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    I dont know what to do

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by PIrKo, Aug 26, 2010.

  1. PIrKo

    PIrKo Newbie

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    Hi all... i have my asus g73jh and i dont have any problems,(i dont use it so much)
    i play 1 hour starcraft2 and i dont have GSOD. I saw a los of Divx but i dont have problems.
    My config:
    Bios: 209 Do i need 211?
    Vbios: Defaul Do i need Vbios mod?
    Catalyst: 10.6, Im goint to install 10.8... Do i have to unistall 10.6? and use driver sweeper?

    Ide Temp 53 C° Power Confuration at battery. If i use The max power Ide is 63 C°
    Thx!
     
    PIrKo, Aug 26, 2010
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  2. Kaelang

    Kaelang Requires more Witcher.

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    It's probably a good idea to do a clean install of your driver.
    The rest of what you said, I can't really understand.
     
    Kaelang, Aug 26, 2010
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  3. PIrKo

    PIrKo Newbie

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    hi kealang, i need to update to bios 211? and update vbios?

    thx
     
    PIrKo, Aug 26, 2010
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  4. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    If you're machine is working just fine then don't let this forum scare you into thinking your machine is broken. You do not need to update your Bios beyond 209. Stock VBios is just fine, don't change it until you start having problems or there is an update on the the Asus driver website. Your temps are also fine, just enjoy your laptop.
     
    rschauby, Aug 26, 2010
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  5. smile_gerard

    smile_gerard Notebook Evangelist

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    Just be thankful and continue to use it. Think of it as you won the lottery :)
     
    smile_gerard, Aug 26, 2010
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  6. PIrKo

    PIrKo Newbie

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    OMG im so scary I spend a lot of money for this and i think is sh3t
     
    PIrKo, Aug 26, 2010
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  7. Jody

    Jody Notebook Deity

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    Don't sweat it. When people have problems, they start googling and try to fix it. They wind up here. I would imagine that there are quite a lot of G73s like yours with no problems. I don't have the GSOD problem either. I think we are figuring out that the newer models have decent thermal paste and it's more of us early buyers that had that problem.

    I would not run 211. It speeds up the fans sooner than previous BIOS did. This makes your laptop louder and makes your fans work harder. It does this for no reason. The faster fan speed did not decrease my idle or loaded GPU temps so I downgraded back to 209. I think you will see that 212 or 213 or whatever is the next one will have again removed these lowered fan speed thresholds since they don't do a darn bit of good.

    If you don't GSOD, I wouldn't touch that vBIOS with a ten foot pole. I did it, but I'm trying to test things to help people out around here. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
     
    Jody, Aug 27, 2010
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