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    Help with my new g73

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by 19Odysseus90, Jul 17, 2010.

  1. 19Odysseus90

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    I recently received the g73 and for a day it ran beautifully. After turning it on the next day, I was greeted with the asus screen followed by a blank screen with a white cursor on the top left corner. However, I could still enter the bios setup. I decided to reinstall Windows. Unfortunately, windows requires several restarts and so the laptop would constantly go back to that blank screen. Several attempts later, I noticed that if I boot from the Windows dvd without pressing a key when prompted to do so, windows would load. In short, to get to Windows I need to leave the Windows install dvd in the laptop and boot from it. This process is rather annoying and so I am wondering if there is a fix.
     
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    Sounds like you have a bad MBR, or it's trying to boot to the wrong HDD. Check your Boot order in BIOS, or Esc during Post to get the Boot Menu.
     
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    Ahhhh. USB was listed first for the boot order. Thanks! You should work for Asus tech support as they wanted me to send the laptop in for a problem you fixed in a few minutes.
     
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    I accept payments in the form of rep or fudge brownies. :YUM:
     
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