Official Asus G73JH Owners Lounge

i also got mine today!!! 3/24 at 5pm cst

it seems to be working fine. i want to get rid of all the bloatware tho, what would be the best/easiest way to do that? is there a way to manually go in and just delete them or would it be better to just reinstall windows 7 ???

i got a nice cooler for it that it fits onto well. its not too heavy, keyboard is good, temps seem fine, its very quiet, I'm pretty happy with this thing. its a beast. im tryin to figure out where the fan intake is at? is it through the keyboard? or from the bottom? i know it goes out the back but where does it come in?

 

i read in a review the intake is at the top above the keyboard possibly?

 

My GPU temp is around 59-61C and CPU temp is around 46-50 both temp are normal?, and I have using HWIFON32 to check my system info, and my each 2GB Ram is showing clock 667MHz but when I going to BIO is showing 1333MHz so I am confused? My Ram is Hynix HMT125S6TFR8C-H9 so wiered because others got kingston memory and dont know who is better memory compare with Hynix?

 

DDR Ram is doubled what is shown or something like that. ASUS wouldn't give you 667mhz ram, so you have 1333mhz.

I've had mine for 1 or two weeks now. No problems what so ever. I have the TZ model (Australian version of A1 model, exactly the same but with free headphones as well as mouse and backpack).

The ASUS mouse that comes with it is not good for us lefties. I do everything except gaming with my left han. Due to the layout of evey keyboard I play games with my right hand so I like an ambidexturous mouse. This mouse is contoured for left handers and the 'thumb buttons' which become ring and little finger buttons for lefties are accidentally pressed all the time for me as a lefty.

I went out and spent big on a Razer Mamba. Its not necessarily left handed but at least it's contoured so it's not uncomfortable. It's also good to have a wireless option.

Has anyone updated any drivers yet, and is there any need to?

 

Seems about right. I think Asus created the cooling system to be near silent with the stock clocks. The cooling system wasn't meant to be used with overclocking, so do it at your own risk. Majority of the failures I've read so are from those who overclocked their units. They claim it's not related, but never know, shrug. Stock settings are enough for all games right now.

The cooling on the memory modules isn't that great, so don't push it. Memory module is just crappy thermal pads.

 

I originally posted this somewhere else but i have also been following this forum so i thought i would share here too.

OK, i have had my A1 for about 30 hours or so and i have got everything where i want it and its stable and fine. So i just wanted to give a little feedback of everything i have done and some of the problems i have experienced. Besides, i don't want to be like everyone else and just abandon my fellow waiters once i get my sh!t.

As soon i as i got it i checked for dead pixels and such and just stared at how beautiful it was, and no joke i actually ran my hand across the back of it and got cold chills. i guess i just wanted this thing toooooo bad. (NO HOMO) Then i installed REVO uninstaller and went to town because i didn't want to do another complete install until i decide to get an SSD. There was a lot bloatware on it like some of the pointless ASUS crap, Trial Microsoft office, Windows live crap, and other random games, anti virus and a few others. For this i found a good breakdown at Notebookreview.com that listed all of the ASUS programs and whether they were important to have or not and really many of them are useless. Believe it or not the almighty REVO didn't see everything on the computer but what REVO missed Windows 7 control panel got.

I was installing programs at the same time i was uninstalling ( probably shouldn't have done that but i knew my wife would start b@tching about spending so much time on the computer). But i here is a list of everything i installed successfully:
1. Any DVD 6.1.0.2 (DVD copy protecting removal program)
2. DVDFAB Platinum 5.2.5.0 (DVD copying program)
3. Win RAR 380 (if you don't know then you shouldn't be reading this)
4. Microsoft office 2007 enterprise ( make sure you get the trial crap off first)
5. Avidemux 2.5.0 ( video editing program)
6. Auslogic disk defrag (De-fragmentation program)
7. Firefox
8. Gomplayer (awesome media player but i went to play an MKV with DTS and had no audio, but after some research i had to install FFDSHOW for the CODEC and then i got my DTS audio)
9. Speedfan for my sidebar widgets
10. itunes 64bit
11. symantec anti-virus Note: i was reading other forums and some guy said that he thought he had a lemon because it was being all slow and twichy after installing his anti-virus and was talking about returning it but it was probably because he didn't Un-install the trial anti-virus that was already on there first (just a thought).
12. CPU-Z just to check if i had 1333 RAM, and i did which is awesome.
13. IMGburn
14. Utorrent Which caused a problem. i will talk about it soon.

