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    Help needed please

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by markuk1, May 29, 2014.

  1. markuk1

    markuk1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi everyone

    i have just purchased a clevo w350st off of ebay it had windows 8 on it but i dont like it so i installed windows 7 64 bit

    and all went well apart from when i went looking for drivers the lan driver that i downloaded from the clevo website wont install it gives a filefind error

    Realtek Network Controller was not found. If Deep Sleep Mode enabled Please Plug the Cable

    any one have any ideas
     
    markuk1, May 29, 2014
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  2. sa7ina

    sa7ina Notebook Consultant

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    Are you sure you downloaded the win7 files?
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    i saw in the bios thread that sometimes the bios version related to the windows version.
     
    sa7ina, May 29, 2014
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    markuk1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    they only give the option for windows 8 any one know were i can get the windows 7 ones
     
    markuk1, May 29, 2014
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    markuk1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    would that mean that i have to reinstall windows 8
     
    markuk1, May 29, 2014
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    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    heres some windows 7 drivers for your model but not sure if they are all there Software Upgrade
     
    MrDJ, May 29, 2014
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    sa7ina Notebook Consultant

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    i think it's better to start a clean install again if you installed the wrong drivers on the beginning.
     
    sa7ina, May 29, 2014
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    If your machine doesn't officially support Win 7, it's likely that no win 7 drivers may properly exist. When people purchased the D900F back in 2009, a fair number attempted to force Windows XP to install and run, despite a complete lack of drivers & bios support. They eventually got it to work, but it wasn't perfect. So you may need to reinstall windows 8 later. If you dislike 8, try using StartIsBack or Stardock Start8. Both programs are fairly good at restoring a proper (customizable) start menu and such. You don't need to go to 8.1 either for boot to desktop functionality with Start8, I am not sure about StartIsBack.
     
    D2 Ultima, May 30, 2014
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    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    Have you tried downloading and installing drivers directly from Realtek?

    Realtek
     
    Marecki_clf, May 30, 2014
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    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    It does, and they do, thankfully. :)

    @markuk1: Try MrDJ's link. We also have Windows 7 drivers on our support page.
     
    Prostar Computer, May 30, 2014
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