Do I just have really bad luck?

Is there any Asus laptop owner who has owned theirs for over a year and it still function properly?

I've owned 2 Asus laptops now, and they've both failed exactly 1 month after warranty expires, and it's the same problem.

Back in 2004 I spent $2k on a Z71V, it was top of the line
13 months after purchase, the video card died and a replacement card (being reverse MXM) was way too expensive. I just put it in the closet and moved on to desktops.

Transitioned to an Alienware, never had a problem and was built solid, but went back to desktops.

Why is it that only Asus laptops seem to be major piece of junks to me? I've had the pleasure of using Acers, HP, Compaq, Gateway, etc. and they all work fine after many years (HP TC4200 tablet still works since 2004, ZERO problems). Gateway LT3103u has no problems whatsoever.

Did I just get bad luck twice? Asus is really popular and I figured they'd be friendly about their warranty and still help me out even though I'm 1 month over, but no dice.

 

My ASUS is fine after 18 months.

You should always create recovery disks when you got a new laptop, before reformat the disks, so you can fallback if there is a problem.

To install Windows properly, you will need to go to ASUS website and download proper drivers, most of those drivers were not included in Windows update. Why you need to reformat the disk anyway?

Unless you are buying the cheapest laptop that only includes simple standard components, you will always need to go to manufacture's website to download proper drivers, otherwise you lose some functionality or stability.

 

thoughts:

1- g50vt. used? refurbished? other? in any event sep 2010 to now is a long time to sit idle collecting dust(literally).

2- see my sig. i generally say with asus one of three things is true. a) the machine works perfectly until after warranty b) problems out of the box requiring rma until resolved then either more rma to fix things broken in the rma or working fully c) problems withing first three months requiring same as (b). of course in my experience waranty has always been two years standard given the series i go for or special offer.

3- its almost always seemed to be a gpu related issue, be it bad gpu chip prone to failure, or thermal issues, in the long run with these.

my hp tc4400 still works well, though comparing responsiveness between that and the g53sw i've got now makes it almost painful to switch back and forth, honestly. special setup of vnc for enabling stylus input from that onto the g53 is the main thing i keep it for. stylus input + onenote is just without peer from time to time for certain tasks.

here's hoping they get it fixed up for you rapidly.