New 14 inch G-Series Notebook

@JwPwns,

Hey bro! Nice hearing from you again!

I basically went to HIDEvolution and sent my laptop there, if you take a look at the configuration it states that it has both a 1600x900 and a 1920x1080 resolution configuration. I also upgraded my wifi card to the Ultimate 6300 for better performance over the stock card. The thing about the 1080P though is that it's an IPS panel. When I called them he stated that it's similar or maybe even exact as the panel found on the new AW 14''. BTW I bought the new AW 14'' but I didn't like it because it was way too loud during load so I returned it. I'm going to hold on to this beauty until hopefully Asus decides to do another revision. Hope this helps bro!

 

thanks! i didnt know they offer 1080p till i saw your post. Now it's time to upgrade my screen too! and you are so right about the noise from AW is unbearable once you are used to G46

 

Hi everyone!!
I was planning getting a g46vw, and i wondered what kind of audio codec chip is installed?
In the asus support page there's VIA and Realtek... I'm asking because I had problems with VIA before (not the only one too, considering my google search )

 

unfortunately it's VIA and it's not very good. but I don't have any problem with audio at all. I would buy an external audio plugin if you are audiophile

 

It's not the worse though. It has ample power for headphones below 100ohms. The implementation makes a huge difference though. The g46vw has a great amount of noise on the line whereas my W110ER was dead silent.

 

I use USB Headset H340 and SOUND BLASTER TACTIC3D ALPHA.

Both work a treat, the Logitech are better for longer playing sessions, however the Creative give awesome sound.

Regards

C.

 

So I found an adaptor that's much smaller then the one that came with these systems - 90W AC Adapter for Asus G46VW K55A Laptop Battery Charger Power Cord Supply New | eBay

I was told the dimensions are 5x2x1 (In inches), I find that really hard to believe because this is soo much smaller then the big brick that comes with the system. I was told that it works with the G46VW, does anyone have any doubts on if this is true or not?

I really want to buy a new power adapter since the old one is huge and this would make traveling a bit easier for me

 

I would get one from a trusted 3rd party, like the coolermaster range.

Getting those sorts of bricks off ebay could end you up with something unsafe and/or putting out huge amounts of interference.

 

What's the website? I tried to google coolermaster range and nothing really shows up.

 

Cooler Master: USNA 120

Is the one I have used personally for some acer laptops, it's really a 110W adapter than can feed 10W to the USB too.

 

I would not touch a 90-Watt adapter with a 10 foot pole. I was playing metro last light and my stock 180 watt unit blew. I had to send it back and get a new one under warranty. Seriously, I would not mess with a 90-watt unit.

 

A 90 watt would force the CPU to it's lowest clock and wouldn't charge the laptop under a full load scenario. I fold/boinc with just the GPU with a 90 watt and it does fine. But I agree, don't use a 90 watt

 

the smallest 180w i found is from Dell and Lenovo and the connectors are different you would have to convert them

 

If you are going to mod one then the 240W dell slim is the smallest high power brick I have seen.

 

So um... what's the deal with thunderbolt? Did the G46 end up getting it? If so, which specific models? Do the ones from HIDevolution have it? That's really a deal-breaker for me.

Also, does anyone have any news on a successor with Haswell and GeForce 7xx? I'm hoping to purchase that one when (and IF) it's ever released. It would be pretty dumb of Asus not to make one, right?

Hopefully the successor does have thunderbolt as well, though

 

The model's I've seen don't have Thunderbolt. Maybe next revision (If Asus decides to do it) There was like news on the revision, but it still had Haswell CPU and 750M GTX I believe, not the 765M GTX. I forgot where the article was though, it like like a store newspaper thing from what I remember. Personally I think at the time, this was the best 14'' Laptop. Only bad part was the screen many of them came with which was the 1366x768 but you can upgrade it. Personally I have the i7 Ivy with the 1080p IPS panel.

 

Hey Nivaku, you got i7 haswell or that's just a typo? i'm really interested in that if it's true. They really need to release more information about their product lineups, if they decide not to make a newer version they should announce it too so we could upgrade with a different brand.

 

Oh my bad dude, I mean i7 Ivy.

 

The motherboard has a space on it for the chip but no models ended up having it.

