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    Reinstalling Windows 7 on G53JW

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Rasterman, Nov 17, 2010.

  1. Rasterman

    Rasterman Notebook Enthusiast

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    G53 is on the way! I'm going to be installing Win7 64bit on a SSD and will need the drivers for the notebook, should I just download them from ASUS support?

    Are there any drivers/utilities that I shouldn't install?
    ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-
     
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    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Awesome thanks, your list and descriptions are most useful :D So out of the list of crap to install, these are things I am going to avoid:

    Intel(R) Management Engine Components
    Creative
    ASUS ExpressGate Utility
    Live Update
    LifeFrame3
    ASUS Wireless Console3
    ADSM
    FancyStart
    AI Recovery
    ASUS SmartLogon
    Splendid
    ControlDeck
    FastBoot
    Screen Saver
    ASUS NBProbe
    Net4Switch
    Adobe Reader
    TrendMicro Internet Security 2009
     
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