus support and the answer was there was no drivers for Windows 8 at this moment.

    Is there any body has experience with Windows 8 on UX32VD?
     
    quest221, Oct 12, 2012
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  2. alexd457

    alexd457 Notebook Guru

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    First, update to the latest BIOS (so that most of the Fn keys work). Second, you can install most of the Windows 7 drivers without a problem. That means card reader, VGA, Intel stuff. The only one I know to avoid is USB 3.0 (which is built into Windows 8). Also, avoid the bloatware utilities. You don't need any of them.

    But if a driver is available in Windows Update, use that instead.

    Interestingly, I think my bluetooth did not need extra drivers.
     
    alexd457, Oct 13, 2012
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  3. boogerlad

    boogerlad Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh, bios 212 fixes the fn key issue? I did not know that, thanks!
     
    boogerlad, Oct 13, 2012
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