Asus G50vt-x5 help please..

[nightmare732]

Hey, I just upgraded my laptop from vista to windows 7 ultimate.. and I am having a few problems that maybe some of you could help me with? =3...
Well first off it doesnt recognize my flash drive.. It shows up in the "Device Manager" but it doesnt in "My Computer".. Could I be missing a driver or something?... Also It wont read disks in "My Computer" Either?.. Like wtf I thought this was supposed to be better than Vista.. but so far it just a **** load of problems... hopefully someone could help me.. or point me in the direction of someone who can.. thanks

 

[TheSchaft]

Welcome to Seven Forums, nightmare.

A good place to check for solutions is the tutorials section here - Tutorials - Windows 7 Forums

There are a lot of tips that may help with your issues. If not, feel free to post again.

P.S. - Filling in your system specs will help the folks here help you.

 

[Antman]

You probably need to update your drivers. Look for chipset drivers first.

Provide your specs and we might be able to find the drivers for you.

 

[nightmare732]

Welcome to Seven Forums, nightmare.

A good place to check for solutions is the tutorials section here - Tutorials - Windows 7 Forums

There are a lot of tips that may help with your issues. If not, feel free to post again.

P.S. - Filling in your system specs will help the folks here help you.

I am trying.. but I bought a laptop and I am not too sure what to put where, lol

 

[nightmare732]

I have an Asus G50vt-x5... So maybe that will help?..

 

[zigzag3143]

NM

Its a start. let me go look for the bios driver for you brb

asus drivers can be obtained here http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

good luck

EDIT: you should ge the BIOS driver, DVD driver, and any other driver if something else doesn't work.

 

[swarfega]

If you need a program to help you fill in your specs, either use the one in accessories/system tools or install the one from my signature.

 

[Antman]

I have an Asus G50vt-x5... So maybe that will help?..

Did you buy it from BestBuy - or from someone who bought it at BestBuy?

 

[nightmare732]

NM

Its a start. let me go look for the bios driver for you brb

asus drivers can be obtained here ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

good luck

EDIT: you should ge the BIOS driver, DVD driver, and any other driver if something else doesn't work.

I downloaded the BIOS driver but how do i install it? its saved to my desktop as "G50Vas.213".. Im not sure what program to use to open it aslo I cant seem to find the DVD driver =\ I downloaded Driver Genius but it is not detecting anything neither are any other software programs that I downloaded.. Do I have to revert my whole drive down to vista again or something?...

 

[nightmare732]

I have an Asus G50vt-x5... So maybe that will help?..

Did you buy it from BestBuy - or from someone who bought it at BestBuy?

Yeah I got it from bestbuy

 

[Antman]

I have an Asus G50vt-x5... So maybe that will help?..

Did you buy it from BestBuy - or from someone who bought it at BestBuy?

Yeah I got it from bestbuy

OK - Asus makes a distinction at their support site. I am in the middle of moving and it is time to eat. Back soon.

 

[Lee]

Antman, your moving, what the neighbors getting a little tasty. . .

 

[nightmare732]

Nvm, I fixed this bug by just reinstalling the iso thanks for the help anyway

 

[soupysoup]

hey nightmare, could you please explain more thoroughly what you did? my dvd drive is not recognizing any disks on my g50vt-xt laptop, and i just upgraded to windows 7 to. Seems to be the exact same problem, ive been stuck without my drive for a while now.

Did you say that you just re installed windows 7 to your laptop to solve it?

thanks

except i just realized nightmare is banned, so that doesnt help me much lol

 

[hovdehov]

Went Back

I had a stuttering video (every 20 minutes, kernel would crash and re-start), DVD drive would only be recognized every once and a while and would fail with Windows 7. I did everything by the book when upgraded, new BIOS, new drivers, even went to safe mode and deleted prior drivers for no conflicts, etc, etc.

I re-formatted and did a second clean win 7 install. I gave up, went back to 64 bit Vista and on my G50VT it works perfectly. I got Win 7 as a gift, and I gave it a very good effort to get it to work. But I hate constant tweaking, and hate bugs... I spent too much money on this computer to not have it work and do things like video well, that is exactly why I got this model.

I want to love Win 7, I am sure it is awesome on newer machines.