The Unofficial Asus Z71V Support Thread ... smilepak, the amaxit link in "where to buy" isnt a z71vi actually cant even find the z71v at that site

sxm · 04-08-2005, 03:15 PM

smilepak, the amaxit link in "where to buy" isnt a z71v

i actually cant even find the z71v at that site

minijohn · 04-08-2005, 04:24 PM

There is just sooooooo much information here - how do you get time to find it all? I can't even find time to LOOK at it all! Do you not sleep? (maybe you don't - you review says you had the lappy in bed with you & your wife was asleep beside you! :-)

B Nietsnie · 04-08-2005, 08:50 PM

Has anyone flashed their BIOS to v0205? If so, did you have problems that it fixed, and did it do anthing else such as improver performance or screw up other things?

B Nietsnie · 04-08-2005, 08:59 PM

I noticed that MobileMeter says that the fanse come on a 55C. Mine are constantly on low, and at a temperature of 57-59C. What is everybody elses temperatures? I would like the fans to go off sometimes...

RecycledPaper · 04-08-2005, 11:01 PM

So I've been playing with my z71v for a couple of days now. It has now died.

I was watching a DVD and everything started getting jumpy and the computer went to a blue screen of death. I restarted my computer and now it is giving me a read disk error and won't start up. I tried everything I could with my limited computer knowledge and finally decided to try and reinstall windows. When I tried to boot straight to the dvd drive it won't let me even try because the computer isn't recognizing that any of the drives exist... including the harddrive. The harddrive sounds weird too... like its reading and clicking over and over in a set pattern.... Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts of what might be wrong or what I can do? The laptop was awesome and I was really happy until this happened.

sxm · 04-08-2005, 11:05 PM

clicking sounds like a HDD failure

Quote:

Originally Posted by RecycledPaper

So I've been playing with my z71v for a couple of days now. It has now died.

I was watching a DVD and everything started getting jumpy and the computer went to a blue screen of death. I restarted my computer and now it is giving me a read disk error and won't start up. I tried everything I could with my limited computer knowledge and finally decided to try and reinstall windows. When I tried to boot straight to the dvd drive it won't let me even try because the computer isn't recognizing that any of the drives exist... including the harddrive. The harddrive sounds weird too... like its reading and clicking over and over in a set pattern.... Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts of what might be wrong or what I can do? The laptop was awesome and I was really happy until this happened.

RecycledPaper · 04-08-2005, 11:07 PM

Do you think I just got a bad harddrive and need a replacement, or is this something I can easily fix?

sxm · 04-08-2005, 11:13 PM

you cannot fix a hdd urself...
consider your data lost and u must RMA it

try to put it into another computer to check it too (laptop or desktop via connector), but im 99.9 sure that you got a bad hdd...

if you have another 2.5 hdd, try putting it in and see if it boots up..
if it does, the original hdd is broken

it happens man.. HDD's can go bad anytime

im sorry for your loss

Quote:

Originally Posted by RecycledPaper

Do you think I just got a bad harddrive and need a replacement, or is this something I can easily fix?

crassick · 04-09-2005, 05:42 AM

I wasn't able to scroll using the touchpad in Firefox. Apparently, this is an issue with the latest Synaptics driver. You can read about it by searching for "synaptics" on the Mozillazine forums http://forums.mozillazine.org/search.php?mode=results, especially this thread: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewto...ight=synaptics. I downloaded an earlier version of the driver from http://www.qditech.com.au/downloads.php , removed the current driver using Add/Remove Programs, and then ran the setup.exe for the later driver. I can now scroll in Firefox, though I haven't tested the old driver in other applications.

Wozza · 04-09-2005, 08:19 AM

Found this on Rjtech site, how to intall everything and that. http://www.rjtech.com/Manual/Z71AChapter05.pdf sorry if its been posted before.

smilepak · 04-13-2005, 03:17 PM

Updated:

User Reviews & Info:

Where To Buy:

wwteo · 04-26-2005, 10:45 AM

latest asus video drivers just released

http://www.asus.com/support/download...25.zip~zaqwedc

this also fairly recent... audio drivers
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...Audio%20CODECs
i haven't tested yet

smilepak · 04-26-2005, 11:16 AM

Quote:

latest asus video drivers just released

http://www.asus.com/support/downloa...425.zip~zaqwedc

Go to www.laptopvideo2go.com and you could get an ever later version to use on this baby. Working great for me. I think I am using 76.41 right now, the latest leak out there is 76.50

wwteo · 04-26-2005, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smilepak

Go to www.laptopvideo2go.com and you could get an ever later version to use on this baby. Working great for me. I think I am using 76.41 right now, the latest leak out there is 76.50

the asus driver was just taken off...

the audio driver seems to work... no more choppy dvd playback

1CenT · 04-26-2005, 12:10 PM

i had stuff like HDD failture with my deskstop.. but after formatting, and hmm.. i dunno wut else i did.. just leave my comp there for a few days.. CHANGED the RAM.. then it worked again.. which was really werid

04-09-2005, 05:42 AM	#24
crassick Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3 Credits: -349	Scrolling in Firefox I wasn't able to scroll using the touchpad in Firefox. Apparently, this is an issue with the latest Synaptics driver. You can read about it by searching for "synaptics" on the Mozillazine forums http://forums.mozillazine.org/search.php?mode=results, especially this thread: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewto...ight=synaptics. I downloaded an earlier version of the driver from http://www.qditech.com.au/downloads.php , removed the current driver using Add/Remove Programs, and then ran the setup.exe for the later driver. I can now scroll in Firefox, though I haven't tested the old driver in other applications.

