Help me break test my refurb G75VX

I'm really excited for my "new" laptop to come next week.

However, since I purchased a refurb, I really want to make sure (within the 90-day newegg warranty period) that I am receiving a good product.

The title of this thread is a little misgiving. All of us know that there are a lot of things that would plain ol' break a machine. I'm not looking to do any of those malicious things, just trying to push some boundaries to logical levels. All with the goal of avoiding sitting here staring at an expensive paperweight a few months down the road.

I have seen some threads (and plan on searching the forums for more) on "what to do with your new G75". I plan to follow these threads, as they were SUPER helpful a few years back when I first got my G73. If anyone has suggestions as to which of those threads I should look at, please link. Soon after I receive it, I want install Win7 on an SSD (she comes with a Win 8 OEM - boo). But I'd rather do some heavy testing before going through that trouble.

much appreciated

 

I would recommend one program: prime95. Run a torture test on blend for a few days. If there is something wrong with the CPU, RAM, etc. it will find it.

 

The problem is if the PSU is slightly weak then you would need to load the GPU too to properly test the system.

 

Personally I would run Furmark full screen 1080 Res 15 minutes your temps shouldn't exceed 80 - 83 C
I like Burn In Test to test Ram and CPU Burn in test 100 % load on your CPU again you shouldn't exceed 80C or so
Once your assured that you CPU And GPU are pasted good.
Then run any Benchmark test to check everything else out.

 

Recommended test suites:
1. Prime 95 (Blend)
2. Furmark
3. 3DMark 11 (Loop test)
4. Unigine 3.0/4.0
5. Metro Last Light Benchmark (change run time to 99).

Since it's coming with Windows 8, it's highly recommended that you use ASUS Recovery Software to create a set of Recovery discs (just in case, who knows if you wish to switch to stock OS some day or not).

To install Win7:
1. Go to BIOS and disable UEFI mode, you can switch to either Legacy or use UEFI with CSM (only beneficial if you have SSD).
2. Install OS.
Note: You may need to use diskpart once Win7 installer is loaded to clean the drive out, otherwise there are probably at least 4 partitions there and a few are probably not removable through the partitioning screen.
For more information about diskpart, please google for "diskpart clean disk" and you will be able to find the article as the first search result.

 

Throttlestop + prime 95 large fft + furmark/kombustor simultaneously to kill(test) the psu, cooling and motherboard.

 

Ha, probably will cause the AC adapter to shut down within a few seconds by pushing CPU & GPU at the same time.

 

I agree with all, however don't foolishly disable UEFI, Win 7 SP1 64 can easily be installed UEFI GPT and your get faster load times. check out this thread on the ROG Forum for Guides on how this is accomplished.
Win 8 uses Asus Backtracker to create restore Media USB Thumb Drive. You never know when you may need or want to restore back to factory condition.

 

Hehe, do this and duck behind the couch (unless the psu is behind the couch, that is).

 

Well a good PSU should just shut down if it is overloaded, the machine should throttle before that point though.