Note that in my case I did not find the Asus Drivers until after I had installed the Dell drivers using the process in steps 7, 8 and 9. The point being if you are missing any drivers, give the Dell download a shot.
In the end I found that the Video Driver, G Force Sensor and Camera were the biggest problems but the Asus T100 Windows 8.1 SOC package contained all I needed and now there are no UNKNOWNs in my Device Manager.
"The point being if you are missing any drivers, give the Dell download a shot."
OMG thank you so muuuuuuuuch !!!! I solved all problems in friend's laptop (touch screen not working, brightness screen not adjustable, sound disappeared, and when I upgraded from W8.1 to W10 the laptop was so slow, etc...) !
Thanks a lot !
Hi and thanks for the detailed explanation. But I still have a major problem after installing Windows 10. My T100 does not switch automatically into desktop or tablet mode when I remove the keyboard. Furthermore when I am in tablet mode the keyboard does not show up when I try to type something. I have to start it manually. And when I do the keyboard is on top of the fiels I am trying to type in, so I can't see what I am typing. Strange thing is that it does work when I have to enter my windows password. Does anyone know why this might happen and how I can solve this problem? I just bought the netbook last saturday, so I ca still get a refund if it doesn't work.
Thanks for the detailed install tips. I did the upgrade to 10 from 8.1. After cleaning out Windows.OLD this gave me about 10Gb free space. Win 10 ran well initially but I had a few issues so I did a new CLEAN WIN 10 INSTALL over the single partition. Free space is now about 20 Gb. Now finalising install with all my missing SW. OH Boy
after numberless tries to get my t100 to have a network connection I'm seeking help
My system tells me that I cannot start the appopreate manager to sart connectiong and it mocks me by telling me to get more information online (while beeing offline) Pop up keyboard doesent work either
Does the wireless Network Card appear in DEVICE MANAGER?
When you did the clean install with the dvd/CD. Did you pick update/upgrade or custom. I notice allot of people talking about the windows.old file. Usually you only get this with update/upgrade. I understand that you can update threw windows also-But I wanted to know about a clean install. Do you happen to remember what version of the Bios you had? Last question-When you use the disk to do a clean install. Will it still use UEFI install automatically?Great Post
I performed a clean install BUT you could run the update from the "Win10 App" (Windows Update) and the WINDOWS.OLD file will automatically be removed after 30 days. Remember that Windows 10 is SMALLER than Windows 8: http://www.urtech.ca/2015/08/solved-why-does-windows-10-take-less-space-than-windows-7-or-8/ I don't recall the BIOS version, but I always use the most current available before upgrading Operating Systems. As for the UEFI, I don't recall, but I am 90% sure it does. I hope this helps.
I'm upgrading to Windows 10 from Microsoft media tool software and it had said in beginning I needed more hard drive space so I put in a 128gb sd card which it said I could do. I come back five hours later and its on a loop where it gets the Asus boot screen w Asus logo then says restoring previous version of Windows with circle spinning. It does a little work, reboots then same restoring message.
Normal or viscious cycle? It says to put back in SD card if I take it out whilst it is rebooting in the cycle.
Thanks in advance
Brian
This is very odd and quite unexpected. I have not seen this before and I have had no reports of this. I think you are in a viscous cycle and will likely need to do a clean install.
How do you reinstall MS office 2013 Home and Student that's preinstalled in Win 8.1?
On my T100, the device Manager says there are Problems with the Intel Trusted Execution Index (TXE). Also, my T100 crashes all the time....
It looks like that problem can be caused by a failed BIOS update. https://communities.intel.com/thread/67381?start=0&tstart=0 I would download the latest BIOS and re-flash it. After that I would run a repair by right clicking on the START button, selected COMMAND PROMPT (ADMINISTRATOR) and typing SFC /SCANNOW .
I hope that helps.
Thank you, I´ve just seen this (had a few busy days) and will try it out soon. I don´t understand this issue, as for many people it seems to work well, but my T100 says "Goodbye!" after around 10 minutes. In fact, it doesn´t even say anything. The screen becomes black, and that´s it.
No, it didn´t work. Installed Windows 8.1, but I have still the same problem...
I installed Windows 10 from a fresh install and the audio is not working...I have the small red cross and I can't make it work...any clue?
Have you tried going into DEVICE MANAGER and UNISTALLING the sound card and driver, then rebooting to have it Plug and Play?
If you use Microsoft's Media Creation Tool to create an installation image on another PC, you can then install on your T100 from a USB flash drive.
It doesn't need too much free space for the installation -- I only had around 6GB free and there's now over 4GB after the upgrade (which will be more when I've removed the old Windows).
As mentioned above -- you must download and install the SOC driver package, including video drivers. It'll warn about being older than the existing drivers, but go ahead and install anyway.
When I try this, I get asked for a product key. Is there any way around this (this is a new T100 I just purchased). I can't find a product key anywhere.
The Windows 8 product key is embedded in you BIOS and is no longer a sticker. You can find out what that Windows 8 key is with a simple (and free) query tool like: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html You need to upgrade to Windows 10 from Win8 if you do not have a separate key as Windows 10 will NOT use the Windows 8 key.
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"The point being if you are missing any drivers, give the Dell download a shot."
OMG thank you so muuuuuuuuch !!!! I solved all problems in friend's laptop (touch screen not working, brightness screen not adjustable, sound disappeared, and when I upgraded from W8.1 to W10 the laptop was so slow, etc...) !
