Comments on: Windows 7 and the Asus Eee PC 1000HE

By: niel duncan

niel duncan — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:20:12 +0000

I do enjoy the content of your blog and the detailed manner of the reviews

By: Eva Galva

Eva Galva — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:21:50 +0000

netbook forum Klasse Tests zum Thema findet ihr auf http://www.netbook-community.de. Hab dort sogar gute Tests rund um das iPad gefunden gerade dieses ist im Themenbereich ipad test ja ein richtiger Newcomer! Schaut es euch mal an mich hat dieses Asus Netbook überzeugt.

By: varundbest

varundbest — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:31:42 +0000

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By: arcanecode

arcanecode — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:20:47 +0000

Nope, go ahead. Also FYI the above article was written using a beta of Win 7. Earlier I upgraded to full Win 7 retail version and it’s still working fine.

By: Acer Netbooks

Acer Netbooks — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:35:08 +0000

would you mind if I posted this on my blog leaving a link back to this article?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:45:13 +0000

Hey thanks for this article! I found it useful as informal due diligence before installing these Developer Apps on the ASUS 1000HE.

Proof that when you google it’s always the blog posts that help…!

Thanks again.

Chris

By: Allan Smith

Allan Smith — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:11:35 +0000

I have installed Win 7 Home premium on my HE, but I’m a bit frustrated, because I can’t get the right graphic driver installed and I’m running on 600×1000 screen resolution. Webpage buttons go off the bottom of the page, and nothing I try seems to fix it. Asus seems to have windows 7 drivers, but I can’t get the right one installed. Also, as the guy above, the Fn keeps are now inactive. Help?

By: James Barratt

James Barratt — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:28:02 +0000

Arcane, thanks for your quick response and pithy instructions. PCs are fine for me but I always though notes and nets were black boxes, but they’re not of course. Indeed, the back panel and screws are begging me to open them. I’ll give the chip install a burl, as per your instructions. BTW, I did look on the microsoft website, which says only 1GB RAM is needed to run it.. but for my uses (business) I’ll want 2GB.

Unrelated, but I also found this, which is a specific guide to upgrading from XP and avoiding drivers issues etc:

Ihttp://allabouteeepc.com/tag/upgrading-1000he-windows-7/

Seems to be helpful if an upgrade from XP to 7 is being done, but I am just bookmarking it in case I am having troubles. Mine will be a fresh install! Thanks again Arcane.

By: arcanecode

arcanecode — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:45:02 +0000

William, not sure, as this was never an issue for me. Sorry.

James, sort of depends on what you will be doing. If just web browsing then 1 gig will prob be enough, although for just about anything the more ram the better.

Fortunately it’s very easy to install the ram, takes all of five minutes. There’s a hatch on the bottom, just unscrew it and lift it open. The 1 gig chip sits right there, just press the clips on either side that hold it down and it pops up, lift it out, put in the new ram, press it down so the clips grab it, put the cover back on and away you go.

By: James Barratt

James Barratt — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:57:34 +0000

Arcanecode, thanks for your excellent blog, just what I was looking for, as I wish to upgrade my same model netbook (HE1000), due to a difficult/reboot XP BSOD, to a Wins 7 install. My question – you mentioned on the 6th Dec 2009 that things went well with the upgrade but previously that you used 2GB RAM. I’m in Japan, installed an English XP as soon as I got it, which screws the OEM J XP warranty.. anyway.. is it easy to install 2GB into this PC? Do I need 2 or will 1 handle the load? Any comments appreciated, thanks. Happy New Year!

By: William

William — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:17:14 +0000

WHYY, WHY can’t i turn the aspect ratio setting to maintain aspect ratio in windows 7 T___T

By: arcanecode

arcanecode — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:48:24 +0000

Ariel29 – Mine runs fine, although I upgraded to Win 7 the night I brought the machine home so didn’t use XP all that much. Running on average settings (Balanced power mode, wi-fi and bluetooth on, screen about 70% brightness) I could get six hours of battery life.

Alana – For a box of this size there’s no real reason to install the 64 bit version, unless you have some application that just requires 64 bit. I used 32 bit, works just fine.

By: Alana

Alana — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:01:37 +0000

Are you suppose to install the 32bit or 64bit version of Windows 7 pro? Which is better to do? Thanks!

