Comments on: Toshiba Netbooks Prepping for Windows 7 with Updated Drivers http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:17:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: purkharam http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/#comment-425703 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:23:01 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=44655#comment-425703 purkharam jat

]]> By: Dennis Rice http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/#comment-425702 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:00:14 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=44655#comment-425702 Okay — guess we will wait. Darn it — caught once again in the early adopters gotta upgrade first trap! :-)

By the way, I did get upgraded to 1.6 BIOS — no issues here. Didn’t fix a darn thing, but it did work!

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/#comment-425701 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:27:10 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=44655#comment-425701 Hey Dennis! Great to see you around these parts again! :) Still no luck on the BIOS. :( I was speaking to a Toshiba contact today and mentioned this. From the sounds of things, they (as well as everyone else in the PC biz) are scrambling to get ready for the Windows 7 launch, so I anticipate new solutions soon. Rest assured that I’m looking for them on a regular basis and will share the news.

]]> By: Dennis Rice http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/#comment-425700 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:02:49 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=44655#comment-425700 Hi Kevin — been a while!

Any updates on this project? I have an NB205 with WIN7 installed, but have done no updates yet — basically using it slightly crippled (but still love this baby). Just wondering if you had gotten BIOS, ACPI buttons, etc. working ….

Thanks!

]]> By: ross http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/#comment-425699 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:05:31 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=44655#comment-425699 Hi guys I’m about to pull the trigger on this baby and buy it direct from Toshiba in England. I had been on the phone to them and they say it wont be released with Windows 7.

From the above comments it seems apparent that the bios upgrade is causing all sorts of problems. Should I hang fire for a fix or purchase now? I do have Windows 7 RC1 that I wish to install on the machine.

I’m also looking to upgrade this with C4 low latency Kingston 2 gig RAM and a Runcore Solid State Drive.

Cheers

Ross

]]> By: HG http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/#comment-425698 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:49:31 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=44655#comment-425698 I had the same problem couldn’t update to the new BIOS Must be the program.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/#comment-425697 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:49:05 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=44655#comment-425697 Good to know, HG. Thanks! I didn’t install the new TVAP utility, so I’ll hold off. I also had issues upgrading my BIOS. 1.6 simply won’t install / run / flash for me, so I upgrade to v1.5 for now.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/#comment-425696 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:47:46 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=44655#comment-425696 Can’t say that I have any info on that. I do have a contact over at Toshiba so I’ll ping him. Last we spoke, I heard they had a beta program, but it wasn’t available for me to use at that time.

]]> By: HG http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/#comment-425695 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:43:56 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=44655#comment-425695 Just a FYI, you can install the TVAP Utility just go into MSconfig and disable “Flash Card” then your FN+Brightness, mute keys will work. Now really liking the touch pad with the scrolling feature back on.

]]> By: HG http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/#comment-425694 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:27:43 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=44655#comment-425694 Also if you install the TVAP Utility, you no longer can use the brightness, Mute, etc… keys. Maybe its because I didn’t update the BIOS to the current one, but I did update to the one before. Going to uninstall the TVAP Utility.

]]> By: Luscious http://gigaom.com/mobile/toshiba-netbooks-prepping-for-windows-7-with-updated-drivers/#comment-425693 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:55:51 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=44655#comment-425693 Hmmm… no mention of the Toshiba power management utility? I would assume that was the first thing Toshiba would fix for Win 7, considering that the XP version would not work right with 7. Any knowledge on this Kevin?

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