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    Asus G1P DVD rom problems

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by stevietennis, Jul 12, 2007.

  1. stevietennis

    stevietennis Notebook Consultant

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    Hey NBRers,
    I have an Asus G1P and I was hoping someone might know how to "fix" this issue I am having with my notebook. The DVD rom I have is extremely slow when installing video games. When I installed Company of Heroes it took 6 hours to complete the installation. But when watching a DVD movie or playing a music cd it runs perfectly fine. I have a 7200 rpm harddrive in the laptop. Even when installing starcraft it was slower than what it should have been. Any ideas?

    Thank you!
    Steve
     
    stevietennis, Jul 12, 2007
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  2. LiveDesign

    LiveDesign Notebook Evangelist

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    Is DMA(Direct Memory Access) enabled or disabled? It should be enabled.
     
    LiveDesign, Jul 13, 2007
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  3. ejl

    ejl fudge

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    Asus seems to be having a problem with faulty optical drives. If it is in DMA. I would suggest RMAing your drive.
     
    ejl, Jul 13, 2007
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  4. stevietennis

    stevietennis Notebook Consultant

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    Think i can just send the DVD rom drive and not the whole dang laptop?
     
    stevietennis, Jul 13, 2007
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  5. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    I don't think the optical drive is modular in the G1 series, it's built-in. You'll have to send the notebook in to Asus NA, unfortunately.
     
    ClearSkies, Jul 13, 2007
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  6. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Well, not necessarily. You can ask the service person, you might be allowed to just unscrew it and send it in (it's usually one or two screws).
     
    E.B.E., Jul 13, 2007
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  7. stevietennis

    stevietennis Notebook Consultant

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    It is quite a pain to send in my entire laptop. If they tell me to do that i will do some serious complaining. Thanks for all your help, I am gonna give them a call soon.
     
    stevietennis, Jul 13, 2007
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  8. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You can probably remove it, most can - though you need to take out half a dozen screws. Best to contact ASUS and see what your best method to work around that.
     
    coriolis, Jul 13, 2007
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  9. stevietennis

    stevietennis Notebook Consultant

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    Yea I will just call them up...too bad it is the weekend =\
     
    stevietennis, Jul 14, 2007
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