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    G73 + Power4Grear Hybrid - more trouble than its worth???

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by coolkev99, Jul 25, 2010.

  1. coolkev99

    coolkev99 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just walked into my living room this morning where my G73 is connected to my HDTV and noticed the screen was a mess of garbled colors and text. I think I've ruled out the official "PSOD" as my symptoms were differerent (garbled screen was also on HDTV)

    I have a suspicion it may have had something to do with the Power4Gear settings. After reading a lot of posts on here with others who have ran into issues I have to wonder if its even worth it. I'm not even sure what this Power4Gear actually does!? It seems like a glorified Windows power scheme utility.

    What are the downsides to uninstalling this?
     
    coolkev99, Jul 25, 2010
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  2. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

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    You lose the ability to enable/disable Twin Turbo on the fly.
     
    Chastity, Jul 26, 2010
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  3. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    Twin turbo aka twin slowbo is terrible anyways, just uninstall p4g.
     
    hakira, Jul 26, 2010
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  4. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

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    ^^^^
    Totally agree with Hakira, I got rid of it just after removing Trend AV. I got sick of wallpaper changes to white. You are right, it is a gimicked up window Power scam utility!
     
    JOSEA, Jul 26, 2010
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  5. jmhdj

    jmhdj Notebook Evangelist

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    Agree totally. Never used it since day one.
     
    jmhdj, Jul 26, 2010
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