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    Samsung X60 Vista Drivers - NOW ONLINE

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by Facecake, Sep 11, 2007.

  1. Facecake

    Facecake Newbie

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    Hello.

    Just noticed today, that the Samsung X60 Vista drivers are now online.
    http://www.samsungpc.com/products/x60/x60_supporteddrivers.htm

    It does say Windows XP, but its the Vista drivers

    Windows Vista Latest Drivers

    * Windows XP Chipset Driver (Version 8.1.1.1010) 576KB NEW
    * Windows XP ATI Video Driver (Version 8.352) 90.9MB NEW
    * Windows XP Sound Driver (Version 6.10.5330) 3.96MB NEW
    * Windows XP Modem Driver (Version 2.1.75) 679KB NEW
    * Windows XP LAN Driver (Version 9.6.31) 913KB NEW
    * Windows XP Bluetooth Driver (Version 6.0.1.3700) 20.4MB NEW
    * Windows XP Wireless Driver (Version 9.1.0.115) 3.6MB NEW
    * Windows XP Memory Card Driver (Version 6.0.0.1) 459KB NEW
    * Windows XP Touchpad Card Driver (Version 9.1.7) 11.38MB NEW
     
    Facecake, Sep 11, 2007
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    A good find. That's progress, although the bigger headache is the Samsung-specific software.

    Any idea whether those drivers work for both the X60 and the X60 plus?

    John

    PS: We are still waiting for some working GPU power management for the X1700. Will that eventually appear?
     
    John Ratsey, Sep 11, 2007
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  3. edgedj

    edgedj Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got a call from samsung for this today - can't believe it, on the same day as I bought a macbook pro as well :)

    apparently the drivers are for the x60 plus as well yes
     
    edgedj, Sep 11, 2007
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    That's great news for all you Vista people; I've still got the good old XP Pro - the Samsung drivers for XP are still the same old ones! :confused:
     
    Roederer, Sep 17, 2007
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    Has anyone managed to get the video drivers working?

    Grabbed the latest ones from here:

    http://www.samsungpc.com/products/x60/x60_supporteddrivers.htm

    Windows Vista ATI Video Driver (Version 8.352) 90.9MB NEW

    I can't install these on my X60plus - the driver and catalyst centre install fail every time. Have tried uninstalling my previous ATI drivers, but it didn't help.
     
    chrisobrien, Sep 17, 2007
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    chrisobrien Newbie

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    Discovered why the driver install wasn't working for me. It was the stupidist thing!

    I had downloaded and unzipped the new vista video drivers to the downloads folder in my user account on vista - C:\Users\cobrien\Downloads\

    By the time I unzipped everything into that directory, the path to the video driver was too long for windows driver installer to handle - of course windows didn't tell me that!

    So, the solution was to copy the drivers to the root of my drive, then everything installed perfectly.
     
    chrisobrien, Sep 18, 2007
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  7. John Ratsey

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    Thanks for the update.

    Windows can trip over its own shoe laces at times.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Sep 18, 2007
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