So that's my basic necessary program setup. i might be missing a few but I'm on my desktop not my A1 and i don't fell like double checking myself. Next i started to do the AI recovery disc program and on the third disc it gave me a fault and asked me to insert another third disc, which halfway through it gave me another fault asking for another third disc so i just canceled and did the windows 7 image backup and burnt a recovery disc. Which is good enough since i plan on keeping the recovery partition.

Speaking of partitions, the way they have these drives setup is kind of stupid. they have the OS partition at like 100-120 gig (cant remember) and the other drive split into 2 equal partitions. Eventually after i started installing games i had to extend my OS partition with the other partition on that drive. but i left the other drive split with my game ISO's on one partition and then my music and saved programs and other stuff on the other partition.

next i installed all of the windows updates except for the windows live stuff. I installed the Ethernet controller update in the optional updates.

So back to the utorrent problem. I was connected to my wireless router at the time. And i started downloading a couple torrents to make sure they are going where i wanted. then my wireless connection kept dropping and then reconnecting and then dropping and so on. i had reset my router and then tried to repair my connection but it kept happening. so i turned of UTorrent and then it stopped. then i turned it back on and it started again. I am running Utorrent on my desktop also so this was a big . but i found out i was running the old version of Utorrent on my desktop and the updated one on my A-1. so i deleted the newer version since it doesn't really install and then re-opened the older version and declined the update and then everything was smooth sailing from there. So be careful on you updates folks.

Ok, so after my image backup i started installing games:

1. Dirt 2 because i wanted to see the DX11 in action and it is F@cking amazing. I know people say games look realistic and i just laugh about it but i thought i was watching a rally race on TV.
2. Metro2033 ( haven't really played yet)
3. Dragon age origins ( haven't really played yet)
4. Mass effect 2 (amazing game that looks and plays ridiculously good, if you have some good headphones it fells like you are in a movie or something)
5. GRID ( haven't really played yet)
6. Modern warfare 2 ( haven't really played on PC yet but i destroy people everyday on XBOX 360)
7. Bioshock 2 ( haven't really played yet)
8. Just cause 2 ( haven't really played yet)
9. Borderlands ( haven't really played yet)
10. Napoleon Total War ( haven't really played yet but the intro video was insane)

I didn't really play every game but i at least started them and set the settings to max to make sure it could handle it.

Overall this computer is amazing. I still cant believe how quite it is. You just can't explain it, i guess you have to not hear it to believe it.

What people have said about the touch pad buttons being stiff and only responsive at the ends of the button are true but i got the good 5 button mouse so i wont be using the touch pad anytime soon.

Anyway i just wanted to give you guys something to read that might remind you why the wait is worth it. And just like everyone before me said, if you have any questions just post them. I'm not likely to stop reading the forums anytime soon, its already in my favorites and the characters are original and entertaining.

One more note: get that warranty taken care of. i had to mail off my Proof or purchase ( my order receipt from xotic) you only have 60 days, which i was pushing. So im not sure if some of you guys that have been waiting a long time might exceed that but hopefully ASUS will realize its their own fault.

 

You wasted your money on that nice cooler since the ventilation comes down through the keyboard and out the back. So your nice cooler is only cooling the 3 RAM sticks on the bottom. Sorry, but you might want to think about putting your cooler on eBay.