By: Ariel29

Ariel29 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:20:50 +0000

I purchased my asus eee pc for 3 months now with xp home and it worked perfectly. I wonder if it would run as swiftly as xp if I upgrade my OS to windows 7. Will it consume my battery life to a significant level? Will it be sluggish? I really love to upgrade my OS to windows 7.

By: Asus Eee PC 1000HE Price Dropped

Asus Eee PC 1000HE Price Dropped — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:24:07 +0000

I had used ASUS EeePC 4G with MS-windowXP for almost 16 months before I purchased this 1000HE. Now, Windows7 (RC) is running on this 1000HE with 2GB RAM. I really like the display, HDD capacity, battery life, and a keyboard. Since I had read other people’s reviews, I have no trouble or finger prints becaue of leather cover which I bought with 1000HE. This is a great Netbook with all the capacity and features I could want. The reviews told me it was good and they were right. Don’t hesitate to get one.

By: arcanecode

arcanecode — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:51:06 +0000

You hit the NUMLOCK key on your keyboard. Hit it again to turn it off. I think on the ASUS you have to hit the blue FN key then press the blue NUMLOCK key but I don’t have the ASUS in front of me right now so can’t remember for sure.

By: MENDY PLOTZ

MENDY PLOTZ — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:43:40 +0000

BY ACCIDENT I MUST HAVE HIT SOME KEY ON MY 1000HE KEYBOARD, AND NOW WHENEVER I WANT TO TYPE U,I,or O, A 4,5, or 6 APPEARS. WHAT DID I DO WRONG?

By: Lars Jensen

Lars Jensen — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:36:56 +0000

I just installed Windows 7 Professional (RTM version) on my Eee 1000HE.
Installed without problems, all hardware seemingly worked fine. However, in the Device Manager I noticed one “unknown device” – and I also noticed that the Fn function keys did not work (such as turn up/down the volume). In the Properties for that device, under Details, I could see it said “ACPI Asus010″. Aha! I went to the Asus website and downloaded the ACPI driver for WinXP. Actually, there were two of them, one ~700K, another ~4MB in size. I took the 4MB one.
After downloading and extracting it, I tried having Windows automatically search for a driver for the device in the unzipped folder. Still didn’t find it.
I think tried running the installer (the setup EXE). I would not run due to unsupported OS. Then I tried the MSI installer instead (in the same unzipped folder), and it didn’t have an OS check, and installed fine – and after this, the device was working properly. The Fn function keys also work now.

Hope this will be of help to anyone with similar problems…
Oh yeah by the way – the Eee 1000HE (with 2GB RAM) has NO problems running Windows 7. I’m very impressed by this little Atom box.

By: rob-digital

rob-digital — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:47:28 +0000

I installed Win7 straight from XP, and set it up as dual-boot. OMG, it’s so fast! For me, Vista was garbage, like Millenium Edition. I spent the xtra $20 to get the 2gigs too. I’ve also found that using ObjectDock and nDroid (or CircleDock if you have an external mouse) can save time and real-estate. I also used virtual desktops with XP. If you use an external monitor, UltraMon is a great app for easily switching modes, and other things. I still have to test some of this stuff in 7, tho. I bought a $20 IDE/SATA-to-USB cable, this can allow you to use desktop (and some laptop) drives externally on the Eee. There are tools that allow you to easily go from ISO to bootable USB easily (great for testing Linux Distros). I’ve also managed to use the SD card as a boot point for dual-booting Linux (preserving the MBR on the C:\, but running Linux from another partition on the HD). If you want to keep your windows key, write it down now, and/or put a piece of scotch tape over the sticker.

By: paulymorph

paulymorph — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:28:35 +0000

Guys, there are a lot of folks out there that are not aware about installing Vista or Win 7 from a USB drive. It is very simple. Both OS’s are winpe based so all you do is format a 4 gb usb key with NTFS and do a straight copy of your vista or win7 dvd to the key. Then, if your computer supports it, and the 1000HE does, boot from the USB key and start your install just as if you are booted from a cd. No special tricks at all. The one thing you have to do on the 1000HE is go into the bios and where you tell it about the hard drive, you move the USB key to the top of the hard drive list. Then upon reboot, it should boot to that drive and away you go… Good luck.