Happy G73 owner here..havent been around for 6 months..checkin in, have a question

Hey guise. I havent been on this forum or posted in like 6 months. My G73 has not given me one issue since I returned my original one as having the infamous audio static/crackle issue...now, day in and day out with this new unit, it has proved flawless...pretty sure Im running an old Bios 205 or 206 on stock drivers....anyway...I havent used the battery yet and it has been sitting in its original plastic...Im afraid to charge cycle it as I would like to take my G73 on an airplane trip with me. To date, it has been used as a desktop replacement and hasent seen anything but AC power...anyway, Im afraid of the throttling issue I read way back when...I dont want my hardware throttled down once I start charging this battery...have there been any fixes to date about this? (anything that does not change the parameters whatsoever when switched to battery power)?

Oh...random question...any news as to when the official release date for Batman Arkham 2 is? God I loved the first one

 

That issue is fixed in a new bios (209 I think) but it was only an issue when you resumed use of the computer on AC when the battery was below a % of charge. Its not permanent just restart the computer or take the battery out, or charge the battery up.

I never had the issue since that situation where I was on low battery and then plugged in the power cable ever occurred.

 

Ah I see...so I was mis informed...I thought that once you got down to the lower percentages on battery power, that all the hardware (CPU/GPU clocks etc..) would throttle down accordingly...and then...even after powering the battery back up or even plugging the laptop in...the hardware would still stay in that throttled down state?

I just want to make sure that my G73 is on full blast at ALL times (even under 5% battery power)...I do not care about battery life or time...I care about performance

So with me currently having BIOS 206, what type of throttling/symptoms can I expect, if any, when I cycle charge the battery? Thanks!

 

On BIOS 206, once you hit 35%(if I remember correctly) the CPU clocks down a LOT, and will continue to clock down until you have 143Mhz. Update BIOS to 209 or 211, that will fix the throttling issue.

 

Thanks! So let's say my battery is under 35% and my CPU (Is if JUST the CPU? what about GPU etc..?) is clocked down...when I pull out the battery and run on fixed AC power do the clocks go back to normal full blast? How about if I start charging and the battery gets back up to 100%? DO the clocks go back to full?

I have never done a BIOS update...and to be quite frank..I am scared to due to the laptop running so stable on 206...what is the process and which BIOS is better/more stable..209 or 211?

 

i'd use 211.. also do a vBIOS update.. there's a guide to do it.. but for BIOS , just download the file to a bootable thumb drive , go into BIOS and use eazyflash to update.

 

Yes only the CPU is clocked down, that is if you set your Power Settings to maximum performance for the GPU. And yes when you pull out the battery and goto ac power full blast it will go back to normal.

However when charging the battery from 35%, on BIOS 206 it will still be slow until you restart your computer. ON BIOS 209 or 211, this issue has been fixed therefore every time you charge from 35%, it will go back to full blast.