Posted April 10, 2018 · Original PosterOP I'm going to sell my laptop soon, and I plan on running DBAN (a secure hard drive wipe tool) on my harddrive; however, I want to make sure that when i install windows 10, the keyboard's FN commands still work (volume, keyboard dim/light, brightness, touch pad disable, etc). I had a bad experience with my laptop (Asus G750jw) when i upgraded my harddrive to an SSD. After a fresh install of windows 10, i lost alot of the functionality of my keyboard. Specifically i couldnt increase and decrease the lights on my keyboard anymore, and i couldnt disable the touch pad. I know its not a hardware issue because when i load back the old harddrive, the keyboard FN functions still work normally. Is there a location i can find the specific drivers needed to maintain keyboard function/ everything else? My laptop model's website just gives me shitty bloatware to download and nothing to give the keyboard it's FN functionality Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 10, 2018 I know using google is quite hard for finding drivers =) try this link: https://www.asus.com/us/ROG-Republic-Of-Gamers/ROG-G750JW/HelpDesk_Download/ 2 Main Systems (mine and my late wifes): AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX. (one of those got a Gainward Phoenix GS 1060 if I had waited only a month longer ^^) On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB HDD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display Media System: Asrock ASRock Z87 Extreme4/TB4, Intel Core i5 4460, 16 GB Ram DDR3 1600 ADATA XPG, 1 275 GB SSD, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX (the 560 will be replaced with one of the 760 due to better effeciency) (Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing) Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 10, 2018 · Original PosterOP 31 minutes ago, Anghammarad said: I know using google is quite hard for finding drivers =) try this link: https://www.asus.com/us/ROG-Republic-Of-Gamers/ROG-G750JW/HelpDesk_Download/ i already said that i tried going here to get the right drivers for my keyboard, but it didnt help me get my Fn functionality back and only gave me a bunch of bloat ware. Thank you for being so condescending. Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 10, 2018 My guess is that any FN functionality is within that bloat. Laptops and other prebuilds use custom restore discs where all drivers are already to give you all functionality from start. You can try contacting manufacturer for drivers if there isn't anything on support page. ^^^^ That's my post ^^^^ <-- This is me --- That's your scrollbar --> vvvv Who's there? vvvv Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 10, 2018 · Original PosterOP Just now, LoGiCalDrm said: My guess is that any FN functionality is within that bloat. Laptops and other prebuilds use custom restore discs where all drivers are already to give you all functionality from start. You can try contacting manufacturer for drivers if there isn't anything on support page. you're saying that the original disk that came with my laptop has the drivers necessary to give full keyboard functionality back to my laptop? Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 10, 2018 1 minute ago, solarwinggx said: you're saying that the original disk that came with my laptop has the drivers necessary to give full keyboard functionality back to my laptop? It should, yes. But I haven't used disc to restore in long time, you should be in contact with manufacturers support for details. ^^^^ That's my post ^^^^ <-- This is me --- That's your scrollbar --> vvvv Who's there? vvvv Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 10, 2018 19 minutes ago, solarwinggx said: i already said that i tried going here to get the right drivers for my keyboard, but it didnt help me get my Fn functionality back and only gave me a bunch of bloat ware. Thank you for being so condescending. On my first glance I would say nothing under the win 10 64 Bit section, you'll need to go back to Win 8.1/8 for that drivers/software. The naming scheme is terribad, I would try out what sound like it would go in the right direction. How old was the machine? around 3 Years now? 2 Main Systems (mine and my late wifes): AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX. (one of those got a Gainward Phoenix GS 1060 if I had waited only a month longer ^^) On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB HDD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display Media System: Asrock ASRock Z87 Extreme4/TB4, Intel Core i5 4460, 16 GB Ram DDR3 1600 ADATA XPG, 1 275 GB SSD, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX (the 560 will be replaced with one of the 760 due to better effeciency) (Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing) Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 10, 2018 · Original PosterOP Just now, Anghammarad said: On my first glance I would say nothing under the win 10 64 Bit section, you'll need to go back to Win 8.1/8 for that drivers/software. The naming scheme is terribad, I would try out what sound like it would go in the right direction. How old was the machine? around 3 Years now? i bought it in summer of 2013, so close to 5 years Asus g750jw Link to post Share on other sites