04-13-2005, 03:17 PM	#26
smilepak You've Been Modded! Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,626 Reviews: 1 Credits: 1,435	Updated: User Reviews & Info: VooDoo PC m:515 version of Asus Z71V Notebook Forums' Asus Z71V Discussion Thread Notebook Forums' Asus Z71V Discussion Thread #2 Laptop Logic's Asus Z71V Discussion Thread #4 Notebook Review's Asus Z71V Discussion Thread The Unofficial Asus Z71V Support Thread Smilepak's Asus Z71V Review Olli3's Asus Z71V Review Djembe_Rob's Asus Z71V Review G2P's Asus Z71V Review Star Tech's - Asus Z71V Where To Buy: RJTech.COM - Z71A Model RJTech.COM - Z71V Model Amax Elite Version XMeld - Z71v Model Integrated System Technology - Pre Order Z71V (nVidia GO 6600 Version) ProPortable - Pre Order Z71V (nVidia GO 6600 Version) VoodooPC M:515 AgearNotebook Asus Z71V Hypersonic Aviator MX6 - Asus Z71V Version GamePC - Asus Z71V Discount Laptops - Asus Z71V ABS PC - Asus Z71V Version G2P - Asus Z71V __________________ [Asus Z71v \| Intel Pentium-M 1.7 (735) => Overclocked 2.26Ghz \| 2 GB DDR2-533 Corsair] [ SPK's Asus Z71V Review \| Asus Z71V Unofficial Support Thread \| SPK's Website \| Photo Blog \| Hotel Blog \| SAP Blog ]

04-26-2005, 10:45 AM	#27
wwteo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 73 Credits: -330	latest asus video drivers just released http://www.asus.com/support/download...25.zip~zaqwedc this also fairly recent... audio drivers http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...Audio%20CODECs i haven't tested yet Last edited by wwteo; 04-26-2005 at 10:47 AM.

04-26-2005, 12:10 PM	#30
1CenT Z71v User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vancouver, B.C Posts: 842 Credits: -126	i had stuff like HDD failture with my deskstop.. but after formatting, and hmm.. i dunno wut else i did.. just leave my comp there for a few days.. CHANGED the RAM.. then it worked again.. which was really werid __________________ ASUS Z71v: Intel Pentium-M 745 1.8Ghz(400FSB) @ 2.4Ghz(533FSB) 1GB( 2x Kingston 512mb ) DDR-2 memory nVIDIA GO Geforce 6600 128mb Samsung 80gb 5400RPM 8mb Cache PATA HD 8x Dual Layer DVD +/-RW Intel Wirless Lan 2200 802.11B/G Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Home OEM

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04-08-2005, 03:15 PM	#16
sxm Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 115 Credits: -319	smilepak, the amaxit link in "where to buy" isnt a z71v i actually cant even find the z71v at that site

04-08-2005, 04:24 PM	#17
minijohn Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northampton, England Posts: 62 Credits: -133	There is just sooooooo much information here - how do you get time to find it all? I can't even find time to LOOK at it all! Do you not sleep? (maybe you don't - you review says you had the lappy in bed with you & your wife was asleep beside you! :-)

04-08-2005, 08:50 PM	#18
B Nietsnie Albeit Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 2,522 Credits: 286	Has anyone flashed their BIOS to v0205? If so, did you have problems that it fixed, and did it do anthing else such as improver performance or screw up other things?

04-08-2005, 08:59 PM	#19
B Nietsnie Albeit Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 2,522 Credits: 286	I noticed that MobileMeter says that the fanse come on a 55C. Mine are constantly on low, and at a temperature of 57-59C. What is everybody elses temperatures? I would like the fans to go off sometimes...

04-08-2005, 11:01 PM	#20
RecycledPaper Was staring at a notebook Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 15 Credits: -346	So I've been playing with my z71v for a couple of days now. It has now died. I was watching a DVD and everything started getting jumpy and the computer went to a blue screen of death. I restarted my computer and now it is giving me a read disk error and won't start up. I tried everything I could with my limited computer knowledge and finally decided to try and reinstall windows. When I tried to boot straight to the dvd drive it won't let me even try because the computer isn't recognizing that any of the drives exist... including the harddrive. The harddrive sounds weird too... like its reading and clicking over and over in a set pattern.... Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts of what might be wrong or what I can do? The laptop was awesome and I was really happy until this happened.

04-08-2005, 11:07 PM	#22
RecycledPaper Was staring at a notebook Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 15 Credits: -346	Do you think I just got a bad harddrive and need a replacement, or is this something I can easily fix?

04-09-2005, 08:19 AM	#25
Wozza Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13 Credits: -344	Found this on Rjtech site, how to intall everything and that. http://www.rjtech.com/Manual/Z71AChapter05.pdf sorry if its been posted before.

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