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    Few questions regarding reformatting of W3V...

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by StoneFree, Apr 25, 2006.

  1. StoneFree

    StoneFree Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently just purchased an Asus W3V from a forum member here and could not be happier. The power of the machine suits me well and the aesthetics of this laptop are amazing, everything was put together great!

    However, I have a few small questions concerning reformatting. Which option should I choose when I reformat from the recovery partition, so as to not lose the recovery partition? Will reformatting effectively place the computer to factory condition with utilities loaded, such as Norton Systemworks? The reason I ask this one is because I hate the bloat of Symantec products. And my last question: if I do have the ability to choose which utilities to install should I install the Asus utilities, such as Power4 Gear, Probe, etc. or are there better alternatives?

    Thanks in advance for your replies.
     
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  2. primetime

    primetime Notebook Consultant

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    When it comes down to the option of asking you either to have 2 partitions or just 1 partition have the system make it to 2 partitions. This will save you the trouble of having to reformat the whole system should you choose to do so down the line. When you reformat it will only install the base system, meaning WinXP. After the WinXP installation, you install the drivers from the driver cd (was there just an echo? :))

    Norton, WinDVD and Nero are just extras you install afterwards. (I just installed Nero on mine)

    You don't really need the Asus utilities IMHO. I guess if you wanted you can install Power4Gear so that you can change the screen brightness with a change of the Power4Gear scheme. (It will also give a use for the button on the side :D)

    Get Notebook Hardware Control and start undervolting your processor to get the best battery life out of your W3V ;)
     
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  3. NZwaverider

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    Cant you just go into the advanced power manegement setting in Power4gear and adjust those settings?

    I haven't looked into it yet but when I get my W3J I will be looking to serously knocking back the CPU & GPU? while on battery, when I do not need the power, what is the best way? does Power4gear not allow you to do that?
     
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    Insane Notebook Evangelist

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    not to the same degree.... with NHC you can set different voltages to each multiplier and tell it at what processor usage that it should increase speed/multiplier.

    real handy program I must say. Also allows you to under clock your ATI graphics cards if you have one, and nvidia in the next realease :)

    insane
     
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    Cool I will check it out when I get my W3J.

    I saw a review of the Sony notebook that can switch from Nvidia GPU to integreted graphics, the increase in battery power was over an hour!

    so whn you are not using it, I would be great to shut it down as much as possible.
     
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