ULTRA MOBILE PC TIPS: BIOS update for Samsung Q1 with Vista Support

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

BIOS update for Samsung Q1 with Vista Support

What a coincidence! Just a few hours after I posted my workaround to get the Q1 recognized as a Tablet PC, Samsung has released a BIOS update. I do not have my power supply with me so I can't install it right now. So I really do not know if that will fix the issue with our Samsung not being recognized as a Tablet PC. I hope this is what it does. Anyone can confirm this?

Labels: Samsung Q1, Vista

9 Comments:

At 1:28 PM, February 28, 2007, psyber said...: Well, I just updated to this and I couldn't see anything new or different in the BIOS.

When I rebooted, Vista started to install drivers for an "Unknown Device". I will keep looking, but I couldn't tell what is missing now.
Bluetooth, USB, sound, NICs and the CF all seem fine, so I don't know what this Other-Unknown Device is.

As for the Tablet PC recognition, no go there. I removed the startup script before the reboot and once it got back to Vista, it had reverted back to 0x00 for the two registry entries.
I popped the startup script back in and it runs as before.

So... what does the new BIOS do?
Not sure.

J
At 1:54 PM, February 28, 2007, CTitanic said...: Well, if it installed a new device, look in the device manager. You should have a new HID Driver in there. Probably.
At 2:09 PM, February 28, 2007, psybertech said...: No. All it did was add a dreaded "Other Devices" tree and under that is an "unknown device" in the device manager.

That should, I hope, change once Samsung releases updated drivers.

I am thinking about trying some old drivers and see if any are accepted for the unknown device but I doubt any will work.
At 2:36 PM, February 28, 2007, CTitanic said...: Well, it seems to me that Samsung just prepared the ground for a new Driver. ;)
At 4:07 PM, February 28, 2007, psybertech said...: Ok... I just forced a driver update to look at the Windows directory and it found and installed a driver for a "Direct Application Launch Button".

Not sure what that is or does since all the buttons worked before.

hrmmm... I guess time will tell.

J
At 4:10 PM, February 28, 2007, CTitanic said...: to look in your Vista Directory?
At 4:58 PM, February 28, 2007, rolajos said...: Maybe the BIOS now supports and contains SLIC and RSDT tables in ACPI module for oem activation of vista? That would be a nice step in the interesting direction.
At 5:10 PM, February 28, 2007, psybertech said...: CT, yes, my Vista directly

I currently only have Vista installed on my Q1.

I just pointed it to C:\Windows and it found it there automatically.
At 5:18 PM, February 28, 2007, CTitanic said...: I'll try that in few hours. Thanks!