 

Others such as evensen007 have noticed a 5C decrease in all temps with a cooler. Apparently the laptop draws airflow from all possible directions.

 

Really?

10char

 

And yet I end up with 2 machine failures, sigh, life can be unfair.

BTW: Keep up with the sidestep language and you can set your own banclock.

Wow, your first 2 posts, you're some kind of golden child

Q

 

EL OH EL!!!!

 

To get a cooling or not get a cooling pad - that is the question???

Looking at the 2 Thermaltake ones - the cheaper one and the more expensive aluminum one...

Any suggestions?

 

No need really... the cooling is great as it is. If you're going to overclock then go for it, but if you're not then it's not needed.

Btw, what do we have to hit to get into the BIOS?

 

well, is there A bois update for this computer???? Since I have had mine, when i open steam it freezes my comp, but if i dont open steam it runs fine. it runs fine in safe mode.

 

Remove the creative drivers. That solution has been discussed several times.

Edit: Or do this:

 

so the new ati drivers are out, and they dont even recognize the card? awesome

 

LOL apparently you don't actually own a G73...

 

I also found settings that will let you keep the Creative software and still use Steam. Here's the link.

 

Speaking of BIOS updates...

Have any of you updated to the 206 BIOS?

I'm wondering if it's just coincidence that my keyboard backlighting stopped working when I updated the BIOS...

 

I also noticed that the mobility cards have been removed from the .inf file of the official 10.3's where they are in the 10.3 preview version.

Looks like ATI backtracked there official Mobility for some reason. I wonder why. I am still working with the drivers that came installed on the laptop and will wait on updated drivers from ASUS.


While I am here, has anyone who had a system shipped overseas had any issues? I have had the system since Tuesday, everything is running fine apart from 1 of the 2 HDs being DOA. Asus UK refuse to just let me send them the drive and have it replaced. They need me to send them the whole system and advise a 3-4 week turnaround because the system is an import. Seems real odd seeing as a lot of you guys on here have had ASUS NA just swap components.

I have asked Ken/Gentech to try to sort the issue out for me, if all said about him on this forum is true I am sure he will come through.

Lastly, for any brits out there with this or any system with a US keyboard.
Can someone answer a stupid question and tell me where I can find the \ key on the keyboard after I have swapped the keyboard layout from US to UK?

 

I updated to the 206 bios yesterday on advise from Asus, they thought it might fix my dead HD. My backlighting is still working as it was before. I wish Asus had advised what the updated did.

 

Cool, thanks

 

Besides learning at lot in here, you have to love the humor as well. When you step on the "old salts" you are going to get stomped. Your signature is going to be hard to beat.

 

The new ATI mobility driver is here http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-64.aspx

You select your OS and radeon mobility from here if you are not using win7 64 http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

 

Evensen, here are the idle GPU temps you asked me to check out.

 

ah tnx. i was going to say didnt they quote in the new features that they increased focus on the mobility drivers, then they removed them. LOL

 

Maybe i missed it but here i go :Hi guys, well i just got my new laptop(Asus g73JH-A1). It's working great and I'm very happy with the peformance, ventrilo makes the laptop freeze/crash and I tried both the 64 and 32 bit versions of vent. I looked at some forums and did not get any helpfull tricks. Maybe this laptop is still too recent, I don't know. Any help would be greatly appriciated

 

How do you feel about paying more for something your notebook should be able to do itself? That's how I see it. This machine doesn't get that hot anyway unless you put it on your lap and block vents.

 

Still true, I was simply stating that the temps do go down further. However, I will hit your analogy with another analogy (yours is more of a statement than an analogy, oh well..) :

Low test gasoline does what it is supposed to, but you may also pay a bit more for higher test gas in order to help your engine last longer. True the laptop temps are fine, but I would completely understand if someone wanted to keep them a little lower, for not much $.

