{"id":1593,"date":"2014-12-29T12:55:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T11:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cloud-client.info\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2014-12-30T16:57:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T15:57:03","slug":"tip-getting-drivers-for-the-emdoor-7-em-18270-windows-8-1-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cloud-client.info\/?p=1593","title":{"rendered":"Tip (Updated): Getting Drivers for the Emdoor 7&#8243; EM-18270 Windows 8.1 Tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"f1b57b4156f3c43e8a7d72dffc4b2e52\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5449811010861855\";\r\n\/* blog.cloud-client.info 2 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"6689524735\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hi Folks,<\/p>\n<p>maybe you noticed that 7&#8243; Windows 8.1 (with Bing) Tablets are available now very cheap&#8230; The cheapeast one is the Emdoor EM-18270 Tablet but in this case cheap means not cheap.<\/p>\n<p>I got one of these tablets and iam very happy with it, it&#8217;s a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/digi.emdoor.com\/EN\/BIndex\/Index.aspx\">Emdoor<\/a> EM-18270 Tablet, this tablet is available for less than 100\u20ac and comes with Windows 8.1 with Bing, a one year Office 365 subscription and offers a Micro HDMI, USB and SD Card extension incl. 2&#215;2 MP Cameras incl. Bluetooth 4.0 based on a Intel Atom\u00a0Z3735G (Baytrail) platform.<\/p>\n<p>The tablet is available in different revisions (EM-18270 seen in the UK as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linx-tablets.com\/linx-7.html\">Linx 7&#8243; Tablet<\/a>\u00a0or EM-18270-D seen in Switzerland as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steg-electronics.ch\/de\/article\/emdoor-surf-7-tab-356249.aspx\">Surf 7 Tab<\/a>), there are only two differences i notified: The UK Version is partly available with a 32GB internal e-MMC\u00a0the Swiss Version in general comes with a 16GB internal e-MMC\u00a0also the UK Version comes with a plastic instead a metal case which comes\u00a0with the Swiss Version.<\/p>\n<p>Update: In the US\/UK a similar device can be seen as Cube Iwork7 (U67GT), it seams to be the same device based on a EM-18270 but i got this only as report and I was not able to verify this on my own. <\/p>\n<p>For my Swiss Version i tried to optimize the e-MMC\/SSD usage, 16GB is not very much and in the default Version there is only ~1GB HDD space available, enough for surfing but to less for working. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>So i wiped the e-MMC\u00a0and re-installed a regular Windows 8.1 x86 incl. Office (you should enable Office 365 thru the device before wiping the e-MMC \ud83d\ude09 ), compressed the Windows winsxs (script can be provided on demand but on your own risk) and c:\/Program Files folder and installed\/moved Office 365 by using symbolic links to a fast SD-Card in the slot.. (Microsoft is still not able to provide a simple target selection during the installation for Office 365). Now i got ~5GB free space for the e-MMC and a big issue.. Where do i get the damm drivers for the hardware? Emdoor do not provide any recovery media or driver packages on the website.. Very weak by Emdoor but after a lot of research i found an article here: <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.overclockers.co.uk\/showthread.php?p=27364897\">Article<\/a>\u00a0. The drivers for the Linx 7&#8243; incl. the Kionix G-Sensor are working like a charm (don&#8217;t forget to install the registry file for the Kionix G-Sensor with Administrator permissions).<\/p>\n<p>So i would really like to thank the author for providing the drivers in a simple way! If you also got the Emdoor Tablet this download is a must have for future recovery and maybe Emdoor should re-thing the way how &#8220;support&#8221; is provided to customers. The device itself is great but it doesn&#8217;t help if you can not recover or reinstall it and not all people do like the &#8220;default&#8221; installation coming with the device (like me). It should not be so hard to provide simple driver downloads&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Important: Do not perform a new installation without a Windows 8.1 installation media and a valid Product Key, do not wipe the partition without this! You will not get a Windows 8.1 with Bing installation media from Microsoft or the hardware Vendor! You also have to use the x86 Windows 8.1 Version, the 64-Bit Version will not fit on the 16GB e-MMC harddisk.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers<\/p>\n<p>Michael<\/p>\n<p>P.S.: I did not try to install the Linx Bios on a Surf 7 Tab, the BIOS coming with my device is only a few days older than the Linx one but don&#8217;t come with the Linx icon. So i can not say if this works or not, i used only the drivers&#8230;. You should also get the Windows OEM Key from the BIOS in advance by following these instructions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextofwindows.com\/how-to-retrieve-windows-8-oem-product-key-from-bios\/\">Get OEM BIOS Windows Key<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Folks, maybe you noticed that 7&#8243; Windows 8.1 (with Bing) Tablets are available now very cheap&#8230; The cheapeast one is the Emdoor EM-18270 Tablet but in this case cheap means not cheap. 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