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    Does the Best Buy G71

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Rushmeat, Aug 27, 2009.

  1. Rushmeat

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    Support quad cores? I have read and searched on the G51 from BB not being able to accept quads (what a disappointment) but I have not seen any answers from anyone regarding the G71. Anyone have any idea?
     
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    I believe so but noone has tried yet so we don't know for sure.
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 27, 2009
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    i have and i put a qx9300 in mine and it does very welll.....and the qx9000 also
     
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    Just to be clear though, your sig states that you have a G51, and not a G71. Also, is it from Best Buy?
     
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    It's an A1 variant, so no, his G51 is not from Best Buy.

    Unless he has a G71gx-RX05 he hasn't told us about.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Aug 27, 2009
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  6. Rushmeat

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    Heh, so I guess this is unanswered. Maybe I'll be the first to figure it out.
     
    Rushmeat, Aug 27, 2009
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    Hate to report this one guys, but it looks as if it is the same as the G51- ruined by Asus. The motherboard is again different. Geek Squad and myself took a look inside today- no chance of doing Quad it seems... :(
     
    Rushmeat, Aug 28, 2009
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    Different from the other G71s? I would beleive that the mobo is the same and that it is just an older BIOS
     
    munchkin-man, Aug 28, 2009
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    FWIW, when I called Asus tech support, they said that the g71gx rx05 would accept a quad core. It doesn't make sense that it wouldn't. Considering BB sold a g71gx with a quad core.
     
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    Yea I heard it does also.
     
    munchkin-man, Aug 28, 2009
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    Eventually, I will try, but I'm not interested in voiding my warranty at the moment.
     
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    Unfortunately, Asus is doing this to save some money. That's the only reason I can think of. I can't imagine what they save by not including the support, though...
     
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    It would have cost them more to have 2 separate motherboards for the g71gx-rbbd09 and the g71gx-rx05.
     
    strtrcr50, Aug 28, 2009
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    We thought that it would cost them too much to have separate motherboards for the G51-RX05, A1, and X1A/X2A, but they did it anyway.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Aug 28, 2009
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    True. I'll be pretty pissed if it won't considering Asus's tech support said you can add a quad core though. Also, only one of those models were sold at best buy.
     
    strtrcr50, Aug 28, 2009
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    Oh Asus... Why... Why oh why?
     
    Rushmeat, Aug 29, 2009
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    How come Geek Squad lets you look inside the notebook and not me?
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Aug 29, 2009
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    You're a suspicious character.
     
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    Spy? 10char
     
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    The Soviet is a spy!
     
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    What was it about the motherboard that made you come to this conclusion? The motherboard in the G71 is different compared to what?
     
    Nothing is Real, Aug 29, 2009
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    I wonder this myself. What did they see with a visual inspection?
     
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    Thats what I wanted to know. Rofl geek squad hahahaha.
     
    munchkin-man, Aug 29, 2009
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    I would rather let a semi-trained chimp perform maintenance on my G71GX than some Geek Squad poser.
     
    SeanDude05, Aug 29, 2009
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    hahaha or yourself. geek squad knows nothing
     
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    I'm guessing the quad didn't fit in the disk drive?
     
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    All Soviets are spies...

    KGB?...
     
    Amnesiac, Aug 29, 2009
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