M200 Windows 7 Drivers & Issues

[CodeWarrior]

thanks that driver worked for me too

[CodeWarrior]

I have spent several hours looking for that sd driver. Please post a link to it. Thanks so much.

I have everything else installed and mostly working. The tablet button next to the screen that has an 'x' and a rotating screen graphic next to it doesn't seem to do anything, but all the other buttons work, including the up/down/left/right scrolling stick.

[Sigmund93]

I started collecting information from various sources about installing windows 7 rc on the m200. visit h t tp://sites.google.com/site/sigmundsuggestions/articles/windows-7-rc-impressions

[Fahed2000]

nvidia forceware 97.54 for windows vista 32bit driver seems to work for me . Rating, Gets a 1.0 on Aero and 2.4 on 3D
Pros
· Hibernate works perfectly
· Rotation
· Aero works on full resolution pretty well (with transparency disabled), but a rare occasions you get a flicker a couple times a day, except if you have many windows open (namely more than three separate windows), then it get much more frequent by the load), but defiantly much less flickers than 97.52 at full resolution
Cons
· Sleep requires a change in brightness (the screen does not wake up, unless you change the brightness post wakeup, thus a possible plug-in-out of power).
· No dual screen support (one at a time, either the primary or secondary)
· Brightness control seems to be quite moody, sometimes it appears sometimes doesn’t, am not sure on the relevance of this or if it is affected by the


I can’t compare it with others as i haven’t tested any other than 97.54 and 97.52
download nvidia forceware 97.54 for windows vista 32bit driver (install normally not in compatibility mode) and download and use the modded inf
h p://laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12408

Thanx Lads for the SD driver and the clear outline (Flos)
Toshiba Portege M200 (PPM21E) 2GHz, 1GB, Windows 7 7100 32bit

[madkiwinz]

I would really like to thank people here. The post by Flos really helped and everything including rotation is working well.

[trimtromtramtrom]

I am using nvidia forceware 97.54, 97.52 did not work for me (no rotation and black screen after sleep).

· Sleep requires a change in brightness (the screen does not wake up, unless you change the brightness post wakeup, thus a possible plug-in-out of power).

h**p://mobilepcwiki.com/mpc/index.php?title=Toshiba/M200/Windows_Vista_Installation_Notes
On this site is an easy workaround to automatic adjust brightness (not the vbs script), starting with :

powercfg -L

use Kernel-General also EventID 1 instead of Power-Troubleshooter
-> reactivation after inactivity induced standby also works now

I also encrypted the whole drive with Truecrypt, which runs on my 1,5Ghz pretty well, but I am still using the original 40 GB stock drive, which is a little bit slow. For faster harddrive the small CPU could be a bigger problem.

P.S.: Even so the automatic rotation is working, is there a way to rotate manually with one of the tablet buttons?

Update 2: Using a task for Kernel-General and Power-Troubleshooter works for me all the time now (with Nvidia 97.54).
I updated to Build 7137, which looks and feels the same (no real use to update). I don´t know if I missed the programm Flicks (mouse gesture) in RC1, even so it´s worth mentioning it.

[zeze21]

I am using nvidia forceware 97.54, 97.52 did not work for me (no rotation and black screen after sleep). h**p://mobilepcwiki.com/mpc/index.php?title=Toshiba/M200/Windows_Vista_Installation_Notes
On this site is an easy workaround to automatic adjust brightness (not the vbs script), starting with :

powercfg -L

use Kernel-General also EventID 1 instead of Power-Troubleshooter
-> reactivation after inactivity induced standby also works now

I also encrypted the whole drive with Truecrypt, which runs on my 1,5Ghz pretty well, but I am still using the original 40 GB stock drive, which is a little bit slow. For faster harddrive the small CPU could be a bigger problem.

P.S.: Even so the automatic rotation is working, is there a way to rotate manually with one of the tablet buttons?

Update 2: Using a task for Kernel-General and Power-Troubleshooter works for me all the time now (with Nvidia 97.54).
I updated to Build 7137, which looks and feels the same (no real use to update). I don´t know if I missed the programm Flicks (mouse gesture) in RC1, even so it´s worth mentioning it.

For rotation: just use Irotate:
\/\/ \/\/ \/\/.entechtaiwan.com/util/irotate.shtm
you can assign hotkeys like ctrl + alt + up to the different tablet buttons native in win 7 and irotate just uses those hotkeys to rotate the screen

[Fahed2000]

Lads , Anything new with graphics drivers ,,,
channel bump bump.......

[skylaraye]

I downloaded and installed the 97.52 driver and now i get flickers. what did i do wrong? would be nice to use my computer without the flickers. i can surf the net but only if i have just one window open and don't change the theme.. i've even tried reinstalling the OS and got the same problem

[skylaraye]

I've since reverted back to the standard VGA drivers and I haven't had one problem with it...Can't explain it.