*UPDATED: July 14, 2009 – The “unofficial” RTM build 7600 leaked yesterday and I jumped on that stuff. I installed it from a 8GB flash drive, and everything went perfectly. When you get to the part where it asks for a serial number, just click next to complete installation without a serial. If you want to crack the activation limit of 30 days, then you torrent freaks need to visit Demonoid for it. The activation patch will say Windows is activated without any time limit. As for the Asus apps for the G50, they all work the same as other Win7 RC builds before this one.*

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Since the Release Candidate (RC1) for Windows 7 was made public, I figured I’d test it myself on my Asus G50V. The build I tested was RC 7100.

The install was quick, much faster than the days of the 1-hour XP installation. When it was finished, it booted to the desktop with high speed. The first thing I had to do was see which drivers it didn’t install automatically. This is where I was surprised the most.

Looking at the Device Manager (Right-click on Computer, choose Manage, on left side of new window go to Device Manager), all I found was 7 missing drivers. Those missing were the Ricoh Memory Card drivers, ITE Infrared Receiver, nVidia High Def Audio, and of course the video card (nVidia GeForce 9700m GT).

Microsoft caused my jaw to drop at the discovery of my Wireless Card (Atheros AR 928x), even though the card is quite common. After the install finished, I was asked if I wanted to join my wireless network. No other Windows version did THAT! About time.

Here are the drivers you will need to fill those empty spaces in your Device Manager that are filled with exclamation points.

*Note: The Vista drivers that came on your G50V Driver Disc work just fine, except for the video card.

1. Ricoh Memory Card Reader – 3.4 MB
2. ITE Infrared Receiver – 5.1 MB
3a. nVidia GeForce 9700m GT – x64 64-bit – 63.2 MB
3b. nVidia GeForce 9700m GT – x86 32-bit – 53.9 MB

*Note: The video card drivers will also install the nVidia High Def Audio drivers.

Leave a comment if you need help with getting these installed properly. If there are more drivers you need, see this post: Asus G50 Driver Files

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Tags: asus g50 drivers, asus g50v and windows 7

These are all of the most recent drivers posted on asus.com.tw as well as other hardware manufacturers’ sites. Each file will be marked as to where it comes from.
I omitted the Video drivers for the GeForce 9700m GT. They change constantly, so I will provide the links to each file located at laptopvideo2go.com, along with my results from testing each driver.

These are the drivers for Vista x86 & x64. I will soon add the XP drivers to the list once I finish compiling the package.

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BIOS – ROMs and Flasher Utility

BIOS ROM v213 – 735 KB – Solve ODD can’t be detected under DOS. (May 4, 2009)
BIOS ROM v210 – 734 KB – Solved bug that HDD password can’t set when there are 2 HDDs. (January 19, 2009)
BIOS ROM v209 – 717 KB – Solved the bug of the CPU speed full run issue. (November 24, 2008)
BIOS ROM v207 – 716 KB – Firmware Update (October 30, 2008)
WinFlash – 1.2 MB – BIOS Flashing Tool

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VIDEO DRIVERS – nVidia GeForce 9700m GT

New in Release 186.03:
*Many Optimizations for GPU Performance & Many Bug Fixes – To see the specific release notes, scroll down on nVidia’s download page.

Windows 7 x64 – Latest: 186.03 – June 9, 2009 – WHQL Certified Driver
Windows 7 x86 – Latest: 186.03 – June 9, 2009 – WHQL Certified Driver

Vista x64 – Latest: 186.03 – June 9, 2009 – WHQL Certified Driver
Vista x86 – Latest: 186.03 – June 9, 2009 – WHQL Certified Driver

XP x64 – Latest: 185.85 – May 7, 2009 – WHQL Certified Driver
XP x86 – Latest: 185.68 – May 7, 2009 – WHQL Certified Driver

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DRIVERS – Vista x86 & x64 ONLY

01. Intel Motherboard INF Update – 2.1 MB – Required
02. ATK Hotkey – 2.2 MB – Required
03. ATK Media – 1 MB – Required
04. ATK OSD – 7.2 MB – Required
05. AGFNEX – 2 MB – Required
06. Realtek HD Audio – 53.8 MB – Required
07. Wireless Console – 4.1 MB – Required
08. Atheros WLAN – 28.9 MB – Dependent Upon Hardware
09. Intel WLAN – 36.8 MB – Dependent Upon Hardware
10. Bluetooth BT250 – 57.2 MB – Dependent Upon Hardware
11. Ricoh Card Reader – 3.4 MB – Required
12. TV Tuner Yuan MC570 – 4.3 MB – Dependent Upon Hardware
13. TV Tuner Yuan MC872-1D – .4 MB – Dependent Upon Hardware
14. Modem – .7 MB – Optional
15. ITE Remote – 5.1 MB – Dependent Upon Hardware
16. ATK 0100 – .2 MB – Required
17. KB Filter – .2 MB – Required

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UTILITIES – Software Solely for Asus Notebooks

01. Turbo Memory – 25.8 MB – RAM Memory Booster
02. Splendid – 15.8 MB – Video Enhancement
03. Power 4 Gear eXtreme – 10.7 MB – Power Profile Manager
04. Smart Logon – 6.4 MB – Log into Windows only with Your webcam!
05. Direct Console – 3.8 MB – Controls the OLED screen above the keyboard.
06. NB Probe – 2 MB – Monitors Motherboard Activity (temps, fan speeds, etc.)
07. Virtual Cam – 1.7 MB – (Totally Useless)
08. Copy Protect – 8.9 MB – Helps protect…aww, I really have no idea what it does.
09. Life Frame 3 – 19.7 MB – (Totally Useless)
10. MultiFrame – 2.9 MB – (Totally Useless)
11. Asus Data Security Manager – 5.3 MB – Data Backup Manager
12. Express Gate – 158 MB – Bootable Linux OS that allows you to play media or browse the internet without fully booting your laptop.

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MANUALS – PDF User Manuals

You will need a PDF reader to view the following files.
I’d recommend using Foxit PDF Reader instead of Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can find it on the Software Page.

1. Asus G50 Manual – 16.5 MB
2. Asus Express Gate Manual – .7 MB

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Tags: asus g50 drivers, asus g50v

This is the driver disc for the Asus G50V laptop line. These drivers were made for Vista OSes only. If you try to use them for XP, you will fail.

I removed 2 things from the original disc – Norton Internet Security Trial & Adobe Reader. I don’t believe in either for their uses (and their removal made the ISO smaller by 300 MB!)

I’m not sure if this will work for other G50s, but my guess is that many series’ have similar hardware.

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Extracting & Installing:

1. These files are compressed with ZIP & 7-Zip. You will need 7-Zip or WinRar or similar to extract the files and the ISO image. You can find a copy of 7-Zip on our Software Page.
2. Extract the ZIP file, which will give you 6 7-Zip files that end with .001, .002, etc. The 6 files need also to be extracted, which will give you an ISO file. This is the image of the driver disc.
3. Next, you can either extract the ISO itself with WinRar or other ISO file manager or you can mount the ISO if you know how to do that. You can also burn the disc with any burning software. I personally use Nero Burning ROM.
4. Once extracted or mounted, you can install each driver or application individually or you can run setup.exe in the root of the extracted folder or the mounted drive to begin the automated setup.

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Tags: asus g50 drivers, g50 driver disc, g50 driver iso