Asus G1 Owners

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Has anyone else had this problem?

I've owned my ASUS G1 laptop since January (Win MCE 2005). Just about 2 weeks ago, my LCD Display intermittantly turns to garbage/distortion which seems to go away when I adjust the tilt position of the screen. It will happen when I'm booting up. Since the first day I got it, the windows background will about 20 bright pixels in about 3 or 4 different rows only a few mm's apart (this is only noticable when the brightness is turned 3/4 to max). This started out only on the background display, but now I've noticed it when I'm viewing picture files also. Keep in mind that this problem goes and comes and is not a steady problem. I've reloaded the operating system twice with no success of eliminating the problem with the bright pixels. When I'm playing a game or watching a dvd or video the dots go away, it seems to only happen on a still screen. I'm regretfully considering shipping it out for repair unless someone knows anything else to try. I did make sure that the video cables were firmly attached to the motherboard (figured maybe a loose cable).

 

if you wipe out the partition and then reinstall xp, the os will automatically put the recovery partition back.

 

btw...

I HAVE ONE DEAD PIXEL ;(

im sad...

 

I just did a fresh install of XP and Vista.

I'm wondering how you guys are controlling fan noise. I'd like to run my G1 a little quiter.

 

Really? Mine isnt all that noisy. You could use speedfan, although I'm still trying to get used to it.
Man, this unit gets hot. the cpu temp is always around 50c and gaming will send to over 75c and my gpu is in the 80's. I'm amazed the unit doesnt shut down.

 

If I get rid of the hidden system restore partition, will it mess anything up?

 

I was thinking of using NHC... I'll have to look into it

No. I erased mine and did a clean install of XP and Vista

 

I have that on the computer now. Normal idle @1Ghz my temp is aorund 46c. In a warm room, that would be in the 50'sc.

I actually had NHC tell me my harddrive temp was too hot. it went abov 56c. Anybody elses harddrive gets that hot?

 

the recovery disk included, does it recover bloatware as well?

also how does it do with Office? is it nice to type with?
I am planning on using Mcafee, does anyone advise against that?

 

The recovery disk will "recover" the bloatware as well....
It does just fine with office...
Typing is just fine with the G1. I'm easily typing this message at 40-50wpm while laying in bed lol...
Don't get Mcafee...get Avast.

 

If you only install the Windows Recovery [the 2CDs or the DVD] and refuse to give the Driver CD when it wants to.You will have a fresh windows installation.Without any drivers.

 

yup, i only have the recovery DVD, so had to download the drivers manually. i guess i avoided a lot of the bloatware this way without even realising it

 

does anyone think i should wait for the G1s? or should i get the G1 now to avoid a possible price increase?

 

Well you really can't compare them exactly, the G1S is on a new chipset. If you want something with the latest technology in it, then the choice is obvious, go for the G1S despite the price increase which does justify itself.

However if the price does bring you outside of your budget you will be happy with the G1P aswell. Many owners here are happy with the G1P, it is a great notebook, awesome performance and etc.

So that's how I would look at it, not just price, but also the technology and specs need to be considered.

 

o, milestonepc, you sell laptops, do you have any news on when you would have them available or is it too soon to say?

 

Also, I could be wrong, but if you want it for games, teh g1 would be better as you can still put winxp on it. With the new chipset for the g1s, there might not be any windowxp drivers unless asus releases the notebook with xp, which I doubt as the new 8000 vid cards use directx10.

 

so the new G1 may have even more problems than the current version with vista has?

 

no.no. well, I don't know if it will. BUT what I am saying is all the new equiptment in the new laptop will have vista drivers. If you wanted to install winxp to play games on, you may be out of luck.

 

Hello everybody. I'm running XP on my g1. I downloaded that modified Hcontrol.exe file that modifies the hotkeys down below the keyboard and right above it, but, I had some issues.
Is there a way to make the 'email' hotkey do something else, or, open my Gmail? I don't use Outlook Express.

Also, has anyone had any luck modding the little display that on default shows the time? I want to make it show %battery left on there, too, if possible. Basically, I want the thing to be usable as more than just cool looking window dressing.

Another thing, I play a lot of FPS games like Enemy Territory. Is the keyboard going to wear out on me? I'm thinking about buying a keyboard to use for gaming purposes so my laptop keypads don't get worn out. Anyone had issues with their keyboard? I love it, but I don't want it to wear out on me.

One final thing.. How in the heck do I use that dvd-player mode where it's basically turned off except the minimum to run a dvd? You know, the front row of media player buttons. I haven't gotten it to work. Anyone else have problems with it? Alternately, if no one else has problems, how do you use the thing?

But otherwise, besides those little gripes, the thing has been great. What a sweet machine.

 

Can anyone tell me how to get the function+volume keys working under XP?

 

10001000001- sorry, I dont remember exactly which program but its one of those you needed to dload from the asus website. Its not something that loaded automaticly.

 

The program is ATK1000 something like that , it should be in your driver Cd.


Guys.. I just stop by bestbuy and take a look at the G1. It's AWESOME!!! that thing sure looks hot The impression of the machine is great, it's far more than I expected. The frames of the screen makes the screen looks big and the high resolution is great. The color and brightness is absolutely accurate and evenly spread out on the screen I notice no light leakage at all. It's a nice machine I'd get it if i have the cash . It's a great 15.4". I felt like grab the machine from Bestbuy and run away.