 

Hey everyone, the powershare usb (right side, with the lightning bolt icon) on my g46vw isn't working as it should be. it works fine when the laptop is on, but isn't working when it is in sleepytime. anyone else having this issue? Thanks

 

I got my unit back today with the upgrades. I did a clean install of windows 7, but I cannot find this last driver in my device manager called "universal serial bus (usb) controller)"

Does anyone know exactly which one it is that has done this before?

 

So will there be a G46VW successor or not?

 

Considering the gap we have I don't see one this gen.

 

The motherboard for the G46VR with the GTX 760M (ASUS did not put this model into retail production) is available on eBay: Asus G46VR Laptop Motherboard Tested DHL Shipping | eBay.

 

Well that sucks to hear, the g46 is an awesome laptop

 

That is a real shame

 

Is the 1080p IPS panel your talking about, is it a AUO model...? How did the install go, and how does it look. I'm pretty much maxed out on this laptop except the display is the last thing I need to upgrade.

 

Yes it's an 1080P IPS panel, don't know what is and how to tell if it's an AUO model. The people from HID evolution did the installation. When compared the stocked panel 1366x768 vs 1920x1080 the difference is quite a bit.

 

You could look at the hardware ID in device manager.

 

I see 2 monitors under my device manager

MONITOR\AUO113D
MONITOR\ACI249A

When I downgraded to windows 7, i still cannot find the driver for Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller

 

Did you install the latest intel chip set drivers?

 

I found the driver, I needed to goto the G75VW driver download's website and look for the USB drivers.

 

Oh is it for a third party controller?

 

That one is outdated, use this one below which will offer better performance and compatibility.
Download 1.0.9.254

 

Any news on new model?
Never got the chance to get the G46 becuase the screen was not that great but with the new 800M series cards on the way I'm hoping we will see a resurection of the 14" laptop.

 

They seemed to have decided to shelve the next one, proto boards were around but no machine.

 

This is a good laptop? Support msata? For dota2 and csgo is a good machine? The screen works un 1333?

Enviado desde mi Nexus 4 mediante Tapatalk

 

hey guys, it's been a while I just run into a problem today after swapping mini pice wifi cards, You know the original Centrino 2230? I swap it with wimax 6250 dual band, and tried every single driver out there, it wouldn't work.. any ideas?

 

Is it a genuine part?

 

yes, i pulled it off an hp laptop and I tried with windows 8 and windows 7 but nothing's working so far

and i found this in my search about why the card wouldn't work.

http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-031167.htm

Though i did see HIDEVO offer this card as upgrade for their Asus G46 i wonder how they get it work.. since i tried old n newest drivers for Intel 6250

 

Maybe it has odd hp firmware on it. Tried drivers from hp?

 

Can you list the hardware ID?

 

I removed it the day it didn't work, anyway I bought the Intel 7260 AC mini pcie and it works =)

just heads up for people who wants new wifi card, Go download the newest intel driver and install it FIRST before installing the card, took me half an hour to fix it the other way around

 

Really? Was the stock windows one that bad? I did not have issues on mine.

Are you on 8 or 7?

 

i'm on 7, the ones it install automatically for me worked but then i updated it to the newest driver and it stopped working , I had to remove the adapter n everything, then install the newest driver before installing the adapter then it worked with the newest driver .. not sure why it has to be in that order but atleast it's working now

 

I had no issues on 8, maybe a corrupted part of the driver in the windows 7 one? If anyone has that issue i'll let them know.

 

Hi,

Does the Asus G46vw fit fatter 15mm 2.5" hard drives. I was thinking about putting in a drive with more gigas, like the WD Green WD20NPVX 2TB 8MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Hard Drive.
I had the laptop apart last week, but didn't check.

Has anyone put a 15mm drive in the G46vw?

 

It wont fit the 15mm drives, not even 15.6" or 17.3" G series do.

 

Yes only a very few machine do by happy accident. There are bigger standard height drives on the way though.

 

I just thought about it.. Since there'll be a g56jr(might be a refresh of the g55) is there a chance that there'll be a g46 refresh late in the year when we see the high end maxwell and new broadwell? It's a bummer if asus completely shelved the idea of a 14" rog.