UGH!!!
I purchased the G73jh-A1 because it had such awesome specs and had good reviews(!!!). I patiently awaited and received it yesterday...however, I have had NOTHING but problems with this computer!
The first, which it seems that nearly everyone is having a problem with--is that it can't play any games! It's a GAMING LAPTOP. From the REPUBLIC OF GAMERS. With this supposedly awesome GAMING GRAPHICS CARD! It started when I put the FFXIV beta on it. It just said "FFXIV Beta has stopped working." So after all this research, we find that it's a problem with Catalyst Control Center. But, what's this? Catalyst Control Center won't even open. It, itself has the same error "Catalyst Control Center has stopped working." OK. So further research shows us that it's having some issue with .NET. So I uninstall CCC, get a new version of .NET, reinstall. Wow, it works. Problem solved? NO! SO after getting it to actually open these programs, we learn that it cannot play them. Red vertical pinstripes merely seconds after opening the game, freezing it.
So somewhere I read that I need to go get some older version of CCC, 9.12. But that doesn't work. Now FFXIV beta won't start again. So I uninstall that and somehow end up with the 10.8 version again. And now I'm reading all this crap about BIOS updates, which I have NO idea how to do and some people even say that this won't fix it either.
I am BEYOND frustrated. I'm ready to ship this piece back. But what's that? Mwave.com doesn't take notebooks back. Or anything else apparently if you read their exceptions. WHY is this product out on the market like this?! It's completely useless for it's intended purpose! How did I miss this blaring problem in the reviews? I didn't see anything about this problem when I purchased it! Maybe this wouldn't be a big deal if I was more computer savvy(I'd say I'm about average), but I don't want to go poking around doing stuff that could potentially destroy my laptop...and I shouldn't HAVE too! I really, really wanted to like this laptop.
AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
/end rant
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