Windows 10 Anniversary Update on ASUS R2H - "End of the Road"

I remember I started this blog almost exactly 10 years ago all excited by the advent of mini-tablets in the form or UMPCs, with a first post from the actual device.

My ASUS R2H came with Windows XP Tablet Edition, qualifying for a free upgrade to Windows Vista, followed by quite a number of pre-release, preview, trial and final versions of Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1, and finally Windows 10. In spite of the fact that the actual support from ASUS and Intel ended with Windows Vista, it has been possible to run for much longer thanks to Windows support for legacy devices from Microsoft.

It is finally time to declare End of the Road for Windows with so appropriately release named: Windows 10 Anniversay Update (version 1607, build 14393.447)


ASUS R2H-BG059T

• 7" screen (800x480), touchscreen / stylus
• Intel Celeron M 353 Dothan
• 1.25 GB RAM (256 MB soldered + 1 GB module)
• Intel Mobile 915GM  Express Chipset
• Intel Graphics GMA 900
• Hitachi Travelstar HTC426060G8CE00 (1.8", 4200 rpm, 60 GB)
• ASUS WL-159G WiFi (Atheros / ZyDAS ZD1211)
• ASUS BT-183 Bluetooth
• ASUS Driver & Tools support page

Windows 10 Anniversary Update
version 1607, build 14393.447

• How to get the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
• Windows 10 (Multiple Editions), Version 1607 (Updated Jul 2016) (x86) - DVD (English)

 ➤  Graphics 

       Graphics performance of the old Intel GMA 900 is quite poor with Microsoft Basic Display Adapter driver (v10.0.14393.0, 21 Jun 2006).

       ASUS graphics driver for Windows Vista (v6.14.10.4764, 15 Mar 2007) will not install anymore, XPDM (XP Display Model) drivers are not supported starting with Windows 8.

➤  Touch screen

      Calibrate using Digitiser Calibration Tool (tabcal.exe)

➤  Audio

 
      ASUS audio driver for Windows Vista (v6.10.1.6030, 15 Mar 2007)

➤  Webcam

     ASUS camera driver for Windows Vista (for Bison v6.32.0.04.2, 10 Sep 2007 or otherwise choose your own from the driver download page)

➤  Thumbstick

     ASUS touchpad driver for Windows Vista (v9.1.5.0, 25 Jan 2007)

➤  Fingerprint

       Works fine with Windows (AuthenTec) driver (v3.4.4.84, 11 Oct 2012). Enrol your fingerprint(s) in Settings > Accounts > Sign-In Options. Fingerprint Set Up button might be disabled if you haven't configured a text password yet - should do that first and then come back to it.

 

➤  Bluetooth

     Works fine with generic Microsoft driver (10.0.14393.351, 21 Jun 2006). ASUS Bluetooth driver for Windows Vista (v5.10.02, 12 Feb 2007) would not install.

 

➤  WiFi

     Works with Windows (Atheros) provided driver (v2.2.0.27, 29 Jul 2008). You can install ASUS Wireless driver for Windows Vista (v2.0.0.130, 17 Aug 2007) but after installing ASUS Wireless Console (v2.0.8, 7 Mar 2007)

 

➤  Ethernet

     Works with Windows (Realtek) provided driver (v10.9.422.2016, 22 Apr 2016). You may try to install the ASUS LAN driver for Windows Vista (V6.190.115.2007, 24 Jul 2007).

➤  GPS

     Enable GPS receiver (NMEA 0183 on COM1, 4800 baud) with device_switch.exe part of ASUS Device Switch (v1.0.0.1, 25 Jul 2007) or the open source eqivalent gpsCtrl.exe (dandar3/ASUS-R2H-gpsCtrl on GitHub).

Tested with GPSDirect (Sensor Driver > Install, followed by Tests > Sensor Explorer On) and MTTTY Serial Terminal (COM1, 4800, 8-N-1, followed by File > Connect).