Asus UL30VT FAQ / Official Owners Lounge redux

[miky702]

I just did a clean install on the ul30vt-a1. I went to asus website and there were many drivers there. 6 just for BIOS. Can someone be kind enough to tell me what drivers to use? Any drivers that you would recommend? I just want the following: battery to last long (I'm only getting 8 ghrs right now). switchable graphics. hdmi enable.

Also my keyboard is lagging a little bit when typing. Anyone here had experienced this?

[shepdawg]

My UL30VT-X1K is being delivered in 1 hour.

1. Is there anything special I should do to make sure the battery life will be maximized?

2. Do I need to do a fresh install of Windows? If so, how do I go about doing that without a disk drive?

[sanpabloguy]

My UL30VT-X1K is being delivered in 1 hour.

1. Is there anything special I should do to make sure the battery life will be maximized?

2. Do I need to do a fresh install of Windows? If so, how do I go about doing that without a disk drive?

Battery, powersaving, over/under-clocking are discussed starting on this page for number 1.

The first post here should answer your questions for number 2.

[hydra]

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I just have one question: if I nuke and repave the installation, is there some reason I have to use the Windows activation key on the bottom of the notebook? I have no problems with using my Windows activation key, but don't want to screw up anything if it makes a difference.

Thanks!

You mean the key off your Install CD? Be carefully how many times you use it as people have been denied as too many machines on one key. I used the one off the VT, for same W7HP, no upgrade, but I did have to phone home for activation.

[hydra]

My UL30VT-X1K is being delivered in 1 hour.

1. Is there anything special I should do to make sure the battery life will be maximized?

2. Do I need to do a fresh install of Windows? If so, how do I go about doing that without a disk drive?

Waiting is the worst part, welcome.

As sanpabloguy, however I suggest you take a deep breath

Use your laptop for a while. You want to see how she runs and note any quicks before you get radical. Read through the posts or use search.

enjoy

[sanpabloguy]

You mean the key off your Install CD? Be carefully how many times you use it as people have been denied as too many machines on one key. I used the one off the VT, for same W7HP, no upgrade, but I did have to phone home for activation.

Thanks for the reply. No worries on using the same key too many times.

Figured it didn't make a difference which key was used, but it's been a while since I've done a complete re-install on a notebook. And the "phone for activation" posts in the UL30VT thread weren't very clear on why that was happening. (Or I missed it.)

[hydra]

I just did a clean install on the ul30vt-a1. I went to asus website and there were many drivers there. 6 just for BIOS. Can someone be kind enough to tell me what drivers to use? Any drivers that you would recommend? I just want the following: battery to last long (I'm only getting 8 ghrs right now). switchable graphics. hdmi enable.

Also my keyboard is lagging a little bit when typing. Anyone here had experienced this?

I used the ones off the V2.0 driver DVD. No problems other than the standard P4g quirks. I did not update the bios, what's wrong with yours?

8 hours is not bad, to get more as in marketing 101, you really have to slow things down. How long did you use if before clean install, any keyboard lag?

[hydra]

Thanks for the reply. No worries on using the same key too many times.

Figured it didn't make a difference which key was used, but it's been a while since I've done a complete re-install on a notebook. And the "phone for activation" posts in the UL30VT thread weren't very clear on why that was happening. (Or I missed it.)

Sometimes the activation happens over internet, other times I had to call the automated robo babe and repeat the numbers..if internet activation failed. sorry, i got cut off.

[dblo]

Yes, check the keyboard mod post for link. It took 8 days, very thin box but no damage. If in no hurry then wait as the price was the same.

thx for the info/advice!

+rep for you!

[shepdawg]

I decided not to do a clean install. However, I want to uninstall most of the stuff that came loaded. What programs MUST stay on here? What programs SHOULD stay?