Thanks a lot !
Hi and thanks for the detailed explanation. But I still have a major problem after installing Windows 10. My T100 does not switch automatically into desktop or tablet mode when I remove the keyboard. Furthermore when I am in tablet mode the keyboard does not show up when I try to type something. I have to start it manually. And when I do the keyboard is on top of the fiels I am trying to type in, so I can't see what I am typing. Strange thing is that it does work when I have to enter my windows password. Does anyone know why this might happen and how I can solve this problem? I just bought the netbook last saturday, so I ca still get a refund if it doesn't work.
Thanks a lot.
Hi Joe;
Take a look at our bit on forcing Windows 10 into Tablet Mode: http://www.urtech.ca/2015/08/solved-how-to-change-your-windows-10-into-tablet-mode/
Thanks for the detailed install tips. I did the upgrade to 10 from 8.1. After cleaning out Windows.OLD this gave me about 10Gb free space. Win 10 ran well initially but I had a few issues so I did a new CLEAN WIN 10 INSTALL over the single partition. Free space is now about 20 Gb. Now finalising install with all my missing SW. OH Boy
Yes Windows 10 is smaller because of compression and the removal of recovery partitions. See: http://www.urtech.ca/2015/08/solved-why-does-windows-10-take-less-space-than-windows-7-or-8/
after numberless tries to get my t100 to have a network connection I'm seeking help
My system tells me that I cannot start the appopreate manager to sart connectiong and it mocks me by telling me to get more information online (while beeing offline) Pop up keyboard doesent work either
Does the wireless Network Card appear in DEVICE MANAGER?
When you did the clean install with the dvd/CD. Did you pick update/upgrade or custom. I notice allot of people talking about the windows.old file. Usually you only get this with update/upgrade. I understand that you can update threw windows also-But I wanted to know about a clean install. Do you happen to remember what version of the Bios you had? Last question-When you use the disk to do a clean install. Will it still use UEFI install automatically?Great Post
I performed a clean install BUT you could run the update from the "Win10 App" (Windows Update) and the WINDOWS.OLD file will automatically be removed after 30 days. Remember that Windows 10 is SMALLER than Windows 8: http://www.urtech.ca/2015/08/solved-why-does-windows-10-take-less-space-than-windows-7-or-8/ I don't recall the BIOS version, but I always use the most current available before upgrading Operating Systems. As for the UEFI, I don't recall, but I am 90% sure it does. I hope this helps.
I'm upgrading to Windows 10 from Microsoft media tool software and it had said in beginning I needed more hard drive space so I put in a 128gb sd card which it said I could do. I come back five hours later and its on a loop where it gets the Asus boot screen w Asus logo then says restoring previous version of Windows with circle spinning. It does a little work, reboots then same restoring message.
Normal or viscious cycle? It says to put back in SD card if I take it out whilst it is rebooting in the cycle.
Thanks in advance
Brian
This is very odd and quite unexpected. I have not seen this before and I have had no reports of this. I think you are in a viscous cycle and will likely need to do a clean install.
How do you reinstall MS office 2013 Home and Student that's preinstalled in Win 8.1?
Your Office should have come with a CD Key and you can download the source the installation files directly from Microsoft: https://products.office.com/en-us/get-office-oem-download-page
On my T100, the device Manager says there are Problems with the Intel Trusted Execution Index (TXE). Also, my T100 crashes all the time....
It looks like that problem can be caused by a failed BIOS update. https://communities.intel.com/thread/67381?start=0&tstart=0 I would download the latest BIOS and re-flash it. After that I would run a repair by right clicking on the START button, selected COMMAND PROMPT (ADMINISTRATOR) and typing SFC /SCANNOW .
I hope that helps.
Thank you, I´ve just seen this (had a few busy days) and will try it out soon. I don´t understand this issue, as for many people it seems to work well, but my T100 says "Goodbye!" after around 10 minutes. In fact, it doesn´t even say anything. The screen becomes black, and that´s it.
No, it didn´t work. Installed Windows 8.1, but I have still the same problem...
I installed Windows 10 from a fresh install and the audio is not working...I have the small red cross and I can't make it work...any clue?
Have you tried going into DEVICE MANAGER and UNISTALLING the sound card and driver, then rebooting to have it Plug and Play?
If you use Microsoft's Media Creation Tool to create an installation image on another PC, you can then install on your T100 from a USB flash drive.
It doesn't need too much free space for the installation -- I only had around 6GB free and there's now over 4GB after the upgrade (which will be more when I've removed the old Windows).
As mentioned above -- you must download and install the SOC driver package, including video drivers. It'll warn about being older than the existing drivers, but go ahead and install anyway.
All looking goo so far!
Great! We have some notes on Media Creation Tool for those who want it: http://www.urtech.ca/2015/07/solved-how-to-do-a-clean-install-of-windows-10-without-a-product-key/
When I try this, I get asked for a product key. Is there any way around this (this is a new T100 I just purchased). I can't find a product key anywhere.
The Windows 8 product key is embedded in you BIOS and is no longer a sticker. You can find out what that Windows 8 key is with a simple (and free) query tool like: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html You need to upgrade to Windows 10 from Win8 if you do not have a separate key as Windows 10 will NOT use the Windows 8 key.