1000HE ASUS EEE PC, Fixing Windows 7 Errors

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Windows 7

I recently availed a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition, and in case you don’t know, I own an Asus 1000HE. Now the thing is, earlier netbooks came with Windows XP, and direct upgrade to Windows 7 is not available. To take the new operating system to my netbook, I had to follow some special instructions, but in the end I still got errors with drivers. I realized I followed a wrong instruction.

If you are like me, upgrading 1000HE OS to Windows 7, I suggest you consider the following very strictly:

  • Before you upgrade, as a precaution, backup your drive.
  • Before you upgrade, update your BIOS to the latest version using the Asus Update that is pre-installed. You may download the latest BIOS update from Asus Support.
  • After you have updated your BIOS, you can install Windows 7. Everything should go well when you install drivers.

Now, if you already installed Windows 7 but have not updated the BIOS, you may experience different issues regarding Asus Drivers for Windows 7. This is exactly what I experienced. But don’t worry because I have some tips that might help you.

If you have installed Windows 7 without updating the BIOS first, you may still update it using the Asus Update software. Based on my experience though, it’s quite a puzzle. It’s like, before I can install Asus Update, I have to install another utility that requires BIOS update. And BIOS update can only easily be done with Asus Update utility.

Here’s what I did as a workaround.

  • I installed the old ACPI drivers for XP on Windows 7, and then installed Asus Update utility. This sounds crazy but it worked for me.
  • After that, I updated my BIOS to the latest version. This requires restart.
  • After it’s up again, I uninstalled all drivers I have installed already.
  • Then installed the following in sequence: Chipset, SATA AHCI, VGA, Hotkey, KB Filter, LAN and Wireless, Super Hybrid Engine, Asus Update, Instant Key. On my experience, it has to go that way.

After that, the issues were fixed. Hotkeys worked perfectly and my netbook didn’t show up any error message regarding ACPI anymore when booted.

I hope this helps and if it’s quite unclear, please let me know specific questions and I will try to answer.

Merry Christmas!

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8 Responses to “ 1000HE ASUS EEE PC, Fixing Windows 7 Errors ”

  1. marvin said:

    Dec 24, 09 at 2:52 pm

    I love window xp and I don’t want to updrade to win 7. But microsoft starts to loose support for xp. Do I have a choice?

  2. aldrin said:

    Dec 26, 09 at 6:19 pm

    marvin, ending the support might be a bad idea, but that’s how it works. we all don’t have a choice.

  3. Brain Mose said:

    Mar 17, 10 at 4:27 am

    really cool part was that the kids could see some science in action :)

  4. JB said:

    Mar 29, 10 at 2:53 pm

    What do you mean by asus update software?? i have install Windows 7 but before i install Win7 my bios is only updated to 21xx., now i dont know how i can update to 2204..

    where can i download the one your referring of the software ASUS Update Software..

    Thanks

  5. Donald said:

    Jun 06, 10 at 5:36 am

    Thank you so much. This was very helpful in my business having 7 hours a day of power is a must so I have to have be able to install the super hyper engine software which of course can’t be done on win 7 without the bios update. Again Thank you very much for this helpful info.

    D.

  6. Ice said:

    Sep 05, 10 at 8:27 am

    I also installed Windows 7 before I was able to update BIOS in XP.

    I tried your suggestion. First, I installed the old ACPI drivers for XP on Windows 7, and then installed Asus Update utility. BUT when I tried to update BIOS to the latest version, I get an error which says “Run Asus ACPI Command failed”… What should I do now?

    Thanks!

  7. Dvir Reznik said:

    Sep 26, 10 at 12:50 am

    Thanks for the detailed explanation!
    I followed the steps (installed Win 7 before updating the BIOS), but the message still appeared during startup. I did uninstall to the ACPI driver (Add/Remove Programs), hope it will solve it. So far the message hasn’t popped out again, doing a restart, see how it goes…

    Thanks again!

  8. Miguel said:

    Dec 20, 10 at 6:12 am

    Tenia una computadora ASUS EEEPC 1000HE, Instale windows 7 pero no actualice el bios antes de instalar el W7 y al momento de instalar los controladores me marcaba error de bios, pero al final pude resolver este problema y se los comparto.

    Lo primero que hice fue descargar el BIOS mas reciente guardarlo en el escritorio.
    lo segundo es formatear una memoria USB en FAT16
    despues de esto copiar el archivo descargado a la memoria usb, por ejemplo el archivo que descargue se llama 1000HE-ASUS-1104.ROM y lo renombre a: 1000HE.ROM para que lo reconozca.
    ahora viene lo bueno.
    ya que tienes listo todo esto, reinicias tu computadora, cuando este la pantalla negra presionas alt y F2, y de ahi sigue los pasos, recuerda tener conectado tu pc a la corriente electrica para que no se te valla apagar. ya que se halla actualizado la ROM al final te dice que lo apagues y listo.

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