New 14 inch G-Series Notebook

The first G46 I owned had popping sounds from the speakers, but my current G46 does not emit that noise. Thanks for the info about the display.

 

All we have here in Canada is the 1600x900 model with the i5 hoping to get one over the week end.

 

That's going to give you the most bang for your buck anyway.

 

After that I will order a i7 3612QM for it and I should be good.

 

Why the 3612qm? The faster integrated graphics is of no benefit.

 

Never knew the 3612QM existed, I have the 3630QM in mine. I think it's totally worth it to get the i7 processors since they offer great performance. I run emulators and they are more CPU dependent when compared to GPU. I'm able to run windwaker on dolphin and it runs without any problems

 

Since the cooling is first class as well, it would make sense to go with the i7. Still - very little or no benefit in normal dx10/11 type games over the i5.

(You demonstrably get better framerate in "cpu-bound" games when running one core at higher frequency, compared to more cores at slightly lower frequency. I.e., the i5 is marginally worse in tests because of lower peak processor speed, not because of fewer cores. Could be exceptions will turn up, but not extremely likely that will happen while the i7/i5 is still on the market..)

 

I just installed windows 7 on my G46vw, so far so good.
Just one problem (?) ASUS USB charger plus utility icon is grayed out in system tray even when I connect my iPhone to the charging port........in windows 8 icon changes color from gray to orange/red when you connect phone. And I think now phone is charging slowly because of that.....or maybe just my imagination
Any experience on this? Maybe ideas? ))

 

I was more speaking to getting a 3610qm or 3630qm rather than a model with a faster integrated graphics speed.

 

I take you downloaded a windows 7 version of the utility? If not just head to Asus website and try one of the legacy laptops running Win 7 with this feature, to see if that helps, failing that try another port?

 

sure I installed version for windows 7 and same with another ports

 

How do you guys maintain your battery life? Do you disconnect the battery ever? Mine used to be at a constant 6 hours, but now it only lasts 2.

I always keep the battery plugged in.

 

Have a peak in the bios, will have a look myself later and see if there is a setting in there.

 

There is an option under advanced to enable when on battery.

Sorry I can't be of more help dude.

 

How do I take the battery out?

 

You can't really, it's not removable. It's built in.

 

There actually is, option to charge from dedicated charging port even after sleep or shut down. And it's "enabled".
And no problem here, I mean devices are charging when lid is closed.

p.s. Yeah, but problem persists even with connected charger.

Thanks anyways ))

 

Batterybar shows my wear is now 7.0% I might have to get this sent in to replace the battery.. it lasts nothing now.

 

More for the -10W tdp but be a QM

 

i have no idea that 7% wear would ruin a battery, nor they would cover that even if it's under warranty, that's interesting.. and the battery is removable but that requires a complete disassemble and after the horror stories of recent asus customer service I don't think they will do anything about your 7% battery wear that's completely normal -_-

 

installed latest intel drivers for HD4000.
Looks like they have some problem with dedicated video (nvidia GTX660M in our case).
During install had a dwm.exe (desktop windows manager) crash and now after every restart it crashes......internet explorer 10 crashes after opening every time also.

Found this thread, where many with second cards (AMD or NVIDIA) experiencing exact same issues, just be aware and if you have some updated info please share

Windows* 7/8 Driver (32 & 64 bit) - Version 3071 - Intel® HD GFX 4000/2500

UPDATE:
after rolling back to old drivers everything works as intended

 

Yeah this has been an issue for many cards, unless you need something specific I would not update the intel ones.

 

hmm, battery life is fantastic with mine, are you guys sure the 660m is switching off and something isn't keeping it active in the background (Steam and a random Office App did this with mine until I figured it out)? I get 6+ hours and use the battery quite often, and otherwise just plugged in on my desk. Not sure what wear is, but I'm sure it's 7% or more... out of the box I was already at 3-5% which as posted above doesn't really mean much.

 

Activate the little usage indicator in the nv driver control panel to check it can set the oddest things like steam and origin to activate it.

 

Bought min over the week end and like it the HD+ screen is ok it's a AOU panel color space is the same as the 768 model only brighter.

 

Battery on mine won't charge to 100% only to 99 and it's the first time I charge it plus it had 3 little scratches on the top of the lid not a big deal just not cool on a new system, I am wondering about the battery.

 

Mine while plugged in will fluctuate between ~99-95%, this is on purpose to protect the battery and keep it conditioned. While doing so it will say something like "plugged in, not charging" when hovering over the icon. It is designed to be this way, as it only charges the battery when needed. This way you can leave the charger hooked up as often as you like and run off AC without having to even think about battery care or unhooking the battery like we use to do years ago.