Another thing that confuse me is that their version of G1 does not have a bluetooth? (bestbuy)

Does the new version G1S comes with HDMI and E-SATA? That'll be cool.

 

It should, because the Best Buy website indicates that it does have Bluetooth.

 

Has anybody gotten the mail notification to work? Its flakey. I use outlook 2007 and sometimes I get the flashing blue light, but nothing in the OLED display. Once I even saw text in the OLED, but never again.

 

If I want to install XP on a G1 that shipped with Vista, should I get the x-64 edition or am I stuck with normal 32 bit pro due to lack of drivers? And if I am stuck with pro, how much of a performance difference will this be relative to x-64? enough that i should just stick with vista?

 

You don't want xp x64. Vista x64 is usable, with a little tweaking. Xp x64 is not. It's got a lot of compability problems, more than vista x64 has over regular vista. and gives no performance increase. It's more a proof of concept OS than a fully fledged consumer one.

 

Ok first thing to answer. I ordered my G1 from bestbuys website and it indeed has bluetooth. Am 100% mine does because i'm on my bluetooth headset right now

Second, I got rid of Vista mainly because even after killing the bloatware I experienced frequent locks and crashes. Nothing against Vista but for me i'll wait till Service Pack 1 releases. Loaded XP Pro things are smooth, my games run considerably faster and I am very happy with it. I may consider dual booting Vista later so I can download patches from time to time see how it evolves.

 

What bluetooth headset are you using? Is it a stereo headset? Do you like it? I'm looking out for a good bluetooth headset.

 

Do you guys know if the actual G1 can be updated to the new G1 S for those who already own a G1. I mean by that chaging the 7700 to the new DX 10. I know it's based on a new chipset but still, is it possible ??

 

The answer is no, you can't upgrade a G1P to make its specs the same or similar to the G1s. Nor can you ugrade the graphics card to the 8600M.

One of the ways to acquire a G1s, it to sell your G1P for something like 300-500$ less than your original price, and then pay the difference and get yourself a G1s.

 

@MilestonePC.com
How much the CPU + motherboard changing scenario will cost ? [for future references]

 

Hey Guys, I recently purchased a G1 and have had a few problems sorting out drivers in XP (running vista and XP in dual boot). Although I beleive I've downloaded and installed all the neccesary drivers from the ASUS site (damn slow) and http://www.abxzone.com/g1/XP/ After 5 days of searching forums and googling I've not been able to find any proven guide to driver installing which shows the correct order of driver installation.

Can anyone help?

Also, can anyone recommend a stable set of XP (Pro, SP2, 32 bit) and Vista (home premium 32 bit) video drivers - perhaps from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ ??

Any help appreciated.

 

My last post appears to have killed off this thread! Any takers... come on G1 owners - someone must have figured out how to install XP on the G1 by now...

 

that seems to happen when a hard question gets asked. I can't help you there, i am quite happy with vista at the moment and feel that there is no reason to change. however, i know that there are quite a few G1 usersthat dual boot, so hopefully you'll get a reply

 

Call microsoft. They ought to know what the right order to install drivers is =P

 

Weird, I formatted Vista, loaded XP Pro no problem. Downloaded the drivers off ASUS and installed in no particular order.

 

Hello everyone, I just reinstall windows and now have XP Pro SP2. The only driver I am missing is the Ethernet Controller. Does anyone know which driver this is? thanks! BTW I am loving XP so much more than Vista. Vista was too slow for my taste, I guess i will wait awhile before i go back to vista

 

Sorry to post this late, but I was onto some other things...

The thing is that my Asus G1 came with a 30 day "dead pixels" warranty... I purchased it at Discountlaptops.com (even though they don't have it in stock they ordered a couple of G1s for me and a friend).

Best regards,
RayanMX

 

Mousepad problems? Has anyone had them? After six months of trouble-free happy gaming on the G1, my mousepad has quit working. Its really random: sometimes it won't work at all, sometimes it moves at half speed, sometimes it jumps all over the screen. I tried re-installing the drivers - it doesn't help. Has anyone else had any problems...or have any ideas how to fix it? Thanks.

 

did u delete any original software that came with ur g1?

 

I'm working in an XP installation that I did, using all the drivers from the Asus G1 driver page...no problems up until now.

 

Just installed ubuntu 7.04 on my G1s last night, works pretty damn well, nvidia drivers are pretty nice, but took a while to install. Bit of a problem with the whole display but nothing too bad. Anyone else linux up this bad boy?

 

will the g1 core 2 duo 2.0 gh processer and 7700 graphics card handle shadowrun? anyone know
even if it doesn't I still love my asus
greaterthanthree

 

Oh yeah!

I run Ubuntu on my G1 when I want to browse the net. You know? there's simply no better solution for a virus/trojan free enviroment...

I installed it via WUBI, so it was a pain-free installation, no partitioning, no hassles.

Maybe the warranty has changed recently?

Cheers!
Rayan

 

I was wondering if the lights are suppose to always flash when you have them turned on in the ASUS Direct Console? I've owned mine now 3 days. I havent gamed with the computer yet so maybe it lights up more when it uses the direct X.