Asus N61 Owners Lounge

[GregW]

I got mine!
Stay tuned!

http://forum.notebookreview.com/atta...1&d=1265069949

[tbrocato]

sweet! mine should be at my house around 2-12-10!!!!!

[waqas1988]

thanks for the answers!

[Adamal]

Has anyone tried "Express Gate" on this laptop. Does it have it and if so does the wireless work with it?

[GregW]

I just opened up a new thread to try and unify the three N61 threads. It is
N61JQ. No disrespect is meant towards anyone. But most of us are checking the same 3 threads and with new N61 models possibly coming it could get worse. So this is my attempt to unify us all. Please come and join us!

[aaron1whiting1]

Does anyone have the N61JV yet? Amazon says "In Stock" but I'm looking to buy from a place like xoticpc or powernotebook that have a good reputation for taking care of their customers. I'd like to know about battery life on the jv. Not a gamer but will be doing some video editing.

[letiferanimo]

Just got my N61JV-X2 this weekend. So far I really like it, though I really haven't had time to do too much with it. I'll update with battery life details when I get more information.

I am wondering what internal bluetooth module the N61s use? I didn't realize there wasn't internal bluetooth when I bought it, so I'd like to add it in.

Thanks for any help!

[GregW]

Originally Posted by letiferanimo

Just got my N61JV-X2 this weekend. So far I really like it, though I really haven't had time to do too much with it. I'll update with battery life details when I get more information.

I am wondering what internal bluetooth module the N61s use? I didn't realize there wasn't internal bluetooth when I bought it, so I'd like to add it in.

Thanks for any help!

Welcome to the N61 club. Generally we are not useing this thread anymore. We were getting to many sub threads for every N61 model. We have combined all the threads into the N61JQ Owners Lounge. Please come join us. About the only feedback you will get here is to direct you to the other Lounge.
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[Perseus]

Just a short note about adding bluetooth device to a n61vn:
Ordered the two parts Tchongy linked in post #60 of this thread. The module is to be mounted unter the palm rest on the left, between the card reader and the left corner of the palm rest.
I removed a lot of screws, don't know if i unscrewed to much (sorry, the following may be imprecise as i didn't took any notes): took of accu, removed both service covers (for ram/cpu and hdd), unmounted odd, unmounted keyboard. unscrewed 3 screws under the accu, one left and right of the accu, 3 under the odd, removed hdd (3), unscrewed three under hdd cover and two (three?) under the cpu cover. removed 4 screws under the keyboard. after that the palm rest could be lifted, as it was now only hold in place unsing some plastic clips. Used small tweezers to fit the connector, removed the protection film of the adhesive tape that was preinstalled and put the module in place.
Two warnings:
There was one screw that i could not reach placed under/between the the heat pipes. Guess that's why the left side of the palm rest wouldn't lift very high. Too much preasure might brake the plastic here.
And be careful with the ribbon cable for the mouse pad. I lifted the plastic on the right to much and pulled the cable out of its connector. But was able to reinstall it.

BT works great. Thanks to Tchongy for the information.

@letiferanimo: On support.asus.com for n61vn drivers for bt183 and bt253 are listed and asusparts.eu said both modules would fit. Maybe take a look at the support page for your model.

[GregW]

Originally Posted by Perseus

Just a short note about adding bluetooth device to a n61vn:
Ordered the two parts Tchongy linked in post #60 of this thread. The module is to be mounted unter the palm rest on the left, between the card reader and the left corner of the palm rest.
I removed a lot of screws, don't know if i unscrewed to much (sorry, the following may be imprecise as i didn't took any notes): took of accu, removed both service covers (for ram/cpu and hdd), unmounted odd, unmounted keyboard. unscrewed 3 screws under the accu, one left and right of the accu, 3 under the odd, removed hdd (3), unscrewed three under hdd cover and two (three?) under the cpu cover. removed 4 screws under the keyboard. after that the palm rest could be lifted, as it was now only hold in place unsing some plastic clips. Used small tweezers to fit the connector, removed the protection film of the adhesive tape that was preinstalled and put the module in place.
Two warnings:
There was one screw that i could not reach placed under/between the the heat pipes. Guess that's why the left side of the palm rest wouldn't lift very high. Too much preasure might brake the plastic here.
And be careful with the ribbon cable for the mouse pad. I lifted the plastic on the right to much and pulled the cable out of its connector. But was able to reinstall it.

BT works great. Thanks to Tchongy for the information.

@letiferanimo: On support.asus.com for n61vn drivers for bt183 and bt253 are listed and asusparts.eu said both modules would fit. Maybe take a look at the support page for your model.

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