 

Yes holding back that last few % can save the battery over the long run.

 

My battery charge is full at 100% while plugged in.

Maybe this is why it only lasts 2 hours?

 

Mine will hit 100% sometimes too, especially if i charge it while turned off, but I bet when it does if you look it will say "plugged in, not charging". I doubt over charging is your problem, especially considering how new the machine is.

I got to think your 2 hour problem is related to Optimus and the Nvidia gpu is staying powered.

 

Got the Crucial M500 mSATA installed after an initial bad one and longer delay then expected for it to arrive. The drive is nice and quick, and I highly recommend it. Read speeds seem almost identical to my Samsung 830 in the main bay and I can confirm in case anyone is wondering that the mSATA port is SATA 3. I personally did not have to modify anything in the chassis for it to fit properly. I made sure the mounting standoff was covered as well for extra insurance one of the battery mount screws, and I used some double sided tape to hold the drive in place.

 

How do you know what program is using the nvidia GPU?? The monitior icon says 1 program active.. yet ive set everything i have open and backgrounded to integrated..

This is starting to get annoying..

 

If you have any monitoring programs in the background running like Afterburner, GPU-Z, AIDA64 etc to monitor temps or gpu activity it will put the nvidia card as active. I would suggest changing your power options to say High Performance, hit apply, then go back and change the setting to Balanced and apply.Make sure the "On Battery" brightness setting is roughly at 50%.(I personally do not like the Asus Power4Gear program and do not recommend it for the battery life difference it offers). Reinstall the Asus drivers for Intel followed by the updated Nvidia drivers and see if that helps your battery life.

Only thing I can think of is that something is running at full performance. Could be your CPU, your GPU, brightness etc.

 

MSI Afterburner,Hwinfo,GPU-Z were the ones keeping my primary GPU active instead of the intel.

I used to keep 2 of those running at start up but with optimus i chose not to because if i unplugged and forgot to shut them down my battery went bye bye in a hurry.

 

There should be an icon, if not check things like steam and oragin.

 

Thanks nice to see mine is not the only one that get's the 99% and not 100% I do get good battery life just as a new laptop I do not what to have a "bad" battery as it did come with 3 litter scratches on the lid top and one small on the fn key no big deal just conserning a bit as for the rest it's perfect screen black is very good and bright. I am running win7 on it and it's a fast little machine can't whait to get my msata next month.

 

Just a heads up guys, Best Buy has this laptop on sale for 799 now! Pretty good price.

 

That is a excellent price for what you get. So tempted...

 

Yeah I may pick one of these up when my M17xR4 is sold and throw in the HD+ screen. Need something more portable for the summer and this seems like a solid value now that the new screens are available.

 

If didn't have the patience to wait for Haswell and new laptops from MSI,CLEVO or AW I'd be all over it.

 

Waiting months is never my style sadly lol. At this resolution it will be a solid performer for quite sometime plus after seeing the so called Nvidia refreshes there is nothing to get excited about other then cosmetic changes on the newer models as the CPUs are already so insanely fast we sure are not bottlenecked on that end and its all about the GPUs still which do not seem to be making the big jump this year like they did last.

Of course NEXT year will be ..... And around we go year after year.

 

Unless they update it with something like the 765M, that would be nice.

 

I'll play the pessimist saying they wont and you play the optimist saying they will .


This is Asus we are talking about though so maybe ill just play the realist .

 

The problem with my battery dying so quickly had to do with the gtx660m set as the global primary gpu in my nvidia panel. I switched it to auto and now the battery is back to normal. (8 hours ish..)

 

Usually not my style either but I'm trying to limit my laptop purchases to 1 a year....it's been hard but I made it this far

 

It's a fairly simple swap in upgrade (128bit, similar package size) so if they release a haswell update it would likely contain it.

 

$799 is an awesome price! Great little machine, I'm still loving mine! $100 for the easy screen upgrade on the BestBuy model is a great bargain for a total of $899. Highly recommend!

 

How easy is the screen upgrade?

 

There is a video on YouTube from HID evolution taking it apart. Probably a half hour for a first timer being careful.

I have pulled the glass off multiple Alienware machines put in matte screens and made my own custom bezels,now that is some serious work lol.

This is a walk in the park though.

 

Ok so I just installed BatteryCare and I have a 2% battery degradation and it's not even one week old normal or not?