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    Win7 drivers and a first impression

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by yuio, May 5, 2009.

  1. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    So I figured Win7 RC is out and it would nice to get a preview to see what we are going to be using for the next 3 or so years from MS. But I hit a problem... DRIVERS!!! AGH!

    the driver I am missing is my wireless driver for my Rosewill RNX-N2X 802.11n network card. According to a poster on newegg it is on rosewill's website... I can't find it there... any ideas where it might be? I tried the most up-to-date vista ones, which allows the network card to display networks but won't connect to mine. interesting to note is that it is labeled as WEP 802.11g, but mine is WPA2... 802.11n.

    here is the network card: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166027

    any ideas?

    my first impression though is that it's definaly faster. other than that all the time I spent with it is trying to connect to my network.

    hoping you guys can help ;) otherwise I'll leave the previewing until it is lauched :(
     
    yuio, May 5, 2009
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  2. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Windows 7 RC 64 bit installed my Intel 4965 and Nvidia drivers right off the bat. But most drivers like SATA, Chipset drivers are outdated. It's funny to see Windows 7 telling my SATA hard drive as ATA.
    So in the notebook driver department (atleast Sony Vaio FZ) Windows 7 does a bad job of updating drivers.
     
    coolguy, May 6, 2009
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  3. nacr05

    nacr05 Extreme Overclocker

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    I could not connect to my network aswell, I spent 4 hours trying to find a solution. I gave up and went back to vista x64
     
    nacr05, May 6, 2009
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  4. onebyside

    onebyside Notebook Guru

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    this is hard to believe, I have the same INTEL 5300 card with win 7 rc/x64 with no probs connecting to my dlink 655/wpa2/N

    this os has been problem free
     
    onebyside, May 7, 2009
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  5. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    With the exception of one obscure driver, Windows 7 RC, along with Windows Update, found ALL of my hardware and drivers.
     
    BinkNR, May 10, 2009
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  6. brncao

    brncao Notebook Evangelist

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    My brother can't connect to the internet since the manufacturer doesn't have any wireless network drivers made for win 7. The only way to access the internet is via ethernet.
     
    brncao, May 10, 2009
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  7. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you didn't enable AHCI in the bios, your SATA hdd will appear as emulated ATA. It's normal and it's not funny... unless you don't know about the AHCI features. :D
     
    jackluo923, May 10, 2009
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  8. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    It's all enabled in the BIOS. After I installed the updated SATA dirver, my HD is showing up right. Windows 7 RC installs an ancient driver during the clean install. Usually Windows (any version) doesn't have updated drivers for notebooks.
     
    coolguy, May 10, 2009
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