So i got the new Samsung N150 netbook, Its a dope little netbook except for one thing it comes with windows 7 starter. Windows Starter is complete garbage They did give the option to upgrade to the oth]] windows 7 OS for a nice FEE. So since i have purchased windows 7 ultimate for my previous netbook which i broke, i figured i would just do a nice fresh install of Win7 Ultimate. Installed great with no issues then i find out i need to get the qualcomm gobi drivers in order to use my embeded aircard. So i went to vzam.net to dl vzaccess manager for my particular model. I dl it & install & wait to my suprise the VZaccess manager for my model does not include the Qualcomm Gobi Drivers. Seriously verizon why the hell would you have a vzaccess manager for my model that doesnt include the drivers for the modem. THAT is just plain **bleep**..
THe funny thing is if i would upgrade directly from starter 7 to another version my drivers will carry over ..But if u do a fresh install your screwed.. I smell a conspiracy..
I have searched the net & i cannot seem to find the drivers can anybody out there help??
Thank You in Advance
So I have called Verizon who referred me to Samsung, Called Samsung & they referred me back to Verizon. I just don't understand who the company that makes the laptop & the company that provides the mbb service can't help..
Can anybody locate Qualcomm Gobi 2000 drivers for the N150
I am sure that prior to the clean install of Win7, you burned emergency Boot Disks . . .?? Your drivers are found on disk 2.
Burned the recovery discs with what? The device does not come with any disc drive. It is ridiculous to expect the customer to purchase extra hardware just to be able to have the recovery or OS discs.
You can get the driver here
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/NP-N150-HAV1US
It is the CDMA driver for Win7 and I verified it works in XP as well.
VZAccess Manager for Samsung N150 is at the bottom of this page:
OK now this was an actual answer! Thanks for the info, I never would have guessed that the CDMA driver for Win7 would be the driver I am looking for. Personally, I am not happy that Samsung would not provide recovery or reinstall discs (or better yet a reovery SD or thumb drive option). I prefer Linux on my systems, and when I installed Ubuntu 10.10 it decided that dispite my partioning options it would use the entire drive an wipe out the recovery partition. the Unbuntu GOBI 2000 drivers worked for 1 usuage then ubuntu stopped seeing the device so I no longer had WAN access. and with no recovery set I was forced to install WinXP Pro SP 2 from 2003 which of course does not had drivers for the N150 .... short story long ... got the netbook working again .. with broadband .. and FORGET SAMSUNG in the furture ... Acer at least provides reinstall options that are realistic to geekdom! BTW you can go through the process and burn yourself a bootable USB Pendive ... I was lazy before and will do that now!
raijala wrote:Burned the recovery discs with what? The device does not come with any disc drive. It is ridiculous to expect the customer to purchase extra hardware just to be able to have the recovery or OS discs.
You can get the driver here
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/NP-N150-HAV1US
It is the CDMA driver for Win7 and I verified it works in XP as well.
VZAccess Manager for Samsung N150 is at the bottom of this page:
http://www.vzam.net/download/supported.aspx
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