Some also offer things like extra USB ports, which I will probably be purchasing just so that I can have my external HD, mouse, keyboard, and speakers plugged in all the time (the plugs tend to fall off my desk, and it's much easier to have them at an set location.

 

I did, and have had no problems with the keyboard (or anything else) since.

 

Wow.... Those are excellent idle temps. My idles are 52/59/54, and that is pretty good.

 

I updated to it..and as far as I can tell it's not a coincidence....as my backlight to the keyboard stopped working after the 206 update as well

-Scotty

 

Here are temps after 45-60 minutes of BF:BC2.



I am not sure if it is a setting or if I am just crazy, but for some reason the mouse seems "floaty". It just doesn't seem to have the best precision. I guess I will have to play with the settings in the game, as well as in Win7.
Anybody else feel the same?

 

I updated to 2.06 and the backlighting of the keyboard works fine ???

 

Hmmm..maybe i should re-apply the bios

 

How can the minimum and maximum temps be the same..¿?

 

Because I didn't open HWinfo until after closing BF:BC2. Hopefully the values are still somewhat reliable.

 

Interesting.

Well, I ordered a replacement keyboard from Asus online on Sunday. For a couple days the order status never changed so I emailed them yesterday - no reply.

Surprise...Fed-Ex just delivered the new keyboard.

Keyboard lights still don't work though....guess I need to send it in. I am not happy about that because the system runs great otherwise and if they replace something I may end up with a lemon.

 

I just flashed my bios back to 205 and that didnt bring the back light back...so either my blackligting just stopped working out of the blue (hardware problem) OR bios 206 screwed it up even when downgrading the bios

 

WOW. Is it sitting on a block of Dry-Ice or something? That is pretty incredible. Stock thermal paste, right?

 

Yea man, stock TIM. It is sitting on my desk. Ambient temperature is only 70ºF, so I doubt that affects it too much. I don't know what it is, but it seems to run pretty cool.

 

Well that's solved. My G73 is bricked. Tried to roll back BIOS now it won't power up at all.

Sweet.

 

Arrgh, sucks to hear that, how long have you owned it?
Not sure if I follow, but you bricked it by updating the BIOS?

 

IIRC theres a special keyboard combination that will allow you to reflash the bios (via flash drive?) in the event this happens. id ask around about it on the asus forums.

 

Even if he cant get it to turn on at all?
Or does it actually turn on?
There is an option to launch the "asus easy flash" within the bios setup if he can get it to boot that far...but it sounds like when he says bricked...that it wont power-up at all (nothing on the screen..no post).

-Scotty

 

Isn't there a pinhole reset on the bottom of the laptop? Thought I read about that in the manual.

 

I had to do this once. It works, but is a pain to get it right. And no the computer will not turn on when the bios gets screwed, usually it will only turn on one light such as power led or the hdd led to let you know there is electricity in it. It is creating an error that will not allow the BIOS to load.

 

Yep - bricked flashing the BIOS lol

I think I've had it in my possession a little over 2 weeks. Worked great except the keyboard lights died.


I've built and owned so many machines for so many years this is the first that's ever bricked, even when wire wrapping my own circuits haha.

I already had the RMA all ready to go so I wasn't too concerned about trying the flash.

To the other replies:

Won't even power on.
Not even the power light goes on. Or any lights, like the battery indicator. Total brick!
Yes, tried pin-hole reset.

I'll dig around for a possible boot solution, but if I don't have it by 4 I'm going to Fed-Ex/Kinkos to ship it off.

Appreciate the suggestions, thanks!

 

Google crisis recovery disc.

I used these to fix a Toshiba that I bricked. The only negative to them is that you need a usb floppy drive.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=21209

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1269553543446+28353475&threadId=974719

 

I have just read through some thread about other G73JH owner's GPU temp and som got around 53c and 60c, I have got around 60c-61c, why so different?? is that mean my Thermal